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The Forum Open City is the central German conference for issues surrounding Open Data and Open Government. It takes place annually in the KörberForum in Hamburg. Subtitled participatory, digital, sustainable, the conference´s thematical focus aims at the design of tomorrows digital city. What does it require? How can citizens get involved? Where do cities find support and how can digitalization aid public administrations in dealing with new challenges such as the Coronavirus pandemic and the climate crisis?

Estonian Electronics Industries Association is pleased to announce that in cooperation with IPC, the seminar "IPC Day 2021 – From EMS to the Moon and beyond" will be held on the 2nd of December 2021 at 10:00-19:00 at the Sokos Viru hotel Conference Center, Viru Väljak 4, Tallinn, Estonia.

According to an amendment to the City Government’s regulation, the amount of the disabled child’s benefit in Tallinn will increase from 100 euros to 125 euros annually from next year.

The monthly podcast for the English-speaking Tallinners „Tallinn Talks“, providing news, insights and information about life in Tallinn to residents who have moved here from abroad, is out with 5th episode.

The city of Tallinn, in cooperation with a private health care provider, is preparing to launch a mobile vaccination brigade in November to enable people to get vaccinated at home. A stationary counselling, vaccination and testing point will also be established on Freedom Square.

The focus is on Industrial Development, Development of Digital Countries and Education Development.

People’s awareness on environmental issues expands with every year and with it an interest in sorting household waste. Thus, it is important to reiterate the principles for sorting waste in order to keep our environment clean and to promote waste recycling and reusing.

For the week after the school break, from November 1-5, students in grades 4 to 8 in Tallinn municipal schools will be sent to distance learning. Students in grades 1 to 3 and grades 9 to 12, as well as students with special educational needs will continue in contact learning.

Until the beginning of December, a new public transport vehicle with two bellows will be tested on Tallinn trolleybus lines, which can run as a trolley in the city centre, but can also disconnect its poles from the overhead wires if necessary and run on battery power like an electric bus.

Tallinn launched a campaign “Dust Kills”, which calls on drivers to prefer all-season tires in winter conditions and thus contribute to a cleaner living environment for themselves and their children.