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CCSI presents excerpts from the Agency for Social Information (ASI)
e-mail information bulletin. Translated from Russian by CCSI
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AGENTSTVO SOTSIALNOI INFORMATSII
Kutuzovskyi pr. 22 pod. 14a,
Moscow, 121151
Tel./fax: (095) 249-3989
E-mail: [email protected]
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N 52
December 24-29, 1996
IN THIS ISSUE:
I. Conference of Noncommercial Organizations in Voronezh
II. "Greens" of St. Petersburg Unite
III. A Round Table on "Developing Volunteer Initiatives in
the City" Was Held on December 20 in Novosibirsk
IV. A Library Has Been Opened at the Andrei Sakharov Peace,
Progress and Human Rights Center
I
Conference of Noncommercial Organizations in Voronezh
"Noncommercial Organizations and Business Work Together"--a two-day
conference by this name took place in Voronezh on December 13-14. The
Voronezh office of Body of Peace ["Korpus mira"] and the regional
foundation Lawyers in Defense of Glasnost ["Iuristy v zashchitu
glasnosti"] organized the conference, in which representatives of 60
noncommercial organizations of the city working in various areas took
part.
The following topics were considered at the conference: legislation in
the area of charitable activity, features of the women�s movement, the
activity of organizations of persons with disabilities, the gathering of
resources for noncommercial projects, grant application writing,
financing NCOs, creating coalitions at the local level, and
informational support including local sources of electronic information.
Liudmila Slavina (Deloitte & Touche BSC, Voronezh) conducted a seminar
on the principles of grant application writing, and Galina Chernykh from
"New Union" (the Voronezh chapter of Opportunities International) gave a
review of the condition of the local noncommercial sector and discussed
ways in which her organization can provide assistance to small business.
Alla Tolmasova of Charities Aid Foundation, Svetlana Aivazova of the
Consortium of Women�s Organizations [Konsortium zhenskikh organizatsii],
and Alexander Borovykh of World Learning, representatives of
organizations from Moscow, also took part in the conference.
Body of Peace volunteers Jennifer O�Shi of Riazan� and Laura Takaks of
Nizhnii Novgorod provided essential assistance in running the conference
and shared their experiences in their cities.
The Voronezh organizations "Sunday School" [Voskresnaia shkola] and
Moscow�s "Operation Smile"[Operatsiia Ulybka] opened an exhibit of
children�s art at the conference.
The chief result of the conference was that noncommercial organizations
of Voronezh were able to get to know each other and to exchange
experiences. They decided to meet monthly in the future.
II
"Greens" of St. Petersburg Unite
The "Greens" of St. Petersburg have, at last, been able to overcome
their differences and unite their forces in the struggle to preserve the
environment. On the initiative of the Green Party of Petersburg,
"Biocenter," the conservation department of the Russian Geographic
Society (RGS), and the International Graduate Students, Students and
Pupils Club of the Baltiisko-Ladozhskogo Region [Mezhdunarodnyi klub
aspirantov, studentov, i shkol�nikov Baltiisko-Ladozhskogo regiona] the
decision was made to create a Unified Council of social environmental
organizations in the city.
A conference took place on December 24 at the RGS in which
representatives of 46 social environmental organizations of St.
Petersburg, which is to say practically the entire "Green" movement in
the city, took part. The conference participants outlined the
fundamental direction of the council�s work, namely, the coordination of
the work of social environmental organizations, cooperation with the
[city] administration, and the search for resources. A working group
was formed to develop a charter and other foundational documents for the
council. It was decided to rotate the leadership every two months.
Contact telephone: (812) 298-2832 (Evgenii Popov of Biocenter).
III
A Round Table on "Developing Volunteer Initiatives in
the City" Was Held on December 20 in Novosibirsk
The Novosibirsk Civic Charitable Society for Aid to the Needy
[Novosibirskoe gorodskoe blagotvoritel�noe obshchestvo pomoshchi
nuzhdaiushchimsia], as part of a pilot project of the Siberian Social
Initiative Support Center [Sibirskii tsentr podderzhki obshchestvennykh
initsiativ], organized the round table. This project aims to create and
finance an Agency for Volunteer Aid [Agentsvo dobrovol�noi pomoshchi].
The round table included an exchange of opinions and experiences. In
addition it was proposed to begin development of a common strategy for
attracting pupils and students to volunteer activity.
Contact telephone: 383-2- 464532/ 465477
[email protected]
IV
A Library Has Been Opened at the Andrei Sakharov
Peace, Progress and Human Rights Center
The chief aim of the work of [this] museum and center is to assist in
the development of civil society in Russia. The permanent exhibitions
include "The Totalitarian Past," "Conditions of Peace--Contemporary
Issues in Russia," and "The Life and Work of A. D. Sakharov."
The guiding principle of the work of the new library is to provide open and accessible information at no cost.
The library�s collection is made up of publications on the culture and
history of Russia as well as on contemporary civil society and of unique
reference materials in Russian on the work of noncommercial
organizations and on social management and marketing.
The library has a rich documentary collection. A special section
consists of "samizdat" literature and literature not submitted to the
censors.
A reading room is now open in the library. Subscription services are
planned in the future.
The library is ready for readers and is prepared to provide assistance.
The address of the museum and the Andrei Sakharov Peace, Progress, and
Human Rights Center [obshchestvenii tsentr "Mir, progress, prava
cheloveka" im. Andreia Sakharova] is ul. Zemlianoi val, d. 57, str. 6.
Contact telephone: 917-2653
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