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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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

The local governments’ annual event took place on March, 26-27 2014. This year we celebrated the 10th anniversary of the “Town and Parish Day”. Open seminars, topical introductions and discussion on very different fields were part of the programme. For the local governments’ officials it was a great opportunity to...

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...

The Local Government Capacity Index considers the ESPON program’s territorial development and observatory network publication “Estonia’s colours on European maps” (2014). ESPON offers a comparative regional evaluation of territorial trends and development monitoring, expert analysis and future scenarios. Geomedia took part in the ESPON program project work “Territorial Monitoring for...

The ITN RegPol² is funded by the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme with the objective of preparing 16 young researchers for careers in academia, public administration, NGOs and the private sector. The research topics within the project focus on a better understanding of the development of regional disparities between metropolised...