At the meeting, the programme of President Arnold Rüütel's and Mrs Ingrid Rüütel's forthcoming tour of Hiiumaa on August 21-22 also was talked about.
In the afternoon, the President discussed with Marko Pomerants, the Governor of the Lääne-Viru County, and Matti Jõe, the Mayor of Rakvere, how to promote regional development and how to incorporate local capacities into implementation of such projects which created additional prerequisites for development. They held that one of the key issues with it was training of good project managers. Through training, more educated people could be employed in rural areas. They agreed that an effective solution of this problem would create conditions for well-balanced development of all Estonia's regions.
Press Service of the Office of the President
Kadriorg, August 8, 2002
