Round table “Creative industries in the urban environment”
A round table “Creative industries in the urban environment” within the international project “Joining creativity” and the 40th anniversary of the twinning relations between Petrozavodsk and Umeå was conducted on the 24th of November in Petrozavodsk. The event was attended by architects and designers of Petrozavodsk, representatives of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Karelia, Petrozavodsk City Administration, the National Youth Center, Tourist Information Centre, as well as by experts from Sweden, Finland, Arkhangelsk and St. Petersburg.
During the round table the improvement of coastal areas of the city of Petrozavodsk was discussed. Participants got acquainted with the experience of other cities along the rivers - St. Petersburg, Umeå, Joensuu. Moreover presentations on wooden buildings, park areas, urban sculptures were presented. The main purpose of land improvement is to make the city attractive for citizens, for a family holiday, walking, playing sports. It is an opportunity to remain people in small cities.
In addition, social activists presented already implemented potential projects, including the creation of bicycle lanes in the city along the river and the rowing canal on the Lososinka. The chief architect of Petrozavodsk Evgeniy Frolov summed up that it is very important that there are active citizens with interesting ideas for the improvement of territories, and these ideas need to be implemented jointly with the city administration.
Conference “Social and cultural adaptation of migrants in St. Petersburg: a partnership of public authorities, local governments, national and non-governmental organizations”
On November 16, in St. Petersburg there was the conference “Social and cultural adaptation of migrants: a partnership of public authorities, local governments, national and non-governmental organizations”. Organizers of the event - “St. Petersburg House of Nationalities”, the Charity Fund of support and development of educational and social projects “PSP Fund” supported by the Committee on Inter-Ethnic Relations and the implementation of the migration policy in St. Petersburg.
To share experience and to discuss topical issues the conference was attended by representatives of the relevant regional authorities, local authorities and public organizations from St. Petersburg, Leningrad Region, Arkhangelsk Region, Murmansk Region, the Republic of Karelia, as well as experts from other regions of Russia.
Participants were welcomed by the Head of the implementation department of the migration policy, the rule of law and inter-agency cooperation of the Committee on Inter-Ethnic Relations and the implementation of the migration policy in St. Petersburg S. Domnin, the Director of “St. Petersburg House of Nationalities” E. Kuznetsova, the Director of the Charity Fond of support and development educational and social projects “PSP Fund” B. Panich.
The conference raised issues such as the legal illiteracy of migrants, acute housing problem, and educational migration into Russian institutions of secondary vocational education. The director of the House of Nationalities E. Kuznetsova held a presentation of the institution, she spoke about the ongoing activities for migrants and cooperation with NGOs. The director of “PSP Fund” B. Panich noted that NGOs act as “the bridge” between migrants and government agencies.
The representative of the St. Petersburg Catholic charitable public organization “Maltese Aid Service” told about how they help migrants who have lost their documents. St. Petersburg Project Co-ordinator of the NGO “Children of St. Petersburg” Yu. Alimova shared experience of socio-cultural adaptation of migrant children in St. Petersburg. She spoke about the Russian language and school preparation courses for children of preschool and early school age with the participation of volunteers. The conference was attended by the representatives of national-cultural autonomies, societies and diasporas.
Also the director of “Karelian Resource Center of NGO’s” N. Oskin delivered a presentation “Experience and prospects of Centres of Inter-Ethnic Relations in the Republic of Karelia” and the head of Kondopoga Center of socio-cultural adaptation of migrants N. Tsykareva took part in the conference..
After the speeches, the speakers held a lively discussion. All participants thanked each other for the exchange of invaluable experience and agreed on further cooperation.
Round table “Music, mass media and new technologies as creative industries: challenges and opportunities” 14th of November, Reykjavik
In July, at the Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M.V. Lomonosov (NArFU) the first round table within the project “Joining creativity” was conducted. It was attended by the representatives of Arkhangelsk, Karelia, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Denmark, Sweden and Finland. During the event participants exchanged ideas, experiences and best practices in the development of creative industries and established new contacts. This discussion of the problems faced by creative industries and the opportunities for the territory development continued a few months later in Reykjavik. In Arkhangelsk crafts and museum business were in the focus of attention, but in Reykjavik the organizers chose such areas of the creative sector as music, mass media and new technologies.
The round table was organized by the project partner: the Centre “Innovation Iceland”. It aims to increase the competitiveness of companies through the introduction of new technologies, as well as the dissemination of information and support for entrepreneurs. The round table was attended by partners and experts from Finland, Sweden, Iceland, St. Petersburg, Arkhangelsk and Karelia. The director of the Center “Innovation Iceland” Professor Thorsteinn Sigfusson opened the event by welcoming the guests and wished them fruitful work.
First of all, the participants talked about their companies and shared their experience. Then there were several detailed presentations. Tatyana Melikova, the deputy head of the concert part of the Small Hall named after A.K. Glazunov, spoke about the bright and famous annual festival – “International Conservatory Week”, held in St. Petersburg. Emilia Shӧlund, manager of the project “Krenova” from the Swedish town Skellefteå, described the tools used to support business start-ups with interesting ideas. Anna Solovyova, the professor of NArFU, spoke about the creative industries of the Arkhangelsk region, especially about musical projects. The co-founder of the company “Novomatic Lottery Solutions”, which provides software for online games, Ólafur Ragnarsson made a presentation on the development of computer games and the advanced technologies in Iceland. After the presentations there was a panel discussion on the topic of identifying challenges faced by the creative industries and their solutions. The main problem is that the “creative industries” is a very broad concept with unclear meaning. In addition, each industry has its own problems, which confirms the need for a common approach to the definition and specialized to each particular direction. It was noted that sufficient government support exists: for example in Sweden there is a national strategy for support of the creative cultural industries, and each region makes its own proposals, and in Finland there is a document which is devoted to 100 years of independence, where the support of the creative sector is mentioned.
After the round table there was a meeting of the expert group of the project, where partners discussed issues related to the completion of the project and the ideas of its continuation.
In addition, the round table participants had the opportunity to see the innovative technology of Iceland. They had visits to the “CCP Game Company” - one of the most popular in Iceland company which produce video games based on virtual reality. They also visited Innovation house, where there are companies which elaborate the Internet browser and computer games.
Thanks to the project “Joining creativity” experts and representatives of the creative industries from the Northwest Russia and the Nordic countries convinced that Iceland is an amazing country that can surprise not only by its nature and football, but also by its high level of development.
Round table “Creative industries as a business area” within the “Youth Economic Forum”
The VIII Youth Economic Forum “Investments - the resource of the future: new economy - new opportunities” was conducted in Petrozavodsk on the 12th of November. This year the forum gathered together 350 participants from six countries - Russia, Finland, Belarus, Poland, Canada, Estonia. About 1 000 people participated in the meetings.
Different plenary and breakout sessions, lectures, seminars, round tables and workshops were conducted in the capital of Karelia November 9-12. Participants discussed theoretical and practical aspects of regional development in the global economic environment. They paid particular attention to the investments as a resource of the future. During the forum there were three sections: science, education, and youth entrepreneurship.
As part of the section “Youth Entrepreneurship” a round table “Creative industries as a business area” was conducted. During this round table different areas such as handicrafts, photography, theater, museum were discussed. The coordinator of the project “Joining creativity” Ksenia Chumak told about the major activities and achievements of the project.
The organizer of the Youth Economic Forum is The Institute of Economics of the Karelian Research Centre of RAS with the support of the Government of the Republic of Karelia. Co-organizers are Petrozavodsk State University, Karelian branch of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. The general sponsor of the Youth Economic Forum this year is “Russian Agricultural Bank”
Autonomous Noncommercial Organization “The Center for promotion of the territories” together with the “Karelian Recourse Center of NGO’s” in 2016 continued the sociological research within the project “Civil society of the multi-ethnic region”, which was a continuation of the project initiative in 2015 – “Public potential of NGOs”.
These initiatives are supported by the Ministry of the Republic of Karelia for National Politics, Relations with Public and Religious Associations at the expense of the federal budget subsidies to the Republic of Karelia within the subprogram “Support for socially oriented noncommercial organizations in the Republic of Karelia” for 2014-2020 and the government program of the Republic of Karelia “The development of the civil society institutions and the development of local self-government, protection of the rights and freedoms of man and citizen” for 2014-2020.
The research showed that the civil society of the Republic of Karelia is developing dynamically in line with the social policy and in the context of the current challenges facing the country. The noncommercial sector, acting as the institutional foundation of civil society grows gradually and takes its place in the structure of the economy and employment as well as in the system of social services. The most important resource to enhance the activity of noncommercial organizations is the activity of citizens. The updating the organizations with staff and volunteers are based not on their desire to make money, but on the desire of people to realize their creativity and their ideas to participate in public life and gain social significance.
An information website of the NCO of the Republic of Karelia was developed and launched within the project (www.nko-karelia.ru). The site is designed to exchange information and cooperation among NGOs, government agencies and local governments.
Another result of the project was the launch of the booklet “Instruction booklet for public figure” (http://nko-karelia.ru/file/522). It contains the most urgent issues of support NGO activities in Karelia.
Further development of the project is in the maintenance and development of the research part and monitoring the formation of civil society in the Republic of Karelia, development and active use of the website and the formation of recommendations for executive bodies and local authorities to improve the work with NGOs and increase their role in socio-economic development of the region.
International topical workshop “The role of education in addressing the problem of youth unemployment” in the framework of the project “ComUnYouth”.
On October 26 in St. Petersburg State University of Industrial Technology and Design there was an international workshop “The role of education in addressing the problem of youth unemployment” in the framework of the international project “ComUnYouth”. The aim of the project is to improve the employment situation of youth in the periphery in Russian-Nordic-Baltic border areas and to empower youth to take an active role in the process of combating unemployment as well as in the implementation of concrete activities.
The project is implemented by the “Karelian Resource Center of NGO’s” and funded by the Nordic Council of Ministers. There were both project partners and invited experts among the participants. The workshop was attended by representatives of Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Finland, Norway, St. Petersburg, Karelia, Kaliningrad.
The main issues of the workshop were: the adaptation of young people to the labor market in the education system; professional self-determination of youth in accordance with the requirements of the labor market; experience and examples of successful employment, suggestions for solving the problem.
The participants were welcomed by the Rector of St. Petersburg State University of Industrial Technology and Design Alexey Demidov and by the General Director of the “Karelian Resource Center of NGO’s” Nikolai Oskin.
Olga Lebedeva, the head of the department to attract talents of “Baltika Breweries” shared her experience of working with young professionals. During her speech, she spoke about the company's development programs for young talents, as well as the opportunities that they offer to students, universities and businesses. “As long as “Baltika” is focused on being and remaining the most successful, the most professional and the most attractive beer company in Russia, we are interested in attracting talented young professionals who have the ability to change quickly and are not afraid to propose and implement new ideas” - noted Olga Lebedeva.
All participants noted the relevance of the issues of youth unemployment, the adaptation of young specialists to the labor market and the complexity of professional self-determination. During the meeting, recommendations were made, which should contribute to solving the problems. The participants of the event expressed wishes to expand the number of topics related to youth issues, as well as to make these discussions regular.
The director of the Center of assistance to employment of graduates of the Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia Svetlana Vladimirova introduced an interesting presentation “Activities to promote employment center “Most” in adaptation of graduates to the labor market”.
After the workshop participants visited the factory “Baltika-St Petersburg”, where they could learn the process of brewing, as well as discuss the issues of cooperation on work with “Baltika” company personnel in an informal setting.
On October 21 at Karelian Research Centre of Russian Academy of Sciences there was the final roundtable within the framework of the project “Public and media monitoring as an instrument of influence on the inter-ethnic processes”. The project is carried out by the Karelian Resource Center of NGO's with the support of the Ministry of the Republic of Karelia for National Politics, Relations with Public and Religious Associations.
The final event was attended by journalists, representatives of NGO’s and national-cultural autonomies, heads of Centers for Interethnic Cooperation, representatives of the Ministry of the Republic of Karelia for National Politics, Relations with Public and Religious Associations and representatives of non-public information and consultation institution “Budget Monitoring Center”.
The roundtable summed up all researches conducted within the framework of the project. As a result the final recommendations on building relationships and work among the roundtable participants and journalists in order to create a favorable information environment in the sphere of implementation of the state national policy as well as enhancing the professional and social competence of directors and members of socially oriented non-profit organizations were given.
Moreover, during the event the analysis of publications, articles and materials posted on the Internet was carried out. The main focus of research was on assessing the objectivity of the posted information (on the international relations). Also the “Multicultural barometer” was presented.
The event ended with workshops for heads of Center for Interethnic Cooperation, which was held in the Central City Library named after Gusarov.
Study trip for representatives of creative industries
One of the main objectives of the project “Joining creativity” is the establishment of contacts among representatives of creative industries in Northwest Russia and the Nordic countries. On the 16-21 of October a study trip to Finland and Sweden for representatives of the creative industries was organized. During this trip the participants got acquainted with the creative industries and shared experiences, as well as looked for new and interesting ideas and useful contacts.
Representatives of the Republic of Karelia, St. Petersburg and Arkhangelsk took place in the trip. During the six-day trip they visited several universities, incubators and business centers, large and small enterprises, as well as workshops in Helsinki, Umeå, Skellefteå and Joensuu.
The study trip started with a visit to the Aalto University, where there are all conditions for students to develop at creative spheres. At the university there is a Media Factory (http://www.aalto.fi/en/about/for_media/) where the Fab lab situated. Fab lab is the laboratory or workshop for students and employees of the university, where they have the opportunity to use advanced equipment, as well as to receive consultation of professionals. In 2001, as part of social programs in the United States the first laboratory Fab Lab (abbreviation for fabrication or fabulous) was created in the MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms. It included such equipment as milling machines, which allows produce material, 3D printer for plastic parts, a tool for creating printed circuit boards, plotter for vinyl cutting and other similar equipment of production. This project was very successful and the network of laboratories Fab Lab has expanded all over the world - today there are more than one hundred of such laboratory-factories around the world. Moreover in the Media Factory of the Aalto University there are a Web studio, rental of video and photo equipment, classrooms and workshops.
At the Aalto University there is the School of Arts, Design and Architecture. Within this school different programs in the field of design, digital media, fashion, audiovisual presentations, architecture, art education and visual culture are offered. Students have the opportunity to practice skills in many workshops situated at the University.
From Helsinki our group went to the Swedish city of Umeå, which is the sister city of Petrozavodsk, and the capital of Västerbotten region. For two days members of the group had an opportunity to plunge into the creative environment of Sweden. First stop was a family workshop (http://www.bildhuggarn.se/), where Monica and Erik Nilsson work with glass, wood, iron and stone. The hosts gave a tour over their work place and told how they work with different materials. They shared their experience about whether it is possible to provide for a family only working in creative industry.
Then the group visited the Centre “Sliperiet” (http://sliperiet.umu.se/en) at Umeå University, where we also found the possibilities which students and employees have to develop their skills. There is the Fab Lab laboratory in the Centre with plenty of work places and premises, where students can use the equipment and get expert advice.
After that the representatives of creative professions headed to the North - to the city of Skelleftea, which is called the “younger brother” of Umea. In Skelleftea there is a Center “The great northern” (http://krenova.se/), where companies and organizations from the sphere of the creative industries can get work place, access to advertising site of the Center, and most importantly - they can ask for advice from more experienced companies placed in the same building. Another advantage of such Center is a creative environment, where representatives of different fields can communicate, share experiences and ideas and support each other.
The study continued in the Finnish city of Joensuu, which is also the sister city of Petrozavodsk. The group was able to visit places such as the Centre for culture and crafts, office of the light artist Kari Kola (http://karikola.com), SF Sound Studio in the Finnish forest (http://www.sfsound.fi/eng/), and also Joensuu Science Park (http://www.tiedepuisto.fi/ru/frontpage), where there is an incubator for companies, for the development of computer games and the advenced technologies (http://processgenius.fi/index.php). Joensuu, so familiar to citizens of Petrozavodsk, was opened completely from the other side. It is the city where people keep the traditions alive and at the same time develop the new technology, where people can engage in crafts and create computer games, where all creative people gain support.
During the week representatives of the creative industries of the North-West of Russia got acquainted with the experience of Finland and Sweden. They were able not only visit workshops, participate in workshops and ask questions directly to creative people, but also to learn how universities support students who have chosen the profession in the sphere of the creative industries, how a state provides support to the individual enterprises, and how different companies work together to help each other. This knowledge can be very useful both for the representatives of the universities and for entrepreneurs. In addition, during the trip direct contacts have been established, which is of prime importance to the project, because one of the main goals of the project is the help to internationalize the creative business.
Section “Creative industries as an important resource for the territory development” within the project “Joining creativity”
October 11, 2016 an Interregional Scientific and Practical Conference “ETHNO-CULTURAL COMPONENT AS A SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF MUNICIPALITIES” was conducted in the Karelian branch of the Russian Presidential Academy of National economy and Public administration (RANEPA). It was held with the participation of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Karelia and the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Karelia.
The conference was attended by 93 people. There were the representatives of municipal administrations, heads and deputies of the education and cultural institutions of the Republic of Karelia and the Murmansk region, representatives of public organizations and others.
At the plenary session the spotlight reports were presented by Anna Tomchik (the Deputy Minister of culture of the Republic of Karelia), Elena Bogdanova (Vice-Rector of State Autonomous Institution of Continuing Professional Education of the Republic of Karelia “Karelian Institute of Education Development”), Irina Pavlova (Head of cultural and educational activities and external relations of the “Kizhi State Open Air Museum of History, Architecture and Ethnography”), Ksenia Chumak (Deputy Director General of The Karelian resource Center of NGO’s), Tatiana Sachuk (Doctor of Economics, Head of the Department of economy and Finance of the Karelian branch of RANEPA).
The section “Creative industries as an important resource for the territory development” was organized within the international project “Joining creativity”, which has been implemented by Karelian Resource Center of NGO’s since February 2016. Participants learned about the implementation process, heard 9 reports about the experience of the creative industries development in the Republic of Karelia, Arkhangelsk region, St. Petersburg, as well as Norway and Sweden. Speakers talked about the support programs of the creative industries in their regions and shared the most vital and successful examples, as well as identified existing problems.
After this meeting it can be said that today the main problems is the lack of a unified approach to the definition of “creative industries” and a comprehensive statistical information on the companies and enterprises involved in this sector, as well as regulatory and legal support for the development of creative economy.
The collection of materials of the conference “Ethno-cultural component as a factor of socio-economic development of municipalities” will consist of reports presented at the conference, articles of absentee members, resolutions of each section and the speaker presentations.
“School of social evaluation of accessibility of the urban environment”
On October 4-7 in Pskov there was an event “School of social evaluation of accessibility of the urban environment”. It was attended by Vorobyova Anastasia the specialist of project department of Karelian Recourse Center of NGO’s as well as representatives of NGOs, government, architectural and museum communities from Arkhangelsk, Kaliningrad, Petrozavodsk and Pskov.
The event was organized in the framework of the project “Friendly Cities” by the Pskov regional NGO “Lake Peipsi Project” with the support of private educational institution “Intelkap”. The project is aimed at creating conditions for comprehensive development of the natural and cultural environment, accessible and friendly to people with disabilities in the cities: Arkhangelsk, Vladimir, Kaliningrad, Novgorod, Vladimir, Petrozavodsk, Pskov, St. Petersburg.
The main purpose of the event - to provide information on the creation and development of barrier-free environment, acquaint participants with the regulations governing the rights of people with disabilities, principles of providing physical and information availability, main approaches in the preparation of inclusive urban events, and the European experience of creating accessible public environment.
Within the first two days the participants listened to lectures of the school leading expert Evgeny Bukharov, the Advisor to the Chairman of the All-Russian Society of Disabled People, the director of ANO “Center for Disability Research “Society for All”, member of the Committee for the Paralympic Games of the International Paralympic Committee.
The third day of school was dedicated to the practical examination of 3 territories of Pskov for their accessibility to people with disabilities. It was the park and the entrance area of the hotel “Rizhskaya”, the park and entrance area of the hotel “Olginskaya” and Arboretum of Pskov. According to the results of examination, participants formed the reports and presented the results which were heard by Oleg Gerasimov the director of “Sotsturprof”, Valentina Kirichenko the deputy director of the hotel “Rizhskaya” and Valery Fedorov the secretary of the Public Chamber of the Pskov region. On these territories the participants identified more than 120 violations of accessibility requirements and provided their recommendations.
On the last day of school, the forum participants listened to the lectures of Friedrich Kuhlmann and Catherine Balitska, the professors of the Estonian University of Life Sciences. Also, there was a round table on the results of the school where the participants expressed their views and shared their impressions.
At the end of the school, participants received letters of thanks from the “Lake Peipsi Project”, and Certificates of Completion “School of social evaluation of accessibility of the urban environment” from "Intelkap".
September 28-30 in Marijampole (Lithuania) there was the International Youth Forum “Cross the border, grow your idea!”. It was attended by nearly 60 young people aged from 18 to 30 years old from Norway, Finland, Sweden, Serbia, Latvia, Lithuania and 5 regions of Russia (Moscow, Kaliningrad, Murmansk, St. Petersburg and the Republic of Karelia).
The forum was held within the framework of the international project «ComUnYouth», the purpose of which was to improve the employment situation of youth in the periphery in Russian-Nordic-Baltic border areas and to empower youth to take an active role in the process of combating unemployment as well as in the implementation of concrete activities.
The organizers and partners of the forum were the Marijampole regional development agency and the Karelian Resource Centre for NGOs. The project is funded by the Nordic Council of Ministers.
The Youth Forum was one of the major events in Marijampole, and it wasn’t disregarded by the Mayor of the town Vidmantas Brazys. He and the director of the Karelian Resource Centre for NGOs Nikolai Oskin delivered a welcoming speech at the opening ceremony. The moderators of the forum were an expert of the Karelian Resource Centre for NGOs Pavel Petrov and Honorary Ambassador and the Director of International Relations of ARVI Enterprises Group Algirdas Kumža.
Within the two days the youth were actively working in small teams. They developed new projects (start-ups) and discussed the issues of the labor market in Europe and the problem of unemployment among young people. The main purpose of the forum was to develop and identify the best youth start-ups, which should help to improve the employment situation of young people in the periphery in Russian-Nordic-Baltic border areas. The director of the Youth Employment Center of Moscow Roman Shkut represented Russia with the presentation “Youth unemployment. The situation in Russia”. He shared his experience on the creation and functioning of the center headed by him, which is aimed on helping young people to find jobs.
According to the Commission and the participants of the forum, teams which developed the best ideas were awarded. Selected micro projects (“InterMent”, “SkillShop”, “Outfit Alias”, “Stickers”, “Flying Ad”)) received funding within the framework of forum in the amount of 10 000 euros.
The youth forum in Marijampole took a prominent place in a row of other events of the project “ComUnYouth”. There young people could share experiences and come up with ideas for the organization of a new business in their regions, acquire new knowledge and experience, receive helpful tips, as well as establish friendly and business contacts.
NP Karelian Resource Center of Non-governmental Organizations continues to implement the project ‘Living in the world with peace: national politics, civil society and people`s diplomacy’ with the assistance of the Ministry of the Republic of Karelia for national politics, relations with civil society, religious communities and media.
Seminar ‘International cooperation of civil society institutes in the context of new geopolitical realities in Kostomuksha’ was held on the 18th of May, 2016 on the territory of Kostomuksha Urban District. Moderators of the seminar were Nikolay Oskin, Director General of the NP Karelian Resource Center of Non-governmental Organizations, and Galina Potapova, Chief Specialist of the Department of Economic Development of the Administration of Kostomuksha Urban District.
Among those who took part in the discussion were heads of the centers of interethnic cooperation of Kondopoga, Medvezhegorsk, Belomorsk and Segezha municipal districts.
The Head of the Center in Kondopoga Nadezhda Tsykareva drew participants` attention to how important informational assistance is for migrants and to necessity of development of project activity in the determined area. The most active partners of the center are “Community of Tatar culture ‘Chulpan’, ‘Community of Ukrainian culture ‘Kalina’, ‘The Mari people of Karelia’, national cultural autonomy of the Lithuanians.
Lubov Rigoeva, the Head of the Center of Interethnic cooperation in Segezha, presented data concerning employment of participants of state-run program aimed at providing assistance to voluntary resettlement to the Russian Federation of compatriots living abroad. As a result in 2015 the participants of the program living in Segezha municipal district are now working as dentist, narcologist, fish-farmer, industrial seller, phthisiologist, gynecologist, traumatologist, engineer, chapel-master, teacher, foreman, practitioner, cook, orthopedists, dryer.
The Head of the Center takes part in meetings of coordination board of interethnic and interreligious problems under the Head of Segezha municipal district which also discuss problems of the civilians coming to the сenter and seeking help. There was an event on the base of the Center in 2016 as a part of project of national and cultural autonomy of the Armenians ‘Consent among friends’, which gathered together about 100 participants.
More than that, special meetings on the subject ‘Labor migrations and the youth’, ‘Can we get on well with people?’ were organized by the specialists of the Center with people studying in educational organizations of Medvezhegorsk municipal district’. National organizations of Belarusians, Poles, Ukrainians and Lithuanians are permanent participants of the events.
According to Irina Romanova, the Head of the Center of interethnic cooperation in Belomorsk, currently the center is ready to conduct thematic events aimed at forming interethnic and interreligious dialog for children and teenagers from summer camps under schools of the region. In additions, special events are planned to be conducted on the Day of solidarity in the fight against terrorism and National Unity Day. Great attention is also paid to familiarizations of these who apply to the center with culture of Pomors.
Among those who delivered their reports at the seminar concerning social and cultural adaptation of migrants and formation of culture of consent and peace in society were leading expert of the Ministry of the Republic pf Karelia for national politics Dmitriy Lyabegin, Deputy Head of the Administration of Kostomuksha urban district for social issues Natalya Matkivskaya, specialist of the ‘Karelian Resource Center of Non-governmental Organizations’ Gunay Mamedova, Head of the Tatar-Bashkir society ‘Firyza’ Ilfania Nafigina, director of Karelian autonomous non-commercial organization aimed at development of charitable, social, cultural activity ‘Pryalka’ Tatyana Dobrodeeva, chairman of local national-cultural autonomy of Ukrainians living in Kostomuksha Nikolay Bigun, members of University of Applied Sciences of Joensuu Paavo Raapana and Petri Muoe.
As result of the seminar a decision was made to continue intergovernmental interaction of state organs with the involvement of non-commercial organizations in the sphere of pursuing state national politics on the territory of the Republic of Karelia taking into consideration accumulated experience as well as using new forms of work.
On 6th of Jule, 2016 in North (Arctic) federal university named after M. Lomonosov (NAFU) a round table was conducted. Representatives of Arkhangelsk, Republic of Karelia, Saint-Petersburg, Moscow, Denmark, Sweden and Finland took part in the event. The event was organized as a part of the project ‘Joining creativity’ aimed at promotion of economic cooperation and trade among Northern countries and northwest Russian as well as promotion of successful integration of firms engaged in creative industries in the region of the Baltic Sea. The project is being implemented since February, 2016 by ‘Karelian Resource Center of Non-governmental Organizations’ with financial assistance of Nordic Council of Ministers.
Among participants of the event were both project partners and invited experts as representatives of creative industries of northwest Russia and Northern countries. On behalf of the University Head of International Relations Department Lubov Zarubina warmly greeted participants of the round table and marked that the theme of the meeting is very interesting for the university in terms of initiating new scientific projects and engagement of entrepreneurs into elaboration and organization of such programs. Nikolay Oskin, Director General of NP ‘Karelian Resource Center of Non-governmental Organizations’, thanked representatives of NAFU for warm welcome and assistance in organization of the event, then also expressed his opinion concerning the significance of development of creative industries.
The round table was divided on 2 stages. The first stage was devoted to internationalization of creative business, the second one to innovative potential of business in the sphere of creative industries, instruments of their revealing and support.
Report of Varvara Lebedeva, Head of Cultural Politics Department of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Karelia, contained very interesting information. She marked that till 2014 notion ‘creative industries’ was not noted in any strategic documentы of the Russian Federation. Today this notion is documented and implies industrial design, fashion industry, editorial, musical business, bookselling and many other areas.
However, currently there are no federal, no regionals programs which could support this field. As result, we can see underfinancing in the sphere of creative industries and absence of infrastructure.
Senior lecturer of NAFU and supervisor of project ‘Art-residency Zvozlandia’ Marina Debenkova told about history of development of creative industries in Arkhangelsk district. Among the most successful art-project implemented on the territory of Pomors she marked jazz-project of Tim Dorofeev and festival ‘ZVOZ-Vision’. Besides that, Marina Dubenkova noted work of center of creative industries of NAFU, which has organized a series of seminars in Arkhangelsk and Saint-Petersburg.
Anastasia Pacey, Head of Saint-Petersburg Art-Residency and Director General of Museum of non-conformist culture, told about evolution of creative industries in Saint-Petersburg and shared experience of art-center ‘Pushkinskaya-10’ as space of international cooperation. Marina Koluyartseva, Director of Autonomous Non-Commercial Organization on Individual art and creative spheres development ‘Creative projects Kaykino’ told how the things stand in the sphere of creative industries in Leningrad Oblast, shared experience of project activity of art-village ‘Kaykino-10; underscoring cooperation as a factor of creative development on smaller territories.
Colleagues from Northern Europe also shared interesting experience. Lantz Sussana, adviser of County Administrative Board of Västerbotten, regional manager of commerce chamber of Västerbotten told about creative industries in the region of Västerbotten, Sweden. Sculptor Nilsson Bengt Erik and his wife Rudehall Nilsson Rut Monica told about activity of their company and then presented educational program for youth.
Special attention was also paid to innovative potential of business in sphere of creative industries. Invited experts presented international grant schemes and funds, told about the system of support for small and medium-sized enterprises on the example of Arkhangelsk district. Head of the PR Department ‘CREATIVE BUSINESS CUP’ Haulund Karoline presented experience of business ideas contest where every entrepreneur could become a winner in case his\her idea is really innovative. So, Michael Bronsky, founder of brand ‘Bronski’ was the winner of Russian contest ‘CREATIVE BUSINESS CUP’. Another project and developed brand was presented by creative workshop ‘Mnozhestvo’. Its founder Ulyana Tyupysheva shared experience of creation of souvenirs aimed at increasing tourist attraction of the region.
Within the frameworks of the event participants managed to exchange ideas, experience and best practices in the sphere of development of creative industries as well as to establish new useful ties.
Right after the round-table there were meeting of expert and coordinating groups of the project during which partners discussed main questions concerning continuation of iproject implementation.
On the 12th of May concert-presentation of song and choral music book of Nikolai Mishukov ‘My lovely Karelia!’ has happened in Children`s music and choir school of Petrozavodsk!
Nikolai Mishukov is honored cultural worker of the Russian Federation, honored artist of Karelia, poet and composer. His poems emphasize beauty and greatness of Karelia. They won big respect and recognition among members of professional community and those who love musical art and became irreplaceable part of artistic legacy of the Republic of Karelia.
Prominent music-choral bands of the Republic of Karelia such as senior concert choir "LAULU", municipal chapel of boys and youngsters ‘Vivat’ of the Children`s music and choir school of Petrozavodsk, men`s choir of the Republic of Karelia under direction of art director and conductor Aleksey Naumov and other teams took part in the concert.
Release of the collection was dedicated to celebration of centenary of the Republic of Karelia and was carried out with the financial assistance of the Ministry of for national politics, relations with civil society, religious communities and media as a part of the project ‘Living in the world with peace: national politics, civil society and people`s diplomacy’.
Moreover financial assistance was provided by director of Karelian fund of educational development Saraev Genady and director general of historical cinema industry ‘FARAON’ Arhipova Irina.
The concert demonstrated big interest for song and choral art that was the main reward for our work!
On the 12th of May NP ‘Karelian Resource Center of Non-governmental Organizations’ in liaison with Choral Society of Karelia will organize concert-presentation of song and choral music book of Nikolai Mishukov ‘My lovely Karelia!’.
Author of the collection is one of the first graduates of Petrozavodsk College of Music named after K.A. Rautio, honored cultural worker of the Russian Federation, honored artist of Karelia, poet and composer. The collection ‘My lovely Karelia’ includes songs and part songs somehow connected with the Republic of Karelia. According to the composer Karelian nature, poems of Karelian poets and imperishable epos ‘Kalevala’ were the source of inspiration for him.
Collection ‘My lovely Karelia’ caught great buzz among musical public of the Republic of Karelia and about 200 guests planned to attend the concert. Beside that, among those invited to the concert were Minister for national politics, relations with civil society, religious communities and media A. Manin as well as Minister of Culture of the Republic of Karelia A. Lesonen.
Prominent music-choral bands of the Republic of Karelia such as senior concert choir "LAULU", municipal chapel of boys and youngsters ‘Vivat’ of the Children`s music and choir school of Petrozavodsk, men`s choir of the Republic of Karelia under direction of art director and conductor Aleksey Naumov and other teams will take part in the concert.
Release of the collection is dedicated to celebration of centenary of the Republic of Karelia and is carried out with the financial assistance of the Ministry of for national politics, relations with civil society, religious communities and media as a part of the project ‘Living in the world with peace: national politics, civil society and people`s diplomacy’.
NP ‘Karelian Resource Center of Non-governmental Organizations’ is happy to claim the results of the contest of the best ideas and practices aimed at improvement of living standards of veterans and elderly people.
It is to be recalled that the contest was conducted within the frameworks of the Program ‘Territorial resource centers for work with elderly people’ with the assistance of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation and Regional charity fund ‘Samarskaya guberniya’.
Expert commission chose three winners of the contest:
Project ‘Free recreational gymnastics for those who are over..’ presented by initiative group (Matveeva Nadezhda and Skotti Anna)
Project ‘Forewarned is forearmed!’ presents by Karelian regional public supporting fund of charity, social, cultural and educational initiatives ‘Petrozavodsk’
Project ‘Lively Karelian soul’ presented by Municipal budget institute ‘Complex center of social public service’ of Olonets national municipal district.
In the near future time and place of the final round-table will be proclaimed, where the winners of the contest will be awarded.
NP ‘Karelian Resource Center of Non-governmental Organizations’ express appreciation to the Department of public relations and international cooperation of the Administration of Petrozavodsk urban district and to Non-commercial fund ‘New education’ for informational support while organization of the contest.
Administration of Petrozavodsk invites artists, designers, sculptors, architects and students to take part in contest aimed at changing the visage of sculpture ‘Wish Tree’.
In 1996 the ‘Wish Tree’ created by Kent Andersen appeared on the embankment of Petrozavodsk as a present from sister-city Umeo, Sweeden. Sculpture took the idea from Swedish fairy-tales where trees with bells exist. The ‘Wish Tree’ has an ear which can listen to you talking it about your dreams. And if after you pronounce the dream you hear the bells ring, so your dream will come true. In 2016 due to 40th anniversary of establishment of sister-cities relations various events are conducted in Umeo and Petrozavodsk. Celebration of the anniversary started in January in Umeo with guest-performance of Petrozavodsk actors. Days of Swedish culture in Petrozavodsk will be conducted in November 24-26.
According to Evgeny Frolov, chief architect of Petrozavodsk, one of the planned joined actions is to organize a contest for new visage of the ‘Wish Tree’ with the aim of brining something new into rendering of artistic image of the sculpture and modernizing the zone around it.
Results of the contest will be proclaimed on the landscape design seminar as a part of Days of Swedish culture in Petrozavodsk. The winner of the contest will be awarded with educational trip to Finland and Sweden as a part of the project ‘Joining creativity’ which is implemented by Karelian Resource Center of Non-governmental Organizations with financial assistance of the Nordic Council of Ministers. The main aim of the project is to improve economic cooperation and trade between Nordic Countries and northwest Russia as well as promote successful integration of firms engaged in creative industries in the region of the Baltic Sea.
In February, 2016 Karelian Resource Center of Non-governmental Organizations started implementation of international project ‘Joining Creativity’ which is financed be the Nordic Council of Ministers. The main aim of the project is to improve economic cooperation and trade among Nordic Countries and northwest Russian as well as promote successful integration of firms engaged in creative industry in the region of the Baltic Sea. The project will be completed in April, 2017 and till that time it is planned to conduct analysis of business opportunities in the sphere of creative industry in northwest Russia, to define main problems and possible ways of their solution, to define new forms of cooperation as well as to disseminate information about business opportunities in the region. Events will help to establish stable network of cooperation among partners, to exchange experience and opinions and also to share the best practices.
On the 19th of April in Helsinki the first big meeting of partners was held during which representatives of partner-organizations discussed in details the main questions concerning the project implementation. Among the participants of the meeting were representatives of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Karelia, Northern (Arctic) Federal University, Saint-Petersburg International Business Association, Institute for Cultural Programs in Saint-Petersburg, Norwegian-Russian chamber of commerce, County Administrative Board of Västerbotten, Sweeden, organization of Innovation center in Iceland, University of Aalto, Finland.
The meeting was opened by Nikolai Oskin, Director General of Karelian Resource Center of Non-governmental Organizations, having told about the main activity areas of the Center. Afterwards every partner had a chance to tell about activity of their organization and its role in the project. Then participants discussed the main planned events, formed expert and coordination groups of the project, discussed budget and possibilities of co-financing. Project partners expressed hope that cooperation will bear fruits and that the project will be successful!
In afternoon participants of the meeting visited Aalto Media Factory where members of the company told them about main areas of activity and projects of the factory. After presentations an excursion was organized so as to show premises of the complex during which participants visited studio equipped with 3D-printers, sound- and video-recording studios, furniture and decorations manufacturing room. Participants of the project ‘Joining creativity’ managed to see in practice how students and members of Aalto University develop creative industries.
Next events including round-table for representatives of creative industries as well as meeting as coordination and expert groups will be conducted in July in Arkhangelsk on the base of Northern (Arctic) Federal University.
On the 8th of April in great hall of the National Library an even was held devoted to anniversary of Karelian Resource Center of Non-governmental Organizations. Among those who came to congratulate the Center were the Head of the Republic of Karelia A.Hudilainen, Chairman of the Legislative Assembly V. Semenov, Minister of Education A. Morozov, Minister of Health of the Republic of Karelia E. Hidishan, Deputy Minister of National Politics V. Krasnozhon.
During the event members of the Center presented the most successful of the completed projects such as ‘White Road’ and ‘Learning Lab for Accessibility in Built Environment’, official opening of centers of interethnic cooperation in 11 districts of the Republic of Karelia and the most significant – informational assistance of Karelian non-commercial organizations.
In 2016 Karelian Resource Center of Non-governmental Organizations started 4 new projects and 2 of them are in cooperation with the Ministry for national politics, relations with civil society, religious communities and media ‘Social and media monitoring as an instrument of influence on international processes’ and ‘Living in the world with peace’. Within the frameworks of these programs members of KRCNO canvass public opinion, help to open new centers of interethnic cooperation and organized lectures for pupils.
Another 2 projects KRCNO implement in cooperation with the Nordic Council of Ministers. Program ‘Joining Creativity’ is aimed at development of creative potential in northwest Russia. As result of round-tables and meetings the most active representatives of creative industry will attend meeting with colleagues from the Northern Europe so as to exchange experience and to forge bonds. The second project has just started and it is devoted to the problem of unemployment among youth.
Representatives of state organs, public and other partners of KRCNO congratulated irreplaceable Director General N. Oskin and the team with the anniversary. Nicolai Oskin thanked all attendees for kind words.
Karelian Resource Center thanks all partners for their work and also express appreciation to National Library of the Republic of Karelia for warm welcome and to the Ministry for national politics for its assistance in organizing of the event.
On the 3rd of April, 2016 round table were held in Olonets as a part of the project ‘Living in the world with peace: national politics, civil society and people`s diplomacy’ with the assistance of the Ministry of the Republic of Karelia for national politics, relations with civil society, religious communities and media. The event was organized in cooperation with Administration of Olonets national municipal district and Karelian Resource Center of Non-governmental Organizations.
The theme of the round-table went as follows: ‘Work issues in the sphere of interethnic cooperation and keeping of identity of representatives both local citizens and migrants’.
Within the frameworks of the round-table the Head of the Center of Interethnic Cooperation solemnly received office equipment with the aim of re-equipment and modernizing of the existing centers. Festival of national tabletop games for children of school and preschool age was organized.
On the 30th of March, 2016 a round-table devoted to actual issues of work in the sphere of Centers of interethnic cooperation and analysis of their activity was held in Sortavala.
As a part of the event members of Non-commercial partnership answered the most topical questions of the heads of non-commercial organizations and members of the Center of interethnic cooperation. More than that, members of Karelian Resource Center of Non-commercial Organizations solemnly presented new equipment to the Center of interethnic cooperation based on inter-urban regional library in Sortavala with the aim of re-equipment and modernizing.
After the round-table members of Karelian Resource Center of Non-commercial Organizations took part in ethno-journey ‘Lovely Russia’ organized by children`s library in cooperation with Fashion Theater №3 of Sortavala.
Ethno-journey demonstrated specific features of living of Russian nations, their houses, national customs and traditions. Fashion Theater presented traditional clothing of various nationalities.
The same day meeting of NP Karelian Resource Center of Non-commercial Organizations with representative of Administration of Sortavala municipal district was held during which the parties discussed the most topical issues concerning functioning of the Center of interethnic cooperation.
On 30th of March 2016 in Petrozavodsk in the building of administration seminar ‘Mission Possible: how NCO can survive scrutiny without serious consequences’ was held. Facilitators of the seminar were members of Association ‘Layers for civil society’ Vasily Romanets, Aleksandra Sazonova (Moscow), Anatoly Arsenihin (Tolyatti).the seminar was devoted to inspection of socially-oriented NCOs by state organs such as Ministry of Justice, Public Prosecution Office, Fire Safety Inspection Service, State Labor Inspection Service, Tax Administration and non-budgetary funds.
More than 30 representatives of socially-oriented NCOs as well as representatives of Office of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Karelia and Administration of Petrozavodsk urban district took part in the seminar.
The main aim of the seminar was not only to shed the light on activity of socially-oriented NCOs and problems of their interaction with state organs, but to render legal support to non-commercial organizations.
The event was opened by Elena Kharcheva, Deputy Head of the Karelian Resource Center of Non-governmental Organizations. Then discussion of conducted inspections started. At the beginning Aleksandra Sazonova represented common algorithm of inspections regulated by federal law ‘On protection of rights of legal entities and individual entrepreneurs in the exercise of state control (supervision) and municipal control’, and also gave common recommendations how NCOs can prepare for inspections and what are the legal reasons for control of NCOs activity.
Layers Vasily Romanets and Anatoly Arsenihin told about scheduled and unscheduled inspections of Public Prosecution Office and the Ministry of Justice in more details, in particular they told which documents this kind of state organs are not entitled to demand, how to appeal against their acts without entering into conflict. However the most topical and interesting for NCOs information was existing rules of inspections of Fire Safety Inspection Service, Federal Supervision Agency for Information Technologies and Communications and State Labor Inspection Service, many NCOs forgot to think about.
Upon completion of the seminar materials prepared by layers of Association ‘Layers for civil society’ and devoted to preparation of socially-oriented NCOs for state inspections were distributed among the representatives of NCOs.
Fund ‘Petrozavodsk’ started to implement the second stage of the project ‘Give smile to a child: spread of the art-therapy methods in the Republic of Karelia’.
Project events were held in MI Center ‘Rodnik’
On March 16, 2016 specialists of the center worked with volunteers who will communicate with pupils of the center. During the training presentation about activity of the center ‘Rodnik’ was shown, members of the center showed premises of the center.
Moreover, specialists told about specific nature of working with children of the center, held practice training during which volunteers had a chance to be in disabled children`s shoes. Volunteers worked in couples, where one of them was acting as a disabled child and another as a attendant.
The training helped guys to realize that the work of teacher, attendant and assistant is very significant and vital for disabled child.
After education volunteers will prepare festive performance together with children, give art-therapy classes in different units of the center as well as visit children at home with congratulations.
The project is implemented with the assistance of Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Republic of Karelia.
On March, 23 a training for non-commercial organizations and national and cultural autonomies of the Republic of Karelia ‘Social and media monitoring as an instrument of influence on international processes’ was held in Petrozavodsk.
The training was organized on the base of the Ministry of the Republic of Karelia for national politics, relations with civil society, religious communities and media. Deputy Minister Ludmila Nikiforova welcomed participants of the event and marked, that NCO, national and cultural autonomies and media are active parties influencing formation of public opinion and creation of favorable atmosphere in the Republic of Karelia.
Organizer of the training was ‘Karelian Resource Center of Non-governmental Organizations’. The training was aimed at educating representatives of non-governmental and national organizations to communicate with mass media.
Anatolyi Tsygankov, Head of the Center of political and social investigations in the Republic of Karelia, told about particular practices and specific character of work with media. He noted that the topic of interethnic relations is in great demand of information sources and is topical for journalist community. One of his recommendations was to start active usage of e-Media, including social networks, news portals in the Internet for attraction of attention to the activity of their organizations.
Within the frameworks of the training Svetlana Tsygankova, correspondent of the newspaper ‘Rossyiskaya gazeta’ in the Republic of Karelia and Vologda district, held a practice exercise ‘Work of NCO with media editors’ for non-commercial organizations, during which she told how to write press release and what information it should contain so as to get editors office interested in it.
The training was held as a part of a project ‘Civil society and media monitoring as an instrument of interethnic consent’ of the ‘Karelian Resource Center of Non-governmental Organizations’. The project is being implemented during the year of 2016 with the financial assistance of the Ministry of the Republic of Karelia for national politics, relations with civil society, religious communities and media at the expense of subsidy from the budget of the Republic of Karelia, allocated as a result of competitive selection.
Members of the fund ‘Petrozavodsk’ continue to implement project ‘Give smile to a child: spread of the art-therapy methods in the Republic of Karelia’ Petrozavodsk’ with the assistance of Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Republic of Karelia.
On the 4th of March the team visited children`s unit of Central District Hospital in Sortavala.
It is to be recalled that students of Karelian College of Art and Culture were acting as volunteers. Ksenia Kikas, Yulia Kochetkova, Alena Andrushina held an entertaining event for children being at hospital stay. There were many children in the hospital at the moment. Our clowns were trying to create conditions for faster rehabilitation of children by the means of art-therapy.
Moreover, the hospital received from the fund children`s gifts provided by our sponsors: baby-goods store ‘Begemot’, ‘Begemotik’, ‘Evrika’ and agency ‘Our nanny’.
Therefore, trips of the volunteers to districts are completed, in March the fund will start to implement the 2nd stage of the project, which will include work with children from Center ‘Rodnik’.
On the 3rd of March volunteers of the project ‘Give smile to child: dissemination of the art-therapy methods in the Republic of Karelia’ visited a children`s unit of Central District Hospital in Segezha.
Students of Karelian College of Art and Culture Polina Ivanova, Aleksandr Krylov, Maria Nakkoeva held clown-therapy exercises for little patients.
Doctors welcomed the team with warm since similar occasions happen in the hospital extremely seldom. At the moment of the event there were rather many children of any age at the hospital stay. In such conditions children often face communication deficit. Our clowns were trying to promote rehabilitation of children not by pharmaceuticals, but by creation of positive emotions.
Traditionally, entertainers gave gifts to the hospital, which were sponsored by baby-goods store ‘Begemot’, ‘Begemotik’, ‘Evrika’ and agency ‘Our nanny’.
The project is implemented by the fund ‘Petrozavodsk’ with the assistance of Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Republic of Karelia.
On 1-2nd of March, 2016 expert of ‘Karelian Resource Center of Non-governmental Organizations’, psychologist Dianova Ksenia took part in seminar-training ‘Special aspect of providing psychological assistance to children living through accident’, which was held in Cherepovets. The seminar was organized by Charity fund ‘The Way Home’.
During the seminar participants discussed particular features of development of children of any age and methods of advisory and psychocorrectional work. Psychologists extensively expressed their opinions concerning the problems of psychological traumas at an early age. The most part of the seminar was devoted to discussion of practical methods of working both individually and in groups on the following areas:
- special aspects of advisory contact with a deviant child
- main approaches in working with psychological traumas
- special aspect of rendering assistance to children living through accident’
and etc.
‘Karelian Resource Center of Non-governmental Organizations’ and Charity fund ‘The Way Home’ signed a cooperation agreement and continue to maintain relations of partnership.
NP KRCNO informs that in March 21-25, 2016 on the base of teens-youth clubs of Petrozavodsk pedagogical conference ‘Educational resources of youth organizations in modern urban space’ was conducted as a part of ‘Youth Forum’ devoted to 50th anniversary of club movement of Petrozavodsk. Forum organizers are autonomous non-commercial institute ‘Social recreational center ‘Podrostok’ with the assistance of Ministry of Youth Affairs, Physical Culture and Sports.
The aim of the conference was to present the best pedagogic techniques accumulated during 50 years of history of club movements in Petrozavodsk and to share up-to-date procedures of working with youth.
The conference was conducted in 2 stages. The first stage was devoted to the best pedagogic practices used by clubs now. The second one included presentation of theoretical materials concerning work with youth which took place in ‘Karelian Institute of Educational Development’. Moreover as a part of the second stage reports concerning procedures of working with youth and the state of the sphere of youth politics in urban space were presented.
On the 2nd stage of the conference there was 5 sections of the following areas:
- promotion of creative development of youth
- civil nurturing;
- youth`s initiatives support;
- preventive work with youth;
- social partnership opportunities.
Among the attendants of the conference were pedagogues, specialists on working with youth, representatives of youth NCO. Participants had a change to present their own work experience. As a result of the conference a methodical collection was created.
On the 1st of March an official opening of the 11th Center of Interethnic Cooperation took place in Suojarvi within the frameworks of the project ‘Living in the world with peace: national politics, civil society and people`s diplomacy’ with the assistance of the Ministry of the Republic of Karelia for national politics, relations with civil society, religious communities and media.
Among the participants of the event were head of the Ministry A.A.Manin, director general of NP ‘Karelian Resource Center of Non-governmental Organizations’ N.G. Oskin, deputy head of AMD ‘Suojarvi district’ for social issues O.M. Kalacheva, council chair of KRPO ‘Community of Tatar culture ‘Chulpan’ F.M. Fadeeva, as well as representatives of cultural institutes and non-governmental organizations.
Since problem of migration and interethnic relations remain topical, NP ‘Karelian Resource Center of Non-governmental Organizations’ continues to place priority on harmonization of interethnic relations and promotion of migration politics in the Republic of Karelia.
During the seminar participants repeatedly marked the significance of keeping peace and tolerant relations among locals and those who arrive on the territory of the Republic of Karelia. More than that, report concerning situation with migrants in Suojarvi district was represented. KRPO ‘Community of Tatar culture ‘Chulpan’ shared its experience in forming relations of cooperation and friendship among nations.
Moreover, light was shed on the work of civic organizations of Suojarvi district, KRPO ‘Native hearth’ and ‘Countrymen’ in particular, which actively hold events aimed at strengthening of interethnic friendship.
On the opening day the Head of the Center Kichmanuk Olga received technical equipment, including projection screen, notebook as well as necessary for the Center thematic and reference materials.
The Center of Interethnic Cooperation in Suojarvi will serve as an instrument providing interethnic consent and cooperation development on local stage. Psychologist`s consultations aimed at successful adaptation of migrants as well as consultations of legal support will be held on the base of the center.
On the 29th of February volunteers of the project ‘Give smile to child: dissemination of the art-therapy methods in the Republic of Karelia’ for the first time went to the children`s unit of the Central District Hospital in Kondopoga. The project is implemented by the fund ‘Petrozavodsk’ with the assistance of Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Republic of Karelia.
Students of the Karelian College of Art and Culture had a special training before they were allowed to organize an event for children in hospital.
Maria Bolotina, Natalya Zatsepina, Yaroslava Paramonova used methods of clownery, art-therapy and play-therapy so as to cheer up little patients of the hospital.
The children`s unit of the hospital can take up only 10 children. According to the doctors, fund ‘Petrozavodsk’ is the first organization to hold such event in hospital of Kondopoga.
Moreover, funny clowns gave gifts to the hospital which were sponsored by baby-goods store ‘Begemot’, ‘Begemotik’, ‘Evrika’ and agency ‘Our nanny’. Now little patients can have some fun while being in hospital.
In the 21st century regions and cities face new challenges and problems that require new creative solutions. Creative industries as a way to unite culture and economy, creativity and technologies may be one of such solutions. The science produced technology and industrial production, became a driving force of the industrial revolution. Nowadays culture, understood as a set of creative resources, becomes the impetus of the postindustrial revolution. Cultural potential is used as tool to renew cities that allowed to support competitiveness, create new workplaces and be an instrument for new brand creation.
Creative industries are activities based on individual creativity, skills or talents. It may create added value and workplaces through manufacturing and exploitation of intellectual property. They include advertising, architecture, art and antique market, crafts, design, fashion, video and cinema production, programming, music, performing arts, publishing, broadcasting, the Internet.
In Europe the concept of creative industries is known as a new economical model of cities development more that 20 years. In Russia the first serious steps have been taken only in 2004, when The Coordinating Council for Development of Creative Industries in Russia was established. Saint-Petersburg is the first of Russian cities has taken the path of creative industries’ support. Nowadays 30000 people are working in this sphere, but it is only official statistics. Actually there are much more street musicians, photographers, craftsmen and artists,
Thanks to the near-border location the Republic of Karelia has become one of the first regions of the Russian Federation, realized need for development of creative industries. Projects aimed at creation of enabling environment for development of creative industries were implemented within the programs TACIS and Karelia ENPI CBC. The Republic of Karelia has enormous potential: there is not only rich cultural heritage, but theatres, creative unions, tourism objects and human capital.
Since February, 2016 the Karelian Resource Centre of non-government organizations starts an international project “Joining creativity”, financed by the Nordic Council of Ministers. The main goal of the project is to enhance economic cooperation and trade between the Nordic countries and North-West Russia and to contribute to the successful internalization of creative business in the Baltic Sea region. The project will last until April 2017. The following actions will be undertaken during this time: analyze of creative business possibilities in North-West of Russia, identification of the main problem and its solutions, detection of news forms of cooperation among partners, distribution of information about business opportunities. These activities will help to establish sustainable cooperation network among partners, to exchange experience and opinions, to share the best activities.
All project’s participants have extensive experience in sphere of creative industries. KRC is a Lead partner of the project and takes responsibility for its realization. The main partner is Aalto University, Helsinki that actively works to support creative industries. The Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Karelia and Swedish-Karelian Business and Information Centre are the main Karelian partners. Furthermore, other Russian participants are the Saint-Petersburg International Business Association, the Institute for Cultural Programs in Saint-Petersburg and the Northern (Arctic) Federal University in Arkhangelsk. Foreign partners are Lansstyrelsen, Västerbotten, the organization “Business Sweden”, Norwegian-Russian Chamber of Commerce, organization “Innovation Iceland”, Denmark organization “Centre for Culture and Experienced Economy” (CKO), the Northern Dimension Institute.
On the 26th of February the first meeting of the Karelian partners was conducted. The main targets of the meeting were to present the project, to discuss timetable of the main events and main work direction. The representatives of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Karelia, the Ministry of Economic Development of Culture of the Republic of Karelia, The Institute of Economics of the Karelian Research Centre of RAS, The State Committee of the Republic of Karelia for Interaction with Local Self-Government Bodies, local mass-media, the head of the Swedish-Karelian Business and Information Centre and business ombudsman of the Republic of Karelia were at the meeting.
The project “Joining Creativity” is focused on economic cooperation and trade between Nordic Countries and North-West Russia. This region is one of the priority areas of the Nordic Council of Ministers. This project is aimed at supporting particular companies in sphere of creative industries from Nordic countries and Russia to identify and exploit the business opportunities in North-West Russia and in the Nordic countries respectively.
The final event of competition “We and grandchildren: create together!” took place in Karelian college Arts and Culture on 26th February 2016 within project “Territorial Resource Centers for work with elderly people” with support the Ministry of Economical Development of the Republic of Karelia and Regional Charitable Foundation “Samarskaya Gubernia”.
3 families, which were selected by jury for contest final, showed their performances, and took part in competitions, prepared by third-year students under the leadership honored cultural worker of the Republic of Karelia and the Russian Federation.
Finalists competed in building snowman, making up the story, answering trick questions and other fantastic competitions. The students performed song “Lullaby” and “My grandmother smokes pipe” for finalists and so on.
The expert jury, consisted of representatives of Karelian Resource Centre of NGOs, foundation “Petrozavodsk” and Charitable Foundation “Karelian Health” decided to choose as winners:
The first place: Besedin Team
The second place: Borovskii Team
The third place: Polyakov team
In the end the award ceremony took place. General Director of Karelian Resource Centre of NGOs and coordinator of this project thanked all organizations and partners and handed over thankfulness letters and gifts for assistance in the preparation of contest.
The qualifying rounds of contest “We and grandchildren: create together!” took place on 21st and 23rd February within project “Territorial Resource Centers for work with elderly people” with support the Ministry of Economical Development of the Republic of Karelia and Regional Charitable Foundation “Samarskaya Gubernia”.
We recall that the main idea of contests lied in strengthening links between generations through creating older and the younger generation.
The participants presented 16 performances in various areas: singing, music, dancing, poetry, handcrafts.
Jury selected finalists of contest, who present their performances in the final. To win, finalists must shop creativity and cohesion. All participants were awarded with gifts and certificates.
Karelian Resource Centre of NGOs and foundation “Petrozavodsk” thanks shop “One Thousand and One Nights”, shop “Comfort inside your home” and shop «King's Party» for offered prizes.
Volunteers took part in training on acting on 21st February within project “Give smile to child” dissemination of art therapy methods in the Republic of Karelia.
Stuff of fund “Petrozavodsk” invited actress of Drama Theater of the Republic of Karelia Olga Sakhanova to hold event for student of Karelia Art and Culture college, Olga is a real professional, clown, who has enormous experience in event for child including in hospital.
The students have known how make performance in hospital. Olga provided variety of games for children, and spoke about improvisation.
It should be noted that experience of hospital clowning have proved the effectiveness its influence on emotional children’s state that remain in hospital. The purpose of clown therapy is to make children happy and healthy. Clowns help to patient to forget about medical problems, intensifying recovery processes. Hospital clowns help the children’s rehabilitation not with the medicine, but by the creation of positive emotions.
Students learned necessary methods for hospital clowning. Now it’s safe to say that they are ready for performances in Karelian hospitals.
The main idea of the competition – joint performances of the older and younger generations in the next categories: vocal, instrumental music, choreography and presentation of creative and comfortable bird tables made by grandparents and their grandchildren.
Dates:
Applications for participation: 8 – 18 February 2016
Preliminary round: 21 February 2016
Gala concert: 26 February 2016
The competition is held in two stages:
The first stage. The preliminary round of the contest “We and grandchildren” at the public culture centre “Consent” includes performances of participants and presentations of bird tables. Contestants are judged by the jury that selects the best performances and bird tables (winners) to participate in the final interactive gala concert.
The second stage. The gala concert will take place at the Karelian College of Culture and Arts and will include performances and presentations of the winners. Winners will also take part in the interactive game as part of the concert. Winners and participants will be awarded with prizes and gifts.
Categories:
Vocal
Instrumental music
Choreography
The best bird table
Conditions for participation:
All performances must include joint participation of representatives of both older and younger generations.
Age limit for young contestants: 6–14 years.
To participate in the contest, contestants submit an application form to the Organizer by e-mail saltykova@krcngo.com or deliver it in person at the office of the public culture center “Consent”: Petrozavodsk, Krylov street, 6.
Send your e-mails with questions here: saltykova@krcngo.com with the mark “CONTEST: WE AND GRANDCHILDREN” in the subject line and call 8 953-547-34-35 (Tatiana) strictly from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. during weekdays.
Organizer of the competition:
NCO “Karelian resource Center of non-governmental organizations”
A round table devoted to the key aspects of working in the sphere of interethnic cooperation took place on February 5, 2016 in Suojarvi within the project
“To Live in the World – to Live in Peace: National Politics, Civil Society, and Public Diplomacy” implemented as a part of sub-program “Support for social non-profit organizations in the Republic of Karelia in 2014-2020 under the government program of the Republic of Karelia “Development of Civil Society Institutions and Local Government, Protection of Human and Civil Rights and Freedoms”.
The round table included analysis of the activity of Centres for Interethnic Cooperation that, as it was noted, play a critical part in the process of rendering migrants.
Kichmanyuk Olga Anatolevna, future Head of the Centre, took part in the process of official opening program development. Participants of the event expressed their suggestions regarding the organization of the ceremony.
Summarizing the results of the round table, participants came to the conclusion that the activity of Centres for Interethnic Cooperation is highly required since development of tolerant relations is one of the priorities in the Republic of Karelia.
Furthermore, a working meeting of Danko Gennady Gennadevich, Head of the Administration of Suoyarvi region, and Oskin Nikolay Georgievich, General Director of the non-profit organization “Karelian Resource Centre of NGOs" took place the same day. During the meeting participants discussed the relevant issue of current interethnic relations in the region.
The meeting contributed to the strengthening of future cooperation between the Administration of Suoyarvskoye Urban Settlement and the Centre for Interethnic Cooperation of Suojarvi town in order to improve the quality of social adaptation of foreign residents and fellow citizens arriving at the territory of the region.
It was also mentioned that the opening of the Centre of Interethnic Cooperation in the region is especially significant under current circumstances.
Development of tolerant relations, including those between children, is a top priority in the Republic of Karelia. With this purpose, a game-quiz named “Tolerance is …” took place on February 5 at the premises of Suojarvi central regional inter-settlement library that allowed young participants to show their knowledge regarding tolerance.
The main idea of the competition – joint performances of the older and younger generations in the next categories: vocal, instrumental music, choreography and presentation of creative and comfortable bird tables made by grandparents and their grandchildren.
Dates:
Applications for participation: 8 – 18 February 2016
Preliminary round: 21 February 2016
Gala concert: 26 February 2016
The competition is held in two stages:
The first stage. The preliminary round of the contest “We and grandchildren” at the public culture centre “Consent” includes performances of participants and presentations of bird tables. Contestants are judged by the jury that selects the best performances and bird tables (winners) to participate in the final interactive gala concert.
The second stage. The gala concert will take place at the Karelian College of Culture and Arts and will include performances and presentations of the winners. Winners will also take part in the interactive game as part of the concert. Winners and participants will be awarded with prizes and gifts.
Categories:
Vocal
Instrumental music
Choreography
The best bird table
Conditions for participation:
All performances must include joint participation of representatives of both older and younger generations.
Age limit for young contestants: 6–14 years.
To participate in the contest, contestants submit an application form to the Organizer by e-mail saltykova@krcngo.com or deliver it in person at the office of the public culture center “Consent”: Petrozavodsk, Krylov street, 6.
Send your e-mails with questions here: saltykova@krcngo.com with the mark “CONTEST: WE AND GRANDCHILDREN” in the subject line and call 8 953-547-34-35 (Tatiana) strictly from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. during weekdays.
Organizer of the competition:
NCO “Karelian resource Center of non-governmental organizations”
Staff members of the fund “Petrozavodsk” organized the first workshop for volunteers within the project “Give smile to child: dissemination of art therapy methods in the Republic of Karelia on 27th January, 2016.
The Karelian College of Culture and Arts became of the main partners of the project. Students, who studies there, take park in events of the project as volunteers.
The staff members of the fund presented main steps of realization of the project. There are two main parts: work with children, which are in hospitals of the Republic of Karelia and work with children in rehabilitation center “Rodnik” in Petrozavodsk. It was on the basis of that principle two group of students were established.
The invited psychologist Maria Averyanova gave a lecture to students. She told about details of the art therapy with children, who are in hospitals. The general description of the art therapy was presented at the workshop: hospital and medical personnel influence on patients’ health. The psychologist told more fully, how to contact with the child for the first time. How important is the mood of volunteers. What not to do, when art therapy workshop starts, how to find the way out, if something goes wrong. Also the practice was held, in which students passed the test “My tree”.
Thank all participants of the event for their interest.
НП "КАРЕЛЬСКИЙ РЕСУРСНЫЙ ЦЕНТР ОБЩЕСТВЕННЫХ ОРГАНИЗАЦИЙ"
185035, Республика Карелия, г. Петрозаводск, ул. Гоголя, д. 1, офис 232
The fund ”Petrozavodsk” have won a grant from the Ministry of Healthcare and Social Development of the Republic of Karelia within project “The development of institute of civil society and the development of local government, protection of human right and freedoms.
Implementation period: January–February 2016.
Project “Give smile to child: dissemination of art therapy methods in the Republic of Karelia” is aimed at formation of the conditions for sociocultural and psychological rehabilitation of children with special needs by means art therapy.
Objectives of the project:
1. Selection of volunteers for participation in events of the project.
2. Training for volunteers.
3. The development of activities’ program for volunteer.
4. Performing the art therapy workshop in Centre “Rodnik”.
5. Visiting to hospitals in Petrozavodsk, Kondopoga, Sortovala, Segezha.
6. Visiting children with special needs at home
7. Information about treatment by art therapy methods and dissemination of project experience.
We believe that art therapy workshops help children to recover.
The Karelian Resource Center of NGOs proceeded to realization of project “Live in the World in Peace”: national policy, civil society, people-to-people diplomacy within the program “Support of NGOs in the Republic of Karelia” in 2012–2020.
The projects aim at the involvement of civil society institutes in solution of problems of international accord through interethnic conflict prevention, using the best practices of harmonization international relationship.
Problem Statement:
1 .Support of international cooperation centers.
2. Expansion of activity of international cooperation centers to another district of the Republic of Karelia (Suoyarvi).
3. Exchange of experience with colleagues from Moscow the Republic of Tatarstan and Finland for work with migrant: methods are used in Finland and Karelia and participation of different organizations and institutes from both countries.
4. The development of cooperation between Karelia and Finland.
5. Exchange of experience on countering extremism and its ideology.
6. Creating the conditions for using effective groundwork in this sphere: publication about influence of international migration process on civil society.
7. Drawing attention of the general public to migration and their rights’ problems in the Republic of Karelia by means formation communicative space for discussing topical issue of migrant.
8. Sharing knowledge about Karelian culture: formation of respect to Karelian cultural values, popularization Karelian culture and art: publication of songster of Karelian composer.
A round table “Possibilities pf NGOs for public funding of Citizens"social service took place 22nd January, 2016. Organizer was a layer Anastasia Lesik within program of NGOs legal support with the assistance the Ministry of economic development of Russia in partnership with KRC NGOs.
As part of the event NGO s legal framework social service indicated in the Federal Law from 28.12.2013 № 442-ФЗ was discussed. Also questions have been raised about public funding of social service and funding of NGOs from Federal and local budget.
Head of KRC NGOs Nikolay Oskin told about situation of funding of social service. Then Participants discussed issues of tax incentives for NGOs that were placed in roster of social services providers.
The participants were given methodic and informational materials prepared by experts of association.
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