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Quarter Report on the Project “Obninsk Civic Network”
2-nd Quarter, 2001
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Name of Project Director
Yurii R. Koftan
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Project Name
“Obninsk Civic Network”
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Time period
April-June 2001
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Names of individuals and institutions participating in
the project or intending to participate directly or to support the project
with additional funds.
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Not-for-Profit Partnership “Obninsk Computer Club”,
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Obninsk City Administration,
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JSC “Obninsk City Information Center”,
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“Maxnet Systems”, Ltd.
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Not-for-Profit Partnership “Community”,
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Not-for-Profit Partnership “Municipal Informatics”,
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Obninsk City Fund of Scientific-Technical, Innovative,
and Creative Activity of Russian Youth,
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International Academy of Modern Knowledge.
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Project Goal and Objectives
Development of Obninsk Civic Network
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Achievements during the reported period:
a) useful meetings and contacts:
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In the June SPAN Newsletter (IREX?USAID) the Obninsk Civic
Network mentioned as a resource of the SPAN’s partners
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The same Newsletter (see above) describes visit of our partners
from Oak Ridge who are the OCN partners to Obninsk.
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The OCN and OK_Club leaders met with new Vice-Mayor of Social
Matters – Alexander Sychev - and informed him about their activity. Mutual
understanding was achieved during the meeting and Alexander promised the
he’ll support the OCN project and will provide the City participation in
it.
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On May 15 the City Parents Committee was established in Obninsk
under the support from the City Educational Office. There is an agreement
about cooperation with the Parents Committee in the framework of the civic
movement “Computer – to School” initiated by the OCN.
b) outcomes of activities performed in Obninsk or other
places:
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During the reported period the OCN site got 15 new pages
and sites developed by the OCN volunteers.
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The OK_Club held the second stage of the “Computer-01” competition
for youth under 25. The results of the competition can be found at - http://civnet.okclub.org/result2001.htm.
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The OCN volunteers provide training for disabled children
from the “Trust” Center. The students learn fundamentals of computers and
development of Web sites.
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A new consortium “Network of Active Organizations” that includes
now 8 organizations is established to help in solving community problems.
The NAO works in close cooperation with the OCN.
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Brief description of activity proposed for implementation
for the next reported period
The OCN activity during the summer period will be
mainly focused on the creation of new information resources. In September
we will continue training process for NGO’s staff and members. This training
will also include school teachers. During the same period the OCN news
system will be tested..
PI of OCN,
Yuriy R. Koftan
e-mail: koftan@okclub.ru
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