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On June 18, 2012 a seminar was held by the NPO Leader Liit, coordinated by Geomedia. The participants included the representatives of Leader working groups in Estonia, among whom the questions of shaping the strategy of an organization, communication and taking particular steps to boost the activity of participants, were...

In collaboration between Paikus parish and Geomedia, the development plan for Paikus parish was renewed. The first public seminar took place on the 4th of March 2014 in the municipality house. The broad public discussion included participants from Paikus municipal council and government, subdivisions and the board of governors as...

Within the framework of the RegPol² project a training focusing on research methods and methodology took place from 18th to 21st of May 2015 in Leipzig. The meeting included lectures on regional development in Central and Eastern Europe. Moreover, in the field of spatial development, research methodology and methods were discussed. The participants had...

On July 5, 2012 a training event was held for preparing the development  strategy of Hiiu County. The training focused on practical and methodological aspects of the development of a county while interactively analyzing the problems and challenges of Hiiumaa. It was also discussed how to improve the collaboration of...

In collaboration with the government of Lääne-Nigula parish and Geomedia, the development plan of Lääne-Nigula parish was renewed. The plan mainly dealt with the three parishes – Oru, Risti and Taebla – on the basis of the since 27.10.2013 newly amalgamated administration and their future impact. In addition to the...

The Estonian Strategy for Life-long Learning 2014-2020 sets the objective to support strong basic education in close proximity to home as well as the availability of a high-quality secondary education offering plenty of choices. Following the population development, the school network is not in accordance with the actual needs. This evaluation shows the need...

Negotiations for the amalgamation of Kose and Kõue rural municipalities are taking place. The interim summaries of the process are available at: http://test.kose.ee/leht/juuli12.pdf;https://kose.kovtp.ee/et/koue-vallaga liitumine; http://koue.ee/images/phocadownload/KoueKuulutaja/2012/juuli_2012%20leht.pdf

The government coalition, which took office in April 2014, included 539 activity promises into their programme. The ERR news portal asked the government monitors to analyse, which of these great promises were fulfilled by the Reform party and Pro Patria party coalition lead by Andrus Ansip and which stayed unfulfilled.

On the 2nd of June, in the “Reporters’ hour” broadcast, the topic “Recommendations to local governments” was discussed. Throughout the discussion, the country-specific recommendations of the European Commission were discussed and related to local governments. What would put more life into local governments? Present in the studio were: Katrin Höövelson...

Geomedia supports the traditional competition of ERGO World Games for the teams of top athletes in discuss throwing, taking place on September 13, 2012. The event is likely to remain the last competition for the legendary and renowned athlete Virgilius Alekna. Next to the top athletes of the world, the...