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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...

At the reading of Ahja parish council on 17th September 2014, the amalgamation of the local government was part of the agenda. Part of the discussion is the Estonian Ministry’s of Interior advisory program, which is directed to support the voluntary amalgamation of local governments. At the meeting, Geomedia consultant...

In the framework of the RegPol² project, the first international doctoral school took place in Tartu in February 2-6, 2015. The school was focused on scientific concepts and policy making related to spatial polarisation in Central and Eastern Europe. It consisted of keynote lectures by the invited academics, presentations by...

Geomedia employees conducted an educational analysis for Viimsi municipality which consisted of preschool-education, general education and non-formal learning opportunities as well as their possible future trends based on kindergarten, primary- and secondary school age group dynamics. The analysis was carried out per educational institution. According to population statistics, in 2016...

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...

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...