A newly created non-profit organization, “Global Estonians”, which consists of representatives from Estonian communities in Canada, Sweden, USA and the World Estonian Council, held its establishing meeting in Tallinn last week and met with senior government officials to discuss future cooperation, including the development of the globalestonian.com portal.
“We’re thankful to the Government of Estonia for committing to establish the government committee for global Estonian affairs and cooperation in the coming months,” said ECC/EKN National Executive committee member Reet Marten-Sehr adding, “We look forward to working with our international partners in common cause to develop a global Estonian identity.”
“Canadian Estonians can be proud of the leadership their community has taken on this initiative, as well as the many other initiatives our community leads including; EstDocs, Latitude 44, Estonian Music Week and the International Estonian Center,” commented ECC/EKN President, Marcus Kolga, “the global Estonian committee is a great tool and venue where we can share these experiences and grow our global Estonian community, through cooperation and better mutual understanding.”
In a statement, Estonian Minister Riina Solman said that “the global Estonian community is a great asset that has great potential.” She added, “I place great importance on the goal in the coalition agreement to create the Global Estonian program to activate and bring together Estonians.”
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For more information: info@estoniancouncil.ca
