Adopted at the meeting of the Valga Municipality Government on 27 November 2019 by a decision of the minutes.
Amended by the minutes of the meetings of Valga Municipality on 30 November 2020, 14 March 2022 and 12 December 2022.
The Action Plan for Valga municipality has been designed to deepen cooperation between the municipality and its citizens to achieve a better living environment and a stronger sense of community.
The Action Plan has been prepared on the basis of the merger and coalition agreement, the municipality's development plan, the e-Governance Academy's proposals and the information gathered in the public consultations.
1. Increasing transparency and access to information on the activities of public authorities.
| Action | Deadline | Profile of the owner | Completion |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.1 To make public the attendance of the members of the Council at the meetings and committees of the Council. | Continuous action | Parish Council | The attendance of councillors at meetings and committees is recorded in the minutes. |
| 1.2 To enable online participation in meetings. | Continuous action | Parish Council | Opportunity created. |
| 1.3 Make council meetings web-viewable in real time. | Continuous action | Parish Council | From August 2021, all council meetings will be available in real time. |
| 1.4 Publish information on the budget of the municipality on the website of the municipality. | Continuous action | Head of the financial service | The budget is published on the municipal website. |
| 1.5 Review the locations and functions of the municipal service centres to ensure a high quality service to the community. Consider relocating service centres to libraries. | 2022.-2023. a | Secretary to the Council | From November 2022, the Õru Service Centre will be located in the Õru Kindergarten-Grangeschool. |
| 1.6 To make the municipal libraries a place for information provision, to offer assistance to the community in using e-services and to create remote working places in them, where possible and necessary. | Continuous action | Head of Communications, Deputy Mayor for Culture and Education, IT specialists, Director of Valga Central Library. | The communication of information will be continuously pursued. From summer 2022, libraries will be equipped with remote working computers. On e-services, people will be continuously assisted. |
| 1.7 To organise regular community visits and teleworking days for municipal managers, officials and employees to service centres and libraries. | Continuous action | Communications Manager, Community and Cooperation Projects Specialist, | Receptions have been held for municipal leaders in service centres, cultural centres and libraries. |
| 1.8 Continue to publish the parish newspaper and give more coverage to community activities. | Continuous action | Communications Manager, Communities | The magazine will be published in two languages, with a Russian section between each page from January 2022. Each page will cover community events (events, personal stories). |
| 1.9 Improve the user-friendliness of the municipality's website and make it more informative. Communicate information through social media channels and radio. | Continuous action | Communication Manager, IT specialists | The website is under constant development. Active use is made of social media channels and radio to communicate information. |
| 1.10 Carry out basic digital literacy training for the older population to increase skills in using e-services and finding information. | Continuous action | IT specialists, Community and cooperation projects specialist | Digital literacy workshops have been held for members of the Valga Distinguished University. At the Valga County Vocational Training Centre, elderly people took part in basic computer training. |
| 1.11 Implement promotional and marketing projects. | Continuous action | Municipal administration |
2. Developing dialogue with citizens in the preparation of decisions that affect them.
| Action | Deadline | Profile of the owner | Completion |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1 Implementation of an inclusive budget and, where possible, incorporation of unsupported important ideas into the municipal budget strategy. | Continuous action | Specialist in community and cooperation projects, Municipal Community Committee, Municipal Government. | |
| 2.2 Train staff in the principles and methods of participatory policy making and encourage closer cooperation with the citizens of the municipality. | Continuous action | Communications Manager | |
| 2.3 Involve community leaders in the municipality's working groups and discussions on different areas and in the preparation of development plans. | Continuous action | Municipal administration | Inclusion takes place. |
| 2.4 Launch sectoral roundtables (youth, entrepreneurs, community leaders, etc.) and organise surveys, debates and town hall meetings on issues that affect communities. | Continuous action | Municipal administration | Community network meetings three times a year in the framework of the Leader project. In addition, meetings in connection with the preparation of the development plan and planning. |
| 2.5 Use community committees, information lists and networks to communicate or obtain information relevant to the community. | Continuous action | Municipal administration | The role of the Community Committee as a relay of information can be enhanced. |
| 2.6 To add the photos of civil servants to the municipal website, their names to the doors of the offices and to the head of the building, their office hours to the head of the building, and the contact details of the deputy mayors on the municipal website. | 2022. a | Head of Communication, Head of Municipal Property and Maintenance Service | The areas of the Deputy Mayors are available on the website. Photographs of the municipal leaders and some of their officials are available on the website. All photos will be published in 2022. |
| 2.7 Celebrate the birthday of the municipality. Valga municipality was formed on 22.10.2017 by the merger of Valga city, Karula municipality, Taheva municipality, Tõlliste municipality and Õru municipality. | Birthday week in October | Municipal administration | In October 2022, the municipality celebrated its birthday: an open day, a work shadow day, a treasure hunt, a quiz in the library, and a friendly servant award. |
| 2.8 Continue to introduce new and existing officials on the municipal website and in the newspaper. | Continuous action | Communications Manager | New people are being introduced. The Sports Week introduced sports officials. |
3. Supporting active citizenship
| Action | Deadline | Profile of the owner | Completion |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 Develop community networks and train champions. | Continuous action | Specialist in community and cooperation projects | There are regular community network meetings. |
| 3.2 Organise identity-building events in partnership with the community. | Continuous action | Specialist in community and cooperation projects | Organising a Living in the Countryside Day. |
| 3.3 Involve municipal officials in community meetings. | Continuous action | Communities | Call on the community to involve municipal servants and officials. |
| 3.4 Recognise and organise recognition events. | Continuous action | Deputy Deputy Mayor for Culture and Education, Culture Specialist | In 2022, the "Friendliest Servant of the Year" election was held. Father of the Year and Mother of the Year. |
4. Encouraging youth participation and initiative
| Action | Deadline | Profile of the owner | Completion |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.1 Disseminate information to the network of active young people. | Continuous action | Specialist in sport and youth work | At the moment, information is mainly channelled through youth centres. FacebookYou can also use the Valgamaa youth information group and the website tankla.net. |
| 4.2 Keeping in touch with young people who have left the municipality to study elsewhere by offering them internships (including community work internships), research and thesis topics, housing on their return to the municipality, etc. Create a specific event once a year to bring young people together (e.g. in the form of a picnic, Youth at home, etc.). | Continuous action | Head of the Culture and Education Service, Education Specialist | |
| 4.3 Offering young people the opportunity to have a job shadow week. | October- November | Specialist in sport and youth work | In 2022, there were workshops in the municipality. |
| 4.4 Working with young people to develop the principles of youth activism. Establish a youth activist and involve young people in the work of the municipal council and its committees. | 2022. a | Specialist in sport and youth work |
