European sustainable development rural actor database
- Structure type:
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NGO
- Independant service provider
Intervention type: Local National
Employement number:
0
Main objective:
To set overall strategic direction for village movement organisations and making links with the membership and government
- Country:
- Estonie
- Adress:
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Väike-Ameerika 19-205Tallinn 10129ESTONIA
- Phone:
- 00 372 64 66 636
- Contact:
- sirjevinni_ANTI_SPAM_@gmail.com
- Web:
- http://www.kodukant.ee/eng/news.php
To give technical advice: consultation in the areas of rural development, rural youth, small enterprise project design and maintenance, woman and gender development.
Networking and communication: information about services, linking member organizations to services, partnerships and funding opportunities.
Capacity Building: training and courses for organizations and individuals in areas of grant writing, strategic planning, leadership, small enterprise development and community building, study trips to other counties and countries to give opportunity to observe successful projects.
Advocacy: serve as a mediator between local villages and national government by education, advocating and to influence decisions, taken at the local and national level.
Support of local initiatives: promotion and support of village days, information days, village development plans and village leaders.
Co-operation: finding and establishing partners between villages, counties, countries and sectors
Environmental education and citizenship
| Covered topics: |
Raising public opinion’s awareness
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| Actions examples: |
Environmental project, 1997-2002: Kodukant in Viljandi county organized a twin commune project in the field of environment between one Swedish and one Estonian commune. The aim was among other things to spread information about how to save energy at home, taking care of wastes and to be aware of the sustainable development in general. Targetgroup: Schoolchildren and common people (on grassroot level). One important result was cleaning the road sides, which now has been spread over the whole Estonia.Rural Day of Villages : to inform the public about rural life, rural society and its management, nature and preserving environment, consumption of food, drug plants, natural ways of being healthy, and alternative activities for rural peopleTraining of village politicians (including environmental protection) : to increase capability of village leaders to participate in municipality politics and to represent and stand for interest of rural people |