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The Community Development Support Program in the Russian Federation. Round 4
Project Complex
Through Civic Initiatives to Local Community Development in
Pozharsky Raion
Grant amount $70 000 Grantee contribution $79 715 Total cost $149 715
Thematic projects included in the Project Complex:
- Founding a Civic Development Center
- Implementation of a complex of measures to ensure safe living conditions in Luchegorsk
- Cultural community development in Pozharskoye Settlement
- Organizing athletic and tourist activities in Svetlogorye Settlement
- Introducing energy-saving techniques and increasing the number of places for children in Kindergarten # 16
Municipality Profile:
Pozharsky Raion (22,670 sq. km) with a population of 32,000 people, of which 22,300 live in Luchegorsk, is situated in the north of Primorsky Krai. The raion was named after the Hero of the Soviet Union Ivan Pozharsky who was killed in action in 1938 during hostilities between the Soviet Union and Japan at Lake Hasan. The main industries of this raion, which was founded in 1939, are coal mining and electric power production. It has a high unemployment rate, agriculture is in a state of complete deterioration, nevertheless, in rural areas, and there is an obvious raise of civic activity.
Community problems addressed by the Project Complex:
In 2007, as a result of the SAM Program, which was managed by the Green House NGO from Khabarovsk, in four settlements of the raion (Nagornoye, Pozharskoye, Svetlogorye and Kransy Yar) initiative groups of local activists were formed to implement social projects. Under the municipal targeted small grants program similar initiative groups of local residents have appeared in Luchegorsk Settlement. The participants in these groups decided to pool multi-stakeholder development efforts and to found a Local Development Center as an alliance of initiative groups, rural activist groups, heads of rural municipalities and businesses willing to facilitate development in their settlements and in the raion on the whole. This initiative can help address many local concerns, specifically:
- Absence of government registration of NGOs need for conducting project activities;
- Inadequate accounting and communications support to projects;
- Low level of community activity and involvement in decision-making and lack of multi-sector partnerships;
- Ineffective and insufficient target programs;
- Shortage of places in kindergartens and not enough playgrounds for safe physical activities of children;
- Poor children’s health;
- Low level of environmental culture.
- Scarcity of communications materials needed to mobilize communities; and low level of culture and the quality of community services;
- Unemployment and underdeveloped community infrastructure.
Synergetic effect of the Project Complex:
The participation in the consortium of a host of organizations and public associations (rural and urban communities, a municipal organization and a non-profit organization) made it possible to form a model partnership community and pool efforts to develop an integrated approach to addressing issues related to socio-economic community development. This, in turn, made the development process sustainable and the successful experience accessible and replicable. Public participation in projects jointly with NGOs facilitated effective social partnerships and alliances, thus ensuring multi-sector participation in development. The project complex engaged community members in the process of planning and in local self-government. All this strengthened civil society in Pozharsky Raion.
Municipal budget funds saved on heat under the project “Introducing energy-saving techniques and increasing the number of places for children in Kindergarten # 16” were channeled to a kindergarten development program authorized by the raion Duma and the head of the raion administration. Municipal budget funds saved on lighting in Luchegorsk under the project “Implementation of a complex of measures to ensure safe living conditions in Luchegorsk” were used as additional funding for the municipal grants program. Savings resulting from the kindergarten development initiative were spent on energy-efficiency in kindergartens and for opening new vacancies in kindergartens.
Project Complex contact:
Konstantin Nabiulin, coordinator of the Regional Center of Pervotsvet Socio-Environmental OrganizationContact information:
17 Pervyi Mikroraion, Luchegorsk, Pozharsky Raion, Primorsky Krai 692001,
Tel. 8(42357)-22775, fax 8 (42357)-21966 e-mail flowerspring@mail.ruOrganizations, members of the Project Complex:
Title
Category
Profile
Pervotsvet Socio-Environmental Organization
NGO
Education, conservation, civil society, media relations
Luchegorsk Municipal Administration
municipal
Municipal governance
Pozharskoye Municipal Administration
municipal
Municipal Governance
Svetlogorskoye Municipal Administration
municipal
Municipal Governance
Department for Education of Pozharsky Municipality
Municipal
Promotion of education in Pozharsky Raion
Duration (months)
10
Start date
01/09/ 2008
End date
30/06/2009
Project
Founding a Civic Development Center
Organization:
Pervotsvet Socio-Environmental Organization ofType of organization: NGO
Start date September 1, 2008
End date June 30, 2009
Project summary:
This project founded and registered as an NGO a Civic Development Center that unites initiative groups and citizens and organizes environmental and social volunteer activities and events in Luchegorsk and other settlements. Community members, including youth, were involved in these activities. An Information Agency was opened at the Center with the aim of uniting public media outlets in the community and covering project complex activities.
Location:
Pozharsky Raion, and the settlements of Luchegorsk, Verkhne-Perevalskoye, Nagornenskoye and Fedosyevskoye with a total population of 26,000 people.Contact information:
P.O.B. 4, Luchegorsk, Pozharsky Raion, Primorsky Krai 692001,
Tel. 8 (42357)-22775, fax 8 (42357) 21966, e-mail: flowerspring@mail.ruProject coordinator:
Konstantin Nabiulin, coordinator of the Regional Center of Pervotsvet Socio-Environmental OrganizationProject objectives:
Enhancing public participation, including youth, in addressing local issues and in planning and developing their communities. Promoting interaction among government, NGOs, the mass media, business and citizens. Providing a sufficient number of sports grounds and playgrounds in the community. Increasing the communications components of the projects. Improving the organization and procedure of municipal contests.
Final results:
- An NGO (Civic Development Center) was founded and registered with the aim of bringing together nearly 20 initiative groups and nearly 200 citizens;
- Building one playground and upgrading three existing ones as a result of a contest held by the Center; Repairing the site for studying traffic rules in the Children’s Park;
- Establishing an effective partnership between state bodies, local self-government, socially responsible businesses, NGOs, the mass media, and the public; The partnership includes 10 organizations and 3 mass events were carried out with the total number of participants nearing 500;
- The Information Agency began work; It aired 5 news pieces on local and regional television, published 5 articles on project activities in the local press, aired 5 own pieces and published 10 own articles; It puts out one newspaper and newspapers of initiative groups with a total circulation of 2,000 copies; A video spot devoted to the project was produced; Nearly 25,000 people became acquainted with project information.
- Training booklets on traffic rules were written and printed in 500 copies.
Total project cost $25 000
Own contribution $10 000
Received amount $15 000
Community Development Support Program in the Russian Federation. Round 4
Project Complex Through Civic Initiatives to Local Community Development in Pozharsky Raion
Project
Implementation of a complex of measures to ensure safe living conditions in Luchegorsk
Organization:
Luchegorsk Municipal AdministrationType of organization: government
Start date September 1, 2008
End date June 30, 2009
Project summary:
Light lines in the streets of Luchegorsk were modernized and new energy-efficient lamps were installed that provide better quality illumination of dangerous parts of the roads. Thanks to energy savings, additional funds were used for financing the municipal grant program “Safe Recreation Sites for Children”. A system of public video monitoring and recording was installed on busy crossings of the settlement and in local schools. Traffic lanes and pedestrian crossings were marked, road signs were installed, and a site for studying traffic rules was set up at the children’s autodrome where the traffic police conducts training for schoolchildren.
Location:
Luchegorsk.Contact information:
Public Center, Bldng. 1, Luchegorsk, Pozharsky Raion, Primorsky Krai 692001
Tel. 8(42357)-21612, fax 8(42357)-25252, e-mail: starevgenij@yandex.ruProject coordinator:
Yevgeny Starchenko, head of the Housing and Utilities ServiceProject objectives:
Improving the quality of lighting in the streets of Luchegorsk in evening and nighttime. Providing the community with a sufficient number of playgrounds and sports grounds. Increase road safety as a result of improving the marking of pedestrian crossings, installation of road signs, teaching schoolchildren traffic rules, and installing a system of public video monitoring.
Final results:
- 49 energy-efficiency lamps were installed and, as a result, nearly 40,000 rubles was saved. The streets in the community became lighter, which led to a decrease of the crime rate and an increase of crime detection;
- 200 preschoolers and schoolchildren were taught traffic rules at a special training site in the Children’s park;
- 20 volunteers from the Civic Development Center took part in preparing the traffic rules training site and 500 booklets on this subject were printed and distributed by the Information Agency;
- 6 monitoring video cameras were installed on the main crossings and in three schools of the settlement and, thus, an infrastructure were established to which new points may be hooked up in the future (houses, playgrounds and public parking lots) with minimum costs, while local residents were able to view the streets through the Internet;
- Pedestrian crossings were newly marked and road signs were installed with own funding.
Total project cost $61 215
Own contribution $42 715
Received amount $18 500
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Project
Cultural community development in Pozharskoye Settlement
Organization:
Pozharskoye Municipal AdministrationType of organization: government
Start date September 1, 2008
End date June 30, 2009
Project summary:
Under this project, the initiative group carried out a set of measures aimed at motivating cultural development in the community, including the repair and decorating an open-air stage and improving the area surrounding the community center. The equipment that was acquired as part of the project helped to activate the existing creative groups and form new ones, including hobby groups. The creative groups performed in other settlements, thus initiating cultural activities in the raion. During their tour, they met with initiative groups from other communities to share experience. Project activities were covered by the Information Agency of the Civic Development Center.
Location:
Pozharskoye Settlement, population -1,591 people.Contact information:
22 Leninskaya St., Pozharskoye Settlement, Pozharsky Raion, Primorsky Krai 692020
Tel. 8(42357)-34180.Project coordinator:
Galina Antimirova, head of the settlement’s community centerProject objectives:
Creation of conditions for the successful functioning of creative groups that were provided with costumes, modern audio and visual equipment, and musical instruments. Increasing the level of culture and public involvement and, especially, of the local youth. Bringing community members closer together on the eve of the 110th anniversary of Pozharskoye Settlement and the 70th anniversary of Pozharsky Raion.
Final results:
- An open-air stage was repaired, the area around the community center was improved and a new lighting system was installed;
- Increasing by 1.5 times the number of creative groups and associations that include nearly 200 community members; Along with the work of the 12 associations, discotheques are held for the youth;
- Over 80 events were carried out with the participation of nearly 2,000 people; Attendance of the community center grow by 30% and its creative groups gave 10 performances in the raion;
- Promoting social partnerships between the community and government and motivating greater public participation. As a result of the creative groups’ trips, partnerships were formed with the participants in other projects and the initiative groups of Pozharsky Raion united.
Total project cost $14 000
Own contribution $4 000
Received amount $10 000
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Project
Organizing athletic and tourist activities in Svetlogorye Settlement
Organization:
Svetlogorskoye Municipal AdministrationType of organization: municipal
Start date September 1, 2008
End date June 30, 2009
Project summary:
This project built a 6 m wide and 5 km long ski piste in the recreation area of the settlement; set up resting sites; improved a 5-m forest belt along the road; make special devices for aligning and creating a ski-track; organized ski mounting gear rental; and built and installed lifting gates and warning signs. In the summer, the piste was used as a tourist trail and for mountain biking. Community members cleaned and improved the piste and set up rest points.
Location:
Svetlogorskoye SettlementContact information:
4 V.Khomyakova St., Svetlogorskoye Settlement, Pozharsky Raion, Primorsky Krai 92020
Tel. 8(42357)-35432, fax 8(42357)-35265, e-mail: admssp@mail.ruProject coordinator:
Alexander Tuyushev, head of Svetlogorskoye Municipal AdministrationProject objectives:
Creating new jobs in the community, where the existing mining enterprise has almost exhausted all available mineral resources.
Developing a recreation area on the northeastern slope of Sapun Mountain Ridge (building a skiing and mountain skiing pists, a tubbing hill, and a rest site) as the foundation of a tourist infrastructure and a place for community recreation and health activities.
Final results:
- A sports complex appeared in Pozharsky Raion, which the residents of Pozharsky and Bikinsky raions use for active recreation;
- A 5-km piste with camp sites was built, the forest belt along the piste was improved and a system of free rental of ski gear for the children from the settlement and the Children’s Home was organized, as well as a rental system for guests;
- 30 volunteers took part in project activities;
- Conditions were created for developing tourism and increasing the investment attractiveness of the settlement for businesses;
- Raion-level sports tournaments are held in the settlement. The health of local schoolchildren improved and they now have a chance to go into sports during their free time;
- A partnership was formed between local self-government and citizens who have acquired experience in community decision making.
Total project cost $11 500
Own contribution $4 000
Received amount $7 500
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Project
Introducing energy-saving techniques and increasing the number of places for children in Kindergarten # 16
Organization:
Department for Education of Pozharsky Municipality Type of organization: municipal
Start date September 1, 2008
End date June 30, 2009
Project summary:
This project installed plastic window units, heat meters and an automated individual heating point in Kindergarten # 16 in Novostroika Settlement and, as a result, helped save municipal budget funds and test a mechanism of their reinvestment in a program for the further development of local kindergartens. Project activities also included forming an initiative group of parents that joined the Civic Development Center. This group took part in repairing vacant space in the kindergarten and creating two new furnished rooms for the children equipped with furniture and provided with supplies and toys. Communications support was provided jointly with the Civic Development Center.
Location:
Novostroika Settlement, Pozharsky Raion – population 2,450 people.Contact information:
Chetvyorty Mikroraion, 2 Administrative Bldng., Luchegorsk Settlement, Pozharsky Raion, Primorsky Krai 692028
Tel. 8 (42357) 22-3-25, fax 8 (42357) 21-5-32, e-mail: duma-25@mail.ruProject coordinator:
Tatiana Kravchenko, head of staff of Pozharsky Raion DumaProject objectives:
Increasing the number of places in the kindergarten with the aim of removing an obstacle to community development. Improving conditoins in the kindergarten by creating a comfortable temperature mode. Saving local budget funds through the use of energy-efficiency techniques and reinvesting them into refurbishing the kindergarten. Instilling civic responsibility in young parents by involving them in volunteer work in the kindergarten. Creating conditions for young mothers to return to their jobs. Creation of new jobs.
Final results:
- Installing an individual heating point in the kindergarten, repairing the rooms and organizing two new groups; installing 8 plastic window units and buying toys and furniture;
- 40 volunteers took part in repairing the kindergarten; Energy savings amounted to 30% (158,000 rubles during one heating season) and were reinvested into a development and energy-efficiency program in local kindergartens;
- The newly opened groups provided 40 additional places for children and 6 new jobs for adults. Young mothers of children attending the kindergarten are now able to become employed.
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Total project cost $38 000
Own contribution $19 000
Received amount $19 000
