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The President of the Republic participated in the Baltic-Nordic Local Government Conference
12.06.2006


The President of the Republic participated in the Baltic-Nordic Local Government ConferencePresident Rüütel participated in the Baltic-Nordic Conference "Local government in our changing time" that opened today at Laulasmaa.

In his opening address the President of the Republic noted that the role of the local government in organising community life has been increasing and continues to do so. "With new opportunities as well as needs facilitated by the development, lasting values for the citizen are safe and high-quality human environment, well-organised pre-school and basic education and accessible social assistance. However, we should admit that solving all the above issues within the responsibility of the local government is the principal underlying source of sustained pace of development for the entire society," the Head of State said.

"In organising the community life, the local government has another significant role as well. As a link between the state and civic society, the local government is one of the main supporting pillars of democratic governance and the basic guarantee of the stable development of the society," President Rüütel said.

In the words of the President of the Republic in the development of the renewed Europe expansion of such ways of cooperation, which consider regional interests as well as involvement of the local government in this cooperation will be pivotal. "In order to achieve balanced regional development, enhanced cross-border cooperation and network of supporting organisations are on the agenda under new circumstances," President Rüütel noted and pointed out Helsinki-Tallinn Euregio network as an example.

The Conference "Local government in our changing time" took place within the framework of Nordic Forum series of conferences under the auspice of the Nordic Council of Ministers. The conference was organised by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Estonia in cooperation with the Office of the Nordic Council of Ministers’ in Tallinn, the Estonian Association of Cities, the Association of Estonian Municipalities, and Tallinn University of Technology. The conference is aimed to offer possibilities for broad-based discussion on the cooperation between the state and local government and prospective reorganisation of administrative levels that are currently very topical issues in all eight countries.


Public Relations Department of the Office of the President
Kadriorg, June 12, 2006


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