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When considering local government amalgamation, financial management aspects are among important matters. In Viljandi’s case, the focus was set on two questions: 1) would the amalgamation enable achieving better access / quality of local government services to its inhabitants? 2) would the amalgamation improve the investment capability of the local...

In cooperation of Geomedia and Kadrina municipality, a training course focusing on the design and update of development plans was organized for different interest groups. The objective was to harmonize the understanding and knowledge of developing and implementing development plans as well as to achieve the support of target groups...

Tartu municipality’s five local governments – Tartu city, Luunja parish, Tartu parish, Tähtvere parish and Ülenurme parish – in cooperation with Geomedia are drawing up Tartu’s urban region sustainable development plan 2014-2020, which marks coordinated efforts to strengthen the people’s living quality and to grow the region’s competitive strength. The...

In the framework of the RegPol² project, Geomedia took part in the 4th Winter School in Methods and Techniques, which took place from 13th February – 20th February 2015 in the university town of Bamberg. The winter school was organized by the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) and offered...

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...

The introduction to the Local Government Capacity Index analysis will take place on Friday, 10th of October 2014. The consultation and training centre Geomedia prepares the index on behalf on the Estonian Ministry of Interior already for six years. The result of this work is a coherent database of comparable...

Geomedia assisted Lääne-Nigula municipality with the forecast of the number of students in lower secondary school in Lääne-Nigula until 2030. For quality education sector in the municipality, it is important to design a long term education management plan. The future of the schools plays a central role here. On February...

In the county of Valgamaa amalgamation negotiations have started between the three rural municipalities of Helme, Hummuli, Põdrala and the urban municipality of Tõrva. With this decision, the four municipalities move in the direction of creating an amalgamated municipality based on the Mulgi regional identity. The historical fundament of Helme...

On the 22nd of October, Geomedia organized a training for employees of the Office for Social Security, who are engaged as advisors on child protection in local municipalities. Following the changes in the law for child protection in 2016, the observance of children rights and wellbeing should also be reflected...