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The project aims to strengthen the democratic culture in Estonia. The project focuses on helping people make better informed decisions during elections and supporting the following of Good Election Practices. The project uses different target groups (local journalists, young people, teachers) to shape the public debate during the pre-election period to put focuses on the specific tasks of the local municipalities and prevent the making of false claims and the spread of false information. In co-operation with the project partner Praxis we will create communicative manual to explain the responsibilities of local municipalities which are mainly targeted at journalists. A media campaign on the same topic is targeted at the general electorate. To support making informed decisions we will publish election related fact checks together with Eesti Päevaleht. We will also develop a a manual targeted at local media owned by local municipalities to help them follow Good Election Practices. The Estonian Debating Society will use the manuals developed to create suitable materials for young people, which we will use to train students at schools, youth councils and local youth centres in cooperation with the Estonian National Youth Council. With the help of experienced debate teachers and teacher trainers we will also develop the manuals into teaching materials which can be used at schools by teachers after the end of this project. Different actions of this project will shape the pre-election public debate to focus more on the responsibilities of local municipalities and support the first-time voters with necessary information and skills to shape young people into informed voters.