Co-operation with Estonia

The Central Finland Regional Environment Centre engaged in cooperation with Estonia for over a decade, in the 1990's and the beginning of 2000's. The most important partner in the cooperation in Estonia was the city of Tür in Estonia. Under the cooperation training was provided to local environmental authorities. Additionally, Finland provided support to Estonia on European Union issues. Common themes were the EU Water Framework Directive and Natura 2000.

The  Ministries of the Environment in both countries provided a small amount of financing in support of the activities. Besides occupational development, there was also elaboration and developing of environmental protection. The most important investment under the cooperation was a sewage treatment plant in the city of Tür.

Concerning the cooperation between Finland and Estonia on training the goal was to support local environmental authorities in Estonia with implementing the EU Water Framework Directive and to exchange experiences on the process.

The city of Sillamäe