Description
The project was started by the the Union of Boards of Trustees of Kindergartens in Tallinn in order to help parents solve problems in kindergartens and child-care service provision and to raise capacity of the boards of trustees in kindergartens. It is possible to make changes and start a discussion with the local government, if the boards agree on common messages and aims. The project offers an opportunity for the board of trustees to educate themselves, increase their awareness of their rights and obligations. Project plan includes workshops, information days, publishing and distributing an information brochure and recorded summaries of meetings. Informing the boards of trustees notifications and media coverage should be both traditional and innovative ways. Educating and consultation will be carried out together with by professionals and volunteers from two partner organisations – NGO Kodaniku Hääl (Citizen’s Voice) and Estonian Parent’s Union.
Summary of project results
The communication between Tallinn Education Department and Union of the Boards of Trustees of Kindergartens in Tallinn (UBTBKT) has improved. Regularly there has been sent messages concerning children’s problems– lack of transparency and lack of financing concerning kindergartens, buildings in need of renovation, overworked employees. A communication manager joined the team during the project who observed media involvement on the basis of the compiled plan- verbal involvement at trainings and events, notifying participants via e-mail, involvement by phone, press releases, surveys, and notifications on the webpage and in Facebook. Moreover, throughout the project appearances have been made in television and radio, and newspaper articles have been published. The union found 16 new volunteers from the events that took place in the framework of the Project. Important achievements of the project include an increased reflection concerning the problems of kindergartens through involving media, offering solutions to problems through improving the work of kindergarten’s boards of trustees and showing that the union is ready for participating in further and broader discussions.
Summary of bilateral results