Tallinn annual report 2014

Tallinn annual report 2014 CONTENTS

9PAGE 12PAGE 24PAGE 26PAGE FOREWORD BY THE MAYOR TALLINN - TALLINN HAS A TALLINN AND ITS DIVERSE THE CAPITAL OF THE PRODUCTIVE ECONOMY ARRAY OF ACTIVITIES AND REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA EXPERIENCES 30PAGE 37PAGE EDUCATED, SKILLED, AND TALLINN RESIDENT CARED Tallinn OPEN TALLINN FOR, PROTECTED, AND annual report annual HELPED - SAFE TALLINN 2014 42PAGE TALLINN AS A COSY, Facts 13 Education 31 City transport and 43 INSPIRING, AND ENVIRON- Population 14 Sports 34 road safety MENTALLY SUSTAINABLE Economy 15 Youth work 36 Landscaping and 45 CITY SPACE Managing the city 18 Social welfare 38 property maintenance Safety 40 City economy 47 Health 41 City planning 48 Water and sewerage 49 PAGE Environmental 50 54 protection Income 55 OVERVIEW OF BUDGET Operating costs 56 IMPLEMENTATION OF Investment activity 58 TALLINN CITY IN 2014 Financing activities 59 and cash flow PAGE PAGE 8 9 LINNAELU ARENG FOREWORDLINNAELU BY ARENGTHE MAYOR VALDKONNITI VALDKONNITI

In their dreams and wishes, people must move faster than life dictates because this is when we desire to go on and only then we shall one day have the chance to ensure that something has been completed again.

Tallinn is accustomed to setting tion of the Haabersti intersection in proven itself to be a stable city and big goals for itself - taking responsi- cooperation with the private sector. shelter for many people who would bility for ensuring that its residents Concurrently with the construction have otherwise been forced to search receive high quality services and of new tram tracks, the section of abroad for jobs. e eorts of Tallinn that the city develops vigorously. Pärnu Highway, from Freedom Squa- have, at least to some extent, helped to erefore, 2014 was also a busy and re to the viaduct, was renovated, the counter this process. ambitious year for Tallinn. As people construction of Kalaranna Street, e economic life of the city is quickly become accustomed to good as well as comprehensive works on also recovering rapidly. At present, things, then I would like to take a Suur-Sõjamäe Street, were started, Tallinn contributes more than half of moment here to remind you what is and many roads inside the block Estonia’s gross domestic product. e worth remembering about 2014. were repaired. In the spring of 2015, gross domestic product per resident Last year, the Tondiraba Ice Hall thorough reconstruction works were of Tallinn is EUR 24,000 per year, was completed, and in March of this completed in the Police Garden Park. which is 60% higher than Estonian year it hosted the ISU World Junior In addition to the fact that new trams average. Of the enterprises registered Figure Skating Championships. will begin running this year on the in the Estonian register of economic Last year, the Tallinn Sports School renovated tracks in the city, the city’s activities, 42-43% of enterprises are was founded, the salary of nursery public transport company has also situated in Tallinn. school teachers was raised by 12%, purchased a large number of new We have considered it most im- waste management was taken under buses. Over the past few years, a great portant that Tallinn would face its the city’s control, and a building deal has been done to help promote citizens, so the residents of Tallinn for doctors and nurses was built. and develop public transport, as well would also face the city. Tallinn is e building of family houses was as to develop the road network - free successful because we have had the continued, along with the suppor- public transport, which has now been courage, strength, and skills to do ting of apartment associations and running for two years, has proven its things dierently, dierently from the implementing of the municipal sustainability. what has been and is the tradition on apartments programme - during the Tallinn is growing - according Toompea. e 2014 Annual report for year, 150 apartments were rented out to the population register, 434,426 the City of Tallinn, contained between and more than 900 tenancy contracts people were living in the capital as of these covers, is one conrmation of were extended. New Year’s morning. Compared to this. Mayor of Tallinn e House of the Blackheads, 2014, the number of residents grew which remained a public property by 4527 people and this rate of growth ◆ thanks to the city’s eorts, is beco- is continuing. In the context of Esto- EDGAR SAVISAAR ming the cultural centre of the city. nia’s total population decreasing by During the year, 19 bigger and 21 3,600 people, Tallinn’s achievement smaller road objects were repaired, is laudable. e claim can be made including the start of reconstruc- that in the past few years Tallinn has PAGE PAGE 10 11 LINNAELU ARENG LINNAELU ARENG VALDKONNITI VALDKONNITI PAGE PAGE 12 13 TALLINN TALLINN TODAY TODAY FACTS

Location 59° 26´ latitude North and 24° 46´ longitude East Area 159.31 km2 Islands Aegna (3.04 km2) TALLINN - Lakes Harku, Ülemiste Sea border 46 km Inland border 59 km THE CAPITAL OF THE Highest point 63.6 m above sea level, located in Nõmme

TALLINN’S EIGHT CITY DISTRICTS ARE HOME TO A TOTAL OF 434,426 REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA PEOPLE (as at 1 January 2015) Haabersti 43 996 City Centre 57 908 Kristiine 31 770 Lasnamäe 118 437 Mustamäe 66 194 Nõmme 39 501 Pirita 17 694 Northern-Tallinn 58 926

Population concentration 2,727 people per km2 PAGE PAGE 14 15 LINNAELUTALLINN ARENG LINNAELUTALLINN ARENG VALDKONNITITODAY VALDKONNITITODAY POPULATION ECONOMY As at 1 January 2015, the Within its administrative population of Tallinn, according territory, the City of Tallinn activities, 42% of enterprises are Tallinn, was elected as one of the to the population register, was provides social aid and services, situated in Tallinn. Most of the vice presidents and board members 434,426 people, having grown organises welfare services enterprises in Tallinn (93%) are of the INTA. Holding such a by 4527 people in 2014. for old people, youth work, small, with less than ten employees. high position allows Tallinn to housing and utilities, waste In 2014, there were 99 large better protect its interests in the About 32% of the Estonian management, territorial enterprises in Tallinn, with more organisation and improve Tallinn’s population lives in Tallinn. planning and public transport, than 250 employees. reputation through our progressive According to the population register, ensures water supply and While elsewhere in Estonia and innovative developments. 4892 babies were born and 4405 sewerage, handles property employment mainly decreased in people died in Tallinn, so the natural ValgevenelasedBelarusians maintenance and keeps the 2014, then employment increased increment was 487 people. Within in Tallinn and Harju County. In streets clean. a year, 16,003 people registered in Tallinn, the average number of Ukrainians Other Tallinn and 10,402 people le . Upon Moreover, the city maintains beneficiaries per year grew by 8,900 organising the population register pre-school childcare institutions, people in 2014 when compared to (comparing data with the population Russians Estonians basic schools, upper secondary 2013. In 2014, there were 193,000 registers of other countries, etc.) schools, hobby schools, libraries, beneficiaries in Tallinn and the the number of Tallinn residents community centres, museums, declared average monthly income decreased by 1,561 people. e sports facilities, shelters and care was EUR 1060, which is 5.2% population of Tallinn is mainly homes, health care institutions and more than in 2013. According to growing thanks to the city ensuring other local institutions. In addition, the Statistical Office, there were public services on a good level, the city organises other local issues 16,000 unemployed people in and favouring and supporting the imposed on it by legislation. Tallinn in 2014, including 7100 creation of new jobs and housing Together with other local registered unemployed people as construction. e improved living government units of Harju County, at the end of 2014, and the rate of environment and high quality public Tallinn forms the most powerful unemployment was 6.9%. services increase the attractiveness of economic area in Estonia. Tallinn As at 2014, Tallinn is a member Tallinn mainly among the residents contributes approx. 49-50% of of 14 international organisations of those local governments in which Estonia’s domestic gross product, and contact networks. Tallinn the availability of public services has with the number rising to approx. cooperates with 25 cities, with decreased, schools are being closed 61% when the entire capital region more active cooperation taking down, jobs are disappearing, and in is included. The gross domestic place with 15 cities. For Tallinn, which the means of public transport product per resident of Tallinn is 2014 marks the beginning of an are insu cient. EUR 23,000-24,000 per year, which important era in the International is 60% higher than Estonian average Urban Development Association level. Of the enterprises registered INTA. At the beginning of the in the Estonian register of economic year, Edgar Savisaar, Mayor of PAGE PAGE 16 17 LINNAELU ARENG LINNAELU ARENG VALDKONNITI VALDKONNITI PAGE PAGE 18 19 MANAGING THE MANAGING THE CITY CITY

CITY COUNCIL Chairman of the City Council CITY COUNCIL MANAGING THE CITY 10 COMMITTEES 78 members of the Council OFFICE Education and Cultural A‰airs Committee The City of Tallinn is managed Innovation Committee by the City Council and the City Environmental Committee Government. Public Order and Consumer Protec- tion Committee City residents elect the City City Government manages the City Economy Committee Council for a term of four years. e areas they have been assigned. e City Property Committee 8 ADMINISTRATIVE last council elections were held on organisational and technical work Finance Committee COUNCILS OF CITY 20 October 2013. e current 8th of the City Government is ensured Audit Committee membership of the City Council by the City O ce, led by the City Social Welfare and Health Care DISTRICTS consists of 79 members and four Secretary who is appointed by the Committee factions: Centre Party (46 members), Mayor. Legal Committee Reform Party (11 members), Union e City Government operates in of Pro Patria and Res Publica sessions, with the session commonly CITY GOVERMENT (14 members), and the Social taking place once a week. In 2014, Mayor Democratic Party (eight members). the City Government held 53 8 GOVERNMENTS OF 6 Deputy Mayors CITY OFFICE e City Council works through sessions, resulting in the adoption of City Secretary full sessions, as well as through 76 regulations, 2009 orders, and 356 City Secretary OŽce commissions and fractions. e city agenda items. CITY DISTRICTS Mayor OŽce council has formed ten commissions. With its 281 institutions, the Haabersti GCD Deputy Mayor OŽce (6) e o ce of the Tallinn City Council City of Tallinn is the biggest local Tallinn Central City Government organises the business of the City government in Estonia. In 2014, the Kristiine GCD Sectoral city services: Council. In 2014, the City Council average number of employees with Lasnamäe GCD 13 DEPARTMENTS held 23 meetings (including  ve full time jobs at city institutions Mustamäe GCD Enterprise Department Public Relations Service extraordinary sessions) and approved was 12,429 employees, which is 142 Nõmme GCD Education Department Financial Service 196 decisions and 34 regulations. people less than in 2013. Sixty-six Pirita GCD Environmental Department Administrative Service e management of the City per cent of city employees work in North Tallinn Government Municipal Engineering Services Information Technology Service of Tallinn is a seven-member City the  eld of education  eld (teachers, Department City Internal Audit Service Government, including the Mayor speech therapists, special education Cultural Heritage Department Human Resources Service and six Deputy Mayors. teachers, etc.), 11% in the  elds City Archives Legal Service e City Government manages of sports, youth, and culture, and City Property Department the work of city o ces (except another 11% in the  elds of health City Planning Department for the City Council O ce) and care and social welfare. Municipal Police Department Vital Statistics Department participates in private legal bodies Social Welfare and Health Care Depart- as a shareholder, partner, founder, ment and member. Each member of the Sports and Youth Department Transport Department

(237 administered institutions) PAGE PAGE 20 21 MANAGING THE LINNAELUMANAGING ARENG THE CITY VALDKONNITICITY

MAYOR EDGAR SAVISAAR DEPUTY MAYOR MIHHAIL KÕLVART DEPUTY MAYOR TAAVI AAS Tallinn City Office, Tallinn City Archive, Tallinn Vital Tallinn Education Department, Tallinn Cultural Heritage Tallinn Urban Planning Department, Tallinn Statistics Department, City District Governments Department, Tallinn Sports and Youth Department Transport Department

DEPUTY MAYOR MERIKE MARTINSON DEPUTY MAYOR KALLE KLANDORF DEPUTY MAYOR EHA VÕRK Tallinn Social Welfare and Health Care Department Tallinn Municipal Engineering Services Department, Tallinn City Property Department Tallinn Municipal Police Department

DEPUTY MAYOR ARVO SARAPUU Tallinn City Enterprise Board, Tallinn Environment Department PAGE PAGE 22 23 LINNAELU ARENG LINNAELU ARENG VALDKONNITI VALDKONNITI PAGE PAGE 24 25 LINNAELU ARENG LINNAELU ARENG VALDKONNITIAREAS VALDKONNITIAREAS

partners participated in the fair; 25 partners in total. TALLINN HAS Tallinn Markets, an institution TALLINN AS AN managed by the City Enterprise Department, organises market trading in the Nõmme, Mustamäe, A PRODUCTIVE and Lasnamäe markets, and with INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED a possession contract also in the pavilions of the  sh and  ower market. By the end of 2014, a new ECONOMY system for selling permits and CITY THAT PROVIDES QUALITY bookings was developed for markets. In 2014, the City of Tallinn European student business competition, e new system was implemented supported the development of etc. in February 2015, and should entrepreneurship by contributing In 2014, thanks to the grant for signi cantly increase the transparency TOURISM SERVICE to the counselling and training of creating new jobs, 62 new jobs were of the process. entrepreneurs. A great deal of attention created; the grant for internship On 21 May 2014, the municipal store In order for Tallinn’s reputation of Tallinn. was also directed towards increasing supervisors was used to support 29 Linnapood was opened in the Lasnamäe as an attractive tourist destination Last year, Tallinn was a very the international reputation of the interns, and 106 enterprises received Market, the goal of which is to o er to grow, the city actively markets popular tourist destination - in entrepreneurship and investment exhibition support. In addition, price-sensitive customers essential and tourism at the international and local 2014, foreign tourists spent 2.85 environment of Tallinn and the support for creating social jobs in commonly used groceries and basic level. In 2014, Tallinn was introduced million nights at Tallinn’s tourist participation of enterprises in enterprises and institutions that necessities at the cheapest prices in the in 33 international recreational accommodations, which was 2% international events was supported. belong to the city was continued. In city. In 2014, an average 895 clients per tourism as well as conference and more than the year before. In order to support entrepreneurship, 2014, 28 city institutions and trading day visited the municipal store, and on incentive marketing events, and  ve support structures and cluster companies o ered 61 social jobs to average they purchased goods in the marketing campaigns that introduce cooperation were developed (a cluster 180 unemployed people. total amount of EUR 1980 per day. In Tallinn were organised in Finland, is a system of market-based and non- International cooperation also 2015, the selection of items sold in the Russia, Sweden, Great Britain, and market-based connections between played a signi cant role in developing Linnapood will be expanded, while prices Germany. In addition, Tallinn was geographically concentrated enterprises entrepreneurship. From 11-14 March will be kept at the lowest level in Tallinn. introduced to 370 foreign journalists and other institutions); while the e ects 2014, Tallinn, in cooperation with In 2014, the consumer protection and 780 tour operators and of unemployment were also alleviated 15 partners, participated in the department of the City Enterprise conference organisers. and social employment was improved. international property and investments Department gave advice to residents and e Tallinn tourism portal is In 2014, the most important fair MIPIM, held in Cannes, France. On entrepreneurs, handled complaints on available online in nine di erent activities in developing small businesses 8 May 2014, the  rst Tallinn innovation 2,331 occasions, and checked the points languages. In addition, the travel were counselling potential, beginning, day was held, the goal of which of sale of retail trade, service, catering, destination was actively advertised and active entrepreneurs in enterprise- was to increase people’s awareness and street trading on 1,334 occasions. via the social media accounts of related issues, and organising trainings of innovation, give entrepreneurs e motto of the citywide consumer VisitTallinn (Facebook, Twitter, and informative events. Within the inspiration for development activities, rights protection day, which took place YouTube, Instagram, and Google+) framework of supporting non-pro t and bring together the representatives on 20 March 2014, was “We Help and in the tourist information activities, 36 projects supporting of innovative enterprises. In 2014, the with Useful Advice”. In addition to the platform for destinations, entrepreneurship or the competitiveness annual Tallinn Entrepreneurship Day traditional information about consumer ArrivalGuides.com. Several tourism of entrepreneurs were funded, including focused on smart business. Together rights, advice was given about loans and publications have been published, the competition Ajujaht and Mektory’s with its partners, Tallinn participated purchasing-selling-trading real estate. and more than 247,000 people visited business models competition, the in the youth information fair Teeviit e activities of e-trading were also the Tallinn Tourist Information business accelerator Gamefounders, 2014. Entrepreneurs, professional discussed based on the General Part Centre. In 2014, more than 100,000 the foundation Garage48, the display associations as well as schools that teach of the Economic Activities Code Act, visits were made using the Tallinn round of Junior Achievement Estonia’s the respective profession and other which entered into force on 1 July 2014. Card, which was developed in order to introduce the history and culture PAGE PAGE 26 27 AREAS AREAS TALLINN AND ITS DIVERSE lending and reading environment Salme Culture Centre, Nõmme experiences, and takes care of ELLU. In addition, in 2014 the Culture Centre, Tallinn’s Haabersti maintaining the heritage of previous Central Library began lending City District Leisure Centre, Pirita generations. Tallinn City Museum ARRAY OF ACTIVITIES AND e-readers; in order to celebrate the Leisure Centre, and the City Centre’s consists of ten museums: City year of sports, the lending of sports Leisure Centre (until 01 October Museum, Museum of Photography, equipment started as well. A reading 2014 Hopner House). e culture Kiek in de Kök and the bastion dog started working in the foreign centres, community houses, and tunnels, the Maiden Tower’s EXPERIENCES literature department. Reading dogs leisure centres of Tallinn provide museum-café, the House Museum have been introduced to the library people with the opportunity to of Peter I, the E. Vilde Museum, the in order for children to be able to engage in hobby activities, organise A. H. Tammsaare Museum, St. John’s practice their reading without being the celebration of national and folk Almshouse and thematic children’s graded on their reading skills. calendar holidays, as well as various museums Miia-Milla-Manda in In 2014, nine cultural institutions types of cultural events. Kalamaja and Kadriorg. At the 2014 In terms of culture, the city were active in Tallinn: Pelgulinn A museum is a keeper of cultural awards gala for Estonian museums, aims to o‚ er its residents as 2014 was declared to be the was published. Community Centre, Russian Culture heritage, a research and memory Tallinn City Museum received the well as guests various high- international year of the Gulf of Tallinn’s City Districts organised Centre, Lindakivi Culture Centre, institution that brings to the award for Museum Developer of quality cultural experiences. Finland. us, Tallinn Day was given many local cultural events: Old Mustamäe Culture Centre Kaja, public emotional and educational the Year for its Telliskivi pop-up the title of “Cool Tallinn” which, in Town days in Tallinn’s City Centre, In 2014, the biggest and most addition to referring to the Gulf of Queen Kristina’s days in the Kristiine notable citywide cultural events were Finland, carried the message that District, mamma-pappa’s days in the Birgitta Festival, Tallinn Maritime it is cool to live in Tallinn and to the Haabersti District, a children’s Days, Tallinn Day, celebration of visit Tallinn. On Tallinn Day, about song festival, family festival, and the Chinese New Year, the open-air 20 restaurants and cafés in Tallinn health day in Männi Park, in the concert “Awake, Baltic States!” prepared the world’s longest sprat Mustamäe District, an abbey fair in dedicated to the 25th anniversary of sandwich on the Town Hall Square. the Pirita District, Nõmme spring in the Baltic Way. Based on tradition, On 23 August, the 25th the Nõmme District, and the family events celebrating public holidays anniversary of the Baltic Way was event “Lasnamäe summer in parks” and important dates (Mother’s celebrated on Freedom Square. and Lasnamäe days in the Lasnamäe Day, anniversary of the Tartu Peace A er presenting Toomas Lepp’s District. Treaty) were supported, along with  lm “Baltic Passion” in the Popular In 2014, there were 17 active the organisation of the theatre Front Museum and the conference library branches and the library festival Golden Mask; prizes for the “Baltic Way 25” in the Town Hall, a bus Katarina Jee, in addition to Black Nights Film Festival as well as grandiose concert “Awaken, Baltic the Tallinn Central Library. In the Kristjan Raud art awards were States!” began on Freedom Square 2014, the Tallinn Central Library handed out. where Anne Veski, Getter Jaani, Jassi focused on the digital literacy of International cooperation was Zahharov, Erich Krieger, a band led Tallinn’s residents, integration, and conducted with festival MustonenFest by Siim Aimla, opera-quartet and developing activities that support the 2014, which in 2014 expanded to Baltic Way choir, conducted by Raul more active participation of people Tel Aviv, Israel for the  rst time. e Talmar, performed the hits from with di erent language and cultural festival programme included six the period of national awakening. background in social life. e Tallinn exciting classical, jazz, and world e brochure “Journey through the Central Library continues to be music concerts accompanied by UNESCO World Heritage cities of the only library in Estonia which Kaupo Kikkas’ photo exhibition “ e the Baltic States”, dedicated to the provides lending services for modern 4 Seasons of Tallinn”. 25th anniversary of the Baltic Way, Estonian e-books, via the e-book PAGE PAGE 28 29 LINNAELU ARENG VALDKONNITIAREAS AREAS

museum project. e temporary school classes, thanks to the learning in the City eatre’s open-air stage Philharmonic Society - the Tallinn museum in the Telliskivi Creative materials prepared by the Zoo. and in the Vanemuine eatre in Chamber Orchestra, which was City was used to store the history and In 2014, 65,405 people visited the Tartu. Performing the plays around founded in 1993, ended its 20th cultural heritage of Telliskivi Street, Tallinn Botanic Garden. Visits to the the world was part of the tour concert season in the spring; in and local residents were included in Botanic Garden decreased by 3.4% dedicated to Shakespeare’s 450th September, the Tallinn Philharmonic the City Museum’s activities more compared to the year before, due to birthday. At the end of the year, Society celebrated its 20th prominently than ever before. Jaan the decline in the number of Russian the international theatre festival “A anniversary; Birgitta Festival was Märss, the conservator of Tallinn City tourists visiting Estonia. In 2014, Winter Night’s Dream”, with the sub- organised for the tenth time, and Museums, received the award for the the development of an audio guide title “Serious Games”, was organised maestro Eri Klas, the creative director best conservation work of 2014, with programme and mobile application for the eighth time. of the Tallinn Philharmonic Society his long-term work “Locks, Keys, and designed to introduce the open 2014 saw a number of important and the Birgitta Festival, celebrated Shutters”. ground collections was completed. milestones for the Tallinn his 75th birthday. With the Tallinn carried out in Tallinn’s churches. e In 2014, the big events at the In 2014, a total of 3223 people Philharmonic Society having moved restoration of the chandelier in the Popular Front Museum were the studied at 160 free education, hobby, to the House of the Blackheads Church of the Holy Ghost, dating an award was presented to merited travelling exhibition “Who is Next and refresher courses at Tallinn’s in autumn 2011, the number of from 1660, as well as the restoration cultural  gures for the fourth time. In to You?”, opened on the occasion of People’s University. Training took prominent concerts as well as the of its electrical installation, was 2014, the Tallinn City Government the 25th anniversary of the Baltic place in 12  elds, with the most selection of other cultural events held completed, along with the restoration decided to hand out two special Way, and the printed work “When popular being creative writing, art in the building has increased. During of the Dome Church’s front doors. awards - one for theatre director and the Little Ones were Big. Baltic Way therapy, massage, hatha yoga and the year, 480 di erent cultural In 2014, the city participated in producer Eino Baskin, and another 25”. e work is dedicated to the aroma therapy, soap, and sewing events were held in the House of compiling and publishing the   h for conductor and music  gure Eri socio-political situation of 1989 in course, as well as knitting schools the Blackheads. In 2014, the Tallinn book in the house type books series Klas. the Soviet Union and Estonia, the and restoration. Chamber Orchestra represented the “Post-war Individual House”, and in formation of the idea of the Baltic In 2014, Tallinn City eatre City of Tallinn in Austria, Slovenia, cooperation with the architecture Way, the preparations for the Baltic performed 450 plays for 72,765 the United States, China, Tunisia, museum the comprehensive Way, and its execution. spectators. e theatre’s repertoire Russia, Finland, and Germany. For research project “Tallinn’s Wooden In 2014, Tallinn Zoo celebrated included 27 plays, of which six were the  rst time, they performed in architecture” was published as well. its 75th birthday. In order to new. Last year, Tallinn City eatre legendary Carnegie Hall, which e restoration of the Inger celebrate this, a jubilee book “ e hosted Shakespeare’s Globe, the opened its doors in 1891 and has bastion’s eastern tunnel was Zoo’s Tracks - the Stories and authentic English “Hamlet” of which become one of the most important started. In connection with the People of the Tallinn Zoo” was Estonian theatregoers could see both centres of musical life in the world. reconstruction of Freedom Square, published. In 2014, the Tallinn Zoo’s e process of building and the opportunity presented itself environmental education centre was restoring monuments located in to restore and open the previously opened, allowing every Estonian to Tallinn’s Old Town, and outside inaccessible (under water) eastern use contemporary means to educate of the Old Town, was continued. section of the Inger bastion tunnel, himself or herself on the topic of In 2014, a section of Tallinn’s city stretching from the restored tunnel nature. In addition, visitors showed wall was restored along Müürivahe to the Mayer’s Stairs. In cooperation great interest in the birthday party and Laboratooriumi streets; the with Tallinn City Museum, an for the rhinoceros Kibibi, the name restoration of the iconostasis (under exhibition of historical stones from giving party for leopard cubs Dori, national protection as the oldest Tallinn Old Town shall be opened in Muusi, and Frendo, monkey day, remaining iconostasis in Estonia) the restored tunnels and integrated rhinoceros day, the birthday party of the side altar at the St. Nicholas’ with a branch of the City Museum. for polar bears Nora and Nord, Church (Vene Street 24) was In order to support the creative pumpkin day, etc. A total of 21,668 completed, and smaller restoration activities of merited cultural  gures pupils participated in the Zoo’s zoo and reconditioning works were who are also residents of Tallinn, PAGE PAGE 30 31 LINNAELU ARENG LINNAELU ARENG VALDKONNITIAREAS VALDKONNITIAREAS EDUCATED, SKILLED, AND EDUCATION

e objective of the city is to OPEN TALLINN provide and make available a wide array of options for receiving an education. All children living in Tallinn must be provided with In 2014, the programme “A places in a nursery school and the nursery school spot for every acquiring of a pre-school education, child” was continued, and opportunities for acquiring basic and within the framework of the high school education, acquiring programme nine new crèches vocational education based on the and nursery school groups needs of the labour market and a were opened, thus creating 200 diverse array of opportunities for new crèche and nursery school recreational education and activities. spots. By the end of 2014, Tallinn had 130 In order to decrease the queues 2012201120102009 2013 2014 nursery schools, one nursry school- for nursery schools and create 21 304 21 512 21 977 22 193 22 736 22 719 primary school, and one school with babysitting opportunities, a pilot The number of children in Tallinn’s municipal child care pre-school groups (Tallinn Helen’s project for babysitting was started, institutions in 2007-2014 School), in which, as of 15 October providing babysitting service in the 2014, there were 22,719 children. In form of playrooms and development addition, the city supported 23 private rooms for 700 children. Attention nursery schools, thus providing pre- continues to be focused on them, were also focused on. Two new school education for 851 children. improving the salary conditions of modular homes were opened at the the sta of education institutions. Tallinn Südamekese Nursery School As of 1 September 2014, the salary (2 groups) and the Tallinn Liivamäe of teachers and teacher’s aides at Nursery School (2 groups). pre-school children’s institutions As at the end of 2014, Tallinn had increased by 12%. 61 municipal, 23 private, and three In 2014, the full renovation of state schools. Schools in Tallinn had a several education institutions was total of 44,513 pupils, including 3393 started, the priority was based on the pupils from other local governments. programme “A nursery school spot Besides teachers, 17 speech for every child”, creating new nursery therapists, 35 school psychologists, school spots and ensuring the 17 special education teachers, and 23 safety of the buildings. Ensuring the learning aid group teachers worked functioning of the technical systems in Tallinn’s municipal schools. of houses, keeping the boundary A erschool groups were active in 20 structures in good condition, and the municipal schools. courtyards and playgrounds inside PAGE PAGE 32 33 LINNAELU ARENG LINNAELU ARENG VALDKONNITIAREAS VALDKONNITIAREAS

n 2014, organising the teaching of from Tallinn represented Estonia As of 2006, Tallinn ensures that swimming basics to 3rd grade pupils in 11 international olympiads, and basic school pupils receive free (3769 children) was continued. they won a total of 29 medals (12 catering. In 2014, in addition to silver and 17 bronze medals) and  ve covering the catering costs of 31,478 In 2014, the focus was on ensuring diplomas. basic school pupils, the city also and developing the information and In 2014, four Tallinn nursery covered the catering costs of about communication technology (ICT) schools joined the network of 100 upper secondary school pupils infrastructure required for organising health promoting nursery schools; from less privileged families. As of 1 modern studying. All of the city’s at present, the network includes 75 September 2014, the cost of one food educational institutions have been nursery schools. School canteens and day is EUR 1.34, of which the state given opportunities to use central bu ets were reviewed and this was compensated EUR 0.78 and Tallinn ICT infrastructure services (domain, developed into the contests “Friendly EUR 0.56.  le, print, terminal, and group School Canteen” and “Healthy School Tallinn provides vocational work server, data storage, virus and Bu et”. Within these, three school education in the Kopli Vocational spyware protection, etc.). By the end canteens and ten school bu ets were School of Tallinn, in which it is of 2014, 171 municipal education acknowledged. possible to pursue the following institutions had joined the service. subjects: real estate management, In 2014, olympiads were organised home economics, environmental in 24 subjects and 10,075 pupils engineering, locksmith, electrician, participated. Twenty-seven pupils national woodwork, gardening, textile work, leatherwork, and blacksmithing. It is possible to study either full time or in a job-based form of study, in both Estonian and Russian. e Kopli Vocational School of Tallinn is the only vocational school in Tallinn that allows people with un nished basic school to acquire a vocation. In 2014, teaching home economics for pupils with special needs was continued in the Day Care Center Käo and the Support Center Juks. In 2014, nine municipal schools were active in Tallinn (714 pupils in total) as well as the hobby houses of the Old Town Educational College (728 pupils in total). Moreover, the hobby groups of general education 2014 schools provided hobby education, 2009 2010 20122011 2013 with a total of 23,565 participants 37 243 33 489 32 420 32 104 33 106 28 776 in groups. In groups, pupils could engage in technology, nature studies, Number of children acquiring hobby education in Tallinn theatre, sports, art, music, dance, construction, as well as foreign languages. PAGE PAGE 34 35 LINNAELU ARENG LINNAELU ARENG VALDKONNITIAREAS VALDKONNITIAREAS SPORTS

purposeful development of 7-19 In 2014, the city provided opportunities, the Tondiraba Sports years old young amateurs under sporting opportunities in six Complex was opened in August experienced coaches, and their sports institutions - Tallinn 2014, in which the biggest and resultant and digni ed representation Sports Hall, Pirita Sports most modern ice rink in the Nordic in international competitions, and Centre, Kristiine Sport, Nõmme countries is located. e three-story cooperation with other recreational Sports Centre, Kadrioru multifunctional ice rink has a main and general education schools as organised in 2014, with a total of Stadium, and the Tondiraba arena with 5840 seats and three well as youth organisations. A total 200,000 participants. Within the Sports Centre - and the practice  elds. e main  eld can be of 413 pupils study at the sports framework of the programme, the Lasnamäe Sports Complex, used for training and competitions in school, pursuing seven sports: biggest public sport events in the managed by the Lasnamäe City  gure skating, ice hockey, volleyball, basketball, volleyball, handball, Baltic States, the Tallinn Marathon District Government. handball, rhythmic gymnastics, and badminton,  gure skating, ice hockey, and the Tallinn Autumn Run, were other sports. e representational and biathlon. e Sports School organised already for 14th time, with On 1 September 2014, Tallinn main arena is also perfect for mainly uses the city’s sports bases for 18,732 participants, of which 1807 Sports School started its activities. organising concerts because special education and training purposes. completed the marathon distance. Tallinn’s sports institutions had sports attention has been given to achieving e supporting of sports clubs was e biggest recreational sports bases that allowed them to engage in a pleasant acoustic e ect. e continued, to help organise the sports series event within framework of 23 di erent sports, in order to dive into remaining two practice  elds of the activities of 4-19 year old children the Tallinn Moves programme is the recreational and achievement sports. In ice rink can be used for  gure and and youth, as well as people su ering Stamina recreational run and walk 2014, sports services were available for speed skating as well as for playing from a permanent incapacity series organised by Stamina sports enthusiasts on average 10-13 hours per ice hockey. e third practice  eld for work. In 2014, 136 sports club, in which the participants can, day and seven days a week. has been speci cally built for curling organisations were supported, giving every Wednesday and ursday, e city’s sports bases were used training and competitions. Within a 20,072 enthusiasts the chance to participate in recreational running for trainings as well as for organising period of 4-5 months, 14 larger scale engage in sports. In order to provide and/or walking events. In total, 42 several events and competitions. sports events and contests have been coaches working with amateurs with events were organised on di erent In 2014, 171 competitions and held in the Tondiraba Sports Centre, opportunities for self-improvement health trails in Tallinn, with about events with 24,540 participants were of which many are international, and to increase their vocational skills, 2,500 amateur athletes participating. organised in the Tallinn’s sports (including the selection tournament support was given to 425 trainers e promotion of recreational hall bases. Bigger international for European Team Badminton with professional quali cation levels sports as well as the raising of competitions included the fencing Championships, the international V-VII. Grants for sports projects were awareness of the need and options competition Tallinn Sword, the  gure skating contest Tallinn Trophy given for organising international for recreational movement badminton tournament Yonex 2014, ISU Junior Grand Prix in  gure sports events, conducting and was continued, along with the International, the judo competition skating Tallinn Cup 2014) and two rewarding Tallinn championships, maintaining of health trails in good Tallinn Judo Cup, the karate concerts. Twenty-four sports clubs supporting the events of Tallinn condition and health scans for young competition Karate Tallinn Open, train at the ice rink; most of them are Moves, and organising local athletes. By supporting NGOs active and the street and pop dance contest clubs active in ice sports. tournaments and sports events. in city districts, numerous local Baltic Cup 2014 in Urban Street and On 1 September 2014, Tallinn Within the framework of the sports events, competitions, and Pop Dances. Sports School started its activities. programme Tallinn Moves, about health days were organised for the In order to expand sporting e objective of its activities is the 195 health movement events were residents of the districts. PAGE PAGE 36 37 LINNAELU ARENG LINNAELU ARENG VALDKONNITIAREAS VALDKONNITIAREAS

YOUTH WORK

the work of the Tallinn Youth Centre and liquidating the institution, some of the major events that were organised Tallinn provides youth work organised in every city district, in in previous years did not happen services in Youth Centres and which city district o cials, teachers, this time. e Tallinn Youth Career SAFE TALLINN - the Tallinn Youth Information youth workers, etc. participated. Centre ceased operating because the Centre. District governments “Young Achiever”, an insert in the amendments to the Basic Schools also manage youth work by newspaper Postimees, was published and Upper Secondary Schools Act supporting regional youth four times, introducing the public to appointed Path nder centres, led by projects, youth events, and the opportunities for the life of young Foundation Innove, to start working, TALLINN RESIDENT CARED urban youth camps. people and youth work in Tallinn. It providing career information and is estimated that 5800 young people counselling services. In 2014, reorganisation of the participated in Tallinn Youth Week in Youth camps organised for management of Tallinn’s youth work 2014. the children and youth of Tallinn took place, during which the Tallinn e objective of informing and continued to receive support. A total FOR, PROTECTED, AND Youth Work Centre was liquidated counselling the youth is to concentrate of 4112 children and youth from and city district governments started and spread information required Tallinn participated in the camps with organising the work of youth work for development activities of the the city’s support, and 167 youth camp centres. In 2014, there were 10 youth, provide career services and educators and leaders were trained. youth work centres that organised reach youth who have not found the On 8-12 September, another HELPED events, programme, projects, camps, opportunities provided by youth work Tallinn Youth Week was organised. trainings, and seminars for the youth. or who have withdrawn from them, During the event, there were 67 Generally, youth centres are open  ve and to guide them to educational events with workshops, concerts, days a week, from August to June, 35 and developmental recreational trainings, and seminars. In addition, hours per week on average. Visiting activities. e service was provided hobby activities and the recreational the centres is free for young people. by two departments of the Tallinn fair “No Vaata” were organised for In cooperation with the Estonian Youth Work Centre: Tallinn Youth young people. In total, the Tallinn National Committee for UNICEF, Information Centre and the Tallinn Youth Week programme involved 90 seminars about children’s rights and Youth Career Centre (until 30 June organisations, and about 5800 young a child and youth-friendly city were 2014, included). Due to reorganising people participated in the event. PAGE PAGE 38 39 LINNAELU ARENG LINNAELU ARENG VALDKONNITIAREAS VALDKONNITIAREAS

rent debtors has decreased in Tallinn from year to year. As the demand for this service has decreased, economic consultancy service shall be provided instead in 2015. SOCIAL WELFARE Two types of social bene ts are being paid from the city budget: bene ts dependent on income Tallinn’s Social Welfare and coping of disabled people in society (for a child, working-age persons, Health Care Department, by providing transport services, and persons of pensionable age) with its eight administered personal assistance services, work and universal bene ts (childbirth institutions, coordinates and and occupational centre services, allowance, school starting allowance, organises the social welfare of and by organising day activities and allowance for disabled child, personal Tallinn. day-care. In 2014, the volume of life starting allowance, and pension personal assistance service decreased supplement). In 2014, bene ts that e ful lling of the tasks arising because the coordinating fee and the depended on the family’s income from the Social Welfare Act is mainly service’s hourly pay increased due to were paid to 8488 persons in the organised in Tallinn via district the 1 January 2014 increase in the amount of EUR 782,000. During the governments, who manage the minimum wage. On the other hand, year, universal bene ts in the amount institutions that service the district’s the need for the personal help service for pre-school children with severe of EUR 9.8 million were paid. In residents: social centres, day centres, has increased because the number and profound disabilities in the Tallinn 2014, the amount of payable bene ts and social houses. In addition, the of people who need more personal Family Centre. e number of children not only grew at the expense of district governments must determine assistance has increased. By August requiring the services of a substitute pension supplement, but also at the the need for services by persons in 2014, 33 school age children with pupils of the Kopli Vocational School home has continuously decreased expense of childbirth allowances and need of assistance, direct them to severe and profound disabilities were of Tallinn, and the Astangu Vocational provided 24-hour social security within the last few years - by the end services, and pay social bene ts. in the queue for personal assistance Rehabilitation Centre. services to all elderly and disabled of 2014, only 157 children in Tallinn According to data from the and support person service. As the In 2014, the objective of providing people who needed the service. required a substitute home. In addition, Estonian National Social Insurance support person service is one of the welfare for the elderly was to ensure e objective of children’s the number of children cared for by the Board, 28,440 disabled people lived pre-requisites for attending school in that people of retirement age can welfare is to improve the welfare of family also decreased (51 children in in Tallinn as of 1 January 2015. case of a school age disable child, then cope, allowing the elderly to live children and families and to improve 2014) due to the general demographic In 2014, the provision of day-care additional means were given from at home for as long as possible their quality of life. Tallinn City situation. In addition, shelter and service and daily life support service the city’s reserve fund to eliminate the thanks to the open care service, Government formed a roundtable for rehabilitation services for addicted began for autistic youths (service queue for children’s support person and to provide general care home the welfare of children and families. children and youths was provided; provided by Foundation Autistika, service. At the beginning of 2014, two service in the Iru Nursing Home e roundtable gives advice to the families raising these children were which uses the rooms at Alasi Street new groups for 15 adult clients with and co- nance the living in other City Government on the welfare of counselled, and at risk families were 4, provided by the city; expenses severe and profound disabilities were care homes. In 2014, home services children and families as well as on provided with supportive social covered from the state budget) and opened in the Käo Maleva day centre (care, helping, counselling, and issues related to protecting children’s services; while mothers and children school starting allowances, which is with a proposal from the Disabled for adults. e day activities service nursing) were provided in Tallinn health. In 2014, cornerstones were who have su ered from domestic due to the sharp increase in the city’s People’s Committee, the action plan was provided for people with moderate to 1533 people; on average, 812 laid in the construction of the two violence were also helped. population in 2013. for accessibility in Tallinn is being and severe disabilities in three units Tallinn residents lived in general care remaining family houses located Lodging and shelter service was In 2014, the number of persons compiled. e city supports the of the Tallinn Support Center Juks: homes. Elderly people su ering from at Veerise Street 26 and Veerise provided to all persons who required in need due to unemployment development Center (Pihlaka street dementia received day care services Street 28. Once the houses are help due to not having a place to decreased. On the other hand, 5,690 10), Work Center (Ehitajate tee 82), in the Mustamäe Social Center, completed, all children living in live; catering for persons in need was people continue to live in severe and the 24-hour Care Center, along Tallinn City Centre’s Social Centre, Tallinn’s Children’s Homes will have ensured in soup kitchens and homeless poverty, relying on the subsistence with implementation groups (Kadaka and AS Lääne-Tallinna Keskhaigla’s been ensured a family-like living shelters, and counselling services were bene t, of which 1526 were children tee 153). In addition, the Support nursing care clinic. In 2014, Tallinn environment. In 2014, provision of the guaranteed to persons in need. e and 1040 were pensioners. Centre is also a training base for the Care Centre and Tallinn Ambulance support person service was continued number of counselling sessions for PAGE PAGE 40 41 LINNAELU ARENG LINNAELU ARENG VALDKONNITIAREAS VALDKONNITIAREAS

SAFETY

The Tallinn Municipal Police and continuously supervise property Department operates on the maintenance rules, city centre video administrative territory of the surveillance has been organised. In city to ensure public order. cooperation with the alarm centre, the Tallinn Helpline 1345 service has e main tasks of the Municipal been ensured. In 2014, the Tallinn Police Department are detecting Helpline 1345 received 48,956 the commission of misdemeanours, messages. reacting to submitted applications, Civic associations and HEALTH and issuing warnings and organisations whose activities are punishments. Most of Tallinn’s aimed at ensuring security in the city It is very important to provide all as an institution of the Tallinn City, projects in the city districts, and misdemeanour proceedings have are also supported. city residents with high-quality has 20 operative ambulance crews, seven projects organised by NGOs. In been consolidated under the e safety of the residents and and accessible fi rst level and including three doctor crews whose cooperation with Foundation Tallinn Municipal Police Department. visitors to Aegna Island continues specialised medical care. service areas are the City of Tallinn, School Health Care, a survey was In 2014, 37,804 misdemeanour to be ensured during the summer Viimsi Peninsula, and Maardu. In conducted among 15-16 years old proceedings were  nished, including period. Moreover, in the summer erefore, the residents were cooperation with e-Health, e-ambulance pupils within the framework of the 27,272 proceedings under the Tra c period of 2014, lifeguarding was provided with 24-hour access to was developed and tested - AMW international European youth welfare Act and 7669 under the Public organised at all beaches in Tallinn: medicinal products in the City (ambulance mobile workplace), as well and living conditions survey project Transport Act. In 2014, school watch Pirita, Stroomi, Kakumäe, Harku, Centre and Lasnamäe, medical as an ambulance portal. “Youth in Europe”; 3139 pupils was reorganised into the youth and Pikakari beach. In 2014, 42 institutions were compensated for e Tallinn Health Council participated in the survey. watch sector with seven employees, lifeguards and  ve medical workers children’s visit fees, and nursing decided to fund 24 health promotion the main objective of which is to ensured the safety of visitors to the services for chronically ill patients control the ful lment of the Tobacco capital’s beaches. was paid for. and Alcohol Act and respective In 2014, Tallinn had 265 general preventative work. practitioner’s lists with 472,371 In order to protect public order patients, of which 13% were people without health insurance. Tallinna Munitsipaalperearstikeskuse OÜ is active in Nõmme and Haabersti. During the year, seven general practitioners with lists were added to the municipal general practitioner’s centre, and the provision of a home nursing service began in the centre’s service area. In addition, the city organised the provision of nursing services in the Iru Nursing Home, and Tallinn Ambulance, which operates in the Kauge Street 4 shelter PAGE PAGE 42 43 LINNAELU ARENG LINNAELU ARENG VALDKONNITIAREAS VALDKONNITIAREAS CITY TRANSPORT AND ROAD SAFETY

The satisfaction survey among residents in 2014 showed that 53% of the residents prefer to use public transport to commute within the city. In 2014, the public transport services in Tallinn were provided by the city’s subsidiary Tallinna TALLINN AS A COSY, Linnatranspordi AS (hereina er TLT) and private limited company MRP Linna Liinid. In order to provide city the Vana-Lõuna - Tondi route. e residents with commuting options, 62 reconstruction works of the tram buses operated in the directions of bus, four tram, and seven trolley bus lines shall be  nished and new trams Viimsi, Vääna-Jõesuu, Tabasalu, and INSPIRING, AND lines operate in the city. During rush shall be introduced in 2015. Within Randvere. On average, 200 pupils hours on working days, 356 buses, the framework of the project, at least used the school buses on a daily 39 trams, and 65 trolley buses - a 20 new trams shall start commuting basis. total of 460 public transport vehicles on the streets of Tallinn. In Tallinn, it is possible to park - operate on the lines. Twenty new As of 28 October 2013, the in three paid parking zones, with a ENVIRONMENTALLY buses started work, including 15 residents of Tallinn can use the total of 6,114 parking spots. In order standard busses and  ve articulated Elron trains within the city limits to improve parking options and buses. In addition, 14 used buses for free, thanks to the cooperation decrease the overload, the borders of were purchased. e annual route agreement between the city and the parking zones and parking fees mileage was 30.8 million kilometres, Eesti Liinirongid AS. In total, Tallinn were adjusted as of 1 January 2014, SUSTAINABLE and 142.4 million passengers were residents used the green card on while parking in the Downtown zone served. 1,671,834 trips on electric trains, to is now fee-based around the clock. In 2014, the reconstruction of the which trips with period tickets were Parking in the Old Town is fee-based infrastructures of tram lines 3 and 4 added. around the clock, in the City Centre was started. In connection with this, In order to decrease the tra c zone parking is fee-based on working CITY SPACE on 7 April, tram tra c was closed load of the city, the projects “Park days from 07.00 to 19.00 and on for the reconstruction works of tram and Ride” and “School Bus” were Saturdays from 08.00 to 15.00. tracks and power lines along Pärnu continued. “Park and Ride” car parks In order to make the  ow of Highway, Tondi, Vineeri, and Vana- have been opened in the directions tra c smoother and safer, 1072 Lõuna streets, and replacement bus of Pirita - City Centre, Õismäe - City tra c signs were installed, 968 were line number 52 Hobujaama-Kalev Centre, Narva Road - City Centre, removed, and current signs were was opened. On 20 November, tra c and Pärnu Highway - City Centre. maintained; 31,631 m2 of road for tram line number 4 was opened In parallel to the car parks, Tallinn striping was renewed and general on a shortened route Vana-Lõuna - has also created additional public tra c management was improved. Ülemiste. Tram line number 3 was transport lanes and priority systems In order to increase the safety of closed until the end of the year due which favour the “Park and Ride” pedestrians, pedestrian tra c lights to reconstruction of the line and the system even more. During the type testing of the new CAF tram on academic year of 2013/2014, school PAGE PAGE 44 45 LINNAELU ARENG LINNAELU ARENG VALDKONNITIAREAS VALDKONNITIAREAS were installed on Mere Avenue, near work was repairing potholes using the wide sidewalk shall be built on the the Viru roundabout. e marking milling and asphalting method as well seaward side of the roadway. e of bicycle and public transport as the coating and treatment method. In works shall be continued in 2015. lanes continued in the City Centre addition, a total of 12 asphalt thresholds Capital repairs and renovation area. In order to calm tra c on were built next to schools and nursery works were also done on Punane LANDSCAPING AND PROPERTY Vabaduse Avenue, a new green wave schools, and longitudinal rails were Street (J. Smuuli Road- Kuuli system was implemented, and it has levelled at  ve junctions. Larger scale Street) and on Suur-Sõjamäe Street ensured a signi cant decrease in the works involved the use of the milling (J. Smuuli Road - city limits) and exceeding of the speed limit. and asphalting method on Vabaduse the  rst stage of Õismäe Road was MAINTENANCE In 2014, a new competition was Avenue, Laagna Road, Haabersti completed. e rehabilitation and organised to  nd a carrier with a boat roundabout, Pirita Road, Mustamäe reconstruction works of Pärnu From the end of April until mid- for the Tallinn-Aegna-Tallinn line. AS Road, Vabaõhumuuseumi Road, Highway (Freedom Square - Tondi October, Tallinn was decorated theses of presentations given at the Kihnu Veeteed won the competition Kadaka Avenue, and Kalmuse Road. Street) and the viaduct were with 15 permanent fl ower beds, park conference organised in 2013 in with its boat Vesta, which replaced the All streets that belong to the city conducted simultaneously with the 14 summer fl ower beds, 42 fl ower Kadrioru Castle, was presented. older boat Juku which had belonged to have lighting. 99.5% of street lights are reconstruction of the infrastructures vases and window boxes, and one From 23 May until 29 August the City of Tallinn. From 16 May until modern and sustainable. By the end of tram lines 3 and 4. Roads, fl ower tree with 16 ampels. 2014, the sixth International Tallinn 12 October 2014, 249 round trips were of 2014, 55,589 lights were installed pavements, and car parks inside the Flower Festival was held, in which 29 made on the Tallinn-Aegna-Tallinn line, in order to light streets, green areas, block were also repaired at a total In order to diversify the urban teams, including four from abroad, and 11,367 passengers were served. and other public areas. In 2014, 576 cost of EUR 2.8 million. space, 40 fountains were active. In new lights were added. During the e building of light tra c roads 2014, 100 trees and 3567 shrubs street reconstruction works, 145 LED was continued. In 2014, a light were planted in the framework of lights were installed on Ehitajate Road tra c road with the length of 703 replacement planting. During road and 87 on Pärnu Highway in order to metres to the Pääsküla Bridge on construction and other projects, ROADS AND modernise the street light network. As Pärnu Highway was constructed, and 628 trees and 347 shrubs were also at the end of 2014, about 1000 LED during the reconstruction works of planted in 2014. A total of 264 lights have been installed in Tallinn. Ehitajate Road a new light tra c road hectares of forest belonging to the e  rst stage of reconstructing the with a length of 877 m was also built. city was cleaned of domestic rubbish, STREETS Haabersti roundabout was building e programme “Safe Pedestrian broken and dangerous trees and Ehitajate Road into a road with 2+2 Crossing” was continued, as a result large twigs; sanitary cutting was In 2014, the total length of local through lanes. e Ehitajate Road of which 452 pedestrian crossing conducted on Randvere Road, Lükati roadways was 963 km. In order to and Õismäe Road junction was have received special lighting starting Road, in the Järve Forest and the park ensure the drive-ability of roads and reconstructed into a regulated junction from 2005, including one pedestrian forests of the Nõmme City District. Estonia and all over the world. streets, road structures were cleaned with tra c lights, allowing one to turn crossing in 2014. Coherently maintained and trimmed In the summer period of 2014, on an area of 9,083,740 m2, to which onto Ehitajate Road, Õismäe Road, and In order to replace the totally urban forests form 55% of the urban visitors could go to the following was added the landscape maintenance the planned Maxima supermarket. e obsolete tra c light management forests. swimming beaches in Tallinn: Pirita, of 4.6 million square metres located building works were co- nanced by centre that has been in use since Excursions, concerts, and Stroomi, Kakumäe, Harku, and on road areas. Compared to the MAXIMA Estonia. 1978, a new tra c light management exhibitions were organised in Pikakari. Tallinn also participated average of the last few years, the Construction began on the new centre was purchased. Of the 325 Kadrioru Park. During the summer actively in celebrating the Gulf of winter months of 2014 had relatively 1.75-kilometre long Kalaranna Street, tra c lights in Tallinn, 145 were season, the free concert series participated with pleasances they Finland Year 2014, which helped to little snow. In 2014, the contractual with a 1+1 lane con guration, to connected with the new centre. e “City Centre Summer Music” was had created themselves. More than enhance environmental education partners of Tallinn Municipal Services replace the gravel cultural kilometre remaining tra c light objects shall be organised. e summer season ended 450,000 people visited the festival. and informative activities on the Department cleaned 8968 m3 of snow between Põhja Avenue and Tööstuse connected in 2015. on 18 September, with the traditional e subjects of the  ower festival shores of the Gulf of Finland. On 14 from the streets of Tallinn. Street. During the works, a four festival of light “Light Walks in were “Communication Garden” April, the international organisation Current repairs to road structures metre wide asphalted light tra c lane Kadrioru”. On 16 December 2014, a and “Magic Garden”. e festival Foundation for Environmental was done to the extent of 314,750 shall be built, the railway viaduct collection of articles, “Kadrioru 295 has become an annual major event Education (FEE), which is located in m2 , which constituted 2.4% of the area from the Noblessner Shipyard shall - baroque style park in modern days”, that brings gardening and  ower Denmark, gave two Tallinn beaches, of road structures. e main type of be reconstructed, and a two metre in three languages, compiled from the enthusiasts to Tallinn from both Pirita and Pikakari, the international PAGE PAGE 46 47 LINNAELU ARENG LINNAELU ARENG VALDKONNITIAREAS VALDKONNITIAREAS eco label Blue Flag. e beaches have maintained. As of 2006, a removable Lasnamäe, Haabersti, and Nõmme. sanitary containers with shower ice rink has been open in the green In addition, new spare parts were rooms and toilets. e number of area of Harju Street during the winter bought for the Skoone bastion’s CITY ECONOMY garbage bins, informative signs, period. In 2014, the ice rink was parkour square and maintenance and other beach inventory has been open from 1 January until 31 March, works were also conducted. New increased. and 1-31 December. During the year, dog walking areas were built in Tallinn helps less privileged urban land register, while Tallinn amount of EUR 9.8 million. e main objective of waste 36,881 people visited the ice rink, Mustamäe, in Kadaka Park, and in persons, who are unable to obtain participated in keeping the land City residents have given the newly management is to increase the including 8329 school students. Lasnamäe, in Pae Park. their own space for living, to register. Based on the data submitted reopened city saunas a warm welcome. recycling of waste and give residents Tallinn has supported the In cooperation with the royal solve issues with housing. By by the City of Tallinn regarding In addition to the Valdeku sauna in better options for collecting waste maintenance works of apartment Danish embassy and with the support the end of 2014, Tallinn owned rates and land use, the Estonian Tax Nõmme, and the Raua sauna in the City separately and recycling it. e associations already for years. of Danish funds, the reconstruction 3393 dwellings. In addition, and Customs Board issued land tax Centre, opened in 2013, in 2014 within required services, such as collecting Within the framework of the project of the Danish King’s Garden was 1895 dwellings have been rented noti cations in the total amount the framework of the programme for and handling dangerous and “Courtyards in Order”, the city completed. e Police Garden’s with private and public sector of EUR 28 million, of which 100% municipal saunas, construction of a new recyclable waste, organised waste gave 52 apartment associations reconstruction works were started, cooperation projects to be leased. were paid. According to the Land sauna building was started in Lasnamäe, transport, and the collection of EUR 395,000. anks to this, the during which fountain devices shall Tax Act, the land owner or the at Pae street 19. packages and problematic products, apartment associations could expand be renewed, playgrounds maintained, Due to the ownership reform, by the land user established in § 10 of the In terms of developing Tallinn’s is being outsourced or delegated to their car parks and repair roads in and trees in the surrounding area of end of last year 34,795 cadastral units Land Tax Act shall be exempt from markets, the bigger investment objects private companies under the law. In their courtyards. Over the last nine the pyramid fountain to be removed were registered in Tallinn with the total the obligation to pay land tax on of 2014 were the building of the 2014, the implementation of waste years, the project has helped to shall be cared for, while new park area of 13,038 ha, which formed 82.4% residential land in the ownership or municipal store Linnapood in the  rst transport was organised in Northern- maintain a total of 950 courtyards, inventory shall also be installed. of the city’s administrative territory, use of such persons to the extent of building of the Lasnamäe Market and Tallinn in such a way that the sole at a total cost of EUR 7 million. e including 36.7% of private land, 31.1% 0.15 hectares, if the applicant’s place the building of o ces in the second client of the waste transport operator objective of the project “Façades in of municipal land, and 14.6% of land of residence is in the building located building, as well as the construction of is the City of Tallinn, who in turn Order” was to improve the general owned by the state. 17.6% of the city on this land pursuant to the residence district heating pipeline for the o ces. signs contracts with waste holders. appearance of the city and make surface has still not been registered in data entered in the population e reconstruction of the  ower In order to better organise the waste apartment buildings more energy- the cadastre. register. Based on this, about 153,000 market was also continued.trassi transport service, a separate city e cient. With the support from the In 2014, the City of Tallinn home owners in Tallinn were ehitus bürooruumide tarbeks. Samuti institution, the Tallinn Waste Centre, city, the apartment associations shall continued to support non-pro t exempted from land tax in the total jätkati Lilleturu rekonstrueerimist. has been created. In order to collect cover the self- nancing required activities related to the housing separately collected waste from the for the renovation loan for building economy as well as apartment residents, six waste plants operated in façades. In 2014, 25 apartment associations in regards to covering the Tallinn, while the Waste Centre also associations were given EUR 366,000. expenses for trainings and the issuing installed 22 clothing containers in In cooperation with the costs for energy-performance labels. the urban space. Foundation Environmental e project “Green Yard”, which In 2014, the city organised many Investments Centre, the project was started in 2013 as a new type discount taggings in order to notify “Creating favourable living of support, was continued in order the residents of the obligation conditions for protected bats in the to support apartment associations to register and mark cats with a area of Kadrioru Park ponds. I stage.”, which maintain courtyards. e microchip, which takes e ect in 2015. was carried out, as a result of which apartment association’s information During the campaign, 4509 cats (in lighting that considers the needs of point continued to operate in 2013, 2363 cats) were added to the bats was installed in the Japanese the information hall of the city register. By the end of 2014, 27,801 garden of Kadrioru Park. government, in which the lawyers dogs and 10,599 cats were registered In order to improve the city’s of Estonian Union of Co-Operative in the Tallinn Register of Pets. property maintenance, children’s Housing Associations gave advice. In order to improve the playgrounds and dog walking areas e grounds for creating land city’s general level of property were maintained. In Mustamäe, two tax were the land tax register and maintenance, children’s playgrounds playgrounds were reconstructed, and dog walking areas were new playing campuses were built in PAGE PAGE 48 49 LINNAELU ARENG LINNAELU ARENG VALDKONNITIAREAS VALDKONNITIAREAS URBAN PLANNING WATER AND SEWERAGE In 2014, the implementation of former Raku fur farm, of which All Tallinn households get their of spatial development plans the remaining buildings shall be drinking and domestic water from was continued, especially maintained and the opportunity the public water supply system. introducing the reuse of for building a business and seaside areas by giving them production campus shall be given. In 2014, the compensation of joining new functions and improving Of the initiated detailed plans, the fees for property owners who joined the the quality of public space Akadeemia Road 30 detailed plan public water supply system and sewerage signifi cantly. interests the residents the most within the schedule of expanding the because its objective is to grant networks in 2008-2011 in previously e consolidation of the City building rights for a swimming populated areas of Tallinn was Centre has been added in order pool, sports and sauna complex in completed. Of the properties located on to more e ciently use the spatial Mustamäe. the administrative territory of Tallinn, resources of Tallinn, provide an Another important activity in about 0.1% have not yet been covered alternative high-quality living the city is construction supervision with a public sewerage system. ese environment, and limit urban and organising the reception of properties are mainly located in the sprawl. In 2011, the detailed plan buildings. In 2014, 2245 building suburban areas where joining the public for the new administrative building permits and 1269 authorisations sewerage system is many times more of the Tallinn City Government, for use were issued in Tallinn. As expensive than on average. the Creative Hub, the Linnahall, a result of discovering Building In 2014, a total of 660 m of storm and the seaside area was adopted, Act violations, 253 misdemeanour water drainage was built in Tallinn. A shall be enacted in 2015, the procedures were initiated. total of 77% of the length of city streets objective of which is to transform Sixty-nine injunctions and 178 has been covered with storm water the area surrounding the Linnahall misdemeanour decisions were drainage (including drainage and shared and Creative Hub into the new made. As a result of e cient sewerage system). administrative and cultural centre of supervision, many dangerous ruins the capital, which would be closely that littered the Tallinn cityscape linked with the central section of have been removed. Tallinn’s future beach promenade In 2014, 18 new street names (Vanasadam - Peetri Harbour) as were assigned in Tallinn. For well as with seaside activities. In example, the city gained Krüüsli, addition, the proceedings of the Haki, Mänsaku, Taevastiiva, detailed plan for Tallinn’s Kalasadam Mäeküla, Kivipere, Lahepea, (Fishing Port) area continued, as Lammi, Soodi, Pagi, Mustasõstra, well as cooperation with the private Leiva, and Vile streets. In addition, sector, with the objective to open an o cial name was given to one the entire area from the Fishing Northern-Tallinn square - Adam Port all the way to the Noblessner Johann von Krusenstern Square Quarter, and to open Kalaranna - and one city centre tunnel - Street as the access road. Ülemiste Tunnel. In 2014, 1373 In 2014, the most important addresses were de ned or changed part of the established detailed due to dividing, connecting, plan was the detailed plan for the reallotting, or changing borders of Raku Quarter, located on the area catastral units. PAGE PAGE 50 51 LINNAELU ARENG LINNAELU ARENG VALDKONNITIAREAS VALDKONNITIAREAS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

In 2014, the main activities in the area of environmental protection were studies, monitoring, and information work.

Traditional events for city residents were organised. The slogan of the citywide maintenance month in the spring was “Let’s Make the City Shine!”. The objective of the maintenance month was to clean the city of garbage that had collected in the city during the Centre: destroying the colonies of on 1 January 2013 Energy Agency winter. With co-financing from hogweed and cutting the reed and Tallinn was created to support the Foundation Environmental brush in the Paljassaare Special fulfilling these goals. The Energy Investments Centre, the project Conservation Area. By the end of Agency handles the planning “Sustainable Consumption organising a car free day since 2001, protection, noise measurements 2013, Pääsküla Bog, with a surface and developing of the sustainable and Waste Information Stage and a car free week since 2006. were conducted in noisy areas area of 270 ha, was placed under energy economy. With the initiative Presentations in Harju County” Already developed and a noise module was installed local protection, and in 2014, of Energy Agency Tallinn, Energy was continued, during which the environmental education activities in the Lepistiku Park area along the protected area’s protection Day was organised on 14-15 Garbage Wolf visited nursery were continued at the Aegna Nature Sõpruse Avenue; this forwards management plan for 2015-2024 November, on the first day of which schools and schools in Harju House and the Tallinn Botanic the measurement results to the was completed. It is the first area there was a seminar in the house County and taught children, Garden. In 2014, visits to the Aegna Tallinn Environment Department that has been taken under local of designers on the subject of the through games and discussions, Nature House were limited to and also displays the results at protection in Tallinn. whole reconstruction of buildings, how to sort waste and behave in 2200, because the house had been the measurement site. Ambient The City of Tallinn has joined and on the second day there was a an environmentally friendly way. operating in excess of its capacity. air quality is also monitored the European Commission’s family event in Mustamäe, in the In September, the city organised A total of 711 pupils participated frequently. initiative Covenant of Mayors, and Mustika Centre. the Environmentally Friendly in the nature studies at the Tallinn In the area of nature protection, Mobility Month campaign, during Botanic Garden’s nature house. two projects were continued with which Tallinn also joined the Within the framework of the the support of the Foundation European Mobility Week campaign. outdoor education programme, Environmental Investments Environmentally Friendly Mobility the bird song mornings for general Month was officially opened on 6 education schools in Tallinn were September, at the Uue-Maailma continued. From April-May, 617 Street Festival. The main event pupils learned about birds. A total for the month was the whole of 5316 pupils have participated in family event at Männipark in Tallinn’s bird song mornings over Mustamäe, during the car free day the course of eight years. of 21 September. Tallinn has been In the area of ambient air

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Type of revenue Importance Implementation 2.8% higher than planned. In 2013, many % € Income tax 59,9 291 330 197 taxable persons challenged the amount Land tax 5,7 27 969 043 of land tax assigned to them. Due to their Local taxes 2,1 10 267 104 proceeding of their claim, the new tax INCOME Sales of goods and services 13 63 455 716 deadline for them was 2014. e Tax and Appropriations from the state 16,1 78 165 771 In 2014, the specifi ed budget for budget Customs Board considered the land tax accrual income was EUR 483 External funding 0,9 4 511 133 received in 2014 as revenue for 2013. million, the implementation was Other revenues 2,3 10 999 778 Less revenue was also received Total 100,0 486 698 741 EUR 487 million, i.e. 0.7% more from the sales of goods and services. than planned. Underspending was due to several Revenue structure in 2014 aspects. Less ticket revenue was received e income was greater due to fund the works of the second stage of from public transport because more tax returns. A total of 1.2% more in the Ülemiste tra c junction by using people than expected registered as income tax and 5.3% more in local the funds that were saved at the expense residents of Tallinn, and as a result the taxes were received than planned. e of external funds in the  rst stage of number of people receiving a 100% improved performance of income reconstructing the tra c junction, discount on public transport increased. OVERVIEW OF BUDGET tax earnings was due to the increased although the works had already been Less revenue was earned from utility number of bene ciaries resulting from performed in 2012 and 2013. services because a more signi cant price the increase in the number of residents Additional income was also received increase was expected when planning of Tallinn, and the income growth of from state fees in connection with an the revenue, and the revenue was also the residents. Compared to 2013, the increase in the number of building decreased due to smaller consumption IMPLEMENTATION OF number of people who received an permits and authorisations for use, of utility services because of the warm income grew by 9000 people in 2014,  ne revenue, pollution charges, natural winter. Less revenue than planned and the income registered by them by resource royalties, etc., although the was also received from property sales, 5.2%. According to the Estonian Tax and amount did not exceed the planned sum  nancial revenues, and state budget Customs Board, there were on average by very much. appropriations. TALLINN CITY IN 2014 193,300 bene ciaries in Tallinn in 2014, Less land tax revenue was received and their average monthly income was than forecast, although the in ow was EUR 1061. e number of bene ciaries also increased thanks to the Tax and Other revenues ExternalVälisrahastus funding Customs Board setting up a workers’ Muud tulud register, which made many people who received undeclared wages minimum Appropriations from wage earners. In regards to local taxes, Eraldised more income than planned was received theriigieelarvest state budget mainly from the street closure tax and from the advertisement tax. Streets were mostly closed due to updating the utility networks. Income from the SalesKaupade of goods - ja advertisement tax mainly came from and services retail trading, in which the turnover and teenuste müük income increased, allowing for more outdoor advertising to be installed. KohalikudLocal taxes maksud IncomeTulumaks tax A total of 21.4% more in external funding was received due to the MaamaksLand tax circumstance that the Government of the Republic decided only in 2014 to PAGE PAGE 56 57 LINNAELU ARENG LINNAELU ARENG VALDKONNITIBUDGET VALDKONNITIBUDGET

Cost Impor- Implementation tance % € OPERATING COSTS Operating costs in total 100,0 442 984 946 Acquisition of fixed assets 0,2 916 055 In 2014, the volume of operating The distribution of costs by areas Funded grants 22,5 99 789 147 costs in the annual budget was EUR Most of the costs among the city’s e most signicant operating Labour costs 40,5 179 380 582 446 million, to which EUR 6 million operating costs were in the eld of costs in the city are labour costs transferred from 2013 to 2014 was education (38.3%), followed by city (40.5%) and management costs Management costs 30,8 136 275 114 added. e amount of operating costs transport (16.0%) and social welfare (30.8%). Financial costs 1,6 6 969 846 required in 2014 for implementing (9.3%). Other operating costs 4,4 19 654 203 the costs transferred from 2013 was EUR 443 million, which is 98% of the nal volume of the budget’s operating Managing the city Education The economic contents of operating costs Linnajuhtimine ja Haridus ja teadus costs. andtugitegevused support services

Implemen- OtherMuud areas FundedAntud toetused grants TööjõuLabour kulud costs Area Importance tation % € Managing the city and support services 7,7 33 682 924 Education 38,3 167 583 469 Culture 6,3 27 316 898 Sports, recreation, and City transport youth work 2,9 12 855 539 Linnatransport Social welfare 9,3 40 816 654 Healthcare 1,9 8 282 828 City economy 4,1 17 792 374 LinnamajandusCity economy Acquisition of fixed Enterprise environment 0,9 3 909 609 Põhivaraassets soetamine City transport 16,0 69 884 381 Roads and streets 6,4 28 123 349 UtilityTehnovõrgud networks Other operatingMuud tegevused costs Property maintenance 1,8 7 833 612 Utility networks 2,2 9 549 803 Property maintenance Othes utilities 0,3 1 351 698 Heakord Environmental protection 0,3 1 330 675 FinancialFinantskulud costs Urban planning 0,7 3 159 937 RoadsTeed jaand tänavad streets Other areas 0,1 445 285 ManagementMajandmiskulud costs Public order 0,8 3 257 815 HealthcareTervishoid Culture Areas in total 100,0 437 176 849 Kultuur Financial costs, reserve SotsiaalhoolekanneSocial welfare Sports,Sport, recreation, vaba aeg jaand funds, and reserves in total 5 808 097 noorsootööyouth work Costs in total 442 984 946 Structure of operating costs by areas in 2014 Structure of operating costs by areas in 2014 PAGE PAGE 58 59 LINNAELU ARENG LINNAELU ARENG VALDKONNITIBUDGET VALDKONNITIBUDGET INVESTMENT ACTIVITY FINANCING ACTIVITIES

In 2014, the speci ed budget for stage of Õismäe Road, Pärnu Highway AND CASH FLOW investment projects was EUR 59 (Freedom Square - Tondi Street), million, to which the EUR 3 million Punane Street (J. Smuuli Road - Kuuli transferred from 2013 to the 2014 Street), the capital repairs of the Pärnu In 2014, the city treasury received budget was added. e budget of Highway viaduct, etc. Roads inside a total of EUR 570 million, which investment projects of 2014 was blocks were repaired in the amount is 109% of the planned income for implemented in the amount of EUR of EUR 3.2 million. At the end of the year. anks to the loan contract 53 million, or 85.3%. 2014, a new tra c lights management signed with the European Investment Of the objects that were completed centre was purchased, permitting Bank and the bond issue arranged in 2014, the biggest were the the  ow tra c in Tallinn to be made by Swedbank, EUR 75.2 million was Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Zoo’s smoother in 2015 and subsequent received from the city’s  nancing Environmental Education Centre, the years. e means of external funding activities, of which EUR 28.4 million gymnasium at the Merivälja School, and investment grants were used to was received for re nancing the and the  rst stage of major repairs and reconstruct the infrastructure of tram these are planned to be  nished in current bonds. By the end of 2014, reconstruction works of the Haabersti lines 3 and 4 and their tracks from 2015. the city’s net loan indebtedness was junction (Ehitajate Road from Õismäe Freedom Square until the turnaround e reasons for underspending EUR 232 million and the rate of net Road until Paldiski Highway), the  rst on Pärnu Highway, Vana-Lõuna regarding investment projects were loan indebtedness formed 50% of the roundabout, the contact network both longer proceedings of detailed annual income from main activities with four carriage substations from plans and coordination, additional (the limit allowed by the law is 60%). Kadriorg until the end of Pärnu requirements and conditions for In 2014, the city paid out EUR 522 Highway was reconstructed and design works, the extension of million, which is 98% of the planned some other works were performed building period due to challenging amount. Payments for administrative in the Pärnu Highway depot, etc. In public procurements, the addition of activities were made in the amount 2014, the reconstruction works of the unforeseen additional work, building of EUR 453 million, which was 98% Creative Hub were also continued and organisations overestimating their of the planned amount; payments building capacities, and other reasons. for investment activities were made in the amount of EUR 49 million or 95% of the planned amount. e Investeerimisprojektide Osatäht- Täitmine repayments of the city’s loans and valdkondlik jaotus sus % € bonds, payments arising from service Education 15,6 8 222 437 concession contracts, and  nancial Culture 5,5 2 869 801 Sports and recreation 33,1 17 462 864 lease payments were made in the Social welfare and healthcare 3 1 597 812 planned amount, EUR 17.6 million, or City and housing management 5,7 3 004 956 100% of the planned amount. Roads and streets 34,9 18 395 121 Other areas 2,2 1 154 180 Structure of investments by areas in 2014 Total 100,0 52 707 170

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