The call for proposals for the Tallinn's second participatory budget 2022 was a success - the people of Tallinn submitted a total of 389 ideas for promoting city life. The largest number of proposals was submitted for developing the urban environment.
As part of a charity campaign that took place throughout September, 75 schools across Estonia, including 8 Tallinn schools, received slacklines to promote physical activity among students.
The City of Tallinn and the Estonian Transport Administration gifted sets of traffic signs to kindergartens for learning safe traffic, which will enable to create a small traffic campus in the kindergarten’s courtyard. 24 Tallinn kindergartens will receive the traffic cart this year.
Over the coming weekend, on October 9 and 10, vaccination is again organized in Tallinn schools. One school is open for vaccination on Saturday from 10 am to 3 pm and seven schools are open from 10 am to 6 pm, and in two schools, one can be vaccinated on Sunday from 10 am to 6 pm. Everyone from the age of 12 are welcome to get vaccinated without pre-registration.
The development project of the year, collaborative project of the year, start-up of the year, tourism deed of the year, job creator of the year, future solution and eco-innovation awards were announced at the Tallinn Business Awards gala held at the Song Festival Grounds on 30 September. Awards were also presented for the best applied research projects.
The City Government decided that Tallinn municipal schools will continue dispersing students at a 30-50 percent capacity, depending on the situation of each particular school, for the next two weeks, i.e. from 15 to 26 November.
According to an amendment to the City Government’s regulation, the amount of the disabled child’s benefit in Tallinn will increase from 100 euros to 125 euros annually from next year.
From today, 3 September to 1 October, all Tallinners will be able to submit proposals on which projects could be funded from the city's participatory budget in 2022.
From this autumn, Tallinn will start paying the one-time allowance 320 euros for children going to the first grade in one instalment. So far, the benefit has been paid in two parts. Parents can start applying for the benefit from 13 September.