“Our undertaking has thoroughly
positive and constructive nature.
We do not protest or fight, we
make friendly suggestions for
making situations better. We bring
out and map the places where
it’s possible to improve the traffic
situation with little resources and
make it more logical, convenient
and intuitive. We do not think
that the places we refer to are
improperly arranged but in our
opinion they can be improved. We
try to focus on proposals that are
financially undemanding.”
Aet thinks that a strong civil
society is important and it can be
strong only through cooperation
with partners. Civil society does
not mean only demanding:
it consists of people’s own
contributions as well. The local
governments are doing their job,
but citizens determine what kind
of country they want. It all may
sound idealistic, but Aet thinks
that idealism and realism are not
opposites of each other: idealism
is something that leads us to better
society.
Aet created the group on social
media which sees many active
people. Although the group
members don’t meet physically
but their relationship with
the Commission of the Narva
City Municipality is based on
mutually friendly and respectful
communication.
People may
say that traffic
management
has minor
importance
and little
influence on
making overall Photo: FB group “Liiklus Narvas loogiliseks!”
life better. Aet thinks that
dealing with small things is
also substantial as small things
together may eventually have
an important impact, and this is
why there should be more citizen
initiatives. Today the Narva City
Government discusses the traffic
solutions with the group members
and implements those that are
achievable. The citizen initiative
“Traffic in Narva logical!” is
important not only for the city
traffic but likely even more for
Narva’s civil society.
Photo: Kristina Reinsalu private collection.
Kristina Reinsalu Head of e-Democracy Domain in e-Governance
Academy Foundation, Marju Lauristin MEP, and Aet Kiisla Estonian
Photo: Kristina Reinsalu private collection
winner of the competition.
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