Social entrepreneurs and CSO managers invited to study at the Higher School of Economics (HSE)   27.03.2023   An HSE course on “Management and innovation in social entrepreneurship” is to begin on 5 April.   This initiative has been developed and implemented jointly with the Regional Social Programmes charity Our Future. The course will take …

Parents of children with disabilities invited to join a support group   24.03.2023   Free sessions with a psychologist are being organised by the Partnership for Every Child CSO.   Parents from St Petersburg and Leningrad oblast who are raising children with disabilities up to the age of seven are being invited to the sessions. …

Armenia embarks on healthcare reform with costs unclear Details are sparse on how the government plans to pay for the reform, and how it plans to improve the quality of care in parallel. Published by Eurasianet Arshaluis Mgdesyan Mar 23, 2023 Because of poverty, many Armenians wait until it is too late to seek healthcare. …

Bill on payments for the purchasing of housing for orphans adopted by Duma   The bill proposes to provide orphans who have not received housing from the state by age 23 with funds to buy or pay off mortgages. 22.03.2023   The bill explains that most regions in Russia are unable to provide housing for …

16 March 2023, published by OC Media ByTata Shoshiashvili A group in Georgia has set out to unravel an alleged decades-long practice in which babies were sold by doctors after being falsely pronounced dead. But the authorities have remained tight-lipped, leading to frustration from the thousands of Georgians unsure of the fate of their children, …

Non-profit organisations submitted over 11,000 projects to the Presidential Grants Foundation contest   The application period for the second 2023 competition ended on 15 March. 16.03.2023   The Presidential Grants Foundation reported that 9,896 CSOs from 88 regions applied to the competition.   The most popular application category was the protection of health and promotion …

Transparency International Russia will be liquidated   The decision was made due to the categorisation of Transparency International as an “undesirable organisation.” 16.03.2023   The decision to begin the liquidation process of Transparency International’s offices in Russia was made by its governing body, the Center for Anti-Corruption Research and Initiative.   The Center explained that …

The government has approved a bill changing the rules for social contracts with those on low-income.   The document helps to form uniform requirements for the conditions and procedures for the allocation of social welfare.   15.03.23   Vladimir Gruzdev, the Chairman of the Board of the Association of Lawyers of Russia, noted that the …

The Our Future Foundation is inviting you to participate in the annual Good Impulse Award   Applications are open from 15 March until 14 April for the All-Russian prize for contribution to the development and promotion of social entrepreneurship.   15.03.23   According to the organiser of the award, Our Future, this year the budget …

Children’s rights experts say a better approach would be to invest in social workers. Published by Eurasianet Ayzirek Imanaliyeva Mar 14, 2023 A group of lawmakers in Kyrgyzstan has appealed to the president to hold a referendum on amending the constitution to allow for the death penalty for people found guilty of raping minors. Around …