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In cooperation with Tartu city and the local governments bordering it, Geomedia prepared the document “Tartu urban area sustainable development strategy 2015-2020”. For the implementation of the vision of “Tartu urban area as the best urban living environment with growing population and high internal cohesion, which is recognised as a...

On the 8th of December 2015 Geomedia PhD student Bianka Plüschke-Altof held a public lecture at the Slovak Technical University (STU) in Bratislava. The lecture was held under the topic “Images of the Periphery impeding Rural Development? The concept of Peripheralization” and took place as part of a 4-months secondment...

On September, 20.-21. 2014 the event “Community speakers” in the framework of the project „Big Peter and small Peter“ takes place in the Vastseliina community house. 90 representatives of county cooperation association are expected from different regions all over Estonia. It is positive that free associations and/or village elders’ associations...

In cooperation between Geomedia and the Estonian Ministry of the Interior the participation of county governments in international cooperation organizations and networks was mapped out. The payment of membership fee (CPMR, B7, ESIN, IIGA, NGO Euregio Pskov-Livonia and the economic cooperative of Valge county and Jämtland, Sweden) was taken as...

On 10.-11. December 2015 Geomedia consultant Rivo Noorkõiv conducted a 2-days training on “Strategic Management and Local Government Development Planning” for local government leaders. The seminar focused on holistically managing development processes, forming multi-level governance and on development documentation systems as leadership tool for local governments. On the example of practical cases concrete solutions to...

On the 26th of August 2014, Geomedia in cooperation with OÜ Cumulus Consulting implemented an internal evaluation training with Leader action groups. The objective was to support the establishment of a monitoring- and internal evaluation system, lead the discussion on that topic and introduce the participants to opportunities for the...

Geomedia prepared the development plan of Tallinn Public Transport Ltd (Tallinna Linnatranspordi AS, TLT for short) for the years 2015-2024. TLT’s core activity is the organization of passenger transport by bus, trolleybus and tram within the united ticketing system of Tallinn, based on the passenger transport public service contract with...

On 21st of January 2016 Geomedia PhD student Bianka Plüschke-Altof took part in a workshop on regional polarization held at the Research Centre for Economic and Regional Studies of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (CERS HAS). Among researchers and students from Békéscsaba and Szeged in Hungary, Germany and Canada she...

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...

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...