Mission

The Estonian Financial Supervision Authority (EFSA) sees its mission as facilitating the operation of an efficient, honest and competitive financial market where the interests of clients and investors are considered and administration of their assets is sound, and in this way ensuring the stability of the financial sector. 

The tasks of the EFSA through performing supervision include the following:
 

• Promoting the stability and soundness of the financial sector
• Reducing risks in the financial system
• Enhancing transparency of the financial sector and ensuring competitiveness on the market
• Protecting the interests of clients and investors in preserving their assets
• Contributing to the prevention of abuse of the financial sector for criminal purposes
• Improving the efficiency of the financial sector
• Facilitating the stability of the Estonian monetary system

Vision and values

The Estonian Financial Supervision Authority envisions being an internationally recognized and proactive supervision agency with an indivisible team.

Values

• Competence:

An employee of the Financial Supervision Authority is an individual with good specialist, professional and vocational education, is experienced, has a broad outlook and is ready for further studies.

• Openness:

An employee of the Financial Supervision Authority is respectable, cooperative, and open to new ideas and working skills and appreciates teamwork.

• Decisiveness:

An employee of the Financial Supervision Authority is decisive, independent, objective and fair in carrying out the mission of the supervisory institution and achieving the targets.