Estonia will be probably a part of the EU and applicable for structural and social
funds soon. In one hand, the weakness of appropriate planning procedures may halt
opportunities to receive EU funding. On the other hand, inability of central government and
county authorities to guarantee functional planning of CI and continuing lobbying practices
create serious danger for waste of public resources.
Alerting example from the Suure-Jaani case study shows the lack of reasonable
thinking in post-Soviet CI planning at the community level. Curious enough, we may
argue, that networking as a sort of political collaboration has approached its upper limits,
where reasonable standards and feasibility criteria’s are not arguments and where emotions
in combination with political ambitions and personal interest tend to dominate.
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