“The Kazan Civic Networking”

2- nd Quarter, 2001


 
  • Names and institutions of collaborators, if any (US and/or Russia). Show the names of every person or organization, who take part in project or intend to participate or finance the project additionally:

  • 1. Committee for Human Rights Protection of the Republic of Tatarstan (Dmitri V. Vokhmianin)
    2. Tupolev Kazan State Technical University (Aidar S. Hamzin)
    3. Public Youth Organization of the "Future Management " (E. Ditiatkina)
    4. Public Organization "Chernobyl" (G. Jiliayev)
    5. Women Rights Independent Commission (A.Nassirova)
    6. Juridical Clinic of the Tatar Institute for Business Assistance (T. Kurdukova)
    7. Psychological Society of the Republic of Tatarstan (R. Gabdreyev)
    8. National Republics Non-political Association of the Russian Federation (S. Knyazkin)
    9. History Institute of the Sciences Academy of RT (R. Khakimov)
    10. Constitutional and International Law Faculty, Kazan State University (R. Valeyev)
    11. Endosurgery and Plastic surgery Educational Center (I. Fyodorov)
    12. Acquaintances Club "Silver Rain " (V. Mikhaylov)
    13. Charitable Fund "Messiah" (D. Maryashova)
    14. Public Charitable Fund "Arc" (T. Borissova)
    15. Kazan Organization of the Russian Engineer Society (R. Taguirov)
    16. Public Center of Assistance to population (V. Yegorov)
    17. Initiative Group " News from Kazan " (G. Kazakov)
    18. Public Organization "Airat"
    19. Tatarstan Representative for Human Rights (R. Vaguizov)
    20. Social and Political Prognosis Analytical Center (A. Vorjetzov)
    21. Independent Invalid Settlements Organization (N. Bumblis)
    22. Children Sunday School (N. Pobedimskaya)
    23. Information Technologies Laboratory of the State Medical Advanced Training Institute (E. Oblakov)
    24. Psychological Training School (S.Petrushin)
    25. Youth Historical Club of Role Games "Vityaz" (I. Repin)
    26. Plastic Surgery Center (S. Obidenov)
    27. Psychological Rehabilitation Center for dope fiends and alcoholics (S. Diatlov)
    28. Kazan department of Russian Young Scouts Organization (N. Pobedimskaya)
    29. "Public fund of support and development social and humanitarian initiatives of youth"
    30. "Public fund of female support movement "Siumbike" (G. Kozlova)
    31. Kazan State Public Center (D. Perezvencev)
    32. Union of operators and users of Internet (S. Knyazkin).
     
     

  • Purpose and objectives of proposal:
  • Objectives:
    1. Involvement of large range of public organizations and initiative citizens in project “Kazan Civic Networking”
    2. Work on new forms of activity within the framework of “Kazan Civic Networking” project
    3. Technical project infrastructure development
    4. Quality improvement of Internet services
    5. Expansion of civil initiatives in the framework of the project
    6. Civil initiatives Information space creating
    7. Active participation in measures spent within the framework of the all-Russian project "Russian Civic Networking"
    8. Assistance in developing civil movement in the Republic of Tatarstan and initiating noncommercial organizations joint social projects, bodies of state authority and business, establishment of social partnership.
    9. Work to popularize modern information technologies in public and civil spheres.
    10. Work to develop the information maintenance in noncommercial and commercial sectors and to associate organizations for joint cooperation within the framework of the Russian Civic Networking program.
    11. Expansion of activity’s scales of noncommercial and commercial sector by means of modern information technologies.
    12. Information interaction of non commercial organizations, bodies of state authority, mass media in sphere of noncommercial and commercial sector development and civil society formation to solve jointly social, cultural, educational, information, resource, personnel, methodological and other problems of public movement.
    Tasks:
    1. Work to popularize the activity of public organizations, positive and negative work experience, public initiatives, actions and measures, interaction within state structures, MASS-MEDIA and all public sectors;
    2. Assistance in creating and developing civil society institutes, in particular, in creating, strengthening, interacting and associating efforts of not governmental organizations;
    3. Work to develop service functions of centers of public access to Internet, thus creating favourable conditions for wide layers of population to the network; to popularize Internet opportunities, to report the activity of noncommercial initiatives in Internet. At present five centers of public access function;
    4. Granting opportunities to develop noncommercial republic sector, using achievements of information technologies through connection of noncommercial organizations, active citizens to the dial-up Internet usage;
    5. Monitoring on problems of public movement development with the help of Internet; republic legislation analysis in the field of noncommercial organizations’ development, estimating level of noncommercial organizations interaction with bodies of state authority;
    6. Information and technical assistance to " Kazan Civic networking " users services work;
    7. Interaction with Mass-Media;
    8. Realizing educational courses, seminars to improve the total level of organizations - project’s participants activity;
    9. Assistance in creating project’s participants Web-sites
    10. Providing to a wide audience:
      • news about organizations and private persons activity participating in the project;
      • mass media monitoring results on freedom of speech problems and civil sector development in the Tatarstan Republic;
      • information, given by noncommercial organizations (NCO): about NCO activity, problems, results and achievements, actions and measures, announcements of actions and measures, NCO appeals and statements, concerning all spheres of activity;
      • placing local news, databases (NCO database, legislative database), information on significant culture, science, NCO events, inquiry and news information on the Republic of Tatarstan, Kazan, geography, population, culture, science, economy, public health services, civil initiatives;
      • publishing the methodical literature with recommendations for public organizations work; on realizing their projects and initiatives, NCO develop various methodical manuals and literature;
      • reports on noncommercial and commercial organizations activity in the Republic of Tatarstan and other national Republics of the Russian Federation. According to the conditions of cooperation contract, each organization – project’s participant - should place on site not less than one publication per week;
      • publication of analytical materials, concerning the civil sector and conditions of regional legislation in the Civil Network;
    1. Accomplishments during report period:
    1. Meetings and communications pertaining to output:
      1. “The Committee for Protection of Human Rights” has developed active work among organizations - participants of the project the “Kazan Civic Networking” on attraction and active work in "Public Fund of Support both Development of the Social and Humanitarian Initiatives of Youth ", maintained representative of the representative of Russian Federation in Eurosoviet Vasili I. Likhachev.
      2. The organizations - participants of the project together with administration of city and city TV - company "Ether" have accepted active participation in realization of a city celebration devoted to 10 birthday of regional TV Company "Efir".
      3. The All-Union organizations of young scouts have taken part in the training activities which were held on the basis of the Public Charity Fund " Covcheg". At the same time scouts were demonstrated different possibilities of work in Internet in the public access center at the Sophia Church.
      4. Mariana Katzarova is a representative of the International Organization "The International amnesty" has visited Kazan, The Committee for Protection of Human Rights of Tatarstan Republic, redaction of the newspaper "Novaya Vechorka", fund for help to the refugees and compelled migrants June, 25-27th. She has familiarized with work of “The Kazan Civic Networking”. The arrangements on interaction and information exchange are achieved.
    1. Activities in Kazan or other locations pertaining to output:
    Technical group work results: 1.1. Work to organize interactive communication system “Kazan civic networking”:
    1.1.1. For the second quarter of 2001 15 new users got an access to interactive informational system,
    1.1.2. Kazan civic networking web-site control and informational redaction is realized, the photo gallery “Kazan zoo”, “Kazan and people of Kazan” were published on the Internet – site.
    1.1.3. Administrators work to control web-site users activity is carried out,
    1.1.4. For the last quarter administrator group answered for 54 telephone requests from dialap users, seven times technical group went to user’s offices to help,
    1.1.5. For the last financial periodthere were provided 93 Gb of mail server services,
    1.1.6. 24 informational articles were published,

    1.2. Usual work for round-the-clock assistance to “Kazan civic networking program” participants is realized.
    1.3. Dial-up users of “Kazan civic networking” have been provided by 153 Internet hours, public access centers have used 532 Internet hours.
    1.4. The Center of public access to the Internet at the industrial practice center "Solnishko" for the students is open.
     
     

    Oleg Krasilnikov has acquainted the students of the industrial practice center with bases of work in the Internet,
    He has shown the basic methods, principles of search of the required information. We plan to carry out a several of occupations in the next quarter.

    Humanitarian Maintenance Group Work Results:

    1. The huge organizing work on registration and advertising company of new organizations "Public Fund of Support of Female Movement "Siumbike" (G. Kozlova), "Public Fund of Support both Development of the Social and Humanitarian Initiatives of Youth ".
    2. "The Committee for Protection of Human Rights in the Tatarstan Republic” has published "The Human Right Protection Encyclopaedic Dictionary", which materials in a near future will be partially published on a site of the project.
    3. The active work on expansion of frameworks of activity of the project is conducted. The items of the free-of-charge legal help in Menzelinsk, Elabuga and Zelenodolsk are open. In the near future we hope for occurrence of a technical opportunity of transfer and reception of the information from these cities in on-line mode.
    4. Humanitarian Maintenance Group have taken part in study of All-Union organization of the young scouts which were taking place on base OBF “Covcheg”, alongside with other occupations for scouts were demonstrated opportunities of work in the Internet at the center of public access in the Sofia church.
    5. The coordination work of public organizations is conducted within the framework of the project.
    6. The work of an information center is conducted. Information Center publishes materials in Russian and English in “Tatarstan Republic news” site heading is carried out.
    7. The scouts meeting on Volga is carried out. In informal conditions the children could have a rest, get acquainted, start friendship, study much interesting and new. The youth organization "Covcheg" is an organizer of this meeting.
    8. Work to realize ecological programs in the framework of “Kazan civic networking” project and Kazan Zoo has been continuing.
    c) Progress towards achieving purpose and objectives: The main event of the latter period was visit of the representative “The International Amnesty”. As a result of which the arrangements on joint work and information exchange were received.

    The center of public access at the industrial practice center "Solnishko" is open. The work with interactive system of the communications proceeds in a usual mode, news is published, and there is a work above representations of organizations.

    The active work on distribution of the information about activity of public organizations is conducted, are involved by mass - media.

    In a usual mode the services of technical support function, the work with a site proceeds, the round-the-clock watches on support of the users the Internet are conducted, there is administrative work, the centers of public access work.

    The educational occupations are conducted at the centers of public access, that allows to raise efficiency of their functioning.

    The scout meetings for children (together with OBF "Covcheg") are carried out.

    As well as earlier there is an active participation through Committee for protection of human rights in the Tatarstan Republic in legislative process, the work on upholding the rights of the citizens of Republic is conducted. The public organizations - participants of the project use dialap access to the Internet, place the information on the activity, news and other information on a site. We continue to develop a direction of the ecological programs in the Tatarstan Republic.
     

    d) Issues and problems:

    Achievements:

    1. The center of public access at the industrial practice center "Solnishko" is open.

    2. The computer occupations and studies for skills of work in the Internet are interesting and very urgent. The rates work practically at all centers of public access.

    3. The work on development of a new important direction proceeds: it’s the ecological projects.

    Problems:  
    The problems with financing of our undertakings and programs, problem with payment of work of the good interpreter continue, as the inflation dictates increase of wages.
    e) Training activities and number of individuals trained: 1. The occupation was carried out by Oleg Krassilnikov at the center of public access of the industrial practice center "Solnishko”. He had acquainted to 12 students about bases of work in the Internet.

    2. 4 studies have carried out for the schoolboys, in which 33 girls and boys have taken part at the Sofia church.

    3. The study was carried out at the center of public access center at the Hospital No 13. On study there were 12 persons.

    4. 2 studies were at the center of public access of the Kazan Technical University. 32 students have taken part in this.

    5. The study has passed at the center of public access of Committee for protection of human rights in Tatarstan Republic. 8 people have taken part in the training.

    f) Number of men and number of women participating in specific activities:
      1. Training for members of youth organization “Arc”

      2. Girls – 18
        Boys – 15

      3. Training for doctors at public access center, Hospital No13

      4. Women – 8
        Men – 4

      5. Training at KSTU public access center

      6. Women – 7
        Men – 25

      7. Training at center of public access of the industrial practice center "Solnishko”

      8. Women – 3
        Men – 9

      9. Training at Committee for protection of human rights in Tatarstan Republic
    Women – 2
    Men – 6  
    1. Activities to be conducted during the next quarterly report period (summary only):
    • Work to develop interactive system “Kazan civic networking”, to render an assistance to organizations – project participants in creating their own web-sites.
    • New public access centers to Internet opening
    • Work with non-commercial organizations, new partners involving
    • Work to realize training activity at public access centers
    • Active project interaction with mass-media
     
    PI of KCN :

    Aidar S. Khamzin  e-mail: khamzin@kai.ru

    Dmitry V. Vokhmyanin   e-mail: cnk@kai.ru
     
     
     
     

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