1. Name of Project Director

2. Project Name

3. Time period

4. Names of individuals and institutions participating in the project or intending to participate directly or to support the project with additional funds.

• Not-for-Profit Partnership “Obninsk Computer Club”,
• Obninsk City Administration,

• JSC “Obninsk City Information Center”,
• “Maxnet Systems”, Ltd.
• Not-for-Profit Partnership “Community”,
• Not-for-Profit Partnership “Municipal Informatics”,
• Obninsk City Fund of Scientific-Technical, Innovative, and Creative Activity of Russian Youth,
• International Academy of Modern Knowledge.

5. Project Goal and Objectives

6. Achievements during the reported period:

• On March 20-21 a conference took place in Obninsk. The name of the conference “Obninsk – Experience of Social Partnership: Interaction of NGOs, Business, and Government for the Solution of Local Problems”. The conference was conducted in the framework of 2 projects and supported by the IREX and the Eurasia Foundation.

1^st Session (10.00-13.30)
10.00-10.10 Opening conference (Gennady Artemyev, Tom Row, Victor Latynov)
10.10-10.30 Introduction of participants. Brief greetings
10.30-11.10 Summary report (analyses of projects, their influence on the community, importance of the work of volunteers, adaptation of foreign experience, interaction between different projects, support of socially important activity from business and local authorities (Gennady Artemeyv)
11.10-11.30 Presentation from Oak Ridge team. Adaptation of Oak Ridge experience for the development of Obninsk community (Tom Row or Ken Luckmann)
11.30-11.50 Coffee-break
11.50-12.10 Presentation of the Active Organizations’ Network project (Leonid Cherevateko)
12.10-12.30 Presentation of SPAN project (Gennady Artemeyv)
12.30-12.50 Participation of citizens in the program of Obninsk development as Naukograd (Anton Yanovsky)
13.00-14.30 Lunch. Acquaintance with poster papers

2^nd Session (14.30-17.30) – “Integrating” projects of city organizations

14.30-14.50 Obninsk Civic Network (Yuri Koftan)
14.50-15.10 Obninsk Community Foundation (Tatyana Klimakova)
15.10-15.30 The Foundation of Social Charity (Sergei Kirichuk)
15.30-15.50 Coordination Volunteer Center ( Tatyana Rakhmatullina)
15.50-16.10 Coffee-break
16.10-16.30 The City Council of Non-Profits (Alla Prosvirkina)
16.30-16.50 Leadership-Obninsk (Victor Latynov)
16.50-17.10 Open power and open budget (Sergey Astapov)
17.10-17.30 Role of NGO’s in activation of local community (Elena Topoleva)
18.00 Dinner

March 21

• Participation of citizens and NGO’s in the programs of the city development.
• Support of NGO’s activity by businesses and government. Fundraising and legislative support.
• Experience of attracting volunteers for successful realization of social projects.
• Participation of NGO’s in social programs for seniors

b) outcomes of activities performed in Obninsk or other places:

• A new civic-political Internet project started on the threshold of the election of city Mayor and a member of the City Council. The site mart18.obninsk.org was created. The goal of the project is to present unbiased and impartial information on the election campaign and city life during this period. After the election the site will monitor and analyze the realization of pre-election program of a winner.

• Two on-line Internet conferences were carried out on OCN site: with Gennady Artemyev – a candidate for the city Mayor and with Sergey Zabedansky – a candidate for the City Council (http://civnet.okclub.org/news_archiv.php3?mes=????&god=2001).

• On January 18 the first meeting of the Coordination Council of the city Civic Movement “Computer to School took place in OK_Club.

• Gennady Artemyev Board member, Fund “Our Children” Chairman, Obninsk City Council
• Alexander Bondarenko Invesko – Bank
• Yurii Koftan The Council Chairman President, OK_Club Project Director, Obninsk Computer Network
• Nadezhda Novitskaya Educational Department, Obninsk City Administration
• Nikolai Plotnikov The City Parents’ Committee
• Anatolii Pronkevich Director, “Ungvar” computer company
• Olga Chertorizhskaya Director, Computer School “Gelios” Institute of Nuclear Power Engineering
• Nikolai Shestoperov Obninsk Council of Non-Profits Obninsk Civic Network

• The first stage of the competition “Computer – 01” took place in Obninsk Computer Club on January 6 – 7. Students from 6 to 11 grades participated in this competition.

• NGOs’ members are trained in the “Fundamentals of Internet” program:

7. Brief description of activity proposed for implementation for the next reported period

• On April 28 - 29 ÁĐŇĹĚŃ the second stage of the competition “Computer – 01” for youth under 25 years old will take place in Obninsk Computer Club.