Estonie

See who we are and what we do here:http://www.utlib.ee/index.php?e_id=3&p_id=1

The AEC has representatives in several international organisations:
The Committee of the Regions of the EU (CoR), the Congress of Local and regional Authorities of Europe (CLRAE), Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR), Standing Committee for the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership of Local and Regional Authorities (COPPEM). AEC is a member of the United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), Baltic Sea States Sub-regional Co-operation (BSSSC), Union of Baltic Cities (UBC), participates in the Monitoring or Steering Committees of INTERREG III A, C, INTERREG IV B, C, URBACT.

The programs of the Open Estonia Foundation are united by the following keywords:
? Open Europe and Europe’s new neighbors
? Equal rights
? Good governance
? Development of civil society
The promotion of civic initiatives and civil society takes place within the framework of the Baltic-American Partnership Program (BAPP).
The cooperation programs of the Open Society Institute network are carried out on the basis of the East-East Program.
The OEF also brokers the initiatives and trainings of the Open Society Institute.

In 2007 we have some training activities planned in Estonia:
February 2007: Training Course for Multipliers combating Homophobia “How do we handle Diversity?” (European coop.);
May 2007: “Getting Global” Training Course, developing sustainable strategies on Global Education (LA Cooperation);
June 2007: “Does Gender Matter?” Training Course on Intercultural and Inter-religious Dialogue around Gender (Euro-Mediterranean cooperation);
July 2007: The Role of Educators promoting Children Rights Education (European cooperation).
And other activities in which we are involved as partners and send our trainers to.

Literature event
The event is free from all limits on creativity, language and form
All forms of creativity are welcome, poetry, short stories, plays, prefprmances etc. How the preformers wish to express them selves is up to them, we only provide the space and opertunity. As the event takes place in Estonia it is natural that most performers are Estonian, but we have tried to emphasis the importance of Russian participents and so we have tried to seek them out, as we find it important to have all sects of the society take part in this cultural development. For this reason we have also had people perform in English, Irish, German (Swiss German) and Slovenian.
The Event has no entrance fee
As our goal is not to gain revenue but to establish a free creative environment. In addition to there being no entrance fee there is no difference between performers and the public, which is something that having a ticket, or being on the „performers list“ would encourage.
The main performers are everyone who have the courage to step on the stage and perform
Our goal is to rid the world of literature of it’s devision (the „elite“ and „unpublished writers“) to integrate the different „levels“ as all have the right to perform.
The event takes place at different venues, and is not affiliated with a speciffice cultural-entertainment establishment
We bring the event where there is a suitable environment, and where we can find new listeners/performers.
In each of these events around 50 people have taken part as the public (at the summer events the number has been higher)  and 10-15 performers. We believe there are two reasons the event has been this successful: First off, many people in Tallinn are interested in these kinds of events, and they have heard of this event due to advertisment and word of mouth. We have advertised this event with posters in strategic places in the city and through social media.
In Facebook we have started a group in addition to the regular events.  (https://www.facebook.com/groups/467699753298851/)
Movie events
As I mentioned earlier, we are showing movies about Muslims, who are different from mainstream muslims or mainstream image of them (LGBT, punk, anarchist, feminist etc). Our aim is to show that Muslim community is not a homogenic community and there is and can be very different ways of living and practicing ones faith.

VitaTiim NGO provides a variety of services and activities for young people and youth workers in Ida-Viru county.
First of all, we offer career information and counseling to young people aged 7 – 26 through individual and group career sessions both at schools and in our center. We also organize interactive career events like MOBI career cafes, regional career days, job shadowing, meetings with entrepreneurs, weekly language cafes etc. We provide information and support for career coordinators at schools too.
Secondly, we are regional contact point of Estonian National Agency for Erasmus+: Youth in Action programme. We provide information and counseling about possibilities of the programme and organize courses on project writing for youth groups. VitaTiim NGO is also EVS (European Voluntary Service) Sending, Hosting and Coordinating organization. We promote EVS both amongst young people and organizations in our region.

1- Organize intercultural trainings sessions for youngsters to promote more openness for other cultures.  
2- Conducting different activities including organizing and coordinating training sessions, conferences, and seminars to raise awareness towards refugee’s issues.
3- Work as a liaise point between government, international organizations and refugees to support their situation and provide them with better quality of life.
4- Creating a friendly space for youth, migrants and refugees to meet regularly to discuss methods for better integration ways in the society.
5- Work in a close cooperation with other European institutions to introduce the European values and culture to refugees and migrants.
6- Work with close cooperation with national and international NGOs on raising awareness towards gender issues aiming at promoting gender sensitivity and equality.

Main activities are: 24/7 hotline providing information and counseling to victims of domestic violence and other concerned individuals; Temporary housing for victims of violence, often with kids (up to 5 women at one time); Direct Counselling includes psychotherapy, social work  and legal advice (representation in court); Case management for women, such as helping in dealing with governmental offices (i.e. social ministry, unemployment, housing etc). -Continuously updated homepage www.naistetugi.ee -Lectures to introduce the topic for different groups -Training-seminar for stakeholders, periodic roundtables -Public awareness campaigns-posters, articles -Published books about DV issue, also victims of sexual violence issue. International projects participated(9 projects during years): 2013-2014 Wompower-Empowering women to fight against domestic violence through an integrated model of training, support and counselling.  8 partners from 7 countries. 2010-2011 Terapeutische Frauenberatung-Back up the children. Training materials for specialist working with children, trainings.  2007-2009 NANE Women’s Right Association-“Survivors speak up for their dignity” – supporting victims and survivors of domestic violence.  Also local projects participated during years.