28. March 2007 Belarus: self-isolation completed? Roundtable on Thursday, 29th of March, at 13:00 in the Open Estonia Foundation, Estonia pst. 5a, Tallinn Former collective farm director Lukashenka is still in command. Many with opposing ideas spend…
27. March 2007 Open Estonia Foundation and State Chancellery Awarded Grants to Facilitate Discussions on EU On Friday, March 16, a festive event took place at the Stenbock House in Tallinn, where the representatives of the NGO-s signed contracts that had been awarded grants within the Participating and…
26. March 2007 Belarusian Authorities Keep Arresting Opposition Leaders and Suppressing Students Despite recent calls for closer cooperation with the EU from Belarusian authhorities, throwing opposition people behind bars and suppressing students are illustrating the respect for basic civil…
15. March 2007 Yes Mr. Mrs. Minister! Estonian Female Students Society and Center for Ethics at the University of Tartu are presenting a new book titled “Female Ministers of Estonia. Array of Women in Politics”. The presentation will take…
14. March 2007 International Observers of Parliament Elections Visited Estonia A joint project with the European Movement in Estonia was initiated by Open Estonia Foundation to bring in 21 observers from three countries: Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine. The program of the study…
13. March 2007 The Estonian NGO Manifesto Right before the parliamentary elections in Estonia, the Network of Estonian Nonprofit Organizations (NENO) held a debate titled „What does the Estonian civil society expect from the new parliament?“…
12. March 2007 Estonian Citizens’ Consultation The Estonian Citizens’ Consultation gathered on February 10-11 60 citizens in Laulasmaa to develop the Estonian perspectives on the future of Europe. The citizens participating in the Estonian…
11. March 2007 Jeremy Rifkin’s European Dream Now Available in Estonian On Wednesday, March 7th, the American philospoher Jeremy Rifkin’s book European Dream was presented at the Open Estonia Foundation. President Toomas Hendrik Ilves attended the presentation and spoke…
07. February 2007 Round Table on Burma Open Estonia Foundation and the Estonian Roundtable for Development Cooperation organized a round table to call for the general public in Estonia as well as the government to address the abuse of…
06. February 2007 Civil society under attack in Belarus The authorities in Belarus should immediately halt their attempts to close down the last remaining human rights organisation registered in the country, Human Rights Watch said. Last week the office of…
05. December 2006 Special Program Closed Societies as Part of Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Tallinn, 2006-12-05 – A special program on closed societies is organized as part of the 10th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. The program consists of a seminar on democracy in Russia and its…
01. December 2006 Lithuania to host EU sex equality institute EU Business - 01/12/2006 - copyright © 2006 EUbusiness Ltd. http://www.eubusiness.com/Social/061201193740.99f0355e Lithuania will host a new EU sex equality institute set to open its doors next year,…
26. November 2006 Civil society key to human resource development Speakers at a two-day international conference, ‘Human Security and Social Development; Issues and Perspectives’, were of the view that civil society organisations can help to improve human resource…
21. November 2006 General Assembly President calls for stronger relationship between UN and civil society Civil society organisations can significantly help the United Nations achieve its development agenda, the General Assembly President said as she called for a closer relationship between the two and a…
21. November 2006 Civil society excluded from the G20 business meeting The G20 is a private meeting, hence organisations such as corporations, aid agencies, consumer organisations and other non-government organisations (NGOs) could not attend. It seems this doesn't apply…