From today until 22 September, all Tallinn residents aged 14 and older can cast their votes for up to three of their favorite ideas to be implemented in their district.
The proposals from the Citizens’ Assembly have led to 61 initiatives to make the city greener and more people-centric: 20 have already been completed, 28 are underway, and 13 are still to come.
The Tallinn City Government has completed this year’s statistical yearbook "Tallinn in Figures" that offers an overview of the development of different areas of the city in the recent years. The population of Tallinn has grown for more than 20 years in a row, already reaching above 445,600.
By the regulation of the Tallinn City Council, the city will reimburse the connection fee when joining the public water supply and sewerage system for residential buildings with a permit issued before 2011. In order to receive compensation, an application must be submitted to the Tallinn Environmental and Public Utilities Board.
In October 2020, the Tallinn Social and Health Care Department, in cooperation with the Tallinn Ambulance and the Tallinn Children's Hospital, launched a home doctor pilot project, the aim of which is to proovide medical care to sick children aged 0–12. In July and August, the project will be suspended and resumed in September.
On weekends, parents in Tallinn can invite a home doctor’s team for a child up to 12 years of age with acute symptoms - for example, if the parent has not been able to get an appointment to the family doctor or the child has fallen ill on a day off.
At the end of March, the EU project "Urban Eco Islands“ was officially completed on the island of Aegna, which developed a number of environmentally friendly solutions.
The members of the Tallinn City Government decided not to index the salaries of the members of the City Government for the second year in a row, considering the economic impacts of the corona epidemic.