In 2013, EELC team worked hard to define strategic objectives for the next 6 years. The completed strategy and methodology for assessing our social impact are good prerequisites for EELC’s rapid development in the near future. This leap in EELC’s development will also be supported by the National Foundation of Civil Society by project “Boosting EELC’s advocacy and marketing”.

In 2014 we focus on three topics:

• Better planned and more effective advocacy. With the help of experts we will frame and implement advocacy strategies that include more active interaction with the general public through the media.
• Remake of our website. The structure and design of the website will be changed to make the information and materials easier to access.
• Marketing. To introduce EELC’s paid services (legal advice, trainings, analyses) we will meet with potential clients, attend events and at the end of 2014 analyze the success of our marketing plan with the help of an external expert.

By the end of the year we aim to be well-known legal service providers in the field of environmental law. We also wish to make the results of our work more visible and our proposals in decision making processes (laws, development plans, etc) to be taken into account more.

The project is financed by Estonian Ministry of Interior Affairs and National Foundation of Civil Society. The whole budget is 9959 EUR.

The project activities are coordinated by Siim Vahtrus.