ESTONIAN ROUNDTABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION (AKÜ) Riina Kuusik AKÜ coordinator
Jan 19, 2016
ESTONIAN ROUNDTABLE
FOR DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION (AKÜ)
Riina Kuusik AKÜ coordinator
The main success of the Platform during 2004
• Continued form of operation – an informal network
• Improving partner relations with the MFA• A few funding applications submitted and
approved:
for capacity-building:- CIDA/ODACE - Baltic-American Partnership Program- Open Estonia Foundation
for awareness raising:- Fair Trade (Estonian Green Movement/FoE)- Eastgate (Estonian European Movement)- Terveilm (Estonian Fund for Nature)
Main challenges facing AKÜ during 2005
• Financial sustainability
• Institutionalization
• Professionalization
Financial sustainability
• Very difficult to receive an institutional support
• Project based support is short-term and limited
• Member organizations not (yet) ready to contribute
Contact
Riina Kuusik, AKÜ coordinator
E-mail: [email protected]
Address:
C/O Open Estonia Foundation
Estonia Ave. 5a, Tallinn 10143, Estonia
Tel. +372-56983050
Fax. +372-6313796
http://www.terveilm.net
Thank You!