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LIVE: Open Society Forum “Rule of Law in the European Union: Liberty of the Many or Duty of the Few?”
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The Open Estonia Foundation and the European Commission’s representation in Estonia organise an online forum on the rule of law in the EU on 13 January at 15:00-17:00 EET; Estonian World will broadcast the forum live.
The forum will discuss what rule of law means in practice in today’s EU, what it means to all interest groups and citizens in society and how can civil society protect the rule of law.
The forum’s keynote speech will be held by Věra Jourová, the vice president of the European Commission for values and transparency. The following panel discussion is participated by the former Estonian president, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, the director of the Estonian Foreign Policy Institute, Kristi Raik, and Katrin Nyman-Metcalf, a professor at TalTech and the chair of supervisory council of Estonian Human Rights Centre.
ERR News is carrying a live-link to the Open Estonia Foundation's XXIV Open Society Forum on Wednesday afternoon. The discussion, in English, will feature European Commission Vice President Věra Jourová, along with former Estonian president Toomas Hendrik Ilves, and others.
0 >Protesters called for free elections outside the Belarusian Embassy in Tallinn on June 29. Source: Siim Lõvi /ERR
The Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs will spend â¬800,000 financing development cooperation projects related to education, civic movement and health in Belarus.
The content of the selected projects is the development of higher education, especially technical education, and the introduction of smart information and communication technology (ICT) teaching tools. Belarus independent media will also receive support, and there are also plans to raise awareness of democracy and the rule of law, and to raise health awareness.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Urmas Reinsalu (Isamaa) said this year Estonia increased the volume of support for projects aimed at Belarus.