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1. NEW EURASIA FOUNDATION
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• NEW EURASIA
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OUTCOMES
FOR 2013
2012
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2. PROGRAM NEWS
EDUCATION
NEW EURASIA FOUNDATION
At present the New Eurasia
Foundation implements the
following education projects:
• Enhancing university research and
entrepreneurial capacity – “EURECA”
• Organizing scientific and education
projects’ international expertize
• Study-tours, trainings and retraining
programs
• Community universities: Phase 3
• Community schools in Russia:
an outlook
In 2012 the New Eurasia Foundation continued implementing various projects
and programs within the framework of its “Education” activity 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.
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3. PROGRAM NEWS
EDUCATION ЭE ЭВРИКА
EURECA
«EURECA» was initiated
ENHANCING UNIVERSITY RESEARCH
NEW EURASIA FOUNDATION
by the US-Russia Foundation
for Economic Advancement
and the Rule of Law (USRF) AND ENTREPRENEURIAL CAPACITY –
in partnership with the RF Ministry
of Education and Science. “EURECA”: INNOVATIVE PARTNERSHIP
It is implemented in compliance
with the priorities of the National BETWEEN RUSSIAN AND AMERICAN
«Education» Project and the pilot
project designed to create UNIVERSITIES
national research universities.
The «EURECA» program has been
included in the project portfolios Over the course of the pilot phase of the program (2010‑2012) its participants
of the Working Group for Education took part in a great number of networking events; the participating US
and the Working Group and Russian universities implemented a series of collaborative pilot projects;
for Innovations of the US-Russian there was created a system designed to provide information and advisory
Presidential Commission. support to Russian institutions of higher learning pursuing innovation
The pilot phase of the program development goals; and a number of Russian universities significantly
(2010‑2012) has been completed. 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 rel-
evant development issues of innovative and entrepreneurial institutions of higher learn-
GENERAL OUTCOMES OF THE PILOT ing, methods of strengthening the role of institutions of higher learning in the regional
and national innovation economies, and the prospects of integration of Russian institu-
PHASE OF THE PROGRAM tions of higher learning in the global innovation community. Some of those network-
• Development of institutional innovation ing training sessions were hosted by the pilot universities of the program, i.e. Nizhniy
ecosystems required for entrepreneurial Novgorod State University (NNSU) and St. Petersburg University of Informa­ion Tech-
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universities to emerge. nologies, Mechanics, and Optics (ITMO), and attended by the leading Russian and in-
• Development of the mechanisms and po- ternational experts and «EURECA» program participants. They presented the outcomes
tential required for institutions of higher of their university research commercialization activities, experimental design and de-
learning to integrate themselves into re- velopment activities, as well as technological audit activities, including approaches,
gional economic development processes. methods, and the place and role of institutions of higher learning in com­ ercialization
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• Development of the mechanisms of inte- of research.
grating Russian universities to the national
and international innovative community.
• Development of new US-Russia relation-
ship formats through long-term mutu-
ally beneficial cooperation between
institu¬tions of higher learning and busi-
nesses and governments.
• Development of a new format for a large-
scale and systemic international program
implemented in compliance with the key
national priorities and global economy de-
velopment trends.
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4. EXAMPLES OF NETWORKING CONFERENCES, FORUMS, In addition to the numerous networking events, the program’s suc-
WORKING MEETINGS, AND INTERNATIONAL INTERNSHIPS cessful experience has been made freely accessible to those inter-
ested in developing the entrepreneurial potential of Russian institu-
CONDUCTED IN THE COURSE OF THE PILOT PHASE tions of higher learning public and disseminated via the designated
OF THE PROGRAM: “EURECA” program website, http://www.eureca-usrf.org/en/, the
• The conference-seminar “Developing the innovation infrastructure of “EURECA” Program” group created by a group of Russian universi-
the leading institutions of higher learning”, organized and held by the ties on Facebook, websites of the pilot universities - http://eureca.
New Eurasia Foundation in collaboration with the Ministry of Educa- ifmo.ru/?lang=en and http://www.eureca.unn.ru/eng/, publication
tion and Science of the Russian Federation (December 2010, Moscow); of various materials generated by the pilot projects, success sto-
• A visit paid by the top executives of 17 Russian leading universities to ries, analytical and methodological materials, as well as resource
the United States of America, in partnership with the Associations of manuals, such as:
the leading Russian and US universities, RF Ministry of Education and • EURECA Resource Book “EURECA” Program: a complex university
Science, and American Councils for International Education – the US research development system: the case of the St. Petersburg
operators of the “EURECA” program (April 2011, USA); University of Information Technologies, Mechanics, and Optics
• International conference “Global experiences in collaboration between (ITMO) – a pilot university of the program”.
universities, private businesses, and regional governments in the field • EURECA Resource Book “EURECA” Program: entrepreneurial
of technology transfer”, hosted by MISiS (September 2011, Moscow); university and regional development opportunities: international
• International conference “Economy of leadership and innovations: experience and Russian context - experience of the Nizhniy
youth engagement formats ” (November 2011, Kazan); Novgorod State University – a pilot university of the program”.
• Annual conference on the implementation of outputs of the first year of • EURECA Resource Book “University – region – business: working
the pilot phase of the program, “Developing the research and entrepre- together towards integration”.
neurship potential of Russian universities: EURECA”, focused, among
other things, on developing relationships between universities, au-
thorities, 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. Pe­ ersburg);
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• International conference “We are building our future today: universi-
ty – region – business” (November 2012, Moscow);
• International forum hosted by the Nizhniy Novgorod State University
“Entrepreneurial university – innovative region” (November 2012,
Nizhniy Novgorod); etc.
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5. E. V. UGRINOVICH
THE EVENTS THAT CONCLUDED THE PILOT PHASE the Director of the Department for International Affairs
OF THE US-RUSSIAN “EURECA” PROGRAM DESIGNED of the RF Ministry of Education and Science
TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE RESEARCH “…Over the course of its next phase the program will retain its
AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP POTENTIAL OF RUSSIAN systemic nature and scale to ensure sustainability of results for
UNIVERSITIES, WERE HELD ON NOVEMBER the development of education and the sphere of innovations in
27 – 29, 2012 IN MOSCOW AND NIZHNIY NOVGOROD. Russia”
The international conference “We are building our future today: Univer-
sity – Region – Business” took place on November 27, 2012 in Moscow. JOHN BEYRLE
The conference was attended by E. V. Ugrinovich, the Director of the US Ambassador, a member of the Board of Directors of the
Department for International Affairs of the RF Ministry of Education and US-Russia Foundation for Economic Advancement and the
Science, John Beyrle, the US Ambassador to Russia (2008 – 2011), top Rule of Law
executives of the USRF, New Eurasia Foundation, American Councils for
International Education, and representatives of some of the leading Rus­ “...“EURECA” is unique in that it helps create new and mutually
sian universities. beneficial forms and mechanisms of cooperation between Rus-
Representatives of the pilot universities – St. Peters­ urg National Re-
b sian and American institutions of higher learning and engage
search University for Information Technologies, Mechan­cs, and Optics
i regional governments and representatives of the sphere of in-
and Nizhniy Novgorod State University named after N. I. Lobachevsky – novations in this cooperation”.
presented the mechanisms and structures they had used to design effec-
tive models of international cooperation, workforce train­ng, innovative
i
entrepreneurship, including youth entrepreneurship, and development V. V. NEFYODOV
of universities’ sustainable innovation ecosystems for the benefit of inno- the Minister of industry and innovations
vation development of the regions and the country upon the whole. They of the Nizhniy Novgorod region
also identified their most promis­ ng development avenues.
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The Moscow events were followed by the international forum “Entrepre- V. V. Nefyodov noted that the Nizhniy Novgorod region was one
neurial university – innovative region” that was held on November 28 – of Russia’s largest innovation centers with a powerful techno-
29, 2012 at the Nizhniy Novgorod State University. The forum enabled its logical potential: “The cooperation with US universities helps
participants to identify and discuss entrepreneurial university develop- us grow this potential. The primary objective of our international
ment methods, organization of international technology transfer activi- collaboration is to bring together Russian experiences and Amer-
ties, and the role of university in the development of an innovative region. ican potential to create products that are able to serve for the
The forum was attended by more than 200 participants, including rep- benefit of mankind”.
resentatives of some of the leading Russian and American universities,
regional governments, businesses, investors, business angels, profes-
sional business associations, innovative Russian and US regions, as well
as leading experts and researchers.
The forum proceedings were organized in the form of panel discus-
sions where the outcomes of the pilot projects implemented within the
frame­ ork of the “EURECA” program were presented, e.g.: experiences
w
in co­ peration between NNSU and Purdue University (USA) in promot-
o
ing in­ ovative entrepreneurship among youth, NNSU and Maryland Uni-
n
versity (USA) in promoting in­ ovative partnerships with local and global
n
business,as well as experiences in coop­ ration between ITMO (St. Pe-
e
tersburg) 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”, conduct­ d by a group of instructors from
e
Purdue University (USA).
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6. CHANGES BROUGHT ABOUT
BY THE PARTNERSHIP PROJECTS
• Changes in the status of the pilot institu-
tions of higher learning – the “EURECA”
program helped enhance the status of the
Russian pilot universities and their respec-
tive projects.
• “EURECA” stimulates internal mobilization
of university personnel thereby forming the
core of new culture carriers who pro­ otem
and engage in innovation activities. The
program has helped create an interest-
ing, skilled, interdisciplinary, creative, and
construc­ tively spirited teams consisting
of young and more elderly people. All of
them became more capable to set ambi-
tious goals and achieve exemplary results
in many ac­ivity areas, thanks in no small
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OUTCOMES OF THE PILOT PROJECTS part to the “EURECA” program.
In the course of the pilot phase of the “EURECA” program (2010 - 2012) two pilot Russian research • Changes in attitudes towards innovations
universities – NNSU and ITMO – built effective partnerships with some of the leading US universities within the pilot institutions of higher learn-
that enabled them to enhance their capacity in commercialization of research and technology trans- ing — proliferation of the spirit and taste
fer, develop and improve their innovation infrastructure in compliance with modern technological for innovations.
requirements, and acquire new opportunities for accessing national and global innovation markets. • Changes in motivation for involvement in
innovation activities thanks to the emer-
As a result of its partnership with Purdue University the Nizhniy Novgorod State University has be- gence of an active young “core”: most par-
come a center of innovative entrepreneurship having created the “Education and Entrepreneurship ticipants of the project teams are young,
Engagement” system comprised of methodological materials and new training programs for instruc- enthusiastic, and creative specialists.
tors and researchers, the Center of Innovative Student Entrepreneurship, a model of competition of • Changes in the nature of collaboration
innovative youth projects, “InnoBusiness”, an interfaculty business incubator of innovative student with other institutions of higher learning –
projects, and the “InnoForum” web-portal (www.innoforum.ННГУ.ru) for the innovative NNSU student networking and operation as hubs, i.e.
community. resource centers for other institutions of
higher learning and their partners.
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
SOCIAL EFFECTS BROUGHT
with the view to expand cooperation between the USA and Russia in the field of innovations and com-
mercialization of biomedical research. Russian companies are now able to access the international ABOUT BY THE РROGRAM
market via the University of Maryland Business Incubator. By creating a similar facility the Nizhniy • “EURECA” stimulates the development of
Novgorod State University will help Russian companies access the national market using the best the innovative entrepreneurship culture
international experiences in the field. and environment and enables university
students to select their future professions
The St. Petersburg State University of Information Technologies, Mechanics, and Optics (ITMO, RF) and develop entrepreneurial skills. It is an-
and University of California in Los Angeles (USA) have engaged in their cooperation the Association other opportunity for active and enterpris-
of University Technology Managers (АUTM, USA), Massachusetts Export Center (USA), Russia Innova- ing individuals to find themselves within
tion Collaborative (Cambridge, USA), National Business Incubation Association (NBIA, USA), National the walls of their alma-mater.
Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer (NCET2, USA), thereby forming a comprehensive university • “EURECA” stimulates internal mobilization
research support system, including, for example, the iDealMachine start-up accelerator complete of university personnel thereby forming
with $6 million worth of funding available to small innovative businesses in partnership with RSV the core of new culture carriers who pro-
Venture Partners LP, the university marketing department, a center for development of youth innova- mote and engage in innovation activities.
tions and technological entrepreneurship, a science and technology foresight center, and a business Over the course of one year the program
incubator. This university research commercialization technology, including the development of R&D has helped create an interesting, skilled,
management skills, business models and virtual prototypes of innovative products, and experimen­ interdisciplinary, creative, and construc-
tal specimens of innovative products within the framework of the iDealMachine start-up accelerator tively spirited collective largely consisting
has been tested for further integration into the Russian system of tertiary education. New internation- of young people. They set ambitious goals
al and interregional partnerships in research, innovation, and entrepreneurship have emerged and and achieve exemplary results in many ac-
a network-based partnership of 60 subjects of the Russian Federation was put together to provide tivity areas, thanks in no small part to the
information and advisory services in the field of R&D development. “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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7. PROGRAM NEWS
EDUCATION
The New Eurasia Foundation
ORGANIZING SCIENTIFIC
NEW EURASIA FOUNDATION
has experience in and disposes
of resources required
to organize assessment AND EDUCATION PROJECTS’
of research and education
process of any degree INTERNATIONAL EXPERTIZE
of complexity by international
experts. A diversified expert
base and a proven method In 2012 the New Eurasia Foundation used its methods and expert access resources to or-
that meets the procedural ganize assessment of 37 project proposals submitted to the open grant competition of the
RF Government. The project proposals were assessed by a pool consisting of 71 interna-
requirements of the leading
tional experts from among prominent and distinguished scholars.
international organizations
enable the Foundation In 2012 the Foundation worked hard to expand the base of international experts. At pre-
to organize project assessment sent the New Eurasia Foundation has it’s own data base that includes 7,000 international
in compliance with relevant experts. A wide scope of experts is required to ensure an utmost diversity of candidates
international standards. from among foreign experts and avoid unnecessary skews in favor of any particular country
Assessment results are made when organizing assessment of project proposals. The Foundation’s international expert
available in the form of rankings network is made up of specialists representing more than 40 countries: Austria, Australia,
assigned to project proposals Belgium, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Israel, Ireland, Spain, Italy,
and / or grant applications, as Canada, Cyprus, Chin a, Latvia, Macedonia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Po-
well as assessment statements land, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, USA, Finland, France, Croatia, Czech
Republic, Sweden, Switzerland, Estonia, Japan, etc.
prepared by independent
experts from different countries
and organizations. Ongoing
interactions with international The New Eurasia Foundation has al­ By expanding the scope of international experts the New
experts and a proven method ready used its methods to organize Eurasia Foundation has managed to put together an in-
enable the Foundation international expertise for the assess- ternational expert network consisting of leading scholars
to organize assessment ment of the project proposals submit- that represent 36 scientific disciplines: mathematics,
on a tight schedule without ted to the open grant competi­tions that computer science and information technologies, phys-
compromising the quality. were held by the Government of the ics, chemistry, Earth sciences and adjacent ecologi-
Russian Federation in 2010 and 2011 cal disciplines, biology, construction and architecture,
in compliance with Resolution No.220, electrical and electronic engineering, mechanics and
“On measures designed to attract lead- engineering, chemical technologies, material technolo-
The New Eurasia Foundation is an op- ing scientists to Russian institutions of gies, medical technologies, energy and rational use of
erator of international expertise in the higher learning”, by international ex- natural resources, ecological biotechnologies, industrial
framework of the Open Grant Competition perts. For additional information about biotechnologies, nanotechnologies, medical and health
of the Government of the Russian Federa- the initiative of the RF Government, sciences, fundamental medicine, clinical medicine, med-
tion for governmental support of scientific the grant competition documentation, ical biotechnologies, agriculture, forestry, fishery, animal
research projects implemented by the and the outcomes of the previous open husbandry and dairy science, veterinary, agricultural
world’s leading scientists at Russian in- grant competitions please refer to the biotechnologies, psychology, economics and business,
stitutions of higher learning, research in- website of the RF Ministry of education pedagogics, sociology, law, political science, social and
stitutions of the governmental academies and science as well as the designated economic geography, mass media and mass communica-
of sciences, and governmental research website of the governmental initiative tions, history and archeology, languages and literature,
centers of the Russian Federation. http://www.p220.ru/en/. philosophy, ethics, religion, and history of art.
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8. PROGRAM NEWS
EDUCATION
The New Eurasia Foundation
STUDY-TOURS, TRAININGS
NEW EURASIA FOUNDATION
pays a great deal of attention
to supporting international
activities of institutions
of learning of different
AND RETRAINING PROGRAMS
types. The New Eurasia
Foundation helps develop
effective international
cooperation formats, as
well as learn about the best
foreign practices and methods
of their adaptation in Russian
conditions. The Foundation
has access to resources
required to organize
a wide and diverse scope
of seminars and conferences,
study tours, as well as
training and qualifications
improvement programs. 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.).
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9. EXAMPLES OF INTERNATIONAL STUDY TOURS, TRAINING
AND QUALIFICATIONS IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS IMPLEMENTED IN 2012
• International study tour «Entrepreneurial strategies of leading • Study tour “Collaboration between Dutch universities and
American universities: practices and partnerships for territorial private businesses; technology transfer. Dutch experiences
development», December 2012, Boston, USA. The study tour in commercializing university research”, October 2012,
was organized for representatives of the Southern Federal Maastricht, Sittard-Geleen, Eindhoven (Netherlands), and
University and Penza Technological Academy and covered Leuven (Belgium) – hosted by the Maastricht University. The
the third function of universities, development of socially- study tour participants included representatives of the Ural
entrepreneurial universities, and collaboration between Federal University named after the first RF President B. N. Yeltsin,
institutions of higher learning and local stakeholders for the Southern Federal University, St. Petersburg State Polytechnic
benefit of university and territorial development. For additional University, Far-Eastern Federal University, State University
information please refer to the website of «Talloires Network», of Chechnya, and St. Petersburg Academic University – a
one of the study tour organizers. research and education center in the field of nanotechnologies
• Study tour «Management of innovation technologies: of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Academic University).
Israeli experiences», December 2012, Israel. The study The study tour participants learned about the best practices
tour participants included representatives of three Russian in collaboration between universities and businesses,
universities: Tomsk State University, Higher School of Economics, commercialization of research, and technology transfer. They
and State University of Chechnya. In the course of the study also designed their own university marketing plans, university
tour their Israeli colleagues demonstrated a full spectrum of management action plans, tools of planning and control over
methods that are used to enable researcher (inventor) - manager the strategic university management cycle, as well as forms of
partnerships to bring innovative technologies to the market. collaboration with businesses.
• Meeting of top executives of Russian and Dutch institutions • Conference “Innovations after 2013”, July 2012, Amsterdam
of higher learning, «Russian - Dutch interuniversity partnership: (Netherlands). This international event was organized by the
new academic and research priorities», November 2012, Association of Universities in the Netherlands in partnership
Moscow (Russia). The meeting was hosted by the Higher School with the New Eurasia Foundation and Association of the Leading
of Economics in partnership with the Association of Universities Russian Universities. The purpose of this conference was to
in the Netherlands (VSNU) and the New Eurasia Foundation. The identify promising areas for cooperation between Russian and
purpose of the meeting was to organize cooperation between the Dutch universities and put together collaborative action plans
leading Russian and Dutch universities and explore possibilities for the year of bilateral relations between the Russian Federation
for implementation of collaborative research and education and the Netherlands scheduled for 2013.
programs.
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10. • Qualifications improvement program «Education quality
management and innovative instruction technologies: KARL DITTRICH
experiences of French universities», May 2012, France. The former Rector of the Maastricht University and designer
qualifications improvement program participants included of the independent system of accreditation of Dutch
top executives, administrators, and instructors from the and Flemish institutions of higher learning
North-Eastern Federal University named after M. K. Ammosov,
Mordovian State University named after N. P. Ogaryov, and “We came here full of hopes and expectations and we count
Belgorod National Research University. The training program on having a productive dialogue with our Russian colleagues.
consisted of three thematic blocks: global experiences and Global cooperation is sometimes taken for granted as we sign
the two-tier structure of the French tertiary education system; hundreds of various kinds of agreements. But it is not until sci-
university management and education quality management ence and researchers standing behind them agree to collaborate
at the national and institutional levels; innovative instruction in specific areas that these agreements become truly useful and
technologies: experiences of French universities and colleges. effective. I am glad that over the past two days we have focused
on specific scientific disciplines and research areas where we
can achieve collaborative results”.
• 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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11. PROGRAM NEWS
EDUCATION
In 2012 the New Eurasia
COMMUNITY UNIVERSITIES
NEW EURASIA FOUNDATION
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 cent­ PROJECT ACHIEVEMENTS
ers designed to promote the social function of uni­
versities at six Russian institutions of higher learn­
IN 2012
ing, including the Ural Federal University, Northern • Leading Russian institutions of
(Arctic) Federal University, Tomsk State University, higher learning have joined the
ITMO, Kostroma State Agricultural Academy, and discussion of the place and role of
the Novokuznetsk Branch of the Kemerovo State the social function of universities –
University, is viewed as the principal out­ ome of
c these issues were discussed in the
the project. In addition, the participating universi- course of the conferences hosted
ties put together a portfolio of the best “universi- by the Higher School of Economics
ty – local community” collaboration prac­ices. So
t and Tomsk State University;
far they have collected 30 such practices and they • The Perm State University was the
plan to collect 60 more by the summer of 2013. first of the leading Russian uni-
The participating universities are dissemi­ ating
n versities to incorporate the social
information about these practices among other in- function of university in its overall
stitutions of higher learning in the course of panel strategic development program.
discussions, seminars, and conferences.
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12. KEY PROJECT ACTIVITIES IN 2012
DISCUSSION ON THE SOCIAL
FUNCTION OF INSTITUTIONS
A SERIES OF METHODOLOGICAL SEMINARS FOR UNIVERSITIES OF HIGHER LEARNING
ON THE SOCIAL FUNCTION OF TERTIARY EDUCATION AT THE RF PUBLIC CHAMBER
The first methodological seminar for the participating universities was held on March 15 – 16, 2012. A discussion on the social function of univer-
Assisted by a group of experts, the seminar participants agreed upon a certain best “university – lo- sities was held at the RF Public Chamber on
cal community” practice presentation format, discussed the principal approaches to organizing an October 5, 2012.
information and resource center, and explored opportunities for networking. The key issues included the following:
• Social responsibility of institutions of higher
The second methodological seminar, “Entrepreneurial university: the Finland case”, took place on learning.
August 12 – 19, 2012 in Tampere and Helsinki. The seminar’s intense program was not limited to the • Best practices in collaboration between insti-
examination of the University of Tampere’s experience in entrepreneurship. The seminar participants tutions of higher learning and local communi-
also visited the Innovative Entrepreneurship Academy of the Tampere University of Applied Sciences, ties: a new education quality.
the Tampere Innovation Experience at Demola, the Aalto University School of Economics Small Busi- • Education process development principles
ness Center, and the Continuous Education School of the Institute of Marketing (Helsinki). The semi- that take into account the new requirements.
nar participants learned about the Finland’s experience in organizing academic, institutional, and • Methodology of public assessment of univer-
student entrepreneurship. The methodological seminar enabled its participants to borrow from their sity education quality.
Finnish colleagues a number of proven instruments and technologies used to develop the entrepre- The discussion participants concluded that
neurial capacity of institutions of higher learning. 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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13. 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 The Russian national forum of vice-rectors for education from agricultural
held on October 19 – 20, 2012 in Moscow at the Higher School of Econom- universities “Collaboration between agricultural institutions of higher
ics. One of the key topics discussed by the conference participants was the learning and local communities as a development mechanism of rural ter-
third mission of institutions of higher learning: models and successful prac- ritories” was held on November 26 – 27, 2012. The forum was hosted by the
tices of social entrepreneurship and social responsibility. A representative Kostroma State Agricultural Academy. The forum participants were greeted
of one of the project participants, Ural Federal University, delivered a report by the Governor of the Kostroma region, S. N. Sitnikov. The forum partici-
in which he presented the university’s experience in collaboration with the pants designed and adopted Recommendations of the Russian national
local community. forum of vice-rectors for education from agricultural universities “Collabo-
ration between agricultural institutions of higher learning and local com-
munities 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 learn-
ing 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 profes-
sional and cultural development of students via their engagement in activi-
ties designed to improve the standard of living in rural territories, but it also
will help improve the social image of agricultural institutions of higher learn-
ing among the population and governments and create opportunities for
implementation of socially meaningful collaborative projects.
TThe project is supported
by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation.
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14. PROGRAM NEWS
ДВИЖЕНИЕ
EDUCATION ОБЩЕСТВЕННО-
АКТИВНЫХ ШКОЛ
ОБ
АКТ
In 2012 the New Eurasia
COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
NEW EURASIA FOUNDATION
Foundation launched the fourth
phase of the «Community
schools in Russia: an outlook»
project designed to create
IN RUSSIA
conditions required
to train community school
teachers and administrators
at qualifications improvement
institutes for education
specialists.
PROJECT RESOURCES
• Methodological materials
required to train community
school teachers and
administrators;
• Training programs for community
schools teachers and
administrators based on the
The primary objectives of this phase include the following: to form sustainable links be-
federal state education
tween teachers training institutes and qualifications improvement institutes for education
standards;
specialists involved in training of community school teachers and administrators; to sup-
• Various technologies:
port the networking among Russian community schools via community school resource
–– Tutorship of the school teams,
centers; to introduce and promote the community school model in Northern Caucasus.
including advisory monitoring
The project participants included the qualifications improvement institutes for education
(Irkutsk);
specialists from three pilot regions: the Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria and Irkutsk and
–– Facilitation and support of
Tambov regions. The results achieved by these institutions in promoting the community
community school promotion
school model are already quite visible. In Irkutsk and Tambov, despite the lack of financial
approaches in Northern
support, the work performed by the qualifications improvement institutes for education
Caucasus;
specialists was closely intertwined with the project activities which enabled the project
–– Competition of social projects
teams to successfully put together a primary network of community schools in the pilot
designed by community
regions and adjacent territories in Central Russia, Siberia, and Northern Caucasus.
schools “People’s project”
The team of the Irkutsk qualifications improvement institute successfully introduced a tu-
(Tambov);
torship and advisory monitoring technology for community school teams.
• Development of partnerships and
The activities implemented by the qualifications improvement institute for education spe-
implementation of collaborative
cialists of the Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria with the view to facilitate the development of
projects (with ombudsmen,
a network of community schools in the region helped engage the qualifications improve-
juvenile delinquency prevention
ment institutes for education specialists from the neighbouring North-Caucasian republics
centers, heads of municipalities).
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 spe-
cialists managed to reach the national level and it now trains community school specialists
from all over the country.
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15. In 2011 – 2012 the community school promotion activities in the Tam-
bov region were supported by the regional government in the amount
of 29.5 million roubles.
COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
AND PEDAGOGICAL CREATIVITY NEW BOOK PUBLISHED
“Community schools and pedagogical creativity” was the name of the co-
IN THE “DEMOCRATIC EDUCATION LIBRARY” SERIES
ordination session that was held on November 8 – 9, 2012 in Nalchik, Re- In autumn 2012 the “Democratic Educa­
public of Kabardino-Balkaria. The session was attended by instructors of tion Library” series welcomed a new addi­
the qualifications improvement institutes for education specialists from tion – “Introducing a new generation of the
Nalchik, Irkutsk, Samara, Tambov, Moscow, as well as members of com- governmental education standards: the
munity school teams from the Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria and five capacity of community schools”, a book
school teams from the city of Grozny, Chechen Republic. written by community school expert Dr.
The session participants discussed methods that could be used to devel- Grigory Kornetov. The book demonstrates
op secondary schools as socio-cultural centers and centers of pedagogic how the second generation of the federal
creativity. The teams representing the FNE project pilot regions presented state general education standards can be
their achievements in promoting qualifications improvement programs most successfully introduced in community
for education specialists based on the community school model. School schools that are committed to democrati­
principals from different districts of Kabardino-Balkaria spoke about zation of secondary education and active
their school development programs and shared their initial experiences collaboration with local communities. The
in innovative social project management. The session concluded with the book is designated for general education
panel discussion “Implementation prospects of the community school institutions, education administration
model in Northern Caucasus”. bodies, methodologists, professors of teachers training universities, and
everyone interested in the community school model.
The project is supported
by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation.
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16. TERRITORIAL
PROGRAM NEWS
DEVELOPMENT
In 2012 the New Eurasia Foundation
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.
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17. “Local community school” is the name of the network-based project
implemented in 2012 with the view to involve as many operation The local NGO activists that underwent training in fundraising technolo-
territories of coal mining companies in socially meaningful activi- gies managed to raise funds for implementation of social projects.
ties as possible using the territorial development models tested in For example, in 2012 the public organization of the Verkhnebureinsk dis-
2008 – 2010, to expand said activities, and to improve the qualifi- trict “Initiative” raised 1,348,155 roubles to support the development of
cations of the resource centers’ employees. The network-based pro- the Chegdomyn settlement, including the 478,900 rouble grant from the
ject format helped optimize the budget for continued implementa- National Charity Foundation for the development of the district library, as
tion of social projects within the key thematic areas of 2008 – 2010 well as 869,255 roubles raised from the government to support the social
and support the “growth points” created back then, as well as to projects presented at the Fair of Social Projects of the Verkhnebureinsk
raise funds from the federal and regional budgets for the purpose district.
of ongoing development of the operation territories (more than six
million roubles was raised in 2011).
The FNE experts, assisted by the RF Ministry of regional development,
In 2012 the New Eurasia Foundation continued disseminating
designed the development concepts of the Abakan-Chernogorsk and
successful experiences and creating social infrastructure “growth
Kuzbass agglomerations, as well as the complex investment plans of the
points” using the territorial development models successfully test-
city of Chernogorsk, Republic of Khakassia, and the settlement of Cheg-
ed in 2008 – 2011:
domyn, Khabarovsk region.
• 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.
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18. Given the great amount of interest
The following projects were launched in 2012 as new territorial development mechanisms: demonstrated by the SCEC OJSC operation
• “School of social entrepreneurship” – launched in the Khabarovsk and Kemerovo regions and Re- regions in joining the social programs
public of Khakassia (in collaboration with the Omsk Center for Social Innovations, a resource center implemented by the New Eurasia Foundation
of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives); and the Siberian Coal Energy Company
• “Creating a regional-municipal system for promotion of innovative thinking among youth” (Krasno- Regional Development Foundation
yarsk and Kemerovo regions). The first science festival was held as part of this project in Leninsk- (applications had been received from
Kuznetsky in August 2012. It was organized in partnership with the Kuzbass State Technical Univer- municipalities to implement some of the
sity and Siberian Federal University and hosted by the municipal Center for Professional identity. most relevant socially meaningful projects),
Taking advantage of its multiyear territorial development experience, in late 2012 the New Eurasia in 2012 the New Eurasia Foundation
Foundation joined forces with “Metalloinvest” to implement the “Competition of small business pro- suggested implementing two network-based
jects” in the city of Novotroitsk, Orenburg region. The competition organizers received 31 project projects: a small business support project
proposals. This collaboration is anticipated to expand thematically and geographically in 2013. 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.
COMFORTABLE LIVING ENVIRONMENT
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-
cluded the following:
• 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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19. 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.
SUMMARIZED RESULTS OF THE SOCIAL PROGRAMS
The conference was attended by more than 50 representatives of region-
al and municipal governments from across Russia, experts, civil society
IMPLEMENTED IN 2012
institutions, regional and municipal institutions of learning and culture • 43 small business and social entrepreneurship projects were launched
organizations, small and medium-sized businesses, and public associa- in the SCEC OJSC operating territories.
tions. • The Chernogorsk and Chegdomyn comprehensive investment pro-
The conference enabled its participants to discuss the outcomes of the grams were designed and endorsed by the RF Ministry of regional de-
social programs implemented by the Siberian Coal Energy Company velopment.
Regional Development Foundation in partnership with the New Eurasia • 32 training seminars were held.
Foundation in 2011 – 2012. The conference was comprised of two ple- • About 800 people took part in the seminars.
nary sessions and a sequence of panel discussions in the course of which • Two international and two interregional internship programs were im-
the event participants analyzed the practices developed to date and put plemented.
together recommendations for further collaboration between regional • Three regional and two interregional competitions of social and small
and municipal governments, businesses, experts, initiative groups, mass business projects were held.
media, and the public when designing and implementing programs aim- • Two regional competitions of children’s innovation projects “Break-
ing to support “company towns” and “company settlements” by intro- through into the XXI century” were held.
ducing advanced social development technologies. • A science festival was held for senior secondary school students.
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20. PROGRAM NEWS
TERRITORIAL
DEVELOPMENT
EXAMPLES OF PROJECTS
NEW EURASIA FOUNDATION
IMPLEMENTED IN 2012
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21. “LOCAL COMMUNITY SCHOOL:
SMALL BUSINESS”
The project is designed to introduce a small business de- FROM THE “KRASNOYARSKIY RABOCHIY”
velopment model at the municipal level in the Mukhor-
shibir district of the Republic of Buryatia, Ust-Abakan,
NEWSPAPER, MARCH 28, 2012:
Beysk, and Altaisk district and the city of Chernogorsk of This is not the first time that the head of the Novoshakhtinsk (Mikhailovsk
the Republic of Khakassia, Novoshakhtinsk settlement district, Primorye region) municipal government, Sergey Ivanchenko, is tak-
of the Primorye region, and the city of Sharypovo of the ing part in the projects implemented by the New Eurasia Foundation and
Krasnoyarsk region. the SCEC Regional Development Foundation and he says that the knowl-
edge he acquires as a result of his involvement helps him a lot in his eve-
Key project results: ryday work. “We came here, - said Sergey Nikolayevich, - to see how the
• A small business support agency was registered Krasnoyarsk region, Kemerovo region, Khakassia, Altay, and Buryatia oper-
in Sharypovo; ate. Our representatives observed the fair in Borodino”. Sergey Ivanchenko
• The first municipal fair of small businesses wants to launch a pilot small business support program in his district that
of the Mukhorshibir district of the Republic of Buryatia currently boasts about 35 entrepreneurs that would be able to consolidate
was held; the fragmented businesses of the Novoshakhtinsk settlement, populated
• Training seminars were held for over 150 existing by some 8,500 people, primarily represented by commerce and service en-
and aspiring entrepreneurs from the pilot regions. terprises...
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22. “LOCAL COMMUNITY SCHOOL:
PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY”
The project is designed to organize a professional identity system in
consideration of the modern employee requirements. Mobile, com-
petent, and competitive graduates capable of promptly acquiring
the professions for which there is a market demand are required
today. At the same time, they must have social competencies and
be independent and mature enough: they must be able to assume
responsibility for their own lives and know how to make the right
choice. This is why the notion of professional identity in this project
differs from the traditional notion of professional orientation: it also
has to do with one’s personal identity, one’s attempt to develop
certain qualities that make one an independent adult.
Key project results:
• Three municipal popular science museums were launched
(Leninsk-Kuznetsky, 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.
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23. FEEDBACK FROM PROJECT PARTICIPANTS
LYUDMILA VLADIMIROVNA POPOVA OLGA ALEXEYEVNA ALMABEKOVA
head of the education administration department of the Institute for Management of Business Processes
Mukhorshibir district municipality and Economy, “International Language Communication”
laboratory
“… We extend our gratitude to our colleagues from the New Eura-
sia Foundation and Siberian Coal Energy Company for working “From what I have learned at the seminar I am going to use the
with us. No doubt, our relationships have positively impacted innovative thinking techniques when conducting practical Eng-
the operations of our district institutions of learning in 2010- lish lessons”.
2011. … Our meetings mean not only improved pedagogical
skills but also an impulse of sorts for new accomplishments”.
OKSANA IVANOVNA ODARICHENKO
Deputy Principal of Secondary School No.4, Chegdomyn
IRINA IVANOVNA MIROSHNIKOVA settlement, Verkhnebureinsk district, Khabarovsk region
Deputy Head of the Mikhailovsk district municipality
“From what I have learned at the seminar I will use the “Profes-
“As an education curator I will use the knowledge I acquired at sion and career” program in my everyday work. I will also create
the seminar to create a professional incubator”. 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 “develop-
ing 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 peda-
gogues.
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24. NETWORK-BASED PROJECT
“SCHOOL OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP”
Project goal: To introduce the “School of social entrepreneurship” SOCIAL EFFECTS FOR THE TERRITORIES
technology in the SCEC OJSC operation regions with the view to ad-
Chernogorsk, Altaysk, Beysk, and Ust-Abakan district of the Republic of
dress social development problems by implementing social entre-
Khakassia
preneurship projects.
• Additional funds were raised and territorial resources were mobilized
Key project results:
to implement social entrepreneurship projects and address social de-
• 18 social entrepreneurship projects were designed.
velopment problems;
• 10 social entrepreneurship projects were launched in 2012.
• Children with disabilities demonstrated positive health dynamics;
• Two projects (“Obstetric Services” by N. N. Goncharova and
• Registered juvenile delinquents found employment by becoming in-
“Medical Center “Alternativa” by N. M. Tricheva, Leninsk-
volved with the paintball club;
Kuznetsky) received honorary diplomas of the Second National
• Senior citizens from rural areas were given the opportunity to become
Forum of Social Investors and Entrepreneurs (raised investment
computer literate.
capital).
• The initiated projects have benefited 2,786 individuals.
Leninsk-Kuznetsky, Kemerovo region
• The initiated projects have provided employment to 56
• Expanded innovation capacity of municipal social agencies and addi-
individuals.
tional funds raised to support their development;
• The total amount of funds invested in the projects is 16,116,800
• Additional investments acquired by the city to address social prob-
roubles, including 12,499,800 roubles worth of private
lems;
contributions and 3,617,000 roubles worth of governmental
• Registered juvenile delinquents found employment by becoming in-
support.
volved with the newly created event organization agency established
on the basis of the MBUK “UDK”;
“School of social entrepreneurship” is a social technology designed to • Improved health dynamics of the local population (hydro-massage –
develop and diversify the labour market, as well as local community ini- a new rehabilitation service for children with disabilities and children
tiatives. This technology helps address social problems, including that of with weakened immunity; new individually designed fitness programs
employment, more effectively by ensuring financial sustainability of so- for postnatal women;
cial entrepreneurship projects. • Diversified health care services in the city afforded by the private sec-
tor (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 develop-
ment;
• Funds raised from nongovernmental sources to support the develop-
ment of municipal organizations.
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25. SOCIAL SPHERE
PROGRAM NEWS
DEVELOPMENT
NEW EURASIA FOUNDATION
Using various forms of training and
productive communication among
participants (training sessions, semi-
nars, panel discussions, conferences,
camps, competitions, study tours,
and forums) the New Eurasia Founda-
tion transferred and helped introduce
new effective technologies and best
practices in socialization of citizens
and protection of their legal interests,
implementation of local community de-
velopment initiatives, strengthening of
civil society structures, and prevention
of conflicts.
In 2012 the New Eurasia Foundation
launched and/or implemented the4
following social development projects:
• “Social integration of young people with
disabilities via professional training and
employment in the Krasnodar region”, ef-
fective May 2012 a.k.a. “Comprehensive
social integration of young people with dis-
abilities 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 North-
ern Caucasus”, effective April 2012 a.k.a.
“Mitigating ethnic conflicts by supporting
collaboration between the governments
and civil society institutions in Northern
Caucasus”
• “Preventing a conflict in Transnistria by
building bridges between governments,
In 2012 the “Social sphere development” program area was comprised of projects NGOs, and businesses”.
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.
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26. PROGRAM NEWS
SOCIAL SPHERE
DEVELOPMENT
The project «Social integration COMPREHENSIVE SOCIAL
NEW EURASIA FOUNDATION
of young people with disabilities
via professional training and
employment in the Krasnodar
INTEGRATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE
region», sponsored by «Chevron
Neftegaz Inc» and implemented
WITH DISABILITIES OF THE
from December 2010 until
April 2012 in partnership with
KRASNODAR REGION: TRAINING,
the Krasnodar Information
and Training Center has EMPLOYMENT, COMMUNICATION
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.
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.
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