August 2010
Under the “Improving Communities Right Now!” Program the business ideas of community members in Nevyansk are implemented along with the creation of new jobs for rural residents and persons with special needs
A training seminar “Starting Your Own Business” was organized in this city to identify business minded community members and provide them with skills and knowledge the need for successfully starting their own business. The training for 20 attendees was conducted by 2 trainers/consultants with the use of interactive teaching methods and individual approaches to each trainee.
By the end of the training, the participants presented their business plans of proposed projects for the consideration of Nevyansk Working Group made up of city officials, deputies of the local Duma and the staff of Nevyansk Employment Center.
August 2010
Successful Environmental Expedition under the “We Are In Charge of the Future” ALCOA Foundation Program
For three successive years, in early August, environmental expeditions for schoolchildren from Samara and Zhigulevsk to the Samarskaya Luka National Park have been organized under the “We Are In Charge of the Future” ALCOA Foundation Program with support from the Fund for Sustainable Development and the Zapovedniki Ecological Center
Twenty five young participants joined this year’s expedition free of charge thanks to their active participation in project activities, creative contests, master classes and environmental actions of the Program. The staff of the Samarskaya Luka National Park, where the expedition 2010 Shelekhmetskiye Wilderness took place, have traditionally organized an interesting program devoted to hydrology, ornithology, botanic and reptiles inhabiting the park.
July 2010
Amur Initiative Phase 3 projects have been approved at the Fund for Sustainable Development Consulting Committee Working group meeting.
On July 28, 2010 in Moscow took place the Fund for Sustainable Development Consulting Committee Working group meeting. Applications submitted to the open contest of the targeted program Improving efficiency and integrity of rural drinking water supply systems in the settlements along Amur river in Khabarovskiy Krai. (Amur Initiative – Phase 3)” funded in partnership by USAID and Khabarovskiy Krai Government were reviewed and approved. This phase will help to develop and expand tremendous program success achieved in 2007-2009.
July 2010
An Article about the Fund for Sustainable Development Appeared in the No. 7-8 Issue (July-August 2010) of the Big Business Magazine
The article “On the Way to Recovery” by Svetlana Gromova, printed in the section “Special Projects: Sustainable Development” of the magazine, describes the projects and programs carried out by FSD, including those funded by Russian and international businesses. The author attempts to explore the connection between sustainable development strategies and the CSR effort of companies and the potential contribution of domestic businesses to the sustainable development of Russia.
July 2010
The Regional Center of the Fund for Sustainable Development held a seminar in Ulan-Ude to disseminate the best practices of the Community Development Support Program
The seminar Best Practices for Community Development in Conditions of Crisis in Baikal Region took place on July 7, 2010 in Ulan-Ude at the National Library.
The seminar was organized by the Buryatia Regional Association on Lake Baikal (East-Siberian FSD Regional Center) jointly with Buryatia Ministry of Economy and Buryatia Scientific Center at the Siberia Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences as part of the tenth workshop of UNESCO Global and Regional Sustainable Development Conference, which increased the number of interested participants. Information about the seminar was publicized in the materials of the plenary meeting.
July 2010
Grant Competition Announcement
Improving efficiency and integrity of rural drinking water supply systems in the settlements along Amur river in Khabarovskiy Krai.
(Amur Initiative – Phase 3).
Program Start: July 05, 2010. Program duration: until October 31, 2010
June 2010.
The Fund for Sustainable Development (FSD) in partnership with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Russian Regional Office held a round table on the subject of Sustainable Community Development and Local Self-Governance: Interaction of Experts and Implementers
The discussion took place on June 29, 2010, at the Institute of Contemporary Development and was focused on the issues and prospects of community development, improvement of the system of local self-government and the need to provide consultations to local self-government officials.
The organizers presented their proposals on working with thematic expert and implementer communities with the aim of receiving consultation support for managing, designing, discussing and seeking solutions to practical concerns facing communities and local self-government.
The participants supported the initiative of FSD and UNDP Russian Regional Office on forming a thematic community of experts and implementers in the sphere of local community development entitled “Municipal”.