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The Ministry’s main cooperation partners in language-related questions include the Ministry of Culture, the Office of the Minister of Population and Ethnic Affairs, the Integration Foundation, the Archimedes Foundation, Estonian institutions of higher education, the Estonian Institute, the Mother Tongue Society, the Estonian Association of Native Language Teachers, the Estonian Language Foundation, the Võro Institute, the non-profit organization Fenno-Ugria, the Estonian Association of Applied Linguistics, the Estonian Terminology Society, the Estonian associations of foreign language teachers, the Estonian Bureau of Lesser Used Languages, The Finnish Institute in Estonia, the British Council, the French Cultural Institute, the German Cultural Institute. Among the divisions of the Ministry of Education and Research, the National Examinations and Qualifications Centre and the Language Inspectorate are engaged in language-related issues. Among the agencies under the administration of the Ministry, such issues are dealt with by the Institute of Estonian Language.
Estonian is an official language of the European Union and Estonian EU jargon is being developed in cooperation with the terminology department of the Institute of Estonian Language.
It is important to note with regard to language protection and its legal regulation, including the provision of language-related information, that the preparation of the new version of the Language Act was launched in 2008. This version will focus mainly on ensuring the quality of the Estonian language, instead of the issue language use. After a year's worth of preparations, the national programme Value Development in the Estonian Society (2009–2013) was completed at the beginning of 2009. One of the aims of the programme is to support the development of values beneficial to the Estonian language in the society and the country. In order to increase public appreciation of the Estonian language, the Ministry presents the Wiedemanni Language Award and the Language Deed of the Year Award. For the same purpose, the Ministry established a badge for the winners of the Wiedemanni Language Award, held an international conference Emakeelne Eesti, emakeelne Euroopa and distributed its collected presentations to all upper secondary schools. The student competition Keelevägi was prepared in the autumn of 2008 and aired on ETV at the beginning of 2009 and Estonian language days are being held in schools in the peripheral regions of Estonia. Information on Estonian is being distributed through the children's portal www.lastekas.ee and children are trained to communicate with the computer in Estonian.
