A Plan for the Future? The Estonian State Integration Programme on National Minorities 2000-2007

Author(s): Malte Brosig
Publisher(s): European Center for Minority Issues (ECMI), Flensburg, Germany
Publication: Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe 2/2008
Date of publication: 2008
From Page 1 to 19

Description: The paper analyses the development of the Estonian State Integration Programme (SIP) 2000-2007 from its earliest moments in the 1990s to its current form. It is argued that although its theoretical basis is well grounded, the programme does not account for minority integration needs systematically. Instead it follows a unidirectional action-plan, targeting Russian-speakers without a prior needs-assessment at grass-root level and insufficient minority participation during the drafting and implementation period. Furthermore, the paper highlights the influence the legal-restorationist concept maintains on the implementation of the SIP which partly has the effect of re-enforcing inter-ethnic alienation.

General note: © 2008 European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI)


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