New Eurasia Foundation Annual Report 2012

2012
ANNUAL REPORT

http://www.neweurasia.ru

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ANNUAL REPORT

NEW EURASIA
FOUNDATION

2012

About the Foundation
General information

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Management structure

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Operating geography

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Program areas
Education

5

Territorial development

17

Social development

24

Support of local mass media

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Special initiatives

36

Donors and clients
Financial reporting


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ABOUT THE FOUNDATION

GENERAL
INFORMATION
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

SPHERES
OF OPERATION

OPERATION
PRINCIPLES

• 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 socioeconomic 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.

• 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.

• 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
it 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.


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GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOUNDATION

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 representing36 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.

NETWORK OF
PARTNERS
• Federal and regional governments
and local self-government 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.

MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
PRESIDENT

FINANCIAL AND ANALYTICAL DEPARTMENT

“Social sphere development”
program area

“Territorial development”
program area

BOARD
OF TRUSTEES
The Board of Trustees — the supreme
governing body of the New Eurasia
Foundation. The FNE Board of Trustees
exercises control over compliance
with the operation purposes accounted
for by the FNE Charter and oversees
the implementation of the FNE projects
and programs and expenditure
of the FNE budget funds.


PROGRAM DEPARTMENT

ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENT

“Education”
program area

«Support of regional mass
media» program area

FNE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IN 2012

Andrei Kortunov
President of the New Eurasia Foundation
Andrei Melville
Dean of the Faculty of Applied Political
Science, Professor High School of
Economics — State University
Lilia Shevtsova
Senior Associate, Russian Domestic
Politics and Political Institution,
Carnegie Moscow Center

Elena Danilova
Head of Department, Institute of Sociology,
Russian Academy of Sciences
Natalia Schetinina
Executive Director, Head of External
Relations and Corporate Marketing,
JP Morgan Russia
Randy Bregman
Salans (a partner based
in Salans’ New York office)
Terrence J. English
Director, Baring Vostok Capital Partners

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GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOUNDATION

OPERATING GEOGRAPHY
In 2012 the New Eurasia Foundation has been operating
in more than 45 subjects of the Russian Federation.
• Altai region
• Arkhangelsk region
• Irkutsk region
• Ivanovo region
• Kaliningrad region
• Kemerovo region
• Khabarovsk region
• Khanty-Mansi Autonomous District
• Kostroma region
• Krasnodar region
• Krasnoyarsk region
• Leningrad region
• Moscow
• Moscow region
• Murmansk region
• Nizhniy Novgorod region
• Novgorod region


• Novosibirsk region
• Novosibirsk region
• Omsk region
• Primorye region
• Pskov region
• Republic of Adygea
• Republic of Buryatia
• Republic of Chechnya
• Republic of Dagestan
• Republic of Ingushetia
• Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria
• Republic of Karachaevo-Cherkessia
• Republic of Karelia
• Republic of Khakassia
• Republic of Mariy El
• Republic of North Ossetia
• Republic of Tatarstan

• Republic of Udmurtia
• Rostov region
• Ryazan region
• Samara region
• Saratov region
• Stavropol region
• Sverdlovsk region
• Tambov region
• Tomsk region
• Trans-Baikal region
• Tyumen region
• Vladimir region
• Volgograd region
• Voronezh region
• Yaroslavl region

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PROGRAM
AREAS

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.
In 2012 the New Eurasia Foundation continued implementing various projects
and programs within the framework of its
“Education” program area, both in Russia
and abroad. These projects and programs
are focused on the following principal issues: development of technology transfer
systems at institutions of higher learning,
assessment of research and education
projects by international experts, development of international activities of Russian
institutions of higher learning and their associations, modernization of primary and
secondary vocational education with participation of employers, development of
community education practices at the level
of regional education systems, engagement
of Russian institutions of higher learning
in socio-economic development of local
communities, and collaboration between
tertiary education, private businesses, and
regional governments.


IMPLEMENTATION MECHANISMS
• Promotion of public-private partnerships in the field of education and social functions of educational
institutions; creation of a network-based professional community.
• Promotion of collaboration between educational institutions and the Labor market; encouragement of
professional self-identification 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.
• 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.

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EDUCATION
RESOURCES

THE NEW EURASIA FOUNDATION
EDUCATION PROJECTS 2012
• Enhancing university research and entrepreneurial capacity – “EURECA”.
• Organizing scientific and education projects’ international expertise.
• Study-tours, trainings and retraining programs.
• Community universities: Phase 3.
• Community schools in Russia: an outlook.

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ЭВРИКА
EURECA

ENHANCING UNIVERSITY RESEARCH
AND ENTREPRENEURIAL CAPACITY —
“EURECA” PROGRAM (PILOT PHASE)
Over the course of the pilot phase of the
program (2010-2012) its participants
took part in a great number of networking
events; the participating US and Russian
universities implemented a series of collaborative pilot projects; there was created
a system designed to provide information
and advisory support to Russian institutions of higher learning pursuing innovation development goals; and a number of
Russian universities significantly enhanced
their entrepreneurial potential and capacity for commercialization of research and
technology transfer.
During that period representatives of
more than 40 leading Russian universities attended more than 20 networking
training sessions, seminars, and workshops on the most relevant development
issues of innovative and entrepreneurial
institutions of higher learning, methods
of strengthening the role of institutions of
higher learning in the regional and national
innovation economies, and the prospects
of integration of Russian institutions of
higher learning in the global innovation
community. Some of those networking
training sessions were hosted by the pilot
universities of the program, i.e. Nizhniy

Novgorod State University (NNSU) and St.
Petersburg University of Information Technologies, Mechanics, and Optics (ITMO),
and attended by the leading Russian and
international experts and «EURECA» program participants. They presented the
outcomes of their university research commercialization activities, experimental design and development activities, as well as
technological audit activities, including approaches, methods, and the place and role
of institutions of higher learning in commercialization of research.
In addition to the numerous networking
events, the program’s successful experience has been made freely accessible to
those interested in developing the entrepreneurial potential of Russian institutions
of higher learning public and disseminated
via the designated “EURECA” program
website, , the “EURECA” Program” group
created by a group of Russian universities
on Facebook, websites of the pilot universities - http://eureca.ifmo.ru/?lang=en and
http://www.eureca.unn.ru/eng/, publication of various materials generated by the
pilot projects, success stories, analytical
and methodological materials, as well as
resource manuals, such as:

• 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.
«EURECA» was initiated by the US-Russia Foundation for Economic Advancement and the Rule of
Law (USRF) in partnership with the RF Ministry of
Education and Science. It is implemented in compliance with the priorities of the National «Education» Project and the pilot project designed to create national research universities. The «EURECA»
program has been included in the project portfolios of the Working Group for Education and the
Working Group for Innovations of the US-Russian
Presidential Commission. The pilot phase of the
program (2010-2012) has been completed.

• EURECA Resource Book “EURECA”
Program: a complex university research
development system: the case of the
St. Petersburg University of Information
Technologies, Mechanics, and Optics
(ITMO) – a pilot university of the
program”.
• EURECA Resource Book “EURECA”
Program: entrepreneurial university and
regional development opportunities:
international experience and Russian
context - experience of the Nizhniy
Novgorod State University – a pilot
university of the program”.
• EURECA Resource Book “University –
region – business: working together
towards integration”.
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EXAMPLES OF NETWORKING CONFERENCES, FORUMS, WORKING MEETINGS, AND INTERNATIONAL
INTERNSHIPS CONDUCTED IN THE COURSE OF THE PILOT PHASE OF THE PROGRAM

GENERAL OUTCOMES
OF THE PILOT PHASE OF THE PROGRAM

• The conference-seminar “Developing the innovation infrastructure of the leading institutions of higher
learning”, organized and held by the New Eurasia Foundation in collaboration with the Ministry of
Education and Science of the Russian Federation (December 2010, Moscow).
• A visit paid by the top executives of 17 Russian leading universities to the United States of America, in
partnership with the Associations of the leading Russian and US universities, RF Ministry of Education
and Science, and American Councils for International Education – the US operators of the “EURECA”
program (April 2011, USA).
• International conference “Global experiences in collaboration between universities, private businesses,
and regional governments in the field of technology transfer”, hosted by MISiS (September 2011, Moscow).
• International conference “Economy of leadership and innovations: youth engagement formats ” (November 2011, Kazan).
• Annual conference on the implementation of outputs of the first year of the pilot phase of the program,
“Developing the research and entrepreneurship potential of Russian universities: EURECA”, focused,
among other things, on developing relationships between universities, authorities, businesses, and
industrial enterprises (January 2012, Los Angeles).
• Working meeting “Education. Innovations. Social capital. University and the innovation ecosystem of
the Russian Far East and the Asian-Pacific countries” (January 2012, Vladivostok).
• Networking conference “Innovation ecosystem of universities and their role in regional innovation development – lessons and solutions for successful commercialization”, held as part of the VI International Forum “From science to business” (May 2012, St. Petersburg).
• International conference “We are building our future today: university – region – business” (November
2012, Moscow).
• International forum hosted by the Nizhniy Novgorod State University “Entrepreneurial university – innovative region” (November 2012, Nizhniy Novgorod); etc.

• Development of institutional innovation ecosystems required for entrepreneurial universities to emerge.
• Development of the mechanisms and potential required for institutions of higher learning to integrate themselves into regional economic development processes.
• Development of the mechanisms of integrating Russian universities to the national and
international innovative community.
• Development of new US-Russia relationship
formats through long-term mutually beneficial cooperation between institutions of
higher learning and businesses and governments.
• Development of a new format for a largescale and systemic international program
implemented in compliance with the key
national priorities and global economy development trends.

THE EVENTS THAT CONCLUDED THE PILOT PHASE OF THE US-RUSSIAN “EURECA” PROGRAM DESIGNED TO FACILITATE
TH DEVELOPMENT OF THE RESEARCH AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP POTENTIAL OF RUSSIAN UNIVERSITIES,
WERE HELD ON NOVEMBER 27‑29, 2012 IN MOSCOW AND NIZHNIY NOVGOROD

The international conference “We are building our future today: University — Region — Business” took place on November
27, 2012 in Moscow.
The conference was attended by
E. V. Ugrinovich, the Director of the Department for International Affairs of the RF Ministry of Education and Science, John Beyrle,
the US Ambassador to Russia (2008‑2011),
top executives of the USRF, New Eurasia
Foundation, American Councils for International Education, and representatives
of some of the leading Russian universities.
Representatives of the pilot universities —
St. Petersburg National Research University
for Information Technologies, Mechanics,
and Optics and Nizhniy Novgorod State
University named after N. I. Lobachevsky —
presented the mechanisms and structures
they had used to design effective models
of international cooperation, workforce
training, innovative entrepreneurship, including youth entrepreneurship, and development of universities’ sustainable innovation ecosystems for the benefit of innovation development of the regions

and the country upon the whole. They also
identified their most promising development avenues.
The Moscow events were followed by the international forum “Entrepreneurial university — innovative region” that was held
on November 28‑29, 2012 at the Nizhniy
Novgorod State University. The forum enabled its participants to identify and discuss
entrepreneurial university development
methods, organization of international

technology transfer activities, and the role
of university in the development of an innovative region.
The forum was attended by more than 200
participants, including representatives
of some of the leading Russian and American universities, regional governments,
businesses, investors, business angels,
professional business associations, innovative Russian and US regions, as well as
leading experts and researchers.
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The forum proceedings were organized in
the form of panel discussions where the
outcomes of the pilot projects implemented
within the framework of the “EURECA” program were presented, e.g.: experiences in
cooperation between NNSU and Purdue
University (USA) in promoting innovative
entrepreneurship among youth, NNSU and
Maryland University (USA) in promoting innovative partnerships with local and global
business, as well as experiences in cooperation between ITMO (St. Petersburg) and
University of California in Los Angeles (USA)
in designing a business accelerator model.

The program of the forum also included an
open workshop for students and graduate
student, “Entrepreneurship for students and
young scientists”, conducted by a group of
instructors from Purdue University (USA).

E. V. UGRINOVICH

The Director of the Department
for International Affairs of the
RF5Ministry of Education and Science

OUTCOMES OF THE PILOT PROJECTS
In the course of the pilot phase of the “EURECA” program (2010 - 2012) two pilot Russian research universities – NNSU and ITMO – built effective partnerships with some of the leading US universities that enabled them to enhance their capacity in commercialization of research and technology transfer, develop
and improve their innovation infrastructure in compliance with modern technological requirements, and
acquire new opportunities for accessing national and global innovation markets.
As a result of its partnership with Purdue University the Nizhniy Novgorod State University has become a
center of innovative entrepreneurship having created the “Education and Entrepreneurship Engagement”
system comprised of methodological materials and new training programs for instructors and researchers, the Center of Innovative Student Entrepreneurship, a model of competition of innovative youth projects, “InnoBusiness”, an interfaculty business incubator of innovative student projects, and the “InnoForum” web-portal (www.innoforum.ННГУ.ru) for the innovative NNSU student community.
As a result of its partnership with University of Maryland the Nizhniy Novgorod State University has created a Center for Innovative Entrepreneurship and initiated an International Innovation Corridor with the
view to expand cooperation between the USA and Russia in the field of innovations and commercialization of biomedical research. Russian companies are now able to access the international market via the
University of Maryland Business Incubator. By creating a similar facility the Nizhniy Novgorod State University will help Russian companies access the national market using the best international experiences
in the field.
The St. Petersburg State University of Information Technologies, Mechanics, and Optics (ITMO, RF) and
University of California in Los Angeles (USA) have engaged in their cooperation the Association of University Technology Managers (АUTM, USA), Massachusetts Export Center (USA), Russia Innovation Collaborative (Cambridge, USA), National Business Incubation Association (NBIA, USA), National Council
of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer (NCET2, USA), thereby forming a comprehensive university research
support system, including, for example, the iDealMachine start-up accelerator complete with $6 million
worth of funding available to small innovative businesses in partnership with RSV Venture Partners LP,
the university marketing department, a center for development of youth innovations and technological
entrepreneurship, a science and technology foresight center, and a business incubator. This university
research commercialization technology, including the development of RD management skills, business
models and virtual prototypes of innovative products, and experimental specimens of innovative products within the framework of the iDealMachine start-up accelerator has been tested for further integration
into the Russian system of tertiary education. New international and interregional partnerships in research, innovation, and entrepreneurship have emerged and a network-based partnership of 60 subjects
of the Russian Federation was put together to provide information and advisory services in the field of
RD development.


“...Over the course of its next phase the
program will retain its systemic nature
and scale to ensure sustainability of results for the development of education
and the sphere of innovations in Russia”.

JOHN BEYRLE

US Ambassador, a member of the Board
of Directors of the US-Russia
Foundation for Economic Advancement
and the Rule of Law
“...“EURECA” is unique in that it helps
create new and mutually beneficial
forms and mechanisms of cooperation
between Russian and American institutions of higher learning and engage regional governments and representatives
of the sphere of innovations in this cooperation”.

V. V. NEFYODOV

The Minister of industry and
innovations of the Nizhniy Novgorod
region, 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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CHANGES BROUGHT ABOUT
BY THE PARTNERSHIP PROJECTS

SOCIAL EFFECTS BROUGHT ABOUT
BY THE РROGRAM

• Changes in the status of the pilot institutions of higher learning – the “EURECA” program helped
enhance the status of the Russian pilot universities and their respective projects.
• “EURECA” stimulates internal mobilization of university personnel thereby forming the core of new
culture carriers who promote and engage in innovation activities. The program has helped create an
interesting, skilled, interdisciplinary, creative, and constructively spirited teams consisting of young
and more elderly people. All of them became more capable to set ambitious goals and achieve exemplary results in many activity areas, thanks in no small part to the “EURECA” program.
• Changes in attitudes towards innovations within the pilot institutions of higher learning — proliferation of the spirit and taste for innovations.
• Changes in motivation for involvement in innovation activities thanks to the emergence of an active
young “core”: most participants of the project teams are young, enthusiastic, and creative specialists.
• Changes in the nature of collaboration with other institutions of higher learning – networking and
operation as hubs, i.e. resource centers for other institutions of higher learning and their partners.

• “EURECA” stimulates the development of the
innovative entrepreneurship culture and environment and enables university students
to select their future professions and develop entrepreneurial skills. It is another opportunity for active and enterprising individuals
to find themselves within the walls of their
alma-mater.
• “EURECA” stimulates internal mobilization
of university personnel thereby forming the
core of new culture carriers who promote
and engage in innovation activities. Over the
course of one year the program has helped
create an interesting, skilled, interdisciplinary, creative, and constructively spirited
collective largely consisting of young people.
They set ambitious goals and achieve exemplary results in many activity areas, thanks in
no small part to the “EURECA” program.

The Program is sponsored by the US-Russia Foundation for Economic Advancement and the Rule of Law
and implemented in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.
The program is operated by a consortium of non-commercial organizations represented by the New
Eurasia Foundation in Russia and the American Councils for International Education– in the USA


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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
The New Eurasia Foundation has experience in and disposes of resources required
to organize assessment of research and education process of any degree of
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. Assessment results are made available in the form of
rankings assigned to project proposals and/or grant applications, as well as
assessment statements prepared by independent experts from different countries
and organizations. Ongoing interactions with international experts and a proven
method enable the Foundation to organize assessment on a tight schedule without
compromising the quality.
In 2012, the FNE used its methods and access to a database of international experts
to organ ze assessment of 37 project proi
posals submitted to a grant competition of
the RF Government. Those project proposals were assessed by 71 international experts.
In 2012 the Foundation worked hard to expand the base of international experts. At
present the New Eurasia Foundation has
it’s own data base that includes 7,000
international experts. A wide scope of experts is required to ensure an utmost diversity of candidates from among foreign


experts and avoid unnecessary skews in
favor of any particular country when organizing assessment of project proposals. The
Foundation’s international expert network
is made up of specialists representing
more than 40 countries: Austria, Australia,
Belgium, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany,
Greece, Denmark, Israel, Ireland, Spain,
Italy, Canada, Cyprus, Chin a, Latvia, Macedonia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand,
Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia,
Singapore, Slovakia, USA, Finland, France,
Croatia, Czech Republic, Sweden, Switzerland, Estonia, Japan, etc.

Since 2010 The New Eurasia Foundation has
been an operator of international expertise in the
framework of Resolution No.220, “On measures
designed to attract leading scientists to Russian
in titutions of higher learning”, by international
s
experts. To learn more about this initiative of
the RF Government and to view the competition
documentation and the outcomes of the previous
grant competitions please visit the website of the
RF Ministry of Education and Science, or the designated website of the initiative.

By expanding the scope of international experts
the New Eurasia Foundation has managed to put
together an international expert network consisting of leading scholars that represent 36 scientific disciplines: mathematics, computer science
and information technologies, physics, chemistry, Earth sciences and adjacent ecological disciplines, biology, construction and architecture,
electrical and electronic engineering, mechanics
and engineering, chemical technologies, material technologies, medical technologies, energy
and rational use of natural resources, ecological biotechnologies, industrial biotechnologies,
nanotechnologies, medical and health sciences,
fundamental medicine, clinical medicine, medical biotechnologies, agriculture, forestry, fishery,
animal husbandry and dairy science, veterinary,
agricultural biotechnologies, psychology, economics and business, pedagogics, sociology,
law, political science, social and economic geography, mass media and mass communications,
history and archeology, languages and literature,
philosophy, ethics, religion, and history of art.

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STUDY-TOURS, TRAININGS AND RETRAINING PROGRAMS
The 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.

In 2012 the Foundation organized more than ten study tours to European countries, Israel, and the USA, more than seven international
conferences on the most relevant education development issues
(«We are building our future today: university — region — business»,
«Innovation ecosystem of institutions of higher learning and their
role in regional innovation development — lessons and solutions for
successful commercialization», German-Russian symposium «Knowledge transfer — a new key objective of institutions of higher learning:
supporting innovation development at the regional and international
levels», etc.).

EXAMPLES OF INTERNATIONAL STUDY TOURS, TRAINING
AND QUALIFICATIONS IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS IMPLEMENTED IN 2012
• 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-entrepreneurial universities, and collaboration between institutions of higher learning and local
stakeholders for the benefit of university and territorial development.
• Study tour «Management of innovation technologies: Israeli experiences», December 2012, Israel. The study tour participants included representatives of
three Russian universities: Tomsk State University, Higher School of Economics, and State University of Chechnya. In the course of the study tour their Israeli
colleagues demonstrated a full spectrum of methods that are used to enable researcher (inventor) - manager partnerships to bring innovative technologies
to the market.
• Meeting of top executives of Russian and Dutch institutions of higher learning, «Russian - Dutch interuniversity partnership: new academic and research
priorities», November 2012, Moscow (Russia). The meeting was hosted by the Higher School of Economics in partnership with the Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU) and the New Eurasia Foundation. The purpose of the meeting was to organize cooperation between the leading Russian and
Dutch universities and explore possibilities for implementation of collaborative research and education programs.
• Study tour “Collaboration between Dutch universities and private businesses; technology transfer. Dutch experiences in commercializing university research”, October 2012, Maastricht, Sittard-Geleen, Eindhoven (Netherlands), and Leuven (Belgium) – hosted by the Maastricht University. The study tour
participants included representatives of the Ural Federal University named after the first RF President B. N. Yeltsin, Southern Federal University, St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University, Far-Eastern Federal University, State University of Chechnya, and St. Petersburg Academic University – a research and
education center in the field of nanotechnologies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Academic University). The study tour participants learned about the
best practices in collaboration between universities and businesses, commercialization of research, and technology transfer. They also designed their own
university marketing plans, university management action plans, tools of planning and control over the strategic university management cycle, as well as
forms of collaboration with businesses.
• Conference “Innovations after 2013”, 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.
• Qualifications improvement program «Education quality management and innovative instruction technologies: experiences of French universities», May
2012, France. The qualifications improvement program participants included top executives, administrators, and instructors from the North-Eastern Federal
University named after M. K. Ammosov, Mordovian State University named after N. P. Ogaryov, and Belgorod National Research University. The training program consisted of three thematic blocks: global experiences and the two-tier structure of the French tertiary education system; university management and
education quality management at the national and institutional levels; innovative instruction technologies: experiences of French universities and colleges.
• German-Russian symposium “Knowledge transfer – a new key objective of institutions of higher learning: supporting innovation development at the regional and international levels”, April 2012, Kassel (Germany). The symposium was organized by the “East – West” research center and University of Kassel
in cooperation with the New Eurasia Foundation and Tomsk Polytechnic University with participation of the German Society for Research on Eastern Europe
(DGO) and financial support from the Federal Ministry of Education and Scientific Research of Germany within the framework of the Russian – German year
of science. The symposium was attended by rectors and vice-rectors of institutions of higher learning, leaders of technology transfer departments, representatives of governmental ministries, university and trade associations, foundations, as well as the leaders of collaborative German – Russian research
and education projects. The symposium participants discussed a variety of issues falling within the following two problematic areas: 1) Knowledge transfer
as an innovative method used to support the development of science and regional practices and 2) International transfer of knowledge and technologies
between Germany and Russia.


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COMMUNITY UNIVERSITIES
In 2012 the New Eurasia Foundation continued implementing its “Community
universities: phase 3” project designed to promote the social function of tertiary
education in Russia, collect and disseminate best practices in implementation
of the social function of universities, and organize networking between Russian
and foreign institutions of higher learning.
Establishment of information and resource
centers designed to promote the social
function of universities at six Russian institutions of higher learning, including the Ural
Federal University, Northern (Arctic) Federal
University, Tomsk State University, ITMO,
Kostroma State Agricultural Academy, and
the Novokuznetsk Branch of the Kemerovo
State University, is viewed as the principal
outcome of the project. In addition, the par-

ticipating universities put together a portfolio of the best “university – local community” collaboration practices. So far they have
collected 30 such practices and they plan to
collect 60 more by the summer of 2013. The
participating universities are disseminating
information about these practices among
other institutions of higher learning in the
course of panel discussions, seminars, and
conferences.

PROJECT ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2012
• Leading Russian institutions of higher learning have joined the discussion of the place
and role of the social function of universities –
these issues were discussed in the course of
the conferences hosted by the Higher School of
Economics and Tomsk State University;
• The Perm State University was the first of the
leading Russian universities to incorporate the
social function of university in its overall strategic development program.

KEY PROJECT ACTIVITIES IN 2012
A SERIES OF METHODOLOGICAL SEMINARS FOR UNIVERSITIES ON THE SOCIAL FUNCTION OF TERTIARY
EDUCATION
• The first methodological seminar for the participating universities was held on March 15 – 16, 2012.
Assisted by a group of experts, the seminar participants agreed upon a certain best “university – local
community” practice presentation format, discussed the principal approaches to organizing an information and resource center, and explored opportunities for networking.
• The second methodological seminar, “Entrepreneurial university: the Finland case”, took place on
August 12 – 19, 2012 in Tampere and Helsinki. The seminar’s intense program was not limited to the
examination of the University of Tampere’s experience in entrepreneurship. The seminar participants
also visited the Innovative Entrepreneurship Academy of the Tampere University of Applied Sciences,
the Tampere Innovation Experience at Demola, the Aalto University School of Economics Small Business Center, and the Continuous Education School of the Institute of Marketing (Helsinki). The seminar
participants learned about the Finland’s experience in organizing academic, institutional, and student
entrepreneurship. The methodological seminar enabled its participants to borrow from their Finnish
colleagues a number of proven instruments and technologies used to develop the entrepreneurial
capacity of institutions of higher learning.
DISCUSSION ON THE SOCIAL FUNCTION OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING
AT THE RF PUBLIC CHAMBER
A discussion on the social function of universities was held at the RF Public Chamber on October 5, 2012.
The key issues included the following:
• Social responsibility of institutions of higher learning.
• Best practices in collaboration between institutions of higher learning and local communities: a new
education quality.
• Education process development principles that take into account the new requirements.
• Methodology of public assessment of university education quality.
The discussion participants concluded that the situation called for designing a method that could be used
by Russian institutions of higher learning to put together reports on their socially meaningful activities.


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KEY PROJECT ACTIVITIES IN 2012
LEADING RUSSIAN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING JOIN THE DISCUSSION OF THE PLACE AND ROLE
OF THE SOCIAL FUNCTION OF UNIVERSITIES
• “Birth and rebirth of universities” was the name of the conference that was held on October 19 – 20,
2012 in Moscow at the Higher School of Economics. One of the key topics discussed by the conference
participants was the third mission of institutions of higher learning: models and successful practices
of social entrepreneurship and social responsibility. A representative of one of the project participants,
Ural Federal University, delivered a report in which he presented the university’s experience in collaboration with the local community
• The Russian national forum of vice-rectors for education from agricultural universities “Collaboration
between agricultural institutions of higher learning and local communities as a development mechanism of rural territories” was held on November 26 – 27, 2012. The forum was hosted by the Kostroma
State Agricultural Academy. The forum participants were greeted by the Governor of the Kostroma region, S. N. Sitnikov. The forum participants designed and adopted Recommendations of the Russian
national forum of vice-rectors for education from agricultural universities “Collaboration between agricultural institutions of higher learning and local communities as a development mechanism of rural
territories”. Among other things, these Recommendations include the following. Projects designed to
facilitate collaboration between agricultural institutions of higher learning and their respective local
communities, youth, businesses, regional and municipal governments must become one of the most
important education activity areas of each agricultural institution of tertiary education. This kind of
collaboration will help to not only create new opportunities for professional and cultural development
of students via their engagement in activities designed to improve the standard of living in rural territories, but it also will help improve the social image of agricultural institutions of higher learning among
the population and governments and create opportunities for implementation of socially meaningful
collaborative projects.

The project is supported
by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation.


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COMMUNITY SCHOOLS IN RUSSIA
In 2012 the New Eurasia Foundation launched the fourth phase
of the «Community schools in Russia: an outlook» project
designed to create conditions required to train community school
teachers and administrators at qualifications improvement
institutes for education specialists.
The primary objectives of this phase include
the following: to form sustainable links between teachers training institutes and qualifications improvement institutes for education specialists involved in training of community school teachers and administrators;
to support the networking among Russian
community schools via community school
resource centers; to introduce and promote
the community school model in Northern
Caucasus.
The project participants included the qualifications improvement institutes for education specialists from three pilot regions: the
Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria and Irkutsk
and Tambov regions. The results achieved
by these institutions in promoting the community school model are already quite visible. In Irkutsk and Tambov, despite the lack
of financial support, the work performed by
the qualifications improvement institutes
for education specialists was closely intertwined with the project activities which enabled the project teams to successfully put
together a primary network of community
schools in the pilot regions and adjacent
territories in Central Russia, Siberia, and
Northern Caucasus.
The team of the Irkutsk qualifications improvement institute successfully introduced
a tutorship and advisory monitoring technology for community school teams.
The activities implemented by the qualifications improvement institute for education
specialists of the Republic of KabardinoBalkaria with the view to facilitate the development of a network of community schools
in the region helped engage the qualifications improvement institutes for education
specialists from the neighbouring NorthCaucasian republics and in some cases to
even overcome certain socio-cultural barriers impeding cooperation.
By combining its activities associated with
school management boards and community school model the Tambov regional
qualifications improvement institute for
education specialists managed to reach the
national level and it now trains community
school specialists from all over the country.


ДВИЖЕНИЕ
ОБЩЕСТВЕННОАКТИВНЫХ ШКОЛ

ДВИЖЕНИЕ
ОБЩЕСТВЕННОАКТИВНЫХ ШКОЛ

PROJECT RESOURCES
• Methodological materials required to train
community school teachers and administrators.
• Training programs for community schools
teachers and administrators based on the
federal state education standards.
• Various technologies:
– utorship of the school teams, including
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advisory monitoring (Irkutsk);
– acilitation and support of community
F
school promotion approaches in Northern
Caucasus;
– ompetition of social projects designed
C
by community schools “People’s project”
(Tambov);
Development of partnerships and implementation of collaborative projects (with ombudsmen, juvenile delinquency prevention centers,
heads of municipalities).
In 2011 – 2012 the community school promotion activities in the Tambov region were
supported by the regional government in the
amount of 29.5 million roubles.

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EDUCATION
COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
AND PEDAGOGICAL CREATIVITY

“Community schools and pedagogical creativity” was the name of the coordination
session that was held on November 8 – 9,
2012 in Nalchik, Republic of KabardinoBalkaria. The session was attended by
instructors of the qualifications improvement institutes for education specialists
from Nalchik, Irkutsk, Samara, Tambov,
Moscow, as well as members of community school teams from the Republic of
Kabardino-Balkaria and five school teams
from the city of Grozny, Chechen Republic.
The session participants discussed methods that could be used to develop secondary schools as socio-cultural centers and
centers of pedagogic creativity. The teams
representing the FNE project pilot regions
presented their achievements in promoting qualifications improvement programs
for education specialists based on the
community school model. School principals from different districts of KabardinoBalkaria spoke about their school development programs and shared their initial
experiences in innovative social project
management. The session concluded with
the panel discussion “Implementation
prospects of the community school model
in Northern Caucasus”.
NEW BOOK PUBLISHED IN THE “DEMOCRATIC EDUCATION LIBRARY” SERIES
In autumn 2012 the “Democratic Education Library” series welcomed a new addition
– “Introducing a new generation of the governmental education standards: the capacity of community schools”, a book written by community school expert Dr. Grigory
Kornetov. The book demonstrates how the second generation of the federal state
general education standards can be most successfully introduced in community
schools that are committed to democratization of secondary education and active
collaboration with local communities. The book is designated for general education
institutions, education administration bodies, methodologists, professors of teachers training universities, and everyone interested in the community school model.

by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation.


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EDUCATION

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
• 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
• Mechelen University College
• Ministry of Economic Development
of the Russian Federation
• Ministry of Education and Science
• Ministry of Regional Development
• 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

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PROGRAM

TERRITORIAL
DEVELOPMENT

AREAS

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.

In 2012 the New Eurasia Foundation
continued implementing social
programs in operation territories of
coal mining companies in Siberia
and Far East within its «Territorial
development» program area. The
strategic goal of these programs is to
create effective social partnerships
including local self-government
bodies, businesses, and civil society
institutions with the view to mobilize
and diversify the regional development
resources. The public-private
partnerships successfully operating
within the social sphere will help
coordinate the budgeting priorities,
modernization of industrial enterprises,
and strategic territorial development
goals.


“Local community school” is the name of the network-based project implemented in 2012
with the view to involve as many operation territories of coal mining companies in socially
meaningful activities as possible using the territorial development models tested in 2008 –
2010, to expand said activities, and to improve the qualifications of the resource centers’
employees. The network-based project format helped optimize the budget for continued
implementation of social projects within the key thematic areas of 2008 – 2010 and support the “growth points” created back then, as well as to raise funds from the federal and
regional budgets for the purpose of ongoing development of the operation territories (more
than six million roubles was raised in 2011).
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.

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TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT

GENERAL DESCRIPTION
OF THE PROGRAM AREA ACTIVITIES
IN 2012
In 2012 the New Eurasia Foundation continued disseminating successful experiences and creating social infrastructure
“growth points” using the territorial development models successfully tested in
2008 – 2011:
• A popular science museum was
opened in the Mukhorshibir district
of the Republic of Buryatia in August
2012. Popular science museums are
also scheduled to be opened in the
settlement of Chegdomyn, Khabarovsk
region, and Mikhailovsk district of the
Primorye region in 2013.
• A small business support agency was
launched in the city of Sharypovo,
Krasnoyarsk region (registration was
scheduled for November 2012);
• The first Fair of entrepreneurial projects
of the Mukhorshibir district was held on
December 7, 2012.
SUMMARIZED RESULTS OF THE SOCIAL
PROGRAMS IMPLEMENTED IN 2012
• 43 small business and social entrepreneurship projects were launched in the SCEC OJSC
operating territories.
• The Chernogorsk and Chegdomyn comprehensive investment pro rams were designed
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and endorsed by the RF Ministry of regional
de elopment.
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• 32 training seminars were held.
• About 800 people took part in the seminars.
• Two international and two interregional internship programs were im lemented.
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• Three regional and two interregional competitions of social and small business projects
were held.
• Two regional competitions of children’s innovation projects “Break hrough into the XXI
t
century” were held.
• A science festival was held for senior secondary school students.


Given the great amount of interest demonstrated by the SCEC OJSC operation regions
in joining the social programs implemented
by the New Eurasia Foundation and the Siberian Coal Energy Company Regional Development Foundation (applications had
been received from municipalities to implement some of the most relevant socially
meaningful projects), in 2012 the New Eurasia Foundation suggested implementing
two network-based projects: a small business support project and a project associated with professional identity of youth, as
well as projects designed to promote innovative thinking among youth. The “School
of social entrepreneurship” project was
proposed as a new territorial development
tool that helps address social issues using
business approaches.

THE LOCAL NGO ACTIVISTS THAT UNDERWENT
TRAINING IN FUNDRAISING TECHNOLOGIES
MANAGED TO RAISE FUNDS FOR
IMPLEMENTATION OF SOCIAL PROJECTS
For example, in 2012 the public organization of
the Verkhnebureinsk district “Initiative” raised
1,348,155 roubles to support the development
of the Chegdomyn settlement, including the
478,900 rouble grant from the National Charity
Foundation for the development of the district library, as well as 869,255 roubles raised from the
government to support the social projects presented at the Fair of Social Projects of the Verkhnebureinsk district.
The FNE experts, assisted by the RF Ministry of
regional development, designed the development concepts of the Abakan-Chernogorsk and
Kuzbass agglomerations, as well as the complex
investment plans of the city of Chernogorsk, Republic of Khakassia, and the settlement of Chegdomyn, Khabarovsk region.

THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS WERE LAUNCHED
IN 2012 AS NEW TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT
MECHANISMS:
• “School of social entrepreneurship” –
launched in the Khabarovsk and Kemerovo
regions and Re ublic of Khakassia (in collabop
ration with the Omsk Center for Social Innovations, a resource center of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives);
• “Creating a regional-municipal system for promotion of innovative thinking among youth”
(Krasno arsk and Kemerovo regions). The first
y
science festival was held as part of this project
in Leninsk- Kuznetsky in August 2012. It was
organized in partnership with the Kuzbass
State Technical Univer ity and Siberian Federal
s
University and hosted by the municipal Center
for Professional identity.
• Taking advantage of its multiyear territorial development experience, in late 2012 the New
Eurasia Foundation joined forces with “Metalloinvest” to implement the “Competition
of small business proects” in the city of Noj
votroitsk, Orenburg region. The competition
organizers received 31 project proposals. This
collaboration is anticipated to expand thematically and geographically in 2013.

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COMFORTABLE LIVING ENVIRONMENT
NEW SOCIAL TECHNOLOGIES: EXPERIENCES IN THE DEVELOPMENT
OF SINGLE-INDUSTRY TERRITORIES
The interregional conference “New social technologies: experiences in the development
of single-industry territories” took place on December 20, 2012 in Moscow.
The conference was attended by more than 50 representatives of region l and municipal governments
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from across Russia, experts, civil society institutions, regional and municipal institutions of learning
and culture organizations, small and medium-sized businesses, and public associa ions.
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The conference enabled its participants to discuss the outcomes of the social programs implemented
by the Siberian Coal Energy Company Regional Development Foundation in partnership with the New
Eurasia Foundation in 2011 – 2012. The conference was comprised of two plenary sessions and a
sequence of panel discussions in the course of which the event participants analyzed the practices
developed to date and put together recommendations for further collaboration between regional and
municipal governments, businesses, experts, initiative groups, mass media, and the public when designing and implementing programs aim ng to support “company towns” and “company settlements”
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by intro ucing advanced social development technologies.
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In 2012 the New Eurasia Foundation helped organize the second interregional competition of
gentrification projects “Comfortable living environment” in which more than 60 projects from
six operating regions of Siberian Coal Energy
Company OJSC competed against each other. The
competition winners in luded the following:
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Republic of Buryatia:
• 1st prize – Supplementary Education Center
for Children, “Beware of traffic” project (Mukhorshibir);
• 2nd prize – Sagan-Nur Secondary School, “We
are tourists and it means” project (Sagan-Nur);
Primorye region:
• 1st prize – “Beryozka” Kindergarten, “Sensory
room as the eighth wonder of the world” project;
• 2nd prize – “Balaganchik” Book Theater, “Wonder Forest” Summer Reading Room” project;
Khabarovsk region:
• 1st prize – Central Children’s Library, “Once
upon a time on our porch” project;
• 2nd prize – Public organization “Kyokushinkai
Karate Chegdomyn”, “We stand for health and
sports” project;
Kemerovo region:
• 1st prize – Social Youth Center, “Outdoor Sports
Championship” project (Leninsk-Kuznetsky);
• 2nd prize – Children’s Sports School, “Do
it with us, do it like us, do it better than us”
(Polysayevo);
Republic of Khakassia:
• 1st prize – “Ecological and Patriotic Education
of Preschool Children” (Chernogorsk);
• 2nd prize – Secondary education school
No.20, “Healthy children – healthy nation”
project (Chernogorsk);
• 2nd prize – Charkov secondary education
boarding school, “Winter garden at school”
project (Ust-Abakan district);
• 3rd prize – Ust-Byur secondary education
school, “Children’s Playground “Buratino”
(Ust-Abakan district);
• 3rd prize – “Fairy Town” (Beysk district);
Krasnoyarsk region:
• 1st prize – House of Pioneers and Schoolchildren, “Lilac Alley” project (Nazarovo);
• 2nd prize – “Exercise in the morning, exercise
in the evening, if you want to be healthy” project (Sharypovo);
• 3rd prize – Youth Information Agency, “Digenesis” project (Sharypovo).

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EXAMPLES OF PROJECTS
IMPLEMENTED IN 2012
“SCHOOL OF LOCAL COMMUNITY:
SMALL BUSINESS” PROJECT
The project is 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 Altaisk 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 eve
ryday work. “We came here, - said Sergey
Nikolayevich, - to see how the Krasnoyarsk region, Kemerovo region, Khakassia, Altay, and Buryatia oper te. Our repa
resentatives 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 en
terprises...

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“SCHOOL OF LOCAL COMMUNITY:
PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY” PROJECT
The project is designed to organize a professional identity system in consideration
of the modern employee requirements.
Mobile, com etent, and competitive gradp
uates 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.

• Three municipal popular science
museums were launched (LeninskKuznetsky, Kemerovo region, Borodino,
Krasnoyarsk region, and Mukhorshibir
district, Republic of Buryatia).
• A popular science museum is scheduled
for opening in the Chegdomyn
settlement, Khabarovsk region, in
March 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 POPOVA

Head of the Education Administration
Department of the Mukhorshibir district
municipality:
“… 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”.

IRINA IVANOVNA 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”.

OLGA ALEXEYEVNA 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
Engish lessons”.
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OKSANA IVANOVNA 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 “Profes ion and career” pros
gram in my everyday work. I will also create
an electronic navigator of professions”.

FROM RIA “LENINSK” MATERIALS, APRIL 17, 2012
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 school teachers.
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.


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NETWORK-BASED PROJECT
“SCHOOL OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP”
Project goal: To introduce the “School of
social entrepreneurship” technology in the
SCEC OJSC operation regions with the view
to ad ress social development problems by
d
implementing social entrepreneurship projects.
• 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 labour 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.
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”;
• 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).
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.


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TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AREA PARTNERS
• “Business Communications Agency”
CJSC
• “Interfax” International Information
Group
• “Krasnoyarsk Regional Agency
for Support of Small and Medium-Sized
Businesses” OJSC
• “Kuzbass Technological Park” CJSC
• “Vneshtorgklub”, a corporate club
of international partnership and
cooperation
• Academy of People’s Economy
• Arkhangelsk Center for Social
Technologies “Garant”
• Association of Community Schools
of the Republic of Khakassia
• Center for Fiscal Policy
• Center for Innovation Technologies
of the Republic of Udmurtia
• Center for Strategic Development
of the Russian Northwest
• Education Administration Department
of the Kemerovo region
• Far-Eastern Innovations Support Agency
• Foundation for Support of Legislative
Initiatives
• Government of the Baley district
of the Chita region
• Government of the city of Borodino,
Krasnoyarsk region
• Government of the city
of Kamensk-Uralsky
• Government of the city of Kandalaksha,
Murmansk region
• Government of the city of Kiselyovsk,
Kemerovo region
• Government of the city of LeninskKuznetsky, Kemerovo region
• Government of the city of Nizhniy
Novgorod


• Government of the city of Perm
• Government of the city of Severouralsk,
Sverdlovsk region
• Government of the city of Shelekhov
• Government of the city of Tver
• Government of the city of Volkhov,
Leningrad region
• Government of the Nizhniye Sergy
district, Sverdlovsk region
• Government of the Saratov region
• Government of the settlement
of Chegdomyn, Verkhnebureinsk district,
Khabarovsk region
• Government of the Verkhnebureinsk
district, Khabarovsk region
• Governments of the city of Chernogorsk,
Ust-Abakan, Altaysk, and Beysk districts
• Governments of the city of Segezha
and settlement of Nadvoitsy
• Institute of Contemporary Development
• Interdepartmental Commission for
Company Towns of the RF Government
• Khabarovsk Regional Fund for Support of
Small and Medium-Sized Businesses
• Kuzbass State Technical University
• Labor and Employment Agency of the
Krasnoyarsk region
• Management and Workforce Retraining
Center (Saratov)
• Ministry of economic and regional
development of the Krasnoyarsk region
• Ministry of economic development
and external relations of the Khabarovsk
region
• Ministry of economic development
and trade of the Stavropol region
• Ministry of economy of the Republic
of Udmurtia
• Ministry of education and science
of the Republic of Buryatia

• Ministry of education and science
• Ministry of industry and transportation
of the Republic of Udmurtia
• Ministry of regional development
• Municipal government of the
Mukhorshibir district, Republic
of Buryatia
• Municipal government of the settlement
of Sagan-Nur, Republic of Buryatia
• National Association of Self-regulating
Real Estate Management Organizations
• Omsk Center for Social Initiatives
• Pskov Regional Center for Education
Technologies
• Public Board under the RF Ministry
of regional development
• Qualifications Improvement
and Professional Training Academy
for Education Specialists
• Regional Development Agency
of the Saratov region
• Regional Development Institute
• Russian Microfinance Center
• Russian Union of Industrialists and
Entrepreneurs
• SCEC — Khakassia LLC
• SCEC — Krasnoyarsk OJSC
• SCEC — Kuzbass OJSC
• Siberian Coal Energy Company (SCEC)
OJSC
• Siberian Coal Energy Company Regional
Development Foundation
• Siberian Federal University
• State Qualifications Improvement
and Professional Retraining Academy
for Construction Specialists
• Tomsk Innovations Support Center
• Tugnuy Coal Mine OJSC, Republic
of Buryatia

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PROGRAM

SOCIAL SPHERE
DEVELOPMENT

AREAS

Mission:
To design and implement social development mechanisms ensuring
a high standard of living of all Russian citizens.

Goal:
To implement practical mechanisms designed to support socially vulnerable population
groups.

In 2012 the “Social sphere
development” program area was
comprised of projects designed
to provide comprehensive assistance
to people requiring support or finding
themselves in difficult life situations,
ensure successful adaptation of these
people within society, mutual
understanding between them and other
members of society, and to help them
find opportunities for self-realization.
The target audiences of these projects
included people with disabilities,
orphans and children deprived
of parental care, youth representing
various risk groups, and parents.
When designing and strengthening
mechanisms of collaboration between
society and bodies of power the New
Eurasia Foundation paid a great deal
of attention to collaboration with
federal and regional governments, local
self-government bodies, and members
of the pedagogic community, as well
as to enhancing the potential of its
regional partners.


SOCIAL SPHERE DEVELOPMENT FOCI

• Designing conflict-prevention systems
at the regional and local levels.
• Streamlining and harmonizing migration
processes.
• Supporting social development
processes in Northern Caucasus.
• Supporting local community initiatives
and engaging local communities
in the socio-economic development
processes of their respective territories.
• Supporting youth initiatives.
• Supporting social adaptation of orphans
and children deprived of parental care.
• Supporting social integration of people
with disabilities through professional
training and employment.
• Providing support to repatriates
and migrants.
• Organizing education programs,
including study tours, training courses,
and qualifications improvement
programs, at interregional and
international levels.
• Disseminating social entrepreneurship
techniques with the view to empower
disadvantaged population groups
to realize their socio-economic potential.

Using various forms of training and productive communication among participants
(training sessions, semi ars, panel discusn
sions, conferences, camps, competitions,
study tours, and forums) the New Eurasia
Founda ion transferred and helped introt
duce new effective technologies and best
practices in socialization of citizens and
protection of their legal interests, implementation of local community de elopment
v
initiatives, strengthening of civil society
structures, and prevention of conflicts.
In 2012 the New Eurasia Foundation
launched and/or implemented the following social development projects:
• “Social integration of young people with
disabilities via professional training
and employment in the Krasnodar
region”, effective May 2012 a.k.a.
“Comprehensive social integration of
young people with disabilities of the
Krasnodar region: training, employment,
communication”.
• “Social adaptation of orphanage and
boarding school graduates in Moscow”.
• “Disseminating the best peacemaking
and conflict-preventing practices in
Northern Caucasus”, effective April
2012 a.k.a. “Mitigating ethnic conflicts
by supporting collaboration between
the governments and civil society
institutions in Northern Caucasus”.
• “Preventing conflicts in Transnistria by
building bridges between governments,
NGOs, and businesses”.

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SOCIAL SPHERE DEVELOPMENT

COMPREHENSIVE SOCIAL INTEGRATION OF
YOUNG PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES OF THE
KRASNODAR REGION: TRAINING, EMPLOYMENT,
COMMUNICATION
The project «Social integration of young people with disabilities via professional
training and employment in the Krasnodar region», sponsored by «Chevron
Neftegaz Inc» and implemented from December 2010 until April 2012 in
partnership with the Krasnodar Information and Training Center has been
recognized and highly appreciated in the region. The project provided more than
70 young people with disabilities to acquire training in eight professions: more
than 50 of them underwent training that was hosted by the partner organization
in Krasnodar, while the others were trained individually at home. Methodological
materials were published for each of the training courses.

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT
OF YOUNG PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN THE
KRASNODAR REGION
Approximately 40 participants of the final conference of the project “Professional training and employment of young people with disabilities in the
Krasnodar region” that was held in Anapa recognized the importance for the Krasnodar region of
the project on social integration of young people
with disabilities that involved civil society institutions and demonstrated a new strategy based
on coordination of efforts of different actors, active education of young people with disabilities,
and individual support provided thereto in the
solution of their problems. The project “Professional training and employment of young people
with disabilities in the Krasnodar region” was
designed to demonstrate the capacity of civil
society institutions and businesses to successfully address the social problem associated with
professional training and employment of people
with disabilities and adjust relevant governmental practices.

INCLUSIVE EDUCATION

In May 2012 the project on social integration of young people with disabilities
expanded its boundaries as it started promoting inclusive education. To that end a
conference was held in October 2012 to
present the experiences of the Novorossiysk Gymnasium No.1 where joint education
of healthy children and children with disabilities had become a norm and a rule that
applies to all.
The participants of the round-table meeting hosted by the Novorossiysk Gymnasium No.1 had a serious discussion about
expanding the framework of inclusive education and arranging interdepartmental
collaboration and partnership. They identified cooperation prospects, including
the panel discussion “Problems and prospects of inclusive education” to be held
in Krasnodar and attended by parents and
representatives of the public, as well as a
regional training session in the settlement
of Poltavskaya.


A panel discussion on the problems of social integration of young peo le with disp
abilities was held in December 2012. The
discussion was facilitated by the Deputy
Chairman of the Public Board under the
Head of the Krasnodar regional government
for support of civil society institu ions and
t
human rights, M. V. Savva. The panel discussion was attended by the head of the
government of the settlement of Poltavskaya, V. A. Pobozhiy, the head of the district employment center, D. A. Shishatskiy,
representatives of the social security department, activists from a num er of public
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organizations, such as the Russian Federation of Women, “Independence”, “Sodeystviye”, “Educating Youth and Strengthening
Families”, “Hand of Charity”, etc. Young
people with disabilities residing in the settlement of Poltavskaya and the neighbouring settlements were the principal participants of the panel discussion.

Promotion of inclusive education has become the
raison d’etre for the members of the pedagogic
community of the Novorossiysk Gymnasium No.1
led by its principal T. A. Merkulova. This is why
everything in this school, from the garden to the
sports complex to the cafeteria, is convenient,
modern, pretty, and cozy. The local education
approaches are designed carefully to the minutest detail: the school has created all conditions
to make sure that any child feels comfortable and
independent. An atmosphere of mutual understanding and team spirit enables children with
disabilities to not only take part in, but to also win
regional contests and tournaments.

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THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE PANEL DISCUSSION AND TRAINING COURSES
RECOGNIZED THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE OF THE PROJECT ACTIVITIES
IN THE FEEDBACK THAT THEY PROVIDED
“I thank God, my destiny, and the people who were willing and able to share their knowledge with me! From now one my life will only change for the better. I am happy and I want
the people around me to be happy and I want them to believe that a lot depends on them.
I thank our trainers from the bottom of my heart!”
“I thank “Chevron”, the New Eurasia Foundation, and our trainers for or anizing and holdg
ing this event. I learned a lot from these courses. Work ng with our trainers has been an
i
interesting and enjoyable experience. I attended each class with a great deal of enthusiasm
and at the end of each class I was full of new impressions. I wish this kind of activities were
held more often. Thank you, everyone!”
“I am grateful to every one of those people who brought me here (there is no such thing
as happenstance!). I am grateful to my mother for supporting all my endeavours, and I am
grateful to all the good and kind people! From the bottom of my heart I thank the organizers
and trainers for the useful time they spend with me and the knowledge they shared”.

V. A. POBOZHIY

Head of the Poltavskaya settlement
government
“I am certain that the work being done
here by the New Eurasia Foundation with
support from “Chevron” will serve as an
example to follow for other public organizations and heads of governments. The
project activities that have been held in
our settlement have opened my eyes to
a great number of problems but most
importantly the initiative shown by the
local residents has been quite instrumental. We are prepared for cooperation
and we are willing to serve as an experimental testing ground for such socially
meaningful projects”.

PROJECT ACHIEVEMENTS
• A group of young people with disabilities underwent professional training, acquired professions, and found employment.
• The programs of training courses for eight professions were designed, tested, and prepared
for dissemination among social integration as
sociations.
• The settlement of Poltavskaya designed and
adopted a local governmental program, “Favourable environment for people with disabilities”.
• Accessibility maps were put together and the
public was charged with the responsibility of
exercising control over their replenishment and
expansion.
• The project activities were supported by
the heads of municipal governments whose
members also expressed their readiness for
collabo ation with initiative groups of citizens
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in designing local projects and programs.

by Chevron Neftegaz Inc.


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SOCIAL ADAPTATION OF ORPHANAGE
AND BOARDING SCHOOL GRADUATES
IN MOSCOW
In 2012 the project «Social adaptation of orphanage and boarding school
graduates in Moscow», sponsored by JPMorgan Chase Co and implemented
by the New Eurasia Foundation, expanded its target group by including heads
of municipalities, guardianship authorities, centers for support of children and
families, as well as orphans» mentors in colleges and vocational training schools.
Two out-of-town training sessions (“Collaboration mechanisms used in post-institutional support processes” and “Developing
a post-institutional support system”) and a
panel discussion on issues impeding successful social adaptation of orphanage and
boarding school graduates were held for
municipal employees.
The process of transition to colleges and
vocational training schools by orphanage
and boarding school graduates has been
for years affected by a number of problems.
Two seminars were organized for orphans’
mentors in colleges and vocational training
schools, “Collaboration between authorized


officials and orphans’ mentors in colleges”
and “Ensuring collaboration between postinstitutional support services for emancipated orphans and vocational training institutions during the period of initial social
adaptation”.
The project paid special attention to the
post-institutional support services for emancipated orphans established on the basis
of specially selected organizations whose
leaders were given the opportunity to take
part in a series of seminars, training sessions, and panel discussions that brought
together more than 120 individuals.

POST-INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT CENTERS
FOR EMANCIPATED ORPHANS HAVE BEEN
ESTABLISHED:
The New Eurasia Foundation committed itself
to assisting the post-insti utional support centt
ers for emancipated orphans established under
the project. This assistance was provided in the
form of consultations and expert advice, summarization of experiences, and publication of best
practices. For example, the following collections
of materials were published: “Post-institutional
support system (experiences of the Moscow or
phanage No.2)”, “Preparing orphans for emancipation and independent adult living (experiences
of the Moscow orphanages No.17 and No.23)”,
the brochure “Post-institutional support of emancipated orphans during the initial period of their
social adaptation” (based on operating expe
riences of the Moscow orphanage No.48), and
“From successful social adaptation to pro-active
living” (based on the operating experiences of
the Moscow boarding school No.15).

T. A. NEVEROVA

Deputy Head of the Department
of family and youth policy
of the Moscow City Government
“The Department of family and youth
policy of the city of Moscow extends
its sincere gratitude to the New Eurasia
Foundation for the invaluable assistance
and support it provides to orphans in the
course of the project designed to prepare them for emancipation and independent adult living... The Department
of family and youth policy of the city of
Moscow looks forward to continuing our
fruitful cooperation within this field”
From the thank-you letter

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“MY HOME DESIGN” – A CONTEST OF PROJECT PROPOSALS
The final round of the competition of project proposals, “My home design”, was held on April 11, 2012.
The contest encouraged up and coming orphanage and boarding school graduates to design project proposals reflecting their future homes. All contest participants had undergone a training course consisting
of several phases: the “School of design” training program, practical training in putting together collages,
“Colour solution and stylistic compliance”, and a training session on designing “My home design” project proposals. A total of 35 project proposals were submitted to the competition.
The contest winners included:
• First prize – A. Trushin, boarding school No.24, project title: “My dream home”,
• Second prize – E. Guskov, orphanage No.48, project title: “Window to the world”,
• Third prize – A. Malanicheva, boarding school No.55, project title: “My home”.
Additional prizes were awarded in the following nominations:
• “Viewer appreciation” – A. Busareva, boarding school No.62, project title: “Golden kitchen”;
• “Originality” – V. Mikusheva, orphanage No.5, project title: “Exquisite bedroom”;
• “Artistic execution” – A. Kazakova, boarding school No.24, project ti le: “Bedroom/living-room”;
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• “Stylistic achievement” – M. Zolina, boarding school No.15.
Special prizes were awarded to Yu. Lapteva (orphanage No.51), K. Stashkov (orphanage No.48), A.
Demicheva, O. Ageyeva, E. Kozlova, and S. Kurzakov (all from boarding school No.15).

The training program for orphanage and boarding school students was also updated in
2012. The following interactive training sessions for orphans were held during the project:
“Your bad behaviour and how you can change it”, “Learn to understand people by learning
about yourself”, “Social security”, “A step into profession of choice”, “Freedom of choice”,
and a training session in promoting civic responsibility among orphanage and boarding
school graduates.


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