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Location choices for state-owned secondary schools in Harju County

Based on the procurement by the Ministry of Education and Research, Geomedia will conduct the analysis of Harju County school network for the establishment of state-owned secondary schools for the period 2015-2023. In the course of the analysis, the pros and cons of two scenarios will be evaluated. The first scenario takes into account...
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A greater importance of civil society in the amalgamation reform

Today’s Estonian local government model is based on a one-level municipality system that centers on the autonomy of local municipalities and a differentiation from the state level. Nowadays, this kind of a model has exhausted its possibilities. In practice, the shift towards a multi-level governance in which the growing importance of the civil society...
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Amalgamation negotiations in Tõrva

In March 2015, Helme rural municipality proposed the initiation of amalgamation negotiations to its neighboring municipalities, to which Tõrva, Hummuli and Põdrala municipalities replied positively. After that, the negotiations have been continually progressing: several meetings with municipality leaders, establishment of negotiation working groups, preparation of the area’s demographic and social-economic situational analysis and...
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Visions of the new municipality in Valgamaa

On 21st of October 2016 a vision conference took place in the conference hall of Valga’s Centre for Culture and Extracurricular Activities. The conference’s objective was to display a sense of community during the municipality amalgamation, to ease the amalgamation related fears and discuss the future perspectives for Karula, Taheva, Tõlliste and Õru rural municipalities...
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Training for Local Government Leaders

Implement Consulting Group OÜ, Cumulus Consulting OÜ and Geomedia OÜ won the tender by Enterprise Estonia and will initiate the training for local government leaders. The target group are municipality council leaders and local government leaders. The practical program offers its participants the opportunity to gain new knowledge, make use...
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Amalgamation forum of the Harjumaa village movement

The Estonian village movement Kodukant conducts amalgamation reform seminars in the Estonian counties. It is important that the discussion on the municipalities’ future does not only stay at the local government and municipality council level, but that village and community representatives would also participate. Under the leadership of Kodukant Harjumaa, the role of villages in...
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Põltsamaa urban and rural municipality compile an amalgamation contract

The amalgamation negotiation group met on the 24th of September in Põltsamaa municipality center. At the meeting, the compilation of the amalgamation contract and the precise arrangements of the negotiations were discussed. The general provisions of the contract were debated, amalgamation objectives formulated and the participants arrived at common positions...
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RegPol2 Workshop at the annual Tartu Planners’ Conference

On the 3rd of November 2016, RegPol2 Team Estonia organized a national workshop under the title “Core-Periphery Relations between Discourses and Practices: Estonia and Beyond”. In the course of this workshop, six researchers from Estonia, Germany, the Netherlands and Canada introduced local academics and practitioners to the first results of their research work on peripheralization...
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Amalgamation Reform Forum

On 20th of April 2016 a discussion forum devoted to the topic "Local Government Reform - will it succeed this time?" took place at the conference center of the Estonian Parliament. It was organized in cooperation with the Estonian City Union and County Government Union, Harjumaa Municipality Union, the Estonian Parliament, NGO Polis and...
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Population forecast for Viimsi rural municipality

Geomedia is preparing the population forecast for Viimsi rural municipality. The objective is to analyze and forecast the number of residents and changes in age-proportions in the municipality until 2035. The analysis will apply the scenario-building method, on which basis the possible changes of these indicators will be forecasted and future calculations performed.