A competition for development and media grants in the field of integration was launched by the Integration and Migration Foundation in association with the Ministry of Culture at the end of February. Applications can be submitted until 19 March. The terms and conditions of the competition and application forms are available online from the foundation’s website.
Development grants will be awarded in three categories: promotion of Estonian language studies; raising awareness of Estonia’s multicultural nature; and cooperation between civic associations. In addition, two media recognition grants will also be issued to journalists or media channels/publications for their reflection of intercultural understanding and tolerance in the media. One grant will be issued for efforts in Estonian-language media and the other in Russian-language media.
The development grants are valued at 60,000 kroons and the media recognition grants are valued at 20,000 kroons.
For further information please contact: Tea Tammistu, Coordinator, Civic Education and Migration Unit / Telephone: +372 659 9062 / E-mail: tea.tammistu@meis.ee
The deadline for the submission of offers for this simplified procurement is 4:00 pm on 15 March.
The procurement focuses on developing the currently inadequate skills of police officers and medical workers from Ida-Viru County in the national language. To achieve this, short courses in Estonian will be organised as well as 3 to 4-week workplace exchanges in Estonian-speaking areas.
The exchanges are being organised as part of the “Language Studies Development 2007-2010” programme financed by the Ministry of Education and Research and from the European Social Fund.
A total of 111 officials, teachers, librarians and medical workers will have completed exchanges in Estonian-speaking working environments by the end of February 2010.
For further information please contact: Tea Kotkas, Coordinator, Lifelong Learning Unit / Telephone: +372 659 9069 / E-mail: tea.kotkas@meis.ee
The Integration and Migration Foundation has launched the “Let’s do it together” project competition, applications for which can be submitted until 30 March. The information day for the competition will be held from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm on 5 March at the Foundation’s offices at Liimi 1, Tallinn (3rd floor). Please register for the event by e-mailing kersti.peterson@meis.ee by 4 March.
The competition is designed to boost civic activity and understanding between citizens of the European Union and third-country nationals residing in the European Union (including Estonian residents with undetermined citizenship).
The competition will support cooperative activities, campaigns, debates and other civic organisation events designed for third-country nationals residing in Estonia and citizens of the European Union. Applications for support can be submitted by non-profit organisation and foundations operating in the public interest.
The competition is being financed from the budgetary resources of the Ministry of Culture (25%) and the European Fund for the Integration of Third-Country Nationals (75%) on the basis of the implementation plan of the Estonian Integration Programme 2008–2013.
For further information please contact: Kersti Peterson, Coordinator, Civic Education and Migration Unit / Telephone: +372 659 9034 / E-mail: kersti.peterson@meis.ee
In March the Integration and Migration Foundation will be launching a simplified public procurement for the “Language camp for young Estonians living outside of Estonia” project.
The procurement is designed to find partners in order to hold camps which will support the development of Estonian as an everyday language for young people with Estonian roots living in other countries and to help them get to know Estonian culture and Estonia itself better.
The foundation has been organising such camps for almost 10 years. While the target group in early years was children and young adults with Estonian roots living in the CSI states, Latvia and Lithuania, since 2008 the target group has also included young people living in other countries.
Last summer children from Sweden, Latvia, Ireland, Belgium, Finland, Switzerland, Germany, the United States, Ukraine and various parts of Russia visited Estonian. There were even children from the Estonian village of Upper-Suetek in Siberia.
For further information please contact: Kristina Pirgop, Coordinator, Culture and Youth Work Unit / Telephone: +372 659 9024 / E-mail: kristina.pirgop@meis.ee
This youth conference, to be held at Palmse manor on 12 March, will be attended by young people from Loksa, Maardu and Kuusalu, half of whom speak Estonian as their home language and the other half of whom speak Russian. With the aim of learning Estonian, they will take part in workshops dealing with the art of communication and the development of communication skills at the ‘me’ level. Social involvement will be examined at the ‘us’ level.
The conference is being financed by the Ministry of Education and Research and the European Social Fund.
For further information please contact: Lianne Ristikivi, Coordinator, Culture and Youth Work Unit / Telephone: +372 659 9028 / E-mail: lianne.ristikivi@meis.ee
On 16 and 17 March the Integration and Migration Foundation, in association with the British Council and the Tapa Union for Child Welfare, will be hosting the ‘City of the Future’ game for officials and young people in Lehtse in Tapa municipality. Half of the participants who will take part in the event speak Estonian as their home language and the other half speak Russian. Designed to help the participants improve their Estonian skills, the 10-step game sees them identifying the challenges facing their home town and coming up with exciting solutions to them. Five groups will battle it out to come up with the best ideas to improve life in Tapa municipality.
The event is being financed by the Ministry of Education and Research and the European Social Fund.
For further information please contact: Lianne Ristikivi, Coordinator, Culture and Youth Work Unit / Telephone: +372 659 9028 / E-mail: lianne.ristikivi@meis.ee
