On the pages of FNE brochure you will find information on the Foundation’s program areas, the most breakthrough and innovative projects and programs in the spheres of education, social and territorial development.
2. CONTENTS
Andrey Kortunov, President of the New Eurasia Foundation:
“Konstantin Stanislavsky once limited a theatre’s lifetime to ten years. He thought ten years was enough time
to realize the innovative ideas of the theatre’s founders, carry out the bold projects and plans of the theatre’s
directors, and fully reveal the creative potential of the theatre’s troupe. After ten years in operation, the theatre
inevitably begins to fade and decline and a new powerful impulse is required to bring it back to life.
Perhaps, any non-commercial organization could be compared to a theatre. At any rate, ten years in civil
society, especially in a country such as Russia, is a very respectable term. As it approaches its tenth anniversary, the New Eurasia Foundation faces the task of assessing its role and contribution, its comparative advantages and weaknesses, as well as the task of identifying new ways and methods that will ensure its continuous
growth and development. The past ten years have been extremely rich and eventful for us: we remember our
victories and defeats, our hopes and disappointments, our successes and failures. Although not everything
has gone according to plan, the New Eurasia Foundation has been and will remain one of the social development leaders. Our models, methods, and techniques are being used by dozens of organizations throughout
the country. Our approaches underlie the standards of Russia’s emerging social investment sector.
The New Eurasia Foundation has always been known for its willingness to experiment, master new social
techniques, and expand its circle of partners and experts. Perhaps, this is why the Foundation has always
attracted creative and caring professionals who strive to outpace the spirit of time rather than follow it. I hope
the New Eurasia Foundation will retain this quality in the future regardless of the state of its project portfolio
and its constantly changing funding sources. After all, everything else is nothing but a question of professional qualification”.
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PROGRAM AREAS
EDUCATION
6
TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT
18
SOCIAL SPHERE DEVELOPMENT
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3. THE NEW EURASIA FOUNDATION (FNE) IS A RUSSIAN NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION ESTABLISHED
IN MOSCOW IN 2004. OPERATING IN THE CAPACITY OF A SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY,
THE NEW EURASIA FOUNDATION IMPLEMENTS INTERNATIONAL, NATIONAL, INTERREGIONAL, REGIONAL,
AND MUNICIPAL PROJECTS DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF RUSSIAN CITIZENS.
FORMS OF OPERATION
• Providing support to the development of Russian
education and science in compliance with the national
priorities, as well as to the development of innovation
ecosystems at the federal and regional levels and their
integration into the global innovation ecosystem.
• Assessing various aspects of socio-economic
development of the Russian territories.
• Designing, implementing, and supporting the
implementation of education, as well as territorial and
social development projects and programs, as well as
projects and programs promoting collaboration between
education, business, and the social sphere.
• Designing proposals, recommendations, and strategies
that address various problems and issues in the
field of education, territorial and social development,
and collaboration between education, business,
and the social sphere.
NETWORK OF PARTNERS
• Federal and regional governments and local selfgovernment bodies.
• Russian and foreign educational institutions
and research organizations.
• Russian and international corporations.
• Foreign governmental organizations.
• International organizations.
• Organizations representing professional communities
in the field of education and innovation development.
• Russian and foreign non-commercial organizations
operating in the field of social development.
• Private charity foundations.
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4. ABOUT
ABOUT
THE NEW EURASIA
THE NEW EURASIA
FOUNDATION
FOUNDATION
SPHERES OF OPERATION
• Implementation of complex regional and municipal
socio-economic development programs.
• Modernization of regional general education, as well
as primary and secondary vocational education systems.
• Modernization of management of institutions of higher
learning.
• Support of international activities implemented
by Russian institutions of higher learning.
• Development of technology transfer systems at the level
of institutions of higher learning and regional
governments.
• Development of regional innovation infrastructures.
• Support of youth initiatives.
• Support of local community initiatives and engagement
of local communities in regional socio-economic
development processes.
• Support of the housing and utility system reforms.
• Coordination and harmonization of migration processes.
• Development of conflict prevention systems
at the regional and local levels.
• Support of small and medium-sized businesses
in Russia’s regions and municipalities.
• Support of regional and municipal mass media
organizations.
OPERATION PRINCIPLES
• Public-private partnership: the Foundation’s projects
and programs are implemented on the basis of relevant
governmental policies in close collaboration
with bodies of state power, businesses, and civil society
organizations.
• Openness: the Foundation is open to cooperation
with any partners within its mandate, with a view
to achieve agreed-upon results.
• Efficiency: the Foundation enables its partners
to meet their own objectives and actively provides
them with resources and services thereby enhancing
their capacity and expanding their prospects.
• Comprehensiveness: the Foundation’s projects
and programs are implemented in most
of the groundbreaking and modernization areas
of human activity.
• Concentration of resources: the Foundation takes
advantage of the resources and experience gained
through related projects, programs, partners,
and donors — thereby achieving a synergistic effect.
• Transparency: the Foundation strictly abides by
the laws of the Russian Federation (in particular,
the legitimacy of the FNE operations is confirmed
by the Interdepartmental Audit that the Foundation
went through in April 2013), monitors and evaluates
its projects and programs, and publishes performance
reports to ensure the utmost transparency
of its operations.
RESOURCES
• Domestic and international network of experts.
The New Eurasia Foundation’s expert potential is unique
in that most of its experts work as professionals
who offer practical solutions that take into account
the specifics of each region. The Foundation’s expert
network is geographically diverse and consists
of specialists representing 23 Russian regions
and more than 35 countries of the world.
• The Foundation has access to a pool of international
experts specializing in 36 scientific disciplines
and capable of delivering professional assessment
of scientific research projects.
• An international database of experts specializing
in assessment of scientific research projects.
The database contains the resumes of more than
7,000 scientists and researchers representing
36 scientific disciplines and 42 countries of the world.
• Portfolio of techniques. The Foundation has access
to a unique portfolio of project methods and techniques
in the field of social development. All FNE methods
and techniques have been tested and proven effective
in the current Russian conditions.
• International cooperation. The New Eurasia Foundation
has access to a broadly distributed network
of international partners enabling it to leverage
the world’s most advanced scientific and technological
expertise.
• Efficient funding schemes. The Foundation
is experienced in leveraging governmental and corporate
funding required for successful implementation of social
development projects and programs.
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5. SINCE THE TIME OF ITS INCEPTION,
OPERATING
THE NEW EURASIA FOUNDATION
HAS IMPLEMENTED OVER
90
PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS
IN THE FIELD OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT OF RUSSIAN
NEW JOBS AND MORE THAN
HAVE BEEN CREATED IN THE COURSE
OF THE FOUNDATION’S REGIONAL
PROJECTS.
MORE THAN
200
PARTNER
ORGANIZATIONS HAVE TAKEN PART
IN THE FOUNDATION’S SOCIALLY
MEANINGFUL PROJECTS AND
PROGRAMS.
THE NEW EURASIA FOUNDATION HAS
RAISED MORE THAN
1.46
BILLION ROUBLES TO SUPPORT THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF ITS PROJECTS
AND PROGRAMS.
AND ANALYTICAL CENTERS.
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EDUCATION
SVERDLOVSK REGION
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTES,
REPUBLIC OF UDMURTIA
TERRITORIAL
DEVELOPMENT
REPUBLIC OF MARIY EL
NON-COMMERCIAL ORGANIZATIONS,
ULYANOVSK REGION
OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS,
SOCIAL SPHERE
DEVELOPMENT
TAMBOV REGION
SOCIALLY MEANINGFUL ACTIVITIES
VORONEZH REGION
MADE AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT
REPUBLIC OF TATARSTAN
190.6
MILLION ROUBLES HAS BEEN
RYAZAN REGION
MORE THAN
IVANOVO REGION
REPUBLIC OF KARELIA
SMALL BUSINESSES
NIZHNIY NOVGOROD REGION
VLADIMIR REGION
KOSTROMA REGION
LENINGRAD REGION
YAROSLAVL REGION
PSKOV REGION
NOVGOROD REGION
MOSCOW
MOSCOW REGION
KALININGRAD REGION
SAMARA REGION
UKRAINE
MOLDOVA
SARATOV REGION
VOLGOGRAD REGION
ROSTOV REGION
STAVROPOL REGION
KRASNODAR REGION
MOLDOVAN REPUBLIC OF TRANSNISTRIA
2,500
250
MORE THAN
REPUBLIC OF ADYGEA
AND ACTIVITIES.
REPUBLIC OF CHECHNYA
IN THE FOUNDATION’S EVENTS
REPUBLIC OF KARACHAEVO-CHERKESSIA
INDIVIDUALS HAVE TAKEN PART
REPUBLIC OF INGUSHETIA
MILLION
REPUBLIC OF NORTH OSSETIA
2.5
REPUBLIC OF DAGESTAN
MORE THAN
REPUBLIC OF KABARDINO-BALKARIA
TERRITORIES.
6. SINCE THE TIME OF ITS INCEPTION,
THE NEW EURASIA FOUNDATION
GEOGRAPHY
HAS HELPED DESIGN MORE THAN
50
REGIONAL AND MUNICIPAL
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES AND
SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMS.
PRIMORYE REGION
KHABAROVSK REGION
TRANS-BAIKAL REGION
REPUBLIC OF BURYATIA
IRKUTSK REGION
KRASNOYARSK REGION
ALTAI REPUBLIC
REPUBLIC OF KHAKASSIA
ALTAI REGION
KEMEROVO REGION
NOVOSIBIRSK REGION
OMSK REGION
TOMSK REGION
TYUMEN REGION
KHANTY-MANSI AUTONOMOUS DISTRICT
MURMANSK REGION
ARKHANGELSK REGION
THE FOUNDATION COOPERATES
WITH MORE THAN
50
RUSSIAN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER
LEARNING, INCLUDING FEDERAL,
NATIONAL RESEARCH, AND REGIONAL
UNIVERSITIES.
THE FOUNDATION’S PROJECTS
AND PROGRAMS HAVE INCLUDED
MORE THAN
60
STUDY TOURS,
QUALIFICATIONS IMPROVEMENT
AND INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS
IMPLEMENTED IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES,
THE USA, CHINA, AND ISRAEL.
THE NEW EURASIA FOUNDATION HAS
ACCESS TO RESOURCES REQUIRED
TO ASSESS SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
PROJECTS. THE FOUNDATION HAS PUT
TOGETHER AN INTERNATIONAL DATABASE
CONTAINING THE RESUMES OF MORE
THAN
7,000
SCIENTISTS
AND RESEARCHERS REPRESENTING
36 SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES
AND 42 COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD.
AS PART OF ITS PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS,
THE NEW EURASIA FOUNDATION HAS
SUPPORTED THE CREATION OF MORE
THAN
400
INFORMATION
RESOURCES, INCLUDING BOOKS,
WEBSITES AND PORTALS, E.G.:
THE “DEMOCRATIC EDUCATION LIBRARY”
AND “MIGRATION LIBRARY” SERIES
OF BOOKS, PUBLICATIONS IN THE FIELD
OF MODERNIZATION OF MANAGEMENT
OF SECONDARY VOCATIONAL
AND TERTIARY EDUCATION, THE WEBSITES
FOR THE PROJECTS “EURECA”,
“MIGRATION BAROMETER IN THE RUSSIAN
FEDERATION”, CONFLICTU.NET,
THE INTERNET-PORTAL OF COMMUNITY
SCHOOL MOVEMENT IN RUSSIA,
WEBSITES FOR SUPPORT OF REGIONAL
MASS MEDIA, ETC.
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7. EDUCATION
EDUCATION
Mission:
To support the modernization of Russian education with the view
to improve the lives of Russian citizens.
Goal:
To support the development of Russian educational systems
and institutions by creating conditions conducive to cooperation
and consolidation of resources.
One of the New Eurasia Foundation’s key program
areas, “Education” aims to support the modernization
of Russian education with the view to improve the lives
of Russian citizens. The projects and programs within
this block are designed in response to education
requirements of various stakeholders. They aim to meet
the needs of Russian citizens in accessible quality
education, support the development of the social
function of education, introduce mechanisms
required to improve accessibility of quality education,
and enhance the role of education in Russia’s innovation
development.
The New Eurasia Foundation’s portfolio of training
and consulting techniques and methods helps implement
complex and highly-focused projects in the fields
of tertiary, secondary vocational, and general education.
The portfolio of techniques and multiyear experience
accumulated within the “Education” block make it
possible to implement projects designed to facilitate
the development of territorial education systems,
form partnerships between education, governments,
businesses, and civil society institutions, promote
commercialization of research and technology transfer,
assist in the development of youth, and facilitate
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the networking among education professionals.
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8. Nargis VALAMAT-ZADE, Director of the New Eurasia Foundation’s «Education» program area:
“Education plays a very important role in contemporary society. It is the principal pillar that supports human beings, society, and state. A good
education enables a talented individual to rise from the bottommost layers of public life, achieve a high social status, and become a useful
and productive member of society. Since the very inception of our organization, all our education-related projects and programs have been
conceived in response to the education requirements of our various stakeholders. We facilitate an effective organization of the process of education,
provide methodological support to the instruction process, design innovative education techniques, and build productive and lasting international
partnerships. The New Eurasia Foundation’s ability to access a large and distributed network of international partner organizations, an international
community of scientific experts, and a unique database of international experts has enabled the Foundation to take part in organizing the assessment
of the scientific research projects submitted to the open grant competitions designed to attract the world’s leading scientists to Russian universities
and research centers under Resolution No.220 of the RF Government by some of the world’s most reputable international science experts. It is not
only a great responsibility, but also a great honour for us to be so involved in the development of Russian education and promotion of cooperation
with the international scientific and education communities”.
PROGRAM MECHANISMS
• Promotion of public-private partnerships in the field of education
and social functions of educational institutions; creation of a networkbased professional community.
• Promotion of collaboration between educational institutions
and the Labor market; encouragement of professional selfidentification and education of youth with the view to train, attract,
and retain skilled workers in Russian territories.
• Provision of support to institutions of higher learning that choose
to continue their development as entrepreneurial universities.
• Promotion of the universities’ role in the development of regional
innovation infrastructures, commercialization of research,
and technology transfer required for the development of territorial
innovation ecosystems by designing regional, interregional,
and international projects with participation of territorial education
administration bodies, governments, businesses, national partner
organizations (e.g. Association of Innovative Russian Regions,
Skolkovo Foundation, Foundation for Support of Small Innovative
Enterprises, RVC, etc.), as well as international partners.
• Provision of advisory support in modernization of educational
systems and institutions.
• Improvement of administration efficiency of educational systems
and institutions.
• Organization of evaluation, benchmarking, and ranking of educational
systems and institutions in compliance with applicable global
standards.
• Provision of assistance to Russian educational institutions that
choose to pursue international markets in joining international
consortia and projects by promoting international cooperation.
RESOURCES
• Implementation of exchange programs, operational and research
projects in collaboration with leading institutions of higher learning,
their associations, and other professional associations from the USA,
European countries, China, Israel, and other Asian countries.
• Provision of assistance to territorial innovation communities
consisting of educational and research organizations, innovative
businesses, industrial enterprises, governments, and third sector
organizations in their attempts to join the global innovation
community.
• Organization of qualifications improvement and internship programs
for representatives of educational institutions, businesses,
and governments in Russia that are focused on education
development issues that are relevant for the Russian partners
and territories; promotion of academic mobility, including
international academic mobility.
• Implementation of community school model, as well as community,
multicultural, and democratic education models to ensure equal
conditions for the development of children and youth and socially
vulnerable population groups.
• Promotion of best Russian and global models and practices
in the development of children’s creativity in compliance
with innovation development requirements; development
of technological competencies and creativity in students and youth.
• Promotion of youth support and development models that are based
on the premise that youth is one of the key territorial development
subjects and the country’s new creative class.
The New Eurasia Foundation’s multifaceted experience in supporting the development of institutions of higher learning enables it to implement
projects designed to modernize university management systems and assist universities in improving specific spheres of their operations, such as
strategic development planning, modernization of curricula in compliance with the Bologna Convention requirements and Labor markets, management of research activities, commercialization of research, development of university innovation ecosystems, etc. with the view to enhance
the role of institutions of higher learning in the development of territorial innovation ecosystems and innovative economy clusters, international
activities, collaboration with regional, national, and international partners. The New Eurasia Foundation designs such projects in collaboration
with a broad network of partners encompassing Russian and foreign universities, associations, and expert organizations.
• Participation in the implementation
of governmental initiatives aimed
at modernizing tertiary education:
development of the networks
of federal and national research
universities, recruitment of leading
scientists, assessment of education
and research projects by international
experts.
• Collaboration within the framework
of a distributed international network
that makes it possible to organize
international networking projects,
training events, and study tours
hosted by the world’s leading
university centers.
• Reliance on the outcomes
of exclusive analytical research
projects designed to identify
problematic areas and best practices
in university development.
• A portfolio of tested and proven
training and consulting techniques
and methods.
• An international network of experts
encompassing some of the world’s
leading specialists in the field
of education systems, university
development, and youth affairs.
• An international database of experts
specializing in assessment
of scientific research projects.
The database contains the resumes
of more than 7,000 scientists
and researchers representing
36 scientific disciplines
and 42 countries of the world.
9.
“INTERREGIONAL
EDUCATIONAL
FORUMS” PROJECT
(2004–2007)
“TO THE WORLD
OF PROFESSIONS
THROUGH
EDUCATION”
PROJECT
(2006–2009)
“COMMUNITY
UNIVERSITIES”
PROJECT
(2008–2013)
“NEW VOCATIONAL
TRAINING PROGRAMS
(PVE AND SVE)
DESIGNED ON THE BASIS
OF PROFESSIONAL
STANDARDS” PROJECT
(2007–2010)
ENHANCING UNIVERSITY
RESEARCH
AND ENTREPRENEURIAL
CAPACITY — “EURECA”
PROGRAM (PILOT PHASE)
(2010–2012)
“COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
IN RUSSIA” PROJECT
(2005–2013)
PROGRAM
2004
2005
2006
“STUDENT LOANS
IN RUSSIA” PROJECT
(2005–2006)
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2007
“TRAINING DEVELOPMENT
MANAGERS FOR RUSSIAN
REGIONAL UNIVERSITIES”
PROJECT
(2006—2008)
2008
“REGIONAL
UNIVERSITY —
REGIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
RESOURCE” PROJECT
(2006–2009)
2009
“INTERNATIONAL
SCHOOL
OF SCHOOL
PRINCIPALS” PROJECT
(2008–2009)
AREA
2010
EDUC
2011
2012
At present, the New Eurasia Foundation
implements a variety of national and international
education-related projects and programs focusing
on the following aspects:
• Development of university technology transfer systems.
• Organization of assessment of education and research
projects by international experts.
• Promotion of international activities of Russian institutions
of higher learning and their associations.
• Modernization of the primary and secondary vocational
education systems with employers’ participation.
• Promotion of community education practices at the level
of regional education systems.
• Involvement of Russian institutions of higher learning
in socio-economic development processes of their
respective local communities.
• Supporting collaboration between tertiary education,
businesses, and regional governments.
10.
“DEVELOPMENT
OF COMMUNITY
EDUCATION IN RUSSIA”
PROJECT
(2013–2015)
ENHANCING UNIVERSITY
RESEARCH
AND ENTREPRENEURIAL
CAPACITY:
“EURECA-2” PROGRAM
(2013–2016)
SINCE 2004, THE NEW EURASIA
SINCE 2005, THE NEW EURASIA
FOUNDATION HAS BEEN
FOUNDATION HAS IMPLEMENTED
SUPPORTING THE RUSSIAN
NETWORK OF COMMUNITY SCHOOL
MORE THAN
20
LARGE-SCALE
RESOURCE CENTERS COMPRISED
OF MORE THAN
17
PUBLIC
EDUCATION PROJECTS.
ORGANIZATIONS.
SINCE 2004, THE NEW EURASIA
THE NEW EURASIA FOUNDATION
FOUNDATION HAS BEEN COOPERATING
WITH MORE THAN
50
RUSSIAN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER
LEARNING, INCLUDING FEDERAL,
NATIONAL RESEARCH AND REGIONAL
HAS SUPPORTED THE CREATION
OF MORE THAN
5
ONLINE
RESOURCES, E.G. THE
“EURECA” PROGRAM WEBSITE,
THE ONLINE PORTAL OF THE
RUSSIAN COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
UNIVERSITIES.
MOVEMENT, ETC.
THE NEW EURASIA FOUNDATION HAS
THE NEW EURASIA FOUNDATION
ACCESS TO A POOL OF INTERNATIONAL
HAS PUT TOGETHER
A PORTFOLIO OF
EXPERTS CONSISTING OF MORE THAN
7000
50
BEST
PRACTICES IN COLLABORATION
LEADING SCIENTISTS
BETWEEN UNIVERSITIES
AND RESEARCHERS.
CATION
2013
2014
2015
AS PART OF ITS EDUCATION PROJECTS
SINCE 2009, THE NEW EURASIA
AND PROGRAMS, THE NEW EURASIA
FOUNDATION HAS BEEN
FOUNDATION HAS PUBLISHED MORE
2016
AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES.
COLLABORATING WITH MORE THAN
THAN
150
TITLES OF PRINTED
MATTER, SUCH AS TEXTBOOKS,
COLLECTIONS OF CASE STUDIES,
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TEACHERS TRAINING
COLLEGES AND QUALIFICATIONS
IMPROVEMENT INSTITUTES
FOR EDUCATION SPECIALISTS
COMPILATIONS OF METHODOLOGICAL
PROMOTING THE COMMUNITY
MATERIALS AND ANALYTICAL ARTICLES.
SCHOOL MODEL.
THE NEW EURASIA FOUNDATION’S
THE TEAMS FORMED
EDUCATION PROJECTS HAVE INCLUDED
IN
MORE THAN
50
STUDY TOURS
11
RUSSIAN
REGIONS HAVE BEEN TRAINED
TO EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, THE USA,
IN APPLICATION OF THE “CASE-
ISRAEL, AND CHINA.
STUDY” TECHNIQUE.
THE NEW EURASIA FOUNDATION
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HAS HELD MORE THAN
COMPLETED PROJECTS
CURRENT PROJECTS
ОRGANIZING THE ASSESSMENT OF THE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
PROJECTS SUBMITTED TO THE OPEN GRANT COMPETITIONS
DESIGNED TO ATTRACT THE WORLD’S LEADING SCIENTISTS
TO RUSSIAN UNIVERSITIES AND RESEARCH CENTERS UNDER
RESOLUTION NO.220 OF THE RF GOVERNMENT
BY THE WORLD’S MOST REPUTABLE INTERNATIONAL
SCIENTISTS (2010–2016)
SUPPORTING
INTERNATIONAL
ACTIVITIES
OF INSTITUTIONS
OF HIGHER LEARNING
AND THEIR ASSOCIATIONS
(2004–2016)
100
BOOKS ON COMMUNITY
SCHOOL MODEL AND PRACTICES
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES ON
WERE PUBLISHED WITHIN THE
THE MOST RELEVANT EDUCATION
“DEMOCRATIC EDUCATION
DEVELOPMENT ISSUES.
LIBRARY” SERIES.
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11. ENHANCING UNIVERSITY RESEARCH
AND ENTREPRENEURIAL CAPACITY — “EURECA” PROGRAM
(PILOT PHASE)
T
he “EURECA” program seeks to enhance the scientific research capacity of Russian universities and support their participation in the national
and global innovation ecosystems by assisting them in the development of their commercialization of research and technology transfer systems,
strengthening their entrepreneurial potential, and helping them integrate academic and entrepreneurial components in their everyday operations. The program is the initiative designed and funded by the US-Russia Foundation
for Economic Advancement and the Rule of Law (USRF). It is implemented
in partnership with the Ministry of education of the Russian Federation in compliance with the priorities of the National “Education” Program and the Federal
program for support of national research universities.
In the course of its pilot phase, the “EURECA” program helped create opportunities for Russian national, federal, and research universities and other leading
institutions of higher learning to organize collaboration with the international
innovation community and its primary networks thereby enabling its members
to adequately assess the growing potential of cooperation with Russia. Based
on the experiences of the model US — Russian interuniversity partnerships,
the program offered effective mechanisms enabling Russian innovative universities to access not only national, but also international, particularly, American
innovation markets. The “EURECA” program became an innovative mediator
that brings together the requirements and resources of institutions of higher
learning, businesses, governmental stakeholders, innovation community
members, and development institutes interested in innovation development
in general, as well as in mutually beneficial US-Russian cooperation in innovations, in particular.
2010 – 2012
PROJECTS
EDUCATION
V. V. Nefyodov,
the Minister of industry and innovations
of the Nizhniy Novgorod region
V. V. Nefyodov noted that the Nizhniy Novgorod
region was one of Russia’s largest innovation
centers with a powerful technological potential:
“The cooperation with US universities helps
us grow this potential. The primary objective
of our international collaboration is to bring
together Russian experiences and American
potential to create products that are able to serve
for the benefit of mankind”.
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12. ENHANCING UNIVERSITY RESEARCH
AND ENTREPRENEURIAL CAPACITY:
“EURECA-2“ PROGRAM
T
2013 – 2016
Sergey Mazurenko, Deputy Minister
of Education and Science of the Russian
Federation in 2010‑2012:
he program “Enhancing the entrepreneurial capacity of leading Russian
universities by engaging regional governments in improving the efficiency
and competitiveness of innovation economy cluster subjects” (a.k.a. “EURECA-2”) will strengthen the role of the leading universities in the development of modern innovation systems and effective cluster collaboration models
involving universities by supporting universities’ leadership in innovation clusters, creating and developing innovation infrastructures in clusters, designing
methodological recommendations on organizing this process, and by putting
together model descriptions. These models and mechanisms will be subsequently disseminated and replicated for the benefit of other regional and national clusters. “EURECA-2” will enable universities to optimize their innovation
infrastructure management systems, RD management systems, commercialization of research and technology transfer systems by creating new structures
and introducing new procedures and approaches. The project will enable universities to optimize their entrepreneurial education systems taking into account
the needs of regional innovation ecosystems and high-tech industry sectors.
The project will enhance the role of institutions of higher learning within regional innovation clusters by supporting their innovation activities and by enabling
them to form partnerships with leading American universities and join international innovation networks. “EURECA-2” will also enable innovation companies
to optimize their operations by enabling them to form partnerships with institutions of higher learning in training a highly-skilled workforce and implementing
RD activities for the industry in compliance with regional innovation economy
and cluster development requirements. Finally, the project will enable Russian
regions to optimize their innovation ecosystems by improving the operating efficiency of regional cluster member-organizations.
“On behalf of the Ministry of education and science
of the Russian Federation, I express our
appreciation of the high professionalism demonstrated
by the New Eurasia Foundation staff members
in the preparation and conduct of the open grant
competition of the Government of the Russian Federation
designed to support research projects implemented
by leading scientists at Russian institutions
of higher learning”.
Letter No.SM-949 / 11, November 12, 2010
PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS
The key participant of the “EURECA-2” program is a consortium consisting of the Association of Innovative Russian
Regions (AIRR) and the seven leading Russian universities
listed below:
• National Nuclear Research University “MIFI”,
a national research university,
• Siberian Federal University,
• Ural Federal University,
• Perm Polytechnic University,
a national research university,
• St. Petersburg Polytechnic University,
a national research university,
• Kazan Technological University,
a national research university,
• Tomsk Polytechnic University,
a national research university.
Each of the aforementioned institutions of higher learning
is already a member of the corresponding regional innovation economy cluster. The development of territorial innovation economy clusters is supported by the relevant federal
funding program.
13. T
his project continues what was started
by the “Community schools in Russia”
and “Community universities” projects as
it links them together using a new project component, “Synergy”. The project aims to reinforce
the previously created institutional, intellectual,
and human resources in the field of community
education, facilitate a mutual integration of these
resources, and create a viable model for their
subsequent dissemination. The project will help
create a mechanism for integration of schools
and institutions of higher learning for the purpose
of implementing community education practices.
The project will help design a set of secondary
school education methods based on community
school principles. The pilot schools will launch
creative and innovative Local Development Laboratories where school teachers, school students, as
well as students and faculty members of institutions of higher learning will implement research
and education projects within the framework
of study programs and extracurricular activities
designed to address territorial and local community development problems.
ОRGANIZING THE ASSESSMENT OF THE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH PROJECTS SUBMITTED
TO THE OPEN GRANT COMPETITIONS DESIGNED TO ATTRACT THE WORLD’S LEADING
SCIENTISTS TO RUSSIAN UNIVERSITIES AND RESEARCH CENTERS UNDER
RESOLUTION NO.220 OF THE RF GOVERNMENT BY THE WORLD’S MOST REPUTABLE
INTERNATIONAL SCIENTISTS
T
he New Eurasia Foundation has experience in
and disposes of resources required to organize
assessment of research and education process
of any complexity by international experts. A diversified expert base and a proven method that meets the
procedural requirements of the leading international
organizations enable the Foundation to organize project
assessment in compliance with relevant international
standards. In 2012, the FNE used its methods and access to a database of international experts to organize assessment of 37 project proposals submitted to a
grant competition of the RF Government. Those project
proposals were assessed by 71 international experts.
2010 – 2016
“DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNITY
EDUCATION IN RUSSIA”
PROJECT
2013 – 2015
EDUCATION
PROJECTS
NETWORK OF EXPERTS
The New Eurasia Foundation has recently expanded its database of international experts.
Today, the database contains information about more than 7,000 international experts. A
more extensive list of experts will help ensure a maximum diversity of potential candidates
from among foreign experts and avoid excessive representation of any specific country
in the process of assessment of project proposals. The network is comprised of experts
representing more than 42 countries, including Austria, Australia, Belgium, Great Britain,
Hungary, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Israel, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Canada, Cyprus, China,
Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, USA, Finland, France, Croatia, Czech Republic,
Sweden, Switzerland, Estonia, Japan, etc.
The New Eurasia Foundation has already used its metho
dology to organize assessment of the project proposals
submitted to the open grant competitions that were held
by the Gov rnment of the Russian Federation in 2010 and
e
2011 in compliance with Resolution No.220, “On measu
res designed to attract leading scientists to Russian institutions of higher learning”, by international experts.
To learn more about this initiative of the RF Government
and to view the competition documentation and the out
comes of the previous grant competitions please visit
the website of the RF Ministry of Education and Science,
http://eng.mon.gov.ru / pro / ved / uch / , or the designated
website of the initiative, http://www.p220.ru / en / .
At present, the New Eurasia Foundation is responsible
for organizing the assessment of project proposals submitted to the open grant competition of the Government
of the Russian Federation designed to provide governmental support to research projects implemented under
the supervision of the world’s leading scientists at Russian institutions of higher learning, research organizations
of the governmental academies of sciences, and governmental research centers of the Russian Federation.
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14. SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL
ACTIVITIES OF INSTITUTIONS
OF HIGHER LEARNING
AND THEIR ASSOCIATIONS
2004 – 2016
Sergey Ivanets, Deputy Minister
of education and science of the Russian
Federation in 2010‑2012:
T
he New Eurasia Foundation does a lot of work
supporting international activities of educational institutions of different kinds. Here,
the New Eurasia Foundation focuses on promoting effective formats of international cooperation
and informing Russian education specialists of best
foreign practices and methods of their adaptation
to the Russian conditions. Over the years, the Foundation has built serious partnerships with some
of the leading America, European, and Asian universities, professional associations, and expert
communities. The Foundation’s networks of partners
enable it to organize various seminars and conferences, training sessions, study tours, and qualifications improvement programs specifically tailored
to meet the needs of Russian universities. Education
services are usually requested by the leading Russian universities and regional institutions of higher
learning.
The Foundation’s education projects and programs have
included more than 50 study tours to European countries,
the USA, and Israel and more than 100 international
conferences on the most relevant education development
issues, e.g. “We build our future today: University —
Region — Business”, “University innovation ecosystems and their role in regional innovation development:
lessons learned and solutions for successful commercialization”, Russian — German symposium “Knowledge
transfer as the new key objective of institutions of higher
learning. Support for innovation development and the regional and international levels”, etc.
EXAMPLES OF INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES,
STUDY TOURS, TRAINING
AND QUALIFICATIONS IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS
“We express our appreciation
of the high professionalism demonstrated
by the New Eurasia Foundation staff
members in the provision of organizational
and information support services in the course
of preparation of the February 28 — March 3,
2011 session of the US-Russia Presidential
Commission “Education — Science —
Innovations”.
Letter No.SI-308 / 11,
April 7, 2011
International study tour for representatives of Russian institutions
of higher learning “University as a key player in the development
of the national innovation ecosystem”,
May 2013, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
The study tour was hosted by Qinghua University. Its participants had the opportunity to learn
about the most effective methods and approaches to the development of university innovation ecosystems, development of productive and lasting partnerships between universities,
businesses, and regional and local governments, and to strengthening the role of a university as a key player in the development of the national innovation ecosystem. The study tour
participants included representatives of the Ural Federal University named after the first RF
President B.
N. Yeltsin. They also had a chance to discuss potential cooperation avenues
with representatives of Qinghua University.
International study tour “Entrepreneurial strategies of leading American
universities: practices and partnerships for territorial development”
(December 2012, Boston, USA)
The study tour was organized for representatives of the Southern Federal University and Penza
Technological Academy and covered the third function of universities, development of socially
enterprising universities, and collaboration between institutions of higher learning and local
stakeholders for the benefit of university and territorial development. For additional information, please refer to the website of “Talloires Network”, one of the study tour organizers.
“Innovations after 2013” conference,
July 2012, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
This international event was organized by the Association of Universities in the Netherlands
in partnership with the New Eurasia Foundation and Association of the Leading Russian Universities. The purpose of this conference was to identify promising areas for cooperation between Russian and Dutch universities and put together collaborative action plans for the year
of bilateral relations between the Russian Federation and the Netherlands scheduled for 2013.
Karl Dittrich, former Rector
of the Maastricht University
and designer of the independent system
of accreditation of Dutch and Flemish
institutions of higher learning:
“We came here full of hopes and expectations
and we count on having a productive dialogue
with our Russian colleagues. Global cooperation
is sometimes taken for granted as we sign
hundreds of various kinds of agreements.
However, it is not until science and researchers
standing behind them agree to collaborate
in specific areas that these agreements become
truly useful and effective. I am glad that over
the past two days we have focused on specific
scientific disciplines and research areas where
we can achieve collaborative results”.
15. “COMMUNITY UNIVERSITIES”
PROJECT
2008 – 2013
EDUCATION
PROJECTS
“NEW VOCATIONAL TRAINING
PROGRAMS (PVE AND SVE) DESIGNED
ON THE BASIS OF PROFESSIONAL
STANDARDS” PROJECT
2007 – 2010
T
he “Community universities” project seeks
to introduce socially useful practices in education of students, support the development of continuous education programs, promote
the project management approach and entrepreneurial spirit among students and faculty, contribute to the development of local communities, make
education more practical and improve its quality,
expand the opportunities of students and faculty
for self-realization, and enrich the resources of institutions of higher learning.
The project promotes the social function of education in Russia, helps collect and disseminate best
university practices in social engagement, and promotes the networking between Russian and foreign
institutions of higher learning. The project helped
create information resource centers focused on
promoting the social function of universities on the
basis of six Russian institutions of higher learning:
Ural Federal Univer ity, Northern (Arctic) Federal
s
University, ITMO, Perm State University, Kostroma
State Agriculural Academy, and the Novokuznetsk
t
Branch of the Kemerovo State University. The project helped train teams of specialists for promotion
of community education at institutions of higher
learning. In addition, the participant universities
have put together a portfolio of 50 best practices
in collaboration between universities and local
communities. The participant universities distribute these practices among other universities.
T
he project offered a mechanism of engaging
employers in designing professional standards
for professions required for territorial development that were subsequently used to design vocational
training programs to train skilled workers and managers. The project helped design a mechanism of collaboration between business and vocational education
capable of meeting employers’ needs and enabling
vocational school students to improve their competitiveness and mobility on the Labor market.
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16. “COMMUNITY SCHOOLS IN RUSSIA”
PROJECT
ДВИЖЕНИЕ
ОБЩЕСТВЕННОАКТИВНЫХ ШКОЛ
2005 – 2013
ДВИЖЕНИЕ
ОБЩЕСТВЕННОАКТИВНЫХ ШКОЛ
S
together an interregional network of resource centers that provide methodological,
advisory, and training support to community schools, as well as an interregional network of institutions of higher learning and continuous education that train
and improve qualifications of school teachers and administrators using the community school model. Russian community schools are networking and collaborating
with community schools in other CIS member-states and abroad.
The project helped create a system of workforce training for community schools
on the basis of qualifications improvement institutes for education specialists.
The project participants designed 11 sets of training and methodological materials
two of which are designed to train community schools specialists at teacher training
institutions, eight will be used to train community school specialists at institutions
of continuous pedagogical education, and one set was designed for both categories
of students. Community education approaches and courses have been implemented at more than 60 schools involved in the project.
T
he project enabled a group of Russian univer
sities to design and test a mechanism required
to utilize the potential of regional universities
in socio-economic development processes of their
respective regions by implementing replicable models
of collaboration between universities and other regional
social partners..
“TRAINING DEVELOPMENT MANAGERS
FOR RUSSIAN REGIONAL UNIVERSITIES”
PROJECT
T
2006 – 2008
“REGIONAL UNIVERSITY —
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESOURCE”
PROJECT
2006 – 2009
ince 2005, the New Eurasia Foundation has
been promoting the community school model
entailing collaboration between secondary
schools and their respective local communities,
utilization of local community resources in the process of education, popularization of volunteerism
among secondary school students, and engagement
of parents and other members of local communities
in everyday lives of secondary schools. Several
Russian regions have chosen to use the community school model as the basis for the development
of their respective regional education systems.
The model is fully equipped with methods required
for implementation of the new generation standards
of education and has been included in the national
education initiative “Our new school”. The project
has helped create a large portfolio of methods that
are now used in secondary schools, as well as
qualifications improvement institutes for education
specialists. In addition, the project has helped put
he project enabled a group of Russian universities to design and test new
mechanisms required to optimize strategic development of institutions
of higher learning by training teams of university development specialists
and enhancing competitiveness of Russian regional universities. The introduction of a training program for strategic and organizational development managers
into the tertiary education curriculum is another achievement of the project.
17. T
he project helped introduce new approaches
to education quality management in primary / secondary vocational training based on negotiated
interests of regional communities and businesses.
“INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
OF SCHOOL PRINCIPALS”
PROJECT
T
2004 – 2007
“INTERREGIONAL
EDUCATIONAL FORUMS”
PROJECT
“TO THE WORLD OF PROFESSIONS
THROUGH EDUCATION”
PROJECT
2008 – 2009
T
he program enabled the Foundation
to summarize the education financing
models available in Russia by implementing a research project, “Comparative analysis
of Russian and foreign education financing models”. In addition, the Foundation designed recommendations for Russian institutions of higher
learning on attracting non-budget funding
and organizing research activities, and suggested ways to improve the existing education
financing models in Russia.
2006 – 2009
“STUDENT LOANS IN RUSSIA”
PROJECT
2005 – 2006
EDUCATION
PROJECTS
his project facilitated interregional and international exchanges of best school development
practices, supported emerging “growth points”,
promoted best experiences, and enabled school principals from Russia, CIS, and Eastern Europe to put together an international portfolio of best school development practices.
T
his was the first project in Russia to launch
public discussions of relevant ideas, initiatives, and best education development
practices within the professional community
of education executives, such as regional education administration officials, secondary school
principals, representatives of educational NGOs,
and leading experts, using a variety of venues,
such as interregional councils, forums, clubs,
etc. The recommendations designed as a result
of those discussions have been used by educational ministries and departments, as well as
education professionals of various levels.
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18. EDUCATION
PROGRAM AREA PARTNERS
• Academic Exchange Service of the German Embassy in Russia
• Academy of People’s Economy under the RF Government
• American Councils for International Education
• Association of American Universities
• Association of Best Russian Schools
• Association of German Research Universities
• Association of Innovative Russian Regions (AIRR)
• Association of Leading Russian Universities
• Bologna University, Italy
• Center for Russian Education Studies, People’s Republic of China
• Central Academy for Pedagogical Research, People’s Republic of China
• Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, USA
• Christian Albrecht University in Kiel
• DLR, Germany
• Dresden Technical University, Germany
• Ecole Nationale d’Administration
• European University Association
• Foundation for Support of Small Innovative Businesses
• Fraunhofer Gesellschaft
• Free University of Berlin, Germany
• German Academic Exchange Service
• German Rectors Conference
• Governments, education ministries of more than 35 subjects
of the Russian Federation
• Highland Gold Mining Ltd
• IB2C France, consulting agency
• Innovations in Civic Participation, USA
• Institute for Eastern European Studies
• Institute for Higher Education Policy, USA
• Institute for Socio-Economic Problems of the Population of the Russian
Academy of Sciences
• Institute of Contemporary Development, Russia
• Interkulturelles Zentrum, Austria
• International Bureau of the German Ministry of Education and Scientific Research
• Kultur Kontact, Austria
• Maastricht University, Netherlands
• MARCHMONT Capital Partners, LLC
• Mechelen University College
• Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation
• Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation
• Ministry of Regional Development of the Russian Federation
• National Association of Seed and Venture Funds, USA
• National Foundation for Workforce Training, Russia
• National Science Foundation, USA
• National Strategy Council, Russia
• New York Academy of Sciences
• “Oxford — Russia” Fund
• Perdue University, USA
• Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy
• Preparing for the Future LTD, Israel
• Public Chamber of the Russian Federation
• Research Triangle Group
• RuSciTech — International Association of Russian-Speaking
Science and Technology Professionals
• Russell Group, Great Britain
• Russian National Association of Small and Medium-sized Businesses
“OPORA ROSSII”
• Russian National Online Pedagogical Council, Russia
• Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs
• Russian Venture Company
• “Skolkovo” Fund, Russia
• State Education Committee of Styria, Austria
• Talloires Network
• Tartu University Narva College, Estonia
• “Territory of the Future” Fund
• Tsinghua University, People’s Republic of China
• University Association of the Netherlands
• University of California, USA
• University of Kassel, Germany
• University of Maryland, USA
• University of Twente, Netherlands
• US — Russia Business Council
• US — Russia Foundation for Economic Advancement
and the Rule of Law (USRF), USA
19. TERRITORIAL
TERRITORIAL
DEVELOPMENT
DEVELOPMENT
Mission:
To advance social prosperity by engaging Russian citizens in activities
designed to improve their living standard.
Goal:
To achieve peace and social prosperity within given territories.
The New Eurasia Foundation’s territorial development
efforts are based on the concept of social investment
that reconciles the interests of businesses
and the public, makes effective use of territorial
resources, actively engages local community
members in social development initiatives,
and identifies new resources and opportunities
for territorial development. The principal approaches
to social investment encompass optimizing internal
and external resources, leveraging additional
resources, development of public-private partnership,
development of human capital, and deployment
of social innovations.
A. B. Levintal, Deputy Chairman of the regional government
and Minister of economic development and external relations
of the Khabarovsk region:
“The Ministry of economic development and external relations
of the Khabarovsk region thanks the New Eurasia Foundation for organizing,
conducting, and taking an active part in activities designed to create
an effective and efficient regional innovations support infrastructure
and to bring innovations to the real economy sector”.
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20. Olga SCHEDRINA, Director of the New Eurasia Foundation’s “Territorial Development” program area:
“When we speak of the New Eurasia Foundation’s approaches to territorial development we mean, first and foremost, giving up on charity for the sake
of charity. Since 2010, we have been using the concept of social investment. The Foundation’s territorial development projects seek to enhance
the quality of human capital, ensure employment and self-employment, and introduce innovative techniques and approaches into the social sphere.
Our work primarily focuses on three areas: support of small and medium-sized businesses at the municipal level, professional self-identification
of youth and adaptation of the primary and secondary vocational training system to the Labor market requirements, and engagement of local
community members in social projects and civic initiatives. Since 2011, we have been working in the field of social entrepreneurship — a kind
of activity that is entirely new for our country. Social entrepreneurship has the capacity to help effectively address the most pressing needs
and problems of Russian cities and population centers”.
OPERATING PRINCIPLES
• Mutually beneficial cooperation.
Implementation of projects and programs that
benefit all potential stakeholders represented by
governments, businesses, and citizens.
• Professionalism. We use the most advanced
social innovation tools, social marketing,
and communications.
• Focus on target groups. Our partners
are people who make decisions and choices, not
people who need to be trained or managed. We
strive to understand what people want and we
support their efforts in implementing their ideas.
• Control and self-control. We design
and use special monitoring methods to exercise
ongoing control over the projects. We respond
to circumstantial changes flexibly and, if
necessary, redistribute our resources to ensure
their most efficient utilization. We guarantee
transparency of our activities.
IMPLEMENTATION MECHANISMS
• We mobilize local communities by organizing “schools of social
entrepreneurship”, holding competitions of business, social, and research
projects.
• We stimulate professional self-identification by organizing municipal career
counseling centers for youth and promoting public-private partnerships
in vocational education designed to meet the needs of local Labor markets.
• We help establish small business support structures and provide local populations
with access to high-quality micro-lending, consulting, and training services.
• We facilitate the networking among regional innovation support structures, analyze
the world’s best practices, and encourage all stakeholders to share relevant
experiences.
• We help organize innovation and creativity development centers for children
and popular science museums.
• We help design and implement “turn-key” economic development plans
for territories (complex investment plans for company towns and territorial
agglomerations).
• We train employees of regional and municipal governments in raising
infrastructure development capital from governmental and private sources.
• We train local community members in raising funds for their social projects.
• We organize regional and international study tours for representatives of regional
and municipal governments, enterprises, educational institutions and public
organizations in social project management, education methods, innovation
development, and fundraising.
Today, the Foundation designs new projects and programs within this field by using a complex approach and taking
into account the following territorial development models:
• Support and development of small and medium-sized businesses at the municipal level;
• Professional self-determination of youth and adaptation of primary and secondary vocational education to the Labor market requirements;
• Mobilization of local communities by engaging their members in socially meaningful projects and civic initiatives;
• “School of social entrepreneurship” model.
All projects are designed to optimize the development resources of the Russian regions, diversify the Labor market, ensure employment
and self-employment of the population, improve the human capital quality, and introduce innovative technologies and approaches within
the social sphere.
IMPORTANT SOCIO-ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT ISSUES WE STRIVE
TO ADDRESS WHEN IMPLEMENTING
OUR TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT
PROJECTS:
• We engage regional residents
in conscious activities designed
to improve the standard of living
and social environment.
• We implement innovative techniques
within the socio-economic sphere
and promote innovative thinking.
• We help organize ongoing fundraising
required for territorial development.
• We help small and medium-sized
businesses of the Russian regions
to reach a new development level.
• We help organize a steady supply
of skilled workers and managers of all
requisite levels for regional and local
organizations and enterprises.
• We help create conditions required
to ensure employment and selfemployment of citizens.
SOCIAL EFFECTS
• We help ensure sustainable socioeconomic development of the Russian
regions.
• We help improve social climate, social
cohesion, and public morale.
• We improve the mobilization capacity
of the regions enabling them to respond
to modern challenges in an effective
and efficient fashion.
21. “SAGAN-NUR
COMMUNITY
CENTER” PROJECT
(2008—2009)
“URBAN
ENVIRONMENT”
PROJECT
(2008—2009)
“CREATING A SYSTEM
OF PROFESSIONAL
SELF-IDENTIFICATION”
PROJECT (2010)
“SUPPORT
OF YOUTH
INITIATIVES”
PROJECT
(2010)
“DEVELOPING
REGIONAL
INNOVATION
SUPPORT
STRUCTURES”
PROJECT
(2011)
“GOLDEN WORKFORCE RESERVE”
COMPETITION FOR STUDENTS FROM
THE PRIMORYE, KHABAROVSK,
KRASNOYARSK, AND KEMEROVO
REGIONS AND REPUBLICS OF BURYATIA
AND KHAKASSIA (IMPLEMENTED
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SIBERIAN
COAL ENERGY COMPANY REGIONAL
DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
(2011)
“PUBLIC-PRIVATE
PARTNERSHIP
IN MODERNIZING
PRIMARY
AND SECONDARY
VOCATIONAL
EDUCATION” PROJECT
(2011)
“CREATING
INNOVATION
ACTIVITY
CENTERS FOR
CHILDREN”
PROJECT
(2011)
“SCHOOL
OF LOCAL
COMMUNITY:
PROFESSIONAL
IDENTITY”
PROJECT
(2012)
“SCHOOL
OF LOCAL
COMMUNITY:
SMALL
BUSINESS”
PROJECT
(2012)
TERRITORIAL DEV
2
9
00
–2
8
00
10
20
2008–2009
2010
201
201
1
1
11
20
2011
2008–2010
200
8–2
010
“CHEGDOMYN PLUS”
/ “CREATING SOCIAL
PARTNERSHIPS
IN THE SETTLEMENT
OF CHEGDOMYN”
PROJECTS
(2008—2010)
20
011
2
12
20
2011
12
20
2
201
2011
2011
2011
2008–2
010
“PROFESSION
AND CAREER”
PROJECT
(2008—2010)
“DEVELOPMENT
OF SMALL
BUSINESSES AND
ENTREPRENEURSHIP”
PROJECT
(2008—2010)
“COMFORTABLE LIVING
ENVIRONMENT” –
AN INTERREGIONAL
COMPETITION OF
SOCIAL PROJECTS FOR
THE RESIDENTS OF THE
PRIMORYE, KHABAROVSK,
KRASNOYARSK, TRANSBAIKAL, AND KEMEROVO
REGIONS AND REPUBLIC OF
BURYATIA AND KHAKASSIA
(2011)
“SCHOOL OF LOCAL
COMMUNITY” PROJECT
(DISSEMINATION
OF SUCCESSFUL
TERRITORIAL
DEVELOPMENT
MODELS IN OPERATION
TERRITORIES OF
SIBERIAN COAL ENERGY
COMPANY OJSC)
(2011)
“CREATING AND
DEVELOPING A
SMALL BUSINESS
SUPPORT
STRUCTURE IN
THE CITY OF
SHARYPOVO,
KRASNOYARSK
REGION” PROJECT
(2011)
“SCHOOL OF SOCIAL
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
OF THE OMSK
REGION” PROJECT
(2011)
“CREATING INDUSTRYSPECIFIC INNOVATION
CENTERS AT REGIONAL
INSTITUTIONS
OF HIGHER LEARNING
USING INTERNATIONAL
EXPERIENCES” PROJECT
(2011)
“SCHOOL OF SOCIAL
ENTREPRENEURSHIP”
PROJECT
(2012)
22.
“DEVELOPING
THE SERVICE
INDUSTRY”
PROJECT
(2013)
“THIRD/BETTER
AGE” PROJECT
(2013)
“SCHOOL OF SOCIAL
ENTREPRENEURSHIP”
PROJECT
(2013)
“LOCAL
DEVELOPMENT
SCHOOL”
PROJECT
(2013)
“GOLDEN
WORKFORCE
RESERVE”
COMPETITION
(2013)
“COMFORTABLE
LIVING
ENVIRONMENT–3”
COMPETITION
(2013)
VELOPMENT
MORE THAN
40
SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE “GROWTH POINTS”
IN A NUMBER OF RUSSIAN REGIONS AND MUNICIPALITIES
WERE CREATED.
MORE THAN
45
REGIONAL AND MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT
STRATEGIES AND REGIONAL SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMS WERE DESIGNED.
OVER THE PERIOD OF 2006 – 2012, FNE HELPED CREATE MORE
THAN
1300
NEW JOBS AND MORE THAN
200
NEW SMALL BUSINESSES.
FNE HELPED RAISE MORE THAN
25
MILLION ROUBLES
TO SUPPORT SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
OF THE RUSSIAN REGIONS.
MORE THAN
100
COMPILATIONS OF METHODOLOGICAL AND
INFORMATION MATERIALS ON ORGANIZATION OF ENTREPRENEURIAL
ACTIVITIES AND SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT INFRASTRUCTURES, ON
TECHNOLOGIES USED TO ISSUE MUNICIPAL BONDS AND MANAGE
2013
2013
201
3
20
13
13
20
13
20
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, ETC WERE PUBLISHED.
3
201
2013
2013
2013
2013
OVER
15
INTERREGIONAL AND MUNICIPAL COMPETITIONS
OF SOCIALLY MEANINGFUL PROJECTS HAVE BEEN HELD.
“ESTABLISHING
A CENTER FOR
WORKFORCE
TRAINING AND
ADVANCED
EDUCATION
TECHNOLOGIES”
PROJECT
(2013)
“CHEGDOMYN 2.0.:
RELOAD” PROJECT
(2013)
“ELECTRONIC
LIBRARY” PROJECT
(2013)
“CREATIVITY
DEVELOPMENT
CENTERS FOR
CHILDREN” PROJECT
(2013)
“ENHANCING
THE WORKFORCE
POTENTIAL” PROJECT
(2013)
FNE HELPED ORGANIZE AND HOLD MORE THAN
20
NATIONAL
AND REGIONAL PUBLIC EVENTS IN COLLABORATION WITH THE RF
MINISTRY OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT, RF PUBLIC CHAMBER,
RUSSIAN UNION OF INDUSTRIALISTS AND ENTREPRENEURS,
INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY DEVELOPMENT, AND REGIONAL
COMPLETED PROJECTS
GOVERNMENTS.
CURRENT PROJECTS
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23. “THIRD/BETTER AGE”
PROJECT
2013
“SCHOOL OF SOCIAL
ENTREPRENEURSHIP”
PROJECT
Project goal: to engage senior citizens in possession of significant life experience and social
capital in Labor and economic activities.
Project geography:
Republic of Buryatia.
Project goal: to address social problems in the SCEC
OJSC operating territories by assisting enterprising
residents in starting small and medium-sized businesses.
Project geography:
• Kemerovo region,
• Republic of Khakassia,
• Khabarovsk region,
• Krasnoyarsk region.
“LOCAL DEVELOPMENT SCHOOL”
PROJECT
2013
Project goal: to give young people equal opportunities to launch their professional careers and develop
them on the basis of their individual skills and talents.
Project geography:
• Trans-Baikal region,
• Kemerovo region,
• Krasnoyarsk region,
• Primorye region,
• Republic of Buryatia,
• Republic of Khakassia,
• Khabarovsk region.
Project goal: to improve the operating performance
of local government officials and employees by training
them in fundraising techniques required to raise territorial development capital from the federal and regional
governments and designated funding programs.
Project geography:
• Trans-Baikal region,
• Kemerovo region,
• Krasnoyarsk region,
• Primorye region,
• Republic of Buryatia,
• Republic of Khakassia,
• Khabarovsk region.
“DEVELOPING THE SERVICE INDUSTRY”
PROJECT
2013
“GOLDEN WORKFORCE RESERVE”
COMPETITION
2013
Project goal: to identify the needs of and engage
the residents of the SCEC OJSC operating territories in socially meaningful activities.
Project geography:
• Trans-Baikal region,
• Kemerovo region,
• Krasnoyarsk region,
• Primorye region,
• Republic of Buryatia,
• Republic of Khakassia,
• Khabarovsk region.
2013
“COMFORTABLE LIVING
ENVIRONMENT – 3” COMPETITION
2013
TERRITORIAL
DEVELOPMENT
PROJECTS
Project goal: to improve the lives of people residing
in the SCEC OJSC operating territories by supporting
the creation of new small and medium-sized service
businesses.
Project geography:
• Krasnoyarsk region,
• Primorye region,
• Republic of Buryatia.
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SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
2013
“CHEGDOMYN 2.0.: RELOAD” PROJECT
AND PROGRAMS, INCLUDING MUNICIPAL INVESTMENT
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PROGRAMS FOR
MUNICIPALITIES OF THE SARATOV
REGION, COMPLEX INVESTMENT PLANS FOR COMPANY
“ENHANCING THE WORKFORCE
POTENTIAL” PROJECT
2013
Project goal: to provide career counseling
to young people, ensure an operative feedback
mechanism between the Labor market and education, and identify talented, initiative, and creative
young people as potential SCEC OJSC employees.
Project geography:
• Republic of Buryatia,
• Khabarovsk region.
TOWNS, SUCH AS BORODINO, KRASNOYARSK REGION,
“ELECTRONIC LIBRARY”
PROJECT
2013
Project goal: to design a comprehensive settlement development model on the basis of modern
technologies.
Project geography:
Khabarovsk region.
CHEGDOMYN, KHABAROVSK REGION, CHERNOGORSK,
REPUBLIC OF KHAKASSIA (AS PART OF THE COMPANY TOWNS
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM).
Project goal: to provide local residents with access
to information resources and national and global cultural values.
Project geography:
• Krasnoyarsk region,
• Republic of Khakassia,
• Khabarovsk region.
WE HAVE HELD OVER
15
INTERREGIONAL AND MUNICIPAL COMPETITIONS
OF SOCIALLY MEANINGFUL PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE COMPETITION OF SOCIAL
PROJECTS “COMFORTABLE LIVING ENVIRONMENT” (2011, 2012), THE FAIR OF SOCIAL
PROJECTS OF THE VERKHNEBUREINSK DISTRICT AND THE SETTLEMENT OF CHEGDOMYN
OF THE KHABAROVSK REGION, ЯTHE FAIR OF BUSINESS PROJECTS OF THE CITY OF BORODINO
AND THE RYBINSK DISTRICT OF THE KRASNOYARSK REGION, THE “GOLDEN WORKFORCE
RESERVE” CONTEST, MUNICIPAL CAREER ORIENTATION CONTESTS IN THE REPUBLIC
OF KHAKASSIA, KEMEROVO REGION, ETC.
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WE HAVE HELPED CREATE MORE THAN
LEVELS AND IDENTIFY THE MAIN SOCIAL INVESTMENT TRENDS
“GROWTH POINTS” IN SOME OF THE RUSSIAN REGIONS AND MUNICIPALITIES,
AND STRATEGIC AREAS WE JOINED OUR EFFORTS WITH THE RF
INCLUDING THE SARATOV REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, BUSINESS SCHOOL
MINISTRY OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT, RF PUBLIC CHAMBER,
FOR THE TEMPORARILY UNEMPLOYED IN THE PRIMORYE REGION, HOUSING EDUCATION
INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY DEVELOPMENT, AND REGIONAL
SCHOOLS NETWORK — A NONGOVERNMENTAL INSTITUTION OF LEARNING COMPRISED
GOVERNMENTS TO HOLD MORE THAN
2013
“ESTABLISHING A CENTER
FOR WORKFORCE TRAINING
AND ADVANCED EDUCATION
TECHNOLOGIES” PROJECT
IN ORDER TO STRENGTHEN SOCIAL PARTNERSHIPS AT ALL
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NATIONAL
OF
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SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE
12
NON-COMMERCIAL ORGANIZATIONS OPERATING IN
REGIONS
2013
Project goal: To implement innovative approaches to education of school students and encourage them to pursue professions in the mining
and energy industries.
Project geography:
• Krasnoyarsk region,
• Republic of Khakassia.
AND THE RYBINSK DISTRICT OF THE KRASNOYARSK REGION, SMALL BUSINESS
BUILDINGS, THE INTERREGIONAL CONFERENCE “OPPORTUNITIES
SUPPORT FUND OF THE CITY OF MIKHAILOVSK OF THE SVERDLOVSK REGION,
AND PROSPECTS OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP IN SOCIAL
FOUR MUNICIPAL RESOURCE CENTERS FOR PROFESSIONAL SELF-DETERMINATION
INVESTMENT: EXPERIENCES OF THE SOCIAL PROGRAMS
IN THE REPUBLIC OF KHAKASSIA AND KEMEROVO REGION, TWO ELECTRONIC LIBRARIES
IMPLEMENTED IN THE OPERATION REGIONS OF SIBERIAN COAL
IN THE REPUBLIC OF BURYATIA AND KEMEROVO REGION, TWO POPULAR SCIENCE
ENERGY COMPANY IN 2008‑2010”, THE PANEL DISCUSSIONS
MUSEUMS IN THE KEMEROVO AND KRASNOYARSK REGIONS, THE PUBLIC ORGANIZATION
“INNOVATION DEVELOPMENT OF THE RUSSIAN REGIONS:
OF THE VERKHNEBUREINSK DISTRICT OF THE KHABAROVSK REGION “INITIATIVE”,
PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS”, “SOCIAL PARTNERSHIP
“CREATIVITY DEVELOPMENT
CENTERS FOR CHILDREN”
PROJECT
OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION, SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT AGENCY OF BORODINO
CONFERENCES ON MANAGEMENT OF MULTIFAMILY APARTMENT
Project goal: to provide young people from
company towns with access to quality education
and enable them to acquire professional skills required on the local Labor market.
Project geography: Kemerovo region.
AND REGIONAL PUBLIC EVENTS, INCLUDING TWO NATIONAL
THE CHILDREN’S PRESS CENTER OF THE SETTLEMENT OF SAGAN-NUR IN THE REPUBLIC
OF GOVERNMENTS AND BUSINESSES: ADDRESSING
OF BURYATIA, ETC.
THE PROBLEMS OF COMPLEX MODERNIZATION OF COMPANY
TOWNS”, ETC.
THE REGIONAL PROJECTS WE IMPLEMENTED IN 2006‑2011
HELPED CREATE MORE THAN
200
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THAN
1300
NEW JOBS AND MORE
NEW SMALL BUSINESSES; MORE THAN
MILLION ROUBLES WAS RAISED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES,
WE HAVE PUBLISHED MORE THAN
100
COMPILATIONS OF METHODOLOGICAL
AND INFORMATION MATERIALS ON ORGANIZATION OF ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITIES AND SMALL
BUSINESS SUPPORT INFRASTRUCTURES, ON TECHNOLOGIES USED TO ISSUE MUNICIPAL BONDS
AND MANAGE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, INCLUDING PROCEDURES REQUIRED TO ORGANIZE
INCLUDING FEDERAL AND REGIONAL GOVERNMENTAL PROGRAMS,
EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF MULTIFAMILY APARTMENT BUILDINGS IN MUNICIPALITIES,
TO SUPPORT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE REGIONAL PROJECTS.
ON ORGANIZATION OF MUNICIPAL SYSTEMS OF PROFESSIONAL SELF-DETERMINATION
FOR YOUTH, AS WELL AS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF SPECIFIC PUBLIC INITIATIVES.
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he project was designed to introduce a small
business development model at the municipal level in the Mukhorshibir district
of the Republic of Buryatia, Ust-Abakan, Beysk,
and Altaysk district and the city of Chernogorsk
of the Republic of Khakassia, Novoshakhtinsk
settlement of the Primorye region, and the city
of Sharypovo of the Krasnoyarsk region.
KEY PROJECT RESULTS
• A small business support agency was registered
in Sharypovo.
• The first municipal fair of small businesses
of the Mukhorshibir district of the Republic
of Buryatia was held.
• Training seminars were held for over 150 existing
and aspiring entrepreneurs from the pilot regions.
From the “Krasnoyarskiy Rabochiy”
newspaper, March 28, 2012:
This is not the first time that the head
of the Novoshakhtinsk (Mikhailovsk district,
Primorye region) municipal government, Sergey
Ivanchenko, is taking part in the projects implemented
by the New Eurasia Foundation and the SCEC
Regional Development Foundation and he says
that the knowledge he acquires as a result of his
involvement helps him a lot in his everyday work.
“We came here, — said Sergey Nikolayevich, —
to see how the Krasnoyarsk region, Kemerovo
region, Khakassia, Altay, and Buryatia operate.
Our representatives observed the fair in Borodino”.
Sergey Ivanchenko wants to launch a pilot small
business support program in his district that
currently boasts about 35 entrepreneurs that would
be able to consolidate the fragmented businesses
of the Novoshakhtinsk settlement, populated by some
8,500 people, primarily represented by commerce
and service enterprises…
“PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP
IN MODERNIZING PRIMARY AND
SECONDARY VOCATIONAL EDUCATION”
PROJECT
2011
“SCHOOL OF LOCAL COMMUNITY:
SMALL BUSINESS” PROJECT
2012
TERRITORIAL
DEVELOPMENT
PROJECTS
Project goal: to put together a system that will help
train young workers for the Siberian Coal Energy Company enterprises at the vocational training schools
in the company’s operation territories. Project geography: Kemerovo region, Republic of Buryatia.
Project geography:
• Kemerovo region,
• Republic of Buryatia.This project capitalizes
on the outcomes of the projects in professional selfdetermination of youth implemented in 2008‑2010
in partnership with the Siberian Coal Energy
Company Regional Development Fund and aims
to meet the most pressing workforce training needs.
The qualifications of vocational school graduates
rarely meet the requirements of industrial enterprises
and this problem is felt very strongly in Russia’s
industrial regions. This is why workforce training
has become such an important issue for Russian
municipalities, regions, and businesses. Addressing
this problem requires qualitatively new approaches.
In 2010, the project “Developing the Labor potential of Leninsk-Kuznetsky” helped
establish a center for professional self-determination of youth at the city’s Lyceum No.4. The workforce preparation procedure is interactive, focused on independent
work, reflexive discussions, distant learning courses, and application of best Russian
and foreign practices in the development of territorial workforce potential.
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PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY” PROJECT
2012
From RIA “Leninsk” materials, April 17, 2012:
T
he project is designed to organize a professional identity system in consideration of the modern employee requirements. Mobile, competent,
and competitive graduates capable of promptly acquiring the professions
for which there is a market demand are required today. At the same time, they
must have social competencies and be independent and mature enough: they
must be able to assume responsibility for their own lives and know how to make
the right choice. This is why the notion of professional identity in this project
differs from the traditional notion of professional orientation: it also has to do
with one’s personal identity, one’s attempt to develop certain qualities that make
one an independent adult.
The New Eurasia Foundation marked its third year
of operation in our city not only with the traditional
competitions “Breakthrough into the XXI Century”, but
also with a special seminar “developing innovative
thinking among youth” organized especially
for the Leninsk-Kuznetsk schoolteachers. The city
pedagogues were glad to become students again.
Dancing, singing, and laughter — a good teacher
will use them all in their work. Knowing the students’
various thinking types and their individual activation
methods are what is important. Methodological
materials based on the seminars will be put together
to be used by all city pedagogues.
KEY PROJECT RESULTS
• Three municipal popular science museums were launched (Leninsk-Kuznetsky, Kemerovo region, Borodino,
Krasnoyarsk region, and Mukhorshibir district, Republic of Buryatia).
• In 2013, new popular science museums open their doors in the settlement of Chegdomyn, Khabarovsk region,
and the settlement of Novoshakhtinsky, Primorye region.
• A popular science museum is scheduled for opening in the Chegdomyn settlement, Khabarovsk region,
in 2013 and in the Novoshaktinsk settlement, Primorye region, in September 2013.
• Four regional competitions of children’s innovation projects “Breakthrough into the XXI century” were hosted
by the Leninsk-Kuznetsky popular science museum in 2011‑2012. The competitions received a total of 221
research projects.
FEEDBACK FROM PROJECT PARTICIPANTS
Lyudmila V. Popova,
Head of the Education Administration Department:
“… We extend our gratitude to our colleagues from the New Eurasia Foundation and Siberian Coal Energy Company
for working with us. No doubt, our relationships have positively impacted the operations of our district institutions
of learning in 2010‑2011. … Our meetings mean not only improved pedagogical skills but also an impulse
of sorts for new accomplishments”.
Olga A. Almabekova, Institute for Management of Business Processes and Economy,
“International Language Communication” laboratory:
“From what I have learned at the seminar I am going to use the innovative thinking techniques when conducting
practical English lessons”.
Irina I. Miroshnikova, Deputy Head of the Mikhailovsk district municipality:
“As an education curator I will use the knowledge I acquired at the seminar to create a professional incubator”.
Oksana I. Odarichenko, Deputy Principal of Secondary School No.4,
Chegdomyn settlement, Verkhnebureinsk district, Khabarovsk region:
“From what I have learned at the seminar I will use the “Profession and career” program in my everyday work.
I will also create an electronic navigator of professions”.
A. N. Borchukov, Head of the Borodino
municipality, Krasnoyarsk region
V. N. Klimov, Chairman of the Borodino Council
of City Deputies
“The government of the city of Borodino
and the Borodino Council of City Deputies thank
the New Eurasia Foundation for the significant
contribution it has made to the development of the city
of Borodino by implementing socially meaningful
projects designed to support small and medium-sized
businesses of the city of Borodino in 2008‑2010”.
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he project sought to introduce the “School
of social entrepreneurship” technology in the
SCEC OJSC operation regions with the view
to address social development problems by implementing social entrepreneurship projects.
KEY PROJECT RESULTS
• 18 social entrepreneurship projects were designed.
• 10 social entrepreneurship projects were launched
in 2012.
• Two projects (“Obstetric Services”
by N. N. Goncharova and “Medical Center
“Alternativa” by N. M. Tricheva, LeninskKuznetsky) received honorary diplomas
of the Second National Forum of Social Investors
and Entrepreneurs (raised investment capital).
• The initiated projects have benefited
2,786 individuals.
• The initiated projects have provided employment
to 56 individuals.
• The total amount of funds invested in the projects
is 16,116,800 roubles, including
12,499,800 roubles worth of private contributions
and 3,617,000 roubles worth of governmental
support.
“School of social entrepreneurship” is a social technology designed to develop and diversify the Labor
market, as well as local community initiatives. This
technology helps address social problems, including that of employment, more effectively by ensuring
financial sustainability of social entrepreneurship
projects.
SOCIAL EFFECTS FOR THE TERRITORIES
Chernogorsk, Altaysk, Beysk, and Ust-Abakan district
of the Republic of Khakassia
• Additional funds were raised and territorial resources were mobilized
to implement social entrepreneurship projects and address social
development problems;
• Children with disabilities demonstrated positive health dynamics;
• Registered juvenile delinquents found employment by becoming
involved with the paintball club;
• Senior citizens from rural areas were given the opportunity to become
computer literate.
• Improved health dynamics of the local population (hydro-massage —
a new rehabilitation service for children with disabilities and children
with weakened immunity; new individually designed fitness programs
for postnatal women;
• Diversified health care services in the city afforded by the private
sector (a new obstetric care clinic complete with innovative obstetric
and gynecological care methods; a new polyclinic capable of daytime
and temporary accommodation is scheduled to open in the second
quarter of 2013);
• A new recreation venue for children (an indoor skating rink).
Leninsk-Kuznetsky, Kemerovo region
• Expanded innovation capacity of municipal social agencies and additional
funds raised to support their development;
• Additional investments acquired by the city to address social problems;
• Registered juvenile delinquents found employment by becoming involved
with the newly created event organization agency established on the basis
of the MBUK “UDK”;
Chegdomyn settlement, Khabarovsk region
• Opportunities for additional investments in the settlement’s
development;
• Funds raised from nongovernmental sources to support
the development of municipal organizations.
“GOLDEN WORKFORCE RESERVE” COMPETITION FOR STUDENTS
FROM THE PRIMORYE, KHABAROVSK, KRASNOYARSK, AND
KEMEROVO REGIONS AND REPUBLICS OF BURYATIA AND
KHAKASSIA (IMPLEMENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SIBERIAN
COAL ENERGY COMPANY REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
2011
“SCHOOL OF SOCIAL
ENTREPRENEURSHIP”
PROJECT
2012
TERRITORIAL
DEVELOPMENT
PROJECTS
T
he “Golden Workforce Reserve” competition was organized to bring creatively
and innovatively thinking young workers to Siberian Coal Energy Company,
identify promising ideas and projects that may help develop the coal mining
industry, as well as to design an effective mechanism of implementation of the personnel policy of industrial enterprises.
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28. Project goal: to engage children and adolescents residing in the operation regions of Siberian
Coal Energy Company OJSC in technological activities and awaken their interest in mining and energy professions.
Project geography:
• Leninsk-Kuznetsky, Kemerovo region,
• Borodino, Krasnoyarsk region.
The project attempts to tackle one of the most
relevant tasks for today’s Russia — to awaken
an interest in science, research, and technology
in young people. The project methodology is based
on the popular science museum model. Popular
science museums exist all around the world. In recent years, they have appeared in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Irkutsk. The project aims to establish
popular science museums whose activities will
promote innovative thinking, popularize science
and technology, revive the prestige of engineering professions, and train a competitive workforce
for the coal-mining industry.
The first Popular Science Museum was inaugurated in Leninsk-Kuznetsky on August 24, 2011. The museum is the result
of a social partnership: the exhibits were created by the members of the Children’s Creativity Center; the lyceum teachers, spearheaded by the principal, T. A. Yakushina, designed
amusing exercises for the youngest patrons, while the municipal research methodology center, education department,
and New Eurasia Foundation provided methodological support. The museum’s inauguration turned out to be a truly joyful
event for the children. A special tour of the museum was designed for them. “Feel free to touch the exhibits!” is the basic
rule of behaviour in the museum, which is why the children
were able to experiment with each exhibit and check how it
worked. Some of the children immediately revealed their abilities. For example, Ilya, a lyceum student, built Leonardo da
Vinci’s bridge in record time. In addition to the tour of the museum, the organizers had put together four experimental laboratories where the children examined the composition of light
and colour, analyzed the air of Leninsk-Kuznetsky, assembled
a model of Earth’s crust, built a radio receiver and a Dictaphone, and turned on the light in a lighthouse model.
The Deputy Governor of the Kemerovo region for economy
and regional development, D. V. Islamov, had visited the museum shortly before the inauguration ceremony. The Director
General of Siberian Coal Energy Company OJSC, V. V. Rashevsky, came to check out the new museum on August 27,
the official Miner’s Day.
Another popular science museum was inaugurated in the city
of Borodino, Krasnoyarsk region, in December 2011.
“DEVELOPING REGIONAL INNOVATION
SUPPORT STRUCTURES”
PROJECT
2011
2011
“CREATING INNOVATION ACTIVITY
CENTERS FOR CHILDREN”
PROJECT
Project goal: to improve the operating efficiency of regional innovation support structures.
Project geography:
• Kemerovo region,
• Khabarovsk region.
One of the factors impeding the advancement of innovations is the poor operating efficiency of the regional innovation support structures. This is often
accounted for by the lack of information about the best Russian and international practices and models of regional innovation development. This is why
the project focuses on supporting the networking among regional innovation support structures, analyzing the world’s best practices, and ensuring
exchange of relevant experiences. The project partners include two regional
innovation support structures: the Kuzbass Technological Park (Kemerovo region) and Far-Eastern Agency for Support of Innovations (Khabarovsk region).
29. Project goal: To establish innovation centers
on the basis of public institutions of higher learning in the operation territories of Siberian Coal
Energy Company OJSC that will offer practical
training and qualifications improvement programs
for the company engineers.
Project geography:
• Kemerovo region,
• Krasnoyarsk region.
The Siberian Federal University and Kuzbass
State Technical University implemented projects
designed to enhance their respective innovation
potentials, improve practical training of innovative
workforce, and facilitate the advancement of university innovation research into the real economy
sector.
To help the pilot universities implement their projects the New Eurasia Foundation has conducted training seminars
for their students on innovation project design (“School of innovation development”). These seminars required forming
interdisciplinary project teams made up of not only students of technical faculties, but also future economists, marketing specialists, managers, and lawyers. At the same time, the Foundation is providing practical assistance to the teams
in their efforts to design innovation projects based on the innovative activities of their respective universities. For example, the Siberian Federal University has put together interdisciplinary teams for five innovation projects:
• Environmentally friendly and energy-saving technology of utilization of the out-of-balance coals
of the Kansk-Achinsk coalfield for production of calcium carbide, acetylene, and hydrogen.
• Development of environmentally friendly and energy-saving devices for preparation of the Kansk-Achinsk field
coals for power production at power plants.
• Biomedical products manufactured on the basis of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA).
• Medical application of nano-sized ferrihydrite particles.
• Reduction of silicone tetrachloride using a univalent aluminum compound (subchloride).
This approach to the development of innovative projects, on the one hand, helps to better prepare projects for external
financing, and on the other — makes it possible for students to acquire practical skills in teamwork, experience in training and subsequent implementation of innovative projects, and an opportunity to form teams for implementation of their
own projects in the future.
“CREATING AND DEVELOPING A SMALL
BUSINESS SUPPORT STRUCTURE
IN THE CITY OF SHARYPOVO,
KRASNOYARSK REGION” PROJECT
2011
“CREATING INDUSTRY-SPECIFIC
INNOVATION CENTERS AT REGIONAL
INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING
USING INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCES”
PROJECT
2011
TERRITORIAL
DEVELOPMENT
PROJECTS
Project goal: to establish and facilitate the organizational development
of a small business support structure in the city of Sharypovo, Krasnoyarsk region.
This project was implemented using the model that was tested in the course
of the small business support project implemented in the city of Borodino, Krasnoyarsk region, in 2008‑2010 as part of a program implemented by the New
Eurasia Foundation in collaboration with the Siberian Coal Energy Company
Regional Development Fund. Small business development is one of the most
pressing needs currently experienced by the city of Sharypovo because, according to the head of the municipal government, V.
G. Khokhlov, it is small
and medium-sized businesses that are to act in the capacity of “city-forming
enterprises” for Sharypovo. The FNE experts traveled to the city of Sharypovo
and analyzed the needs of the local business community and the status of the existing small businesses in the city, designed a small business development
concept for the city, and selected candidates for recruitment by the future small
business support structure to be soon established in Sharypovo.
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“SCHOOL OF SOCIAL
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
OF THE OMSK REGION”
PROJECT
Project geography:
• Phase I — Omsk region;
• Phase II — Omsk region, Republic of Tatarstan, Irkutsk region.
The project consists of two phases. The first phase, completed in July 2011,
helped design and test the training component of the School of social entrepreneurship. The Omsk regional community school resource center acted as
the project partner.
The first group of the school students — a total of 43 individuals — were
selected on the basis of competition. Over the course of the subsequent five
months, these people not only designed, but also implemented social entrepreneurship projects. The Supervisory Board of the school presided over by
the Deputy Chairman of the Omsk regional government, A. V. Artyomov, was
put together to monitor the students’ progress. The Supervisory Board also included prominent representatives of the regional business community and noncommercial sector.
A local community development technology based on the social entrepreneurship approach and public-private partnership was the principal result of the first
phase of the project. The social entrepreneurship approach allows combining
the advantages of the non-commercial sector and entrepreneurship in social
practices and address social problems at the local and regional levels more efficiently. The technology is unique in that successful local businessmen provide
expert support to the students’ projects and ongoing negotiations and collaboration between municipal governments, social entrepreneurs, and the Supervisory Board members help create a favourable entrepreneurial climate in the pilot
territory.
The second phase of the project is designed to put together a regional pool
of social entrepreneurship trainers. In addition, the project geography was expanded as the Irkutsk region and Republic of Tatarstan joined the project.
RESULTS OF PHASE I OF THE “SCHOOL
OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP” PROJECT
• The project participants designed and launched 32 social
entrepreneurship projects in the Omsk region;
• Sustainable partnerships were created between the bodies
of power, businesses, and non-commercial organizations
in seven districts of the Omsk region (the total number
of participating partners reaching 143);
• 57 new jobs were created;
• 5,302,727 roubles were raised to implement social
entrepreneurship projects;
• The participating social entrepreneurs earned about
1.5 million roubles during the five months following
the completion of their training under the project.
31. Project goal: to organize and facilitate an exchange of best practices
of the participants of the social projects implemented in 2008‑2010 and to disseminate the most successful models in other territories.
Project geography:
• Krasnoyarsk region,
• Khabarovsk region,
• Trans-Baikal region,
• Altay region,
• Primorye region,
• Kemerovo region,
• Republic of Buryatia,
• Republic of Khakassia.
The New Eurasia Foundation launched the «School of Local community» project
in 2011 to engage as many of the Siberian Coal Energy Company’s operation
territories as possible in socially meaningful activities using the territorial development models tested in 2008‑2010, as well as to improve professional qualifications of the representatives of the resource centers established under the social
projects implemented in 2008‑2010. This format helped optimize the budget required for continued implementation of the 2008‑2010 social projects, support
of the “growth points” created thereunder, and creation of conditions conducive
to leveraging of federal and regional government funding for ongoing development
of the project’s pilot regions. The project had three thematic foci:
• Development of small and medium-sized businesses (on the basis
of the Small Business Support Agency of the city of Borodino and Rybinsk
district);
• Professional orientation of youth and career counselling (on the basis
of the resource centers established in the Republic of Khakassia
and Leninsk-Kuznetsky, Kemerovo region);
• Volunteerism and support of socially meaningful initiatives of citizens
(on the basis of the public charity organization of the Verkhnebureinsk
district “Initiative”, the initiative group from the city of Kiselyovsk, Kemerovo
region, and the children’s press-center in the settlement of Sagan-Nur,
Republic of Buryatia).
“SCHOOL OF LOCAL COMMUNITY” PROJECT ACTIVITIES
The project activities bring together representatives of six operation regions of Siberian Coal Energy Company OJSC (heads
of municipalities, employees of municipal governments and organizations, active project participants, and initiative citizens), including representatives of the territories in which social programs were not implemented in 2008‑2010. As they
learned about the successful project experiences and results of other territories, the participants of the seminars re-evaluated the prospects of their respective coal-mining enterprises. For example, the participants of the seminars in Kiselyovsk
and Ulan-Ude were presented with implementation experiences of specific public initiatives: the municipal fair of social
projects organized by an initiative group of citizens in Kiselyovsk and professional self-identification and career counseling at the local press-center in the settlement of Nikolsk, Mukhorshibir district, Republic of Buryatia. The participants
of the seminar in Krasnoyarsk learned how to improve people’s lives in a small company town and attract additional capital
by promoting the development of small businesses and small business support structures as it was done by the small
business support agency of the city of Borodino and the Rybinsk district. In Abakan, the seminar participants learned about
the professional self-identification and career-counseling model used by the Ust-Abakan municipal center for professional
self-identification and career counseling for youth, which helps young people to find their life paths and choose professions
required for ongoing prosperity of their home towns.
The municipalities of the Primorye region in which Siberian Coal Energy Company OJSC operates a number of its enterprises also took an active part in the seminars. The seminars were attended by a total of 121 participants.
“COMFORTABLE LIVING ENVIRONMENT” – AN INTERREGIONAL COMPETITION
OF SOCIAL PROJECTS FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE PRIMORYE, KHABAROVSK,
KRASNOYARSK, TRANS-BAIKAL, AND KEMEROVO REGIONS AND REPUBLIC
OF BURYATIA AND KHAKASSIA
2011
“SCHOOL OF LOCAL COMMUNITY”
PROJECT
2011
TERRITORIAL
DEVELOPMENT
PROJECTS
Project goal: to facilitate social engagement of the residents of the SCEC
OJSC operation territories. The contest of social projects “Comfortable living
environment” was held among neighbourhood gentrification projects submitted by social organizations, initiative groups of citizens, and local community
members residing in the operation regions of Siberian Coal Energy Company
OJSC.
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“CREATING A SYSTEM
OF PROFESSIONAL
SELF-IDENTIFICATION” PROJECT
“URBAN ENVIRONMENT”
PROJECT
2008 – 2009
T
he project sought to organize the provision
of professional self-identification and career
counseling services to senior high school
students. To that end, a competition of social projects was held for the interested parties of the settlement of Sagan-Nur and Mukhorshibir district.
Project geography:
• settlement of Sagan-Nur, Mukhorshibir district,
Republic of Buryatia.
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“SUPPORT OF YOUTH INITIATIVES”
PROJECT
T
2010
he project sought to attract and retain specialists,
skilled workers, and youth by supporting the development and improvement of the urban and social infrastructure of the city of Kiselyovsk, Kemerovo
region.
Project geography:
• Kiselyovsk, Kemerovo region.
“DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL
BUSINESSES AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP”
PROJECT
T
he project helped create a small business support structure, the Borodino
and Rybinsk District Small Business Support Agency.
Project geography:
• Borodino, Krasnoyarsk region.
2008 – 2010
he project sought to engage young people in public life by creating opportunities for self-realization in socially meaningful activities.
Project geography:
• Kiselyovsk, Kemerovo region.
33. “CHEGDOMYN PLUS” / “CREATING SOCIAL PARTNERSHIPS
IN THE SETTLEMENT OF CHEGDOMYN”
PROJECTS
2008 – 2010
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he project sought to create conditions conducive to social and professional self-identification of youth as a regional development
resource.
Project geography:
• Chernogorsk, Republic of Khakassia,
• Ust-Abakan, Beysk, and Altaysk districts
T
hese two projects sought to engage the settlement residents in social activities, educate them in housing and utility issues, promote entrepreneurship and support small business development.
Projects’ geography: settlement of Chegdomyn, Khabarovsk region.
“SAGAN-NUR COMMUNITY CENTER”
PROJECT
2008 – 2009
“PROFESSION AND CAREER”
PROJECT
2008 – 2010
TERRITORIAL
DEVELOPMENT
PROJECTS
T
he project sought to organize a press-center
in the settlement of Sagan-Nur to be run by children and adults. The press-center ended up publishing a local periodical newspaper, “Peremena”.
Project geography:
• settlement of Sagan-Nur, Mukhorshibir district,
Republic of Buryatia.
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