Friday 21 December 2007

TRIALOG study on development cooperation in Estonia

A TRIALOG study, written by Annika Kool, on the state of development cooperation in Estonia has been published.

The study speaks of the Estonian Official Development Assistance (ODA) as well as of NGO activity in international development and the relation between the two.

The ODA chapter describes the history of adopting development cooperation policies and the funds given by the government. Descriptions of bilateral activities of ODA and their relation with the NGOs are also given.

The part on NGOs covers the history of NGO engagement in development cooperation. One can learn about the beginnings of the NGDO platform as well as about a number of NGOs in Estonia that are active in development cooperation. A description of NGO projects in developing countries is given.

The study addresses the development education and awareness raising (DE/AR) activities conducted by NGOs, sometimes in cooperation with the government. It also features the presence of Fair Trade in Estonia and its significant increase during the last years.

Download the TRIALOG Country Study on Estonia from the following link:
http://www.trialog.or.at/images/doku/ee_countrystudy_final_dec2007.pdf

Country studies on Lithuania and Latvia will be available soon as well.

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