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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

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…

20. November 2006

Study on mental disability

The level of transposition and application of the EU Directive against discrimination in employment (200/78) varies significantly from one country to the next, according to the EU Monitoring and…

20. November 2006

Mikola Astrejka Released From Colony

On November 17 the leader of the civil initiative of elections observation “Partnerstva” Mikola Astrejka was released from Shklou colony. As Radio Svaboda informs, his sentence has been changed for…

19. November 2006

CIVICUS World Assembly to focus on cross-sectoral accountability

In May 2007, the CIVICUS World Assembly will bring together over 1,000 people from across the globe to discuss, share and collaborate on various ideas and challenges related to accountability and how…

14. November 2006

Transparency International index links corruption and poverty

The 2006 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), launched recently by Transparency International (TI), points to a strong correlation between corruption and poverty, with a concentration of impoverished…