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November 9, 2009
Weekly news
News under the Program “Our Rights” ... Details (Russian)
September 1, 2009
The Legal Status of the Indigenous People from the North of the Khabarovsky Region: Regulatory Legal Acts Collection
Regional public organization Informational Law Center of Indigenous People
of the North of Khabarovsky Krai "Mede-Center", implementing the project
"Young People from the Priamurie: Our Rights Are Our Future!" under "Our
Rights" Program releases The Legal Status of the Indigenous People from the
North of the Khabarovsky Region: Regulatory Legal Acts Collection ... Collection (Adobe PDF Rus)
June 29, 2009
Advocacy Workshops
Over 100 representatives from the Khabarovsky and Primorsky Krais took part in Advocacy Workshops (mini-seminars) conducted on board “Vasily Poyarkov” ship on June 27-28, 2009 ... Details
June 8, 2009
Our Rights Week
Take part in Our Rights week scheduled for September 2009, conducted in cooperation with the Information and Public Relations Department at the Governor and Khabarosky Region Government offices ... Details (Russian)
June 8, 2009
Mass media and Advocacy Contest
Timeframe to submit applications for participation in the Mass Media and Advocacy contest is extended up to June 30, 2009 ... Details (Russian)
May 18, 2009
The interim results of the “Our Rights” Program issued in English
The interim results of the “Our Rights” Program are issued in the English language for the English-speaking partners. The brochure covers the activities implemented by advocacy organizations and advocacy groups under the “Our Rights” Program during 2006-2008 ... Details (Adobe PDF)
March 27, 2009
Legal rights awareness roundtable for representatives from the indigenous people communities in the Russian Far East
On March 27, 2009, a roundtable “Role of the indigenous communities in the sustainable development of the territory they occupy” was held under the National Communities Leaders Retraining program. The roundtable was held by the Natural Resources Ministry ... Details
March 26, 2009
Meeting with USAID representative and participation in “Radio Together” Festival
Natalia Stashchuk, Project Management Assistant in the USAID Department of Democratic Initiatives, visited MSI representative office in Khabarovsk on March 26, 2009 and met “Our Rights” program and “Initiative Plus” employees ... Details
March 26, 2009
Roundtable “Right to preschool education and ways to realize it in the Primorsky krai and Vladivostok”
On March 25, 2009 a roundtable “Right to preschool education and ways to realize it in the Primorsky krai and Vladivostok” was held in Vladivostok, at the Primorye Hotel conference-hall (Posyetskaya St., 20). More than 20 people took part in the event ... Details
March 10, 2009
“Our Rights” Program partners took part in a mini-conference “Management and PR under present-day conditions: trust against crisis”
On March 4 and 5 “Our Rights” Program partners took part in a mini-conference “Management and PR under present-day conditions: trust against crisis” which was held by the “Green House” resource center in Khabarovsk and the Center for Non-Governmental Organizations Development in Saint-Petersburg under “Strengthening public support for Non-governmental organizations” thanks to financial support of US Agency for International Development. All the 76 participants got a copy of the “Our Rights” information bulletin and one-page brief information covering the Program activities and results (for March 1, 2009) ... Details
March 2, 2009
Newsletter of John Beyrle, the U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation
Dear Friends,
I would like to share with you the latest edition of my electronic newsletter, both in Russian and English. I would very much welcome your comments and suggestions about the newsletter and about what I and the Embassy are doing ... Details
November 26, 2008
Civil society organizations and local government of Primoriye support the development of private businesses together
Businesses of Primorsky Krai received new tools and legislative bases to ensure state support of business activities ... Details
November 20, 2008
Training “Advocacy NGOs’ Sustainability”
Management Systems International (MSI) and Our Rights Program invite you to participate in two-day training “Advocacy NGOs’ Sustainability”
December 16-17, 2008 Vladivostok (for grantees and other advocacy groups)
December 18 -19. 2008 Khabarovsk (for the Khabarovsky krai representatives) ... Details (Russian)
November 13, 2008
Presentation “Grant Contest “Our Rights: know how to advocate”
17 people participated in Grant writing seminar, held in Khabarovsk in November, 11 ... Details (Russian)
November 12, 2008
Publications and radio reports on the results of Journalist meeting in Vladivostok
The Primorsky krai radio broadcasted the program of journalist N.G.Orlova dedicated to the social activists’ investigations of budgetary processes in Artyom city. Zolotoy Rog newspaper published Natalia Vlasenko’ article “Budgetary levelling as a political instrument for pressing on head of the province” The appearance of those media products became possible as a result of the seminar on methods of municipal budget analysis conducted by L. A. Kavun, the Primorsky Advocacy center Director, in November, 7 ... Details (Russian)
November 5, 2008
Grant Writing Seminar in Khabarovsk and Vladivostok
NGO representatives and advocacy groups are welcomed to visit Grant Writing Seminar and to study the detailed terms of participation in a new grant contest of “Our Rights” Program.
Khabarovsk November 11, 2008 10:00 74, Turgenev St., American Corner (near Chocolate cafe),
Vladivostok November 13, 2008 11:00 197, flat 79-80, Svetlanskaya St., ISAR office ... Details
October 31, 2008
Training for Journalists in Vladivostok
Training for Journalists in Vladivostok Methods of Budget Analysis, Vladivostok, Place: Public organization Resource Center ISAR-DV Address: 197-79,Svetlanskaya St. Start: 1 p.m. ... Details (Russian)
October 21, 2008
The first part of “Advocacy Best Practices Guide”
The first part of “Advocacy Best Practices Guide” was published. It contains advocacy practices realized under MSI/“Our Rights” Program ... Details
October 14, 2008
Grant Contest Announcement
A new small grant contest of projects on legal awareness in the Khabarovkiy and the Primorskiy krais is announced under the “Our Rights” Program ... Details (Russian)
October 3, 2008
Vladivostok government officials and citizens work together to create a development plan for public self-government territorial institutions (STI)
During a roundtable in Vladivostok, the Mayor of Vladivostok with other authorities agreed to form a commission on the proposal development of the STI Regulations and simplification of the STI borders establishment process. The City Administration representatives, deputies of the Duma, and representatives of NGOs, who have been actively encouraging the population to engage in the development process of the local territories, became members of the commission. As part of Our Rights Program, the communication among the public, the local administration and businesses, necessary for the reform of the communal and housing services (ZhKH) and local self-government, is improving. The proposals prepared and submitted by the residents of Vladivostok demonstrated that they are prepared to announce 2009-2012 as the period of the STI development, according to the Concep and the Program for development and support of the STI ... Details
October 1, 2008
Public initiatives reform practices of the Artyom’s government
The experts of Primorie Public Advocacy Center (PPAC) were successful in their advocacy effort resulted in the Artyom City Duma’s institutionalizing a new practice of public scrutiny of the draft decisions. From now on experts from PPAC will be requested by the Duma to review all draft resolutions before they are officially enacted. In addition, the Duma invited Ms. Larisa A. Kavun, the head of the PPAC, to join the Commission responsible for the review of resolutions on local and regional levels. This is one of the examples of the successes by PPAC ... Details
September 22, 2008
Preventing illegal actions of the public service provider and Luchegorsk town administration
Organization OKO and the Public Council of Private Estate Owners of Luchegorsk (PCPEOL) actively engaged in the project “Our Rights”. As a result of their work, the Primorsk Federal Antimonopoly Administration (PFAA) recognized public concerns and submitted a legal claim to revoke the decision made by the Luchegorsk Mayo, Pozharsky municipal area of Primorski Territory ¹ 97 from 12.10.2007 "About the Order from a Single Service Provider” ... Details
September 18, 2008
“Our Rights” Program Recent Newsletter
Recent “Our Rights” Program Newsletter has been published ... Newsletter (PDF 7196 KB Russian)
September 8, 2008
The work of natural healers in Khabarovsk region is protected by law
Thanks to the initiatives of the Khabarovsk Public Advocacy Center (PAC), implemented as part of Our Rights project, the natural healers of Khabarovskiy krai receive legal support to practice traditional medicine ... Details
September 3, 2008
Business repartition in Luchegorsk being in progress
Corporate raid in household area. How residents can protect their rights? Why local authorities are not willing to create facilitative conditions for self-administration community and equal opportunities for housing and communal service enterprises? These and other questions were discussed during the round table ... Details (Russian)
August 27, 2008
Second NGO Forum - NGO is valuable resource of social and economic development of Khabarovsk region
In October 23-24, 2008 Second NGO Forum will be held in KHabarovsk ... Details (Russian)
July 31, 2008
Seminar “Advocacy through participation of citizens in self-government and collaboration with authorities”
Inviting you to participate in the Seminar “Advocacy through participation of citizens in self-government and collaboration with authorities” Seminar will be conducted under the Program “Our rights” and financial support of USAID in Khabarovsk and Vladivostok at the end of September 2008. Trainers: M. Savva (Krasnodar), N. Polichka (Khbarovsk) ... Details (Russian)
July 23, 2008
Public organizations of khabarovsk search for the ways of improving citizens’ trust to NGO
In July 23, 2008 Roundtable “The ways of improving citizens’ trust and support of NGO” under the Program “Consolidation of public support of NGO in the Khabarovskiy krai” (USAID, ASI, Center for NGO Development, Fund Creation) was conducted in the Far-Eastern State Scientific Library. 23 representatives of technical support programs “Our Rights”, “Municipal Community Alliances Program”, “Leader”, non-governmental organizations, mass media and scientific and students’ communities took part in the discussion. Government institutions interested in successful activity of NGO were represented by A.N. Fomin, consultant of Ministry of Economic and Foreign Affairs, L.I. Latysheva and N.V. Luzina, specialists of Regional Office of Federal Drug Control Service (Department of cross-sectoral interaction in drug prevention) ... Details
July 16, 2008
Primorsky Krai Entrepreneurs Successfully Advocate To Remove Administrative Barriers
Not until long ago, one of the biggest barriers to business development in Vladivostok was unreasonable fines imposed on the local entrepreneurs. Members of the Nonprofit Partnership The League of Trading Businessmen monitored the administrative commission’s activities and decision-making under the Transparency and Knowledge Are Ways of Protection project implemented under MSI ‘Our Right’ program with financial support from USAID ... Details
April 23, 2008
Advocacy center in the Primorskiy krai started functioning
Advocacy Centre under the Program “Our Rights” for assistance to organizations and citizens of the Primorskiy krai founded in April 1, 2008 ... Details
April 23, 2008
Opening of Advocacy Centre in the Khabarovskiy krai
Advocacy Centre (further Center) for support of organizations and initiative civil groups and lobbying in the Khabarovsk krai founded by nongovernmental partnership “Far-Eastern legal resources” under the Program “Our Rights” in April 1, 2008 ... Details
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