Estonian Home Beautification Association
The objective of the home beautification movement, launched by the President of the Republic, is to make Estonia a better place to live and improve the overall appearance of the country. The Estonian Home Beautification Association holds an annual competition. The President of the Republic presents awards to the winners in August.
Carolin Illenzeer Fund
The aim of the Carolin Illenzeer Fund is to collect financial and social assistance resources to support the children of the members of the Estonian Defence Forces who have either died in combat or in service, or who have been heavily injured. The guiding principles of the foundation are kindness and good will in order to help cover schooling costs or hobby education fees for the children of the members of the Estonian Defence Forces who have fought for their country.
Lennart Meri Conference
The Lennart Meri Conference is one of the biggest regional forums on foreign and security policy issues for the Nordic Countries and the Baltic States, attended by the leading analysts and politicians from Europe and other regions of the world to discuss important foreign policy topics and seek solutions to pressing security problems. The conference is organised by the International Centre for Defence Studies and the Lennart Meri European Foundation. The first Lennart Meri Memorial Conference was held in March 2007 in Tallinn. Since 2008 the event has been called the Lennart Meri Conference.
Compilation of a database of those who fled from Estonia during World War II
The Estonian Institute of Historical Memory is set to compile a database of those who fled from the country during World War II. This store of information will record the fates of previous generations of Estonians, thus providing a useful tool for future research. Tens of thousands of Estonians were forced to leave their homeland in the midst of the Second World War. Never was this exodus greater than in the autumn of 1944, when many fled the country in fear of repressions and the advancing Red Army. Many of them hoped that they would soon be able to return to Estonia; sadly, their absence would last for decades, and many would not live long enough to see their homeland again. Despite the great interest in this topic in decades past, we still lack a clear overview of the number of those who fled, where exactly they were from and what their social background was. Research into the issue to date has estimated that 80,000 people fled Estonia in World War II, but other numbers have also been suggested.
Annual Conference of Human Rights
The Annual Conference of Human Rights aims to raise awareness on human rights in society at large. The Institute of Human Rights is committed to making sure that the annual conference opens up new perspectives on human rights. Experts from different fields, backgrounds and perspectives are always invited to speak at the conference, with the common aim of ensuring that the values of human rights and fundamental freedoms are upheld. The central question of the Annual Conference of Human Rights is how to be a good person and how to care for and notice others.
Kadrina Secondary School’s ITI-NUTI CADrina Festival patron 2023
The ITI-NUTI CADrina Festival at Kadrina Secondary School grew out of its engineering classes in 2010. It includes a CAD drawing competition, robotics and technology workshops for students and the CADcup basketball tournament. The festival is organised by a team of students, teachers, local leaders and entrepreneurs.
38th SELL Games Tartu honorary patron 2023
The SELL Games are an international series of sports competitions for university students which are held alternatingly in Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. They were originally launched under a different name in Tartu in 1923 before becoming known as the SELL Games (SELL being the initials of the four countries in their own languages).