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Marju Medar, Estonia

Treasurer

University of Tartu / Pärnu College
Ringi 1
80010 PÄRNU
ESTONIA

T
+372 445 0523
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+372 520 2837
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+372 445 0530
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marju.medar@ut.ee
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www.pc.ut.ee

Discipline
Social Work

Languages
Estonian, English, Russian

Teaching Subjects
Introduction into Social Work;
Supervised Field Practise;
Voluntary Resources of Social Work;
Methods and Theories of Social Work;
Social Work Administration;
Project Management;
Social Foundation;
Management of Social Benefits and Social Services.

Current Activities
Docent of Social Work;
Head of Department of Social Work and Administration;
Founding member of the Estonian Association of Sciences of Social Work (ESTA).

Fields of (Scientific) Interest
Development and optimisation of public and voluntary organisations providing social services;
Development of social funds and NGO-s in Estonia;
Need for and Use of Social Services - Sociocultural Differences.

Current research interests
Development of social funds and NGO-s in Estonia, 1994-1999;
Need for and Use of Social Services in the Otepää region of Estonia, in the Vihti municipality of Finland, and in the Kumla Community of Sweden, 1999/2000;
Phare/Tacis Cross Border Co-operation Small Project Facility;
Coping of the population of Ida-Virumaa and Pärnumaa: need for, use and administration of social services, 2004;
Doctoral thesis; Current trends of Social Work in Estonia, 2006/2007;
Project of the Ministry of Social Affairs of Estonian Republic.
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