Fritze said he will continue to work on the Tallinn European Capital of Culture 2011 project, just not as CEO. Photo by Kai Joost/Baltic Reports
TALLINN — Mikko Fritze, CEO of Foundation Tallinn 2011 decided to resigned from his post Friday because he thinks that the foundation needs a different management board.
The council of Foundation Tallinn 2011, the organization tasked with coordinating Tallinn’s European Capital of Culture 2011 project, discussed his resignation on Friday and it was approved. Fritze’s job contract with the foundation will end on June 5, 2010. Fritze does not wish to leave the project entirely, but hopes to [private_supervisor]organize different events and work on international relations in a lower capacity.
Tallinn Mayor Edgar Savisaar thanked Fritze for his contribution.
Fritze’s salary of 82,000 krooni (€5,240) a month, higher than that of Estonia’s president, came under fire earlier this year for being exorbitant. However, Foundation Tallinn 2011 defended Fritze’s pay. Fritze was hired for the CEO position in the beginning of 2008 after he won a public competition for this job.
Meanwhile the project is in a bit of a rut, as a feud has developed between the Tallinn municipality and Estonia’s national government over the funding of European Capital of Culture project, even though the original application promised both would pay equally. Confusion on who should fund what has forced the foundation to cut the scheduled 250 events down to about 100, and only 36 events such as the European Movie Awards, the Dark Nights Film Festival and the Youth Song Festival will be advertised abroad. [/private_supervisor] [private_subscription 1 month]organize different events and work on international relations in a lower capacity.
Tallinn Mayor Edgar Savisaar thanked Fritze for his contribution.
Fritze’s salary of 82,000 krooni (€5,240) a month, higher than that of Estonia’s president, came under fire earlier this year for being exorbitant. However, Foundation Tallinn 2011 defended Fritze’s pay. Fritze was hired for the CEO position in the beginning of 2008 after he won a public competition for this job.
Meanwhile the project is in a bit of a rut, as a feud has developed between the Tallinn municipality and Estonia’s national government over the funding of European Capital of Culture project, even though the original application promised both would pay equally. Confusion on who should fund what has forced the foundation to cut the scheduled 250 events down to about 100, and only 36 events such as the European Movie Awards, the Dark Nights Film Festival and the Youth Song Festival will be advertised abroad. [/private_subscription 1 month] [private_subscription 4 months]organize different events and work on international relations in a lower capacity.
Tallinn Mayor Edgar Savisaar thanked Fritze for his contribution.
Fritze’s salary of 82,000 krooni (€5,240) a month, higher than that of Estonia’s president, came under fire earlier this year for being exorbitant. However, Foundation Tallinn 2011 defended Fritze’s pay. Fritze was hired for the CEO position in the beginning of 2008 after he won a public competition for this job.
Meanwhile the project is in a bit of a rut, as a feud has developed between the Tallinn municipality and Estonia’s national government over the funding of European Capital of Culture project, even though the original application promised both would pay equally. Confusion on who should fund what has forced the foundation to cut the scheduled 250 events down to about 100, and only 36 events such as the European Movie Awards, the Dark Nights Film Festival and the Youth Song Festival will be advertised abroad. [/private_subscription 4 months] [private_subscription 1 year]organize different events and work on international relations in a lower capacity.
Tallinn Mayor Edgar Savisaar thanked Fritze for his contribution.
Fritze’s salary of 82,000 krooni (€5,240) a month, higher than that of Estonia’s president, came under fire earlier this year for being exorbitant. However, Foundation Tallinn 2011 defended Fritze’s pay. Fritze was hired for the CEO position in the beginning of 2008 after he won a public competition for this job.
Meanwhile the project is in a bit of a rut, as a feud has developed between the Tallinn municipality and Estonia’s national government over the funding of European Capital of Culture project, even though the original application promised both would pay equally. Confusion on who should fund what has forced the foundation to cut the scheduled 250 events down to about 100, and only 36 events such as the European Movie Awards, the Dark Nights Film Festival and the Youth Song Festival will be advertised abroad. [/private_subscription 1 year]
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