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2018 Annual Report on the activities of the Elena and Gennady Timchenko Foundation Contents

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Key Points Sports Programme Key Events Calendar Elena and Gennady Timchenko Mission Strategic Committee Xenia Frank About the Programme Maria Morozova Hockey Financial Information Dobryi Led Cup About the Foundation Dobryi Led Projects Competition Team Dobryi Led Social Outcomes Mission, Values, and Principles Para Ice Hockey Children’s Hockey Psychology Acknowledgments How We Work Festivals and Technology Chess Foundation Performance Indicators Chess at Schools Chess in Museums Culture Programme Friendship Match Belaya Ladya Chess Tournament Mission Challenges and Plans About the Programme Projects on the Development and Cultural Mosaic Programme Model Popularization of Sports and Healthy Lifestyle Cultural Mosaic 2018 Programme outcomes Training and Support Programme Hockey Experiment in Raifa Challenges and Plans Partner Projects in the Field of Culture Programme Outcomes Older Generation Programme New Transbaikal Developments Mission About the Programme Family and Children Programme Long-term Care System Geriatrics Mission Active Generation Competition About the Programme Challenges and Plans Participatory Assessment with Children Programme Outcomes Family Fairway and Focus The Vishera River House on the Family Competitions Evidence-Based Practices Programme Library Villages Challenges and Plans Programme Outcomes Everyone is in Their Rightful All photos in the report reflect the real Place and Everyone life of the Foundation and its partners. Respects Each Other Back to Contents Elena and Gennady Timchenko

Strategy Our monitoring and evaluation system, We will maintain the basic principles of approved in 2018, is based on the the Foundation operations — relying on awareness of a huge responsibility for active, talented people; attempting The Timchenko Foundation has the the lives of real people we work for. new approaches to solve acute social strategy until the end of 2020. This Obviously, any interference in their lives problems, and focusing on areas with is not a hard-and-fast document, but leads to changes, and it is important for few other opportunities for support. a direction determined based on the us that these changes are positive and understanding of the possibilities and lead to the stated goals. Owing to the problems being solved by the Founda- scale of the Foundation programmes, tion. Every year we refine our plans, they are implemented with the part- . evaluate the outcomes and analyse ners’ support in most instances. Our changes in the external environment. overall objective is to regularly receive It is important for us to see new oppor- reliable information on the results of tunities to solve strategic tasks and joint work. This allows identifying address challenges that are hindering risks and opportunities in a timely progress towards the goal. For instance, manner, making programmes more we positively assess the progress in effective, as well as determining their reforming orphanages in Russia but future development. consider the lack of an effective system of social orphanhood prevention as a serious problem. Therefore, in 2018, our Family and Children Programme was Prospects updated with a task to support the best practices aimed not only at working At the end of 2020, the Foundation will with foster parents but also at preserv- celebrate its 10th anniversary. Without ing the blood family. getting attached to a nice round number, we still feel a wish not to slip into complacency. This is possible only Responsibility through constant development — keeping the best practices and over- coming own weaknesses. Now we are The Timchenko Foundation is some- preparing for a rigorous analysis of the times criticized for excessive require- results we have achieved with the ments to applications justification and participation of partners, experts, reporting. We seek for proper under- and beneficiaries. Elena and Gennady standing: we start with ourselves. Timchenko

Key Points Founders 2 Back to Contents Xenia Frank

Outcomes A case in point is the implementation The year 2019 will be devoted to of evidence-based practices — in this expert and organizational training, process, the Foundation has become a consultations with partners, and In 2018, the three-year cycle of two link between the scientific community outreach activities. We will also competition projects important for the and organizations working in the field conduct an independent study of the Foundation had ended: the Cultural of social orphanage prevention. Active Generation Competition Mosaic of Small Towns and Villages and outcomes achieved over the the Family Fairway. We are satisfied last ten years. with the results: 17 graduates of the Cultural Mosaic managed to raise more Challenges and Plans than 65 million Russian Roubles for the development of their territories that significantly exceeded the planned We realize that today's society lacks an sum; they supported 537 local initia- integral perception of the Timchenko tives, creating more than 100 jobs. Foundation. In fact, there is information Following the work results of 19 about its four strong strategic organizations supported within the programmes. Willing to preserve the Family Fairway Programme, the best practices and uniqueness of such well-being of 2,740 children was programmes, we are, nevertheless, improved, 340 crisis families were working to harmonize the management, preserved, 106 children were reinte- development and representation of the grated into their blood families. Foundation as a whole. This year we decided to transform the Active Genera- tion Competition, supported by our Foundation since 2011, starting from Expert Role of 2020. Its main task will be to support the Foundation the models of care for senior citizens at the local level.

Foundation representatives are in This is the way we see our contribution demand at expert events and high-level to the establishment of a long-term care platforms. Our approach is to deliver our system in Russia because people should best practices to all stakeholders using stay in their home, familiar environment advanced knowledge and experience in as long as possible. relevant ﬁelds, as well as practical Xenia Frank information obtained from numerous Chairman of the regional partners. Key Points Supervisory Board 3 Back to Contents Maria Morozova

Planning and Outcome Of course, this relates to the Timchenko Foundation with its Evaluation System large-scale strategic programmes. Requirements for the quality of our I believe that the completion of work on work are increasing, as reflected in the the creation of common planning, level of achievement of annual goals by monitoring and evaluation standards for employees and in the final evaluation the Foundation activities is an important of their outcomes. We keep our team achievement of 2018. The systems of compact, therefore, much depends on indicators for the strategic programmes, the efforts of each team member. Over which are the basis for public and the past year, several employees have internal reporting of the Foundation, left the Foundation and we welcomed have been formed. They reflect not only new colleagues. We anticipate that the operating results but also the their professional experience and changes in people’s lives that occur personal qualities will strengthen the through our work. The data collection team and make it more successful. process is being digitized. In 2019, we plan to conduct an independent evaluation to assess the compliance of programme monitoring and evaluation Partners system with the unified standards of the Foundation. We greatly appreciate our partners and want to expand the pool. We can scale the best practices and achieve socially Team beneficial results faster through joint efforts. In 2018, our new partners included the Vasily Polenov Association Rapid changes in society affect the (France), Youth Maritime League, landscape of social issues, and we must Department of Therapy, Geriatrics and be able to quickly respond to them. This Anti-Aging Medicine of the Academy of requires flexibility and cohesion of the Postgraduate Education under the team. In 2018, the work was started in Federal State Budgetary Institution — this direction, both within the framework the Russian Federal Research and of the strategic committee and during Clinical Centre of Physical-Chemical Maria Morozova the dedicated sessions. The tasks being Medicine. We look forward to successful Managing Director solved by public organizations require

Key Points cooperation. in-depth skills and competencies. 4 Back to Contents Mission, Values, and Principles

The Elena and Gennady Timchenko Foundation is one of the largest foundations in Russia. Integrity and Respect for Human Faith in Human Accountability Dignity Potential

We are personally accountable We are convinced that the human We believe that every person is for all activities of the Foundation. right to physical and psychological capable of self-development and can well-being is inalienable. develop the surrounding people, regard- We run a system of planning, goal set- less of age and social status. Our Mission ting, analysis and evaluation of perfor- The well-being and dignity of people mance under the programme, and staff of all ages, regardless of their place of The Foundation works not only for people evaluation. residence or health condition, is the but also with the help of people, relying on Our mission is to create and underlying principle of all programmes their talents and capabilities. We rely on implement socially significant We seek to ensure that organisations of our Foundation. those who are ready to take responsibility programmes that foster the supported by the Foundation have suc- and make the world a better place. intellectual, cognitive and cess in development even after our physical development of cooperation has come to an end. Transparency people of all generations. We run transparent activities Reliance on Knowledge and are willing to cooperate Courage We invite the best experts for coopera- The Foundation undergoes indepen- We are ready to risk and test We are open to new ideas and tion, we are developing on our own dent annual audits and publishes and help our beneficiaries to develop. new approaches to solve social ready to take risks. annual reports on its website. Annual issues together with our report drafts are subject to annual The Foundation supports pilot innova- We rely on expert data and advice in like-minded colleagues public hearings. We receive feedback tive projects and is willing to conscious- programme development and implemen- from beneficiaries who also take part and partners. ly share risks with our partners. tation. Training and awareness-raising as in discussing the strategic plans of all an objective is contained in each We work for the present and programmes of the Foundation. Most programme of the Foundation. the future of our country aiming of the Foundation programmes are implemented in partnership with for long-term results of our Ethics strong expert organizations. activities. We believe in family values and are striving to strengthen the bonds between generations.

The Foundation programmes are based

Key Points on the belief that family is the only and the best natural environment for people 5 of any age. Back to Contents HOW WE WORK

To achieve the goals stated, we plan our activities The Foundation imple- so that the initiatives supported by the Foundation ments four strategic facilitate to solve tasks of various levels. programmes.

Culture Programme

Creating conditions for realizing human potential and improving the quality of life We Support We Raise of rural people through creativity and the Regions Public Awareness access to quality cultural services. Develop- ment of a cultural dialogue between Russia, the West and the East, as the basis We support people who are active and We draw public attention to the matters for building good neighbourly relations. willing to make a difference in their lives that we find important. We interact with and the lives of those around them. To a big number of partners because we find such people, we organise project believe that to openly discuss problems Family and Children Programme competitions. The most successful and jointly seek solutions is the truthful efforts of our beneficiaries contribute way toward a better future. We create environment for every child to social development of the Russian to live and be raised in a family. regions. Sport Programme

Creating an enabling environment for the We Cooperate development of children's and youth with Experts sports, including for children with disabilities. Promotion of active lifestyle and We involve experts: all programmes of sports among children and youth. the Foundation involve leading Russian and international specialists. Their opinion is taken into account in conceiving strate- Older Generation Programme gic plans and selecting projects to be supported. Since we assist regional We are building a society in Russia where partners in acquiring new knowledge and one can grow old without fear – skills, each programme includes an educa- a Society for All Ages. tional component. We support ground- breaking ideas and innovative projects, contributing to their dissemination. About the Foundation 6 Back to Contents Results

544 72 % projects were supported of projects were implemented by the Foundation in 2018 in small towns and villages

Culture Family and Children Sport Older Generation

2016 2017 2018 2016 2017 2018 2016 2017 2018 2016 2017 2018

38 105 159 331 88 84 251 246 Number of pro- 73 83 33 34 jects supported

97 % 49 % 49 % 80 % 87 % Share of Projects 96 % 65 % 80 % 33 % 60 % underway in 94 % 37 % small towns and villages Results 7 Programme CULTURE Culture 8 Back to Contents CULTURECULTURE

Programme Director

Elena Konovalova Programme Mission

Creating enabling environment for self-fulﬁlment and improvement of living standards for people in the provinces through creativity and access to high-quality cultural services.

Development of a cultural dialogue between Programme Russia, the West and the East, as the basis Manager Ekaterina for building good neighbourly relations. Porotnikova Culture 9 Back to Contents Background About the Programme Information

In 2017, the topic of small territories was among the experts’ highlights during The Cultural Mosaic of Small Towns and Villages — discussions of the country’s federal spatial development plans. We agree with the is the primary direction of the Culture Programme, which specialists who speak out for preserving Russia’s unique small towns and villages. is based on the principle of local communities development The Foundation participated in founding the Expert Council for Local Area Development backed by own human, cultural, natural and symbolic resources. whose primary objective is to promote the interests of small territories at the federal level. In 2018, the Council initiated a series of discussions about the future of small settlements at the St. Petersburg Interna- To render the changes sustainable, the tional Economic Forum, the Russian Invest- programme finds out active people in ment Forum in Sochi, and the Strategic small territories and helps them evolve Planning Leaders Forum in St. Petersburg. on the basis of their organizations In January 2018, at the Small Towns and within sociocultural development Historical Settlements Forum in Kolomna, centres (SDC). They become managers the Russian President emphasized the and a source of inspiration for various importance of small territories and identi- projects, reach out to local residents fied their primary tasks: search for sources of economic growth, filling municipal and, as a result, make a big difference budgets, and creating a comfortable in the lives of local communities. environment for residents.

The Executive Order “On National Goals and Strategic Objectives of the Russian Cultural Federation through to 2024” dated May 7, 2018, outlined Priority Projects, and instruc- Initiatives tions on developing national projects in 12 areas. Another focus area of the Culture Programme is to support projects and In this context, one of the primary develop international bonds that make objectives of the Expert Council for Local Russian cultural life richer and more Area Development was to consolidate the diverse. expert community. It was necessary to draw attention to the role of local settlements, collectively formulate recommendations, including for embedding them into a draft of the Strategy of Spatial Development of the Russian Federation until 2025.*

Therefore, the current question of what would become of small territories highlights the pressing challenges that The Cultural Mosaic of Small Towns and Villages has Merry Cracklings been tackling with since 2015. Festival, Kuban Hospitality project, Krasnodar Krai Culture * The document was submitted by the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation 10 and approved by the Government of the Russian Federation in February 2019. Back to Contents Cultural Mosaic Model

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We recruit people and organizations on An indispensable part of the Program- Prospective sociocultural a competitive basis that are willing to me is to support projects at the regional take responsibility for developing their level. In cooperation with robust region- development centre communities and shape a better living al partners, the Foundation provides and working environment. infrastructural and organizational assis- At the third stage, programme partici- tance to the Cultural Mosaic in local pants act as organizers of local social, To be successful, social and cultural communities, introduced a system for cultural, and economic life. They are initiatives must eﬃciently utilize the project monitoring and evaluation. expected not only to identify initiatives resources available within local territo- and growth points, but also to raise funding on their own. Success at this ries. Their discovery and appropriate II stage critically depends on their ability development will improve competitive to perform strategic planning, liaise edge and ensure a stable future. Partnership with the local authorities and represent the centre as a valuable asset for We support projects of the organizations development of the territory. with the potential of evolving into At the second stage, programme sustainable sociocultural development participants recruit town or district centres. Competition winners have activists, ﬁnd common ground and comprehensive support over the course transform them into joint creative of three years. With every passing year, initiatives later on. The partnership can they face ever more complex challenges help a prospective sociocultural development centre become more credible while we provide not only funding, but and visible. What is important at this also organize training, mentorship, and I stage is the ability to reach out to information support. organizations and individuals that are willing to make a real changes in their Sustainable Initiative town or village.

In the course of the ﬁrst year competition winners are to carry out their declared projects and display their potential. Practical experience shows that a strong leader is the lynchpin of success at this stage. It is crucial that the organization can win local residents’ attention to the project, ensure their participation and, thus, help it proceed to a new level. Evolutions stages of the socio-

Culture cultural development centre 11 Back to Contents The First The Second Wave Wave

The First Wave projects are participants of the Below are some reasons Funds originating from other sources The Second Wave projects are 58 winners of the Cultural Mosaic Programme who won the com- amounted to approximately 40 million competition held in 2017. In 2018, the participants petition in 2015. In 2018, they became the first why SDCs can be regarded Russian Roubles, with 60 percent of them completed the first stage of their work. The programme graduates. Seventeen teams suc- contributed by local authorities. project teams obtained valuable experience: they cessfully completed all three stages and moved as an effective model managed to earn the interest of their co-residents to the level of a prospective sociocultural and find partners. 27 organisations participated in development centre (SDC). We see people’s personal SDCs are becoming an important the competition for the second stage of the programme, 19 of which became winners. They will pillar in Russia’s spatial development In late 2018, Moscow hosted a strategic session development potentials continue pursuing their projects on a new level. of the Cultural Mosaic Programme which sum- grow in their areas. marized the past three-years of work and They organize strategic discussions on the future of towns and villages with the represen- discussed plans for the future. Beneficiaries, With every passing year, we see a rising number tatives of local authorities, entrepreneurs, and experts and the foundation representatives of cultural events and participants in the areas took part in the event. where the projects of graduates have been proactive residents. The meetings help to define implemented. Thus, this year has witnessed ap- the course for local territories to take on the path of development and what each participant The beneficiaries spoke highly of the role played proximately 3,000 cultural events, which is twice is willing to take responsibility for. SDCs adopt by Cultural Mosaic in furthering their projects more than it was the previous year. The events and in making them into SDС for their territories. involved approximately 112,000 people, 40 the role of grassroots organizers. Heads of the projects believe that the financial percent of them being children and youth. The Our graduates use their expertise and contacts support provided by the Foundation proved residents are beginning to show interest in the critically important within the first year of their local changes and come up with their own ideas to support proactive local residents who are willing to pursue their own projects. Besides, activities; had the funds not poured in, the pro- on how to improve life in small towns and vil- they independently organize small grant jects would have never gotten off the ground. lages. Besides, there are new products and ser- As work progressed, the role of sponsor funding vices emerging in the market, in addition, new competitions aimed at promoting the initiatives decreased, while projects gained a robust jobs are created. of the residents in their towns and villages. They footing, and it became ever more important are called Small Cultural Mosaic. to enhance team competencies and media support. SDCs use small grants to scout out proactive people and reinforce their confidence. Current Besides, the three-year long implementation of competitions are sponsored by the Timchenko the Cultural Mosaic Programme has given rise to 40 % Foundation; in the future, however, all or part of a community of winning projects. The horizontal them will rely on locally raised funding. The bonds that exist today is not much of a direct of participant of competitions have improved our graduates’ outcome of the programme, but an initiative of cultural events being credibility and earned them recognition in the the participants. By setting up partnerships, they children and youth. eyes of local residents and authorities. have gained experience that will prove in- strumental in creating effective partner Some of the graduates held competitions both networks in their territories. The programme graduates have in their own towns and villages and in the earned trust of local authorities, neighbouring regions. 89 projects in 12 regions of the Russian Federation have become the residents and entrepreneurs. winners of the Small Cultural Mosaic Competition. Our graduates note that towns Among other things, such trust is proved by and villages now have new public spaces where willingness of the society to engage in project one can acquire knowledge and skills; there are implementation. Sociocultural development groups of like-minded people capable of centres are showing signs of sustainable addressing the pressing challenges of the day. development; this can be evidenced by the amount of funds raised which, in 2018, grew almost 5-fold in comparison to 2017. Culture 12 Back to Contents Training and Support Programme

We attach great importance to the Internships to expand professional scope educational component that helps through learning from the experience programme participants to enhance their of successful Russian and foreign skills in delivering projects in the regions. organisations

The teams from small towns are gaining In 2018, we received applications for access to the best expert and education- internships from 104 people, which is a al resources. Later on, internship and quarter more than it was the previous year. workshop participants will share gained The number of competition winners that knowledge and experience with their took part in internships rose by 30% in partners, local residents and authorities. contrast to the previous year. The winners were 74 specialists of non-proﬁts organizations and cultural and educational institutions from 36 regions.

The training programme In 2018, graduates of the Cultural Mosaic consists of the following Programme completed an internship in France where they had studied territorial components: development methods using cultural tools, as well as success factors, risks, and ways Workshops on sociocultural of applying the expertise in small towns project management and villages of Russia.

In 2018, we held four workshops attend- Expert consultations are an important part ed by 207 people from various regions of team support on matters of project of the country. The participants were delivery and territorial development. To trained in drawing up and delivering this end, we invite experts both with communication programmes for this narrow focus of study and general experts type of projects (the town of Kolomna, (for remote sessions and site visits). Alexey Novosyolov

Moscow region), ensuring sustainable the head of the Cultural development (the town of Vladimir), Mosaic projects that won holding local competitions (the city of the competition during different years, the town Arkhangelsk), managing projects and of Totma establishing partnerships (the city of Moscow). Culture 13 Back to Contents Challenges 2018 The threat of decline in interest to the problems and future of small territories at the federal level.

Inconsistency between stakeholders (organizations, businesses, universities, foundations), which support small territories with regard to certain aspects, as well as the lack of a uniﬁed strategy for small towns.

Plans for 2019

Support the Second Wave projects within the Cultural Mosaic of Towns and Villages Competition (winners of 2017).

Enrol new contestants for the Cultural Mosaic 2019 programme.

Carry on the development programme for the graduates.

Involve partners willing to develop small territories of Russia. Culture 14 Back to Contents Partner Projects in the Field of Culture

Russian Performing Arts Festival and The Maestro Temirkanov International Academy of Cinematographic and Valaam Spaso-Preobrazhensky Stavrope- National Theatre Award ‘Golden Mask’ Foundation for Cultural Initiatives Theatre Arts N.S. Mikhalkov gial Men's Monastery

Eight performances from small towns We supported the XIX International With our support, 24 young actors and The Work House was restored; roof truss were supported by the Foundation and Winter Festival Art Square, which took directors received scholarships for the framing was replaced across the entire took part in the festival under various place on 14-25 December. The Beets academic year 2018-2019. building. nominations. The towns included: Brothers Trio (the Netherlands), as Novokuibyshevsk (Samara Region), well as Janoska Ensemble (Austria) Almetyevsk (the Republic of Tatarstan), took part in the festival. Serov (Sverdlovsk Region), Lesosibirsk, Kansk and Sharypovo (Krasnoyarsk Krai). A separate Golden Mask festival was also held in Novokuibyshevsk.

The Volgograd Region Long-Term Leo Tolstoy Heritage Voenmeh Development Foundation Foundation Alumni Association

The organization received funds from The project to establish the Centre for The Memory of Generations the Foundation for the reconstruction Gifted Children in Tula Region has been Project was supported. of Alexander Nevsky Cathedral completed. in Volgograd. Culture 15 Back to Contents Culture Programme: Direct Outcomes

2017 2018

Knowledge

2 13 17 23 2 2 Prepared and disseminated expert Expert events to promote topics of Training materials materials with an impact on promotion development of small territories prepared and disseminated of the idea of signiﬁcance of small territories as a part of the country-wide development

Institutions

21 14* 15 47 522 351* Training activities for the Network communications Regional specialists of the (activities) between practices specialists trained supported practices from various territories

Practices

95 94 Supported practices for the develop- * The decrease in indicators in 2018 with regard to ment of rural communities via sociocul- training activities is the reason of differences in the tural project management tools number of activities at different stages of SCDC evolution. Culture 16 Back to Contents Culture Programme: Deferred Outcomes

2017 2018

3 204 5 820 28 652 135 820 67 715 196 506 7 517 24 433 Activities held Funds raised for sociocultural Participants to locally-held Participants to locally-held locally changes in small territories activities activities (involvement) K RUB

Including Including including 253 600 14 849 92 694 19 002 91 758 7 509 23 740 Initiatives supported in cash children and youth volunteers

50 196 Jobs created (including self-employed ones) Culture 17 Back to Contents New Transbaikal Developments

Nerchinsk is one of the oldest towns of Transbai- ‘In the Daurian Versailles Garden’ (Dauria is a Today, Nerchinsk residents are working kal (Zabaykalsky Krai). Throughout its long and geographical name denoting Transbaikal and vigorously to tap into the touristic potential of rich history, it served as a border outpost, an areas to the west of the Amur River). Now the their hometown — they restore historic industrial town, and a diplomatic and customs park has grown into a centre of attraction for buildings, cultural heritage sites and shape its centre on the Russian-Chinese border. However, many Nerchinsk residents, a site where you can public spaces and infrastructure. “We were not in the beginning, it was all about people. In the see mothers walking with their children, local obsessed over the park; instead we jumped at distant 17th century, the wild Siberian steppes youth, as well as elderly people relaxing on the any opportunity to make something else. This saw the arrival of the first Russian settlers — a benches. Here one can find newly planted trees, initially insignificant effort started gaining daring, freedom-loving and adventurous bunch. an area reserved for rare and red-listed Transbai- momentum and snowballed into a large-scale Braving the harsh challenges of the new land, kal plants, as well as walkways, an arch, a undertaking,” says Alexander Litvintsev. they made it their home and started exploring fountain and a gazebo restored to old-time its riches. photos. A bronze statue of Tatyana Mauritz, author of the Butins estate garden, serves as Nerchinsk was included in Today’s Nerchinsk residents have preserved one of the new emblems of Nerchinsk. regional and federal develop- much of their ancestors’ vigour and daring spirit. They continue working for the benefit of the ment programmes, homeland, relying on the new cultural and which brought it over historic resources available to them. Alexander The next step was to set up a 60 mln Russian Roubles. Litvintsev, assistant director for science and Coordination Board that united research, from the Nerchinsk Local History local entrepreneurs, local Museum, and his colleagues believe that the authorities and other cultural Now, he and his team are not only museum vibrant history of the town and its renowned workers, but also effective managers. Over the residents cannot be locked within the museum and public institutions. four years of work, they found partners and walls. In 2015, they conceived and organised the enthusiasts for their project, carrying it beyond Nerchinsk Social Network exhibition; featuring the museum walls. Collectively, they managed to the personal web pages of Nerchinsk’s Much had been achieved, however, it soon make a real difference that did not go renowned residents, it portrays the town’s past. unnoticed. As a result, Nerchinsk was included in The Timchenko Foundation supported the became clear that Nerchinsk required more than the efforts of one team; what it needed was regional and federal development programmes, project. Like all other Cultural Mosaic winners, which brought it over 60 mln Russian Roubles the museum team not only received funding to robust and reliable partners. It was the time when cooperation with the town authorities for the urban project implementation. This is 30 bring their ideas forward, but also managed to times more than what had been donated by the position sociocultural projects as a prospective started. The next step was to set up, in cooperation with the museum, a Coordination Board Timchenko Foundation. Nowadays, Nerchinsk is driver for the development of the whole making good progress, while Siberia’s history territory. that united local entrepreneurs, local authorities and other cultural and public institutions. In a continues to be written by its adventurous and committed people. Very soon, in the following year, the project collective effort, they drew up a town develop- team tackled another ambitious task — that of ment strategy for the next three years to come. restoring an old park that used to be a garden Later on, they used the Coordination Board as a of a Nerchinsk estate owned by the Butins, platform for Razvitiye [Development], a public a famous gold miner family. Thanks to the organisation aimed at promoting civic initiatives. massive assistance of local residents, the initiative was a success. In 2018, the renovated park hosted a retro-style urban space festival ‘In the Daurian Versailles Garden’, the poetically named town of Nerchinsk Culture 18 Programme FAMILY AND CHILDREN Family and children 19 Back to Contents FAMILY AND CHILDREN

The Team of Children’s and Socially Unprotected Charity Fund "Key"

Olga Bortsova Tatiana Inozemtceva Marina Nesterova Elena Obukhova Elena Kirillova

Programme Programme Manager

Irina Mission Philippova

Programme Director To enable every child to live Elvira and be brought up in a family Garifulina Family and children 20 Back to Contents About the Program Background In 2018, Russia had an important event — the Council for Implementation of State Policy in the Sphere of Protecting Family and Children was established under the The primary goal of our efforts is well-being of orphans Russian President’s Executive Order. Xenia Frank, a Chairperson of the and children in diﬃcult straits. To reach this goal, Timchenko Foundation’s Supervisory Board, joined the Council. This gave us we operate at three levels. a new opportunity to draw attention to unresolved issues, particularly to the importance of orphanage prevention, Society socialization and integration of special needs school leavers and young adults We support projects that change public with special needs, monitoring children’s attitudes towards orphaned children and well-being, including with participation families. Staff members of the Foundation of themselves are a part of dedicated working groups, In 2018, the Key Action Plan for participate in public councils and expert 2018-2020 was approved in the context discussions. of the Decade of Childhood in the Russian Federation. The Plan outlined focus areas of the state childhood policy until 2028, including children health, safety and security, quality of education, etc. Infrastructure

We help design and disseminate technologies that enhance access to and improve the quality of professional assistance to children and families.

Regional Projects

We support regional organizations that are willing to improve their professionalism and adopt the best practices of more experienced colleagues. We cooperate with substitute families in ‘villages’ — compact communities in several Russian regions.

Every year, we select an additional in-depth subject — focus area and integrate it into most of our programme activities. In 2018, such an area was prevention

Family and children of social orphanage and child abandonment. 21 Back to Contents Participatory Assessment with Children

This approach takes into account the We have contributed to the finalization Contrary to our hopes, the topic of child’s opinion on the decisions related of the monitoring criteria and called taking a child’s opinion into account has to his or her present and future life. attention to the fact that a child’s opi- not been made a part of the Key Action It is socially and economically useful nion must be taken into account. Our Plan for 2018-2010 in the context of the to receive a child’s feedback. Meeting efforts have found practical use. In Decade of Childhood in the Russian Fe- a child’s needs at an early stage will autumn of 2018, the monitoring initiative deration. This document is a conceptual probably require less funding to adjust involved, for the first time ever, foster continuation of the National Strategy support programs in the future. children from the childcare centres. Pre- for Action on Children for 2012-2017 viously, this approach had never been which devotes the whole chapter to The new approach is now being put into applied on a large scale in Russia. this topic. Nevertheless, we expect that practice. In December 2018, foster taking a child’s opinion into account will children and leavers from foster families continue to be among priorities. We are took part for the second time in the Re- We have contributed to the resolute to keep working to this end in cooperation with our like-minded gional Forum of foster families: A Child’s finalization of the monitoring Future Starts with a Family, organized in colleagues. the city of Ryazan by the Foster Parent criteria and called attention to Association in cooperation with the Mi- the fact that a child’s opinion nistry of Education and Youth Policy of must be taken into account. the Ryazan Region, with the support of the Timchenko Foundation. Teenagers from foster families of the Leningrad Meanwhile, much has yet to be done Region visited Croatia where they for the participatory assessment with participated in the Eurochild children to find wider acceptance. It will Conference: Building a Better require much time for adults so far to Europe with Children. get used to see a child not as an object of efforts, but as a subject undergoing Monitoring the reformation process transformations; the specialists still lack Young adults — of the Organizations for Orphan Child- expertise and children-friendly tools. ren and Children without Parental Care participants of Akvatoriya is another project where we have been Partnerstva Forum actively involved over the past two [Harbour of years. This initiative is being imple- Partnership] mented in compliance with the Government Decree No.481 of 24 May 2014. Family and children 22 Back to Contents Family Fairway National Competition

«Family Fairway is the competition In 2018, the Family Fairway Competition Experienced participants of the Family held regularly from 2016. The support is had its first graduates — 19 organizations Fairway Competition also serve as in- Focus on the provided to the organizations that have from various cities, towns, and villages. ternship sites for their younger collea- achieved tangible results in the preven- Thanks to them and other partners, gues who have won the Focus on the tion of orphanage. Our task is to assist well-being of over 4,500 children now Family Competition and whom they them in obtaining a status of ‘evidence- is improved, 656 children have remained train and consult. Based on close en- Family based practices’. Competition winners in their birth families, and 433 have gagement between experienced and are entitled to financial support and found foster parents or have managed aspiring organizations, the programme have an opportunity to train, exchange to adapt to a new family setting. We are philosophy is yielding good results. In Competition experience and engage in activities. So planning to keep working with the gra- 2018, two organizations that won the far, we have identified and supported 69 duates, taking account of their needs. Focus on the Family Competition, com- organizations that use 'evidence-based Besides, we intend to develop a moni- pleted internships, and successfully practices’*. toring system and track the sustainable implemented evidence-based practice, development of their projects. have obtained a status of internship platforms and are now consulting their Focus on the Family is a competition for less experienced colleagues. organizations that are willing to develop their professional and managerial capabilities by learning and putting into practice cutting-edge methods. Competition well-being of over winners work as interns in organizations of the Family Fairway and use knowl- 69 edge they have obtained in projects of organizations use 4500 their own. The competition grants better 'evidence-based children now access to and improves quality of the practices’ is improved services for families and children in difficult straits.

In 2018, eight organizations completed their three-year participation cycle in the Focus on the Family Programme. The

* Evidence-based social practice is implemented on project participants found a great op- the basis of initial planning and forecasting of the portunity in watching their colleagues intended results, as well as the examination of at work and saw different scenarios for facts. This practice convincingly demonstrates the the evolvement of their organizations. relationship between the activities being carried out and the positive results for beneficiaries.. Family and children 23 Back to Contents Evidence-Based Family and Children Practices Programme Library

The evidence-based practices have be- Ten organizations provided description Every year, we publish training and In 2019, we are planning to prepare the come a worldwide trend. They can help of the practices they used and gave information materials that could be publication of yet another book based on an aspiring organization to reasonably evidence of their effectiveness. Over 70 useful for specialists, parents, care-leav- the diaries of foster family members tend- choose a random solution to the prob- of them ran self-diagnostic tests pursu- ers. Such publications often serve as a ing to children with health issues who lem of orphanage and improve a child’s ant to the procedures contained in the follow-up of other projects within the took part in the Our Stories Сompetition well-being. Besides, state authorities draft Standard. The next step will be to programme, covering a wide range of in 2017. The dairies will also be used as and foundations are prospective pro- create the Evidence-based Practices genres. They often come as books, ﬁlms a basis for a case study book for the jects in terms of investments. This is the Standard. and theatre plays featuring children and students of specialised higher education kind of approach that we suggest to all foster parents and tell us about their institutions and advanced training programme participants. life, problems and victories. facilities.

The need to enhance the efficiency of working with orphans and families has frequently been discussed at the state Here are some examples: level. We have made an effort to ensure that evidence-based practices are includ- — We supported a film from the cycle of Suc- cessful Orphans: on Life’s Boxing Ring and ed in the Key Action Plan for 2018-2020 prepared a teaching guide for it. The guide of the Decade of Childhood in the contains detailed information on how to use Russian Federation. This focus area did the film for watching it with children, parents, make its way into the Plan, although and specialists to solve their problems. under a different name — best practices, — Materials from foster children’s diaries served which, in our opinion, has changed the as a basis for theatre play This World is Not meaning of this concept. We continue to our Invention written by the Youth Drama and Dance Theatre and staged by Anastasiya promote the concept of evidence-based Protasova at the Ryazan Regional Puppet practices that are scientifically substan- Theatre. tiated, rely on the expertise of practition- — Our Stories project gave rise to a new series ers and the needs of children of books, teaching materials, and a sociolo- and families. gical research. We published The Bold Seven comic book based on the diaries of children In 2018, the Evidence-based Practices and young adults who had participated in the Our Stories Competition in 2016. The book by Standard in the Field of Childhood was Alex Gilbert I am Adopted was also published drafted with the participation of the in Russian. Timchenko Foundation. The pilot ver- — Besides, child protection issues were ad- sion of the document was authored by dressed in the five editions of the SiD Online Evolution & Philanthropy, Moscow State Magazine in 2018. All editions are available for University of Psychology and Education free in the e-library of the Family and (MSUPE) and external experts. Children Programme. Family and children 24 Back to Contents Villages

Villages are small-size communities in Traditionally, we organize family camps three Russian regions for families who for families from the ‘villages’ and other have adopted children. In 2018, the programme participants. In 2018, the ‘villages’ accommodated 39 families with camp called On the Same Wavelength 202 children, including 170 foster children. welcomed 79 people from 13 families Over the reporting period, these families from the Moscow, Leningrad, Ryazan took 22 children in their care, including and Tambov regions. The participants siblings, teenagers, children with disabili- received psychological and pedagogical ties, and those who had gone through counselling. Both children and adults repeated abandonment. engaged in fairy tale therapy, learned how to handle emotions and achieve Foster parents are also showing more their goals. initiative. They create associations; take part in events and organise them them- It was for the ﬁrst time in 2018 that we selves; train children, act as coaches in invited foster family leavers. They helped schools for foster parents; provide us run camp activities, cared for teenag- support and assistance to substitute ers with disabilities and participated in a families. programme made especially for them. The initiative showed unexpected results: All villages, but one in the Leningrad our graduates were surprised, deeply Region, are now part of the national child moved and motivated when they realised protection system. Meanwhile, we contin- that they were treated as young adults ue working together with foster families, possessing valuable experience. We will enabling them to engage in the projects continue engaging young persons from and activities of the Family and Children foster families and childcare centres Programme. It is our conviction that over in the programme activities. time they may become robust resource centres that would address the problem of orphans in their regions.

Participants of the family camp "On the same wavelength" Family and children 25 Back to Contents Challenges

2018 Plans for Insufficient dissemination of 'Participa- tory Assessment with Children' and 'Evidence-based Practices' approaches due to the innovative and complex nature of these topics. 2019 Slow implementation of monitoring and We will continue drawing attention to the evaluation procedures in public organiza- need to consider a child’s opinion in tions and government agencies working decision-making. in the field of childcare. The reasons include the lack of human resources and We will continue to form an insufficient awareness of the importance Evidence-based Practices Standard. of the transition from reporting on events to obtaining information on qualitative We will continue furthering the topic of changes in the lives of children and supportive living for children and young families. people with multiple disabilities. Over the course of our work, we have identified Considerable effort and time are required organizations that possessed rare family to change the situation with blood famil- violence prevention techniques and ies because of the specific problems of specialized in caring for addicted parents this category of families, ‘declarative and troubled birth families. To promote nature’ of support and imperfection of and further disseminate such practices, the external environment. in 2019, we are planning to hold a new Competition the Family Harbour.

We will expand our Library, carry on our research efforts, publish Our Stories — books based on the diaries of children and young persons from foster families. We will continue publishing our own e-magazine for child protection specialists and work together with our colleagues from Moscow State University of Psychology and Education (MSUPE) to launch our collective scientiﬁc journal. Family and children 26 Back to Contents Family and Children Programme: Direct Outcomes

2016 2017 2018

Society

3 4 13 2 2 7 Participation in/delivery of Number and quality of activities/projects that have working groups held an impact on public opinion (proposals on resolving topical issues)

Expert Infrastructure

19 45 69 5 4 20 1 3 9 Number of Evidence-based Number of advanced Number of teaching materi- Practices supported – internship training events for experts als prepared and distributed sites and parents

Regional projects

0 8 21 3 3 3 Number of organizations Number of villages as a part that have implemented of professional infrastructure internship site practices Family and children 27 Back to Contents Well-being indicators of the Family and Children Family and Children Programme

The concept of well-being implies a Programme: Deferred subjective perception of this state and objective living conditions, opportuni- Outcomes ties for development.

The Family and Children Programme demonstrates the following improved 2016 2017 2018 well-being indicators: 1. mental condition

2. physical condition,

3. academic performance N/A * 1 517 4 536 4. skill development level Number of children who now have their well-being improved 5. children/parent relationship * No data collected for this indicator in 2016 6. subjective satisfaction

171 169 494 68 69 162 Number of prevented cases of child removal Number of children returned to and child abandonment from biological biological families families

200 225 266 65 62 167 Number of orphans and children left without Instances of child removal and child parental care, now living in a family setting abandonment by substitute families prevented Family and children 28 Back to Contents Everyone is in their rightful place, and everyone respects each other

Case Study

Several years ago, mother Nina ran into A real breakthrough in the family came in several big problems when she had 2018 when both sisters had joined the decided to adopt her 11-year old niece Teenager Club. Now it receives funding who was the same age as her daughter. from the Timchenko Foundation within “I did not think there would be any prob- the Focus on the Family Сompetition. The lems because the girls had known each teenagers attend therapy sessions and other for a long time”, she remembers. meet with successful local businesspeo- The foster daughter who had been taken ple. They are particularly fond of the from a special needs school needed time cinema club where they are taught to to get used to her new home. Suddenly, analyse ﬁlms and human relationships. Nina’s biological daughter realised that Nina’s foster daughter has not yet missed from now on she would have to share her any single meeting. Throughout the mother’s attention with another person. whole week, she can’t wait for Saturday The uneasy relationship between the girls to travel from her village to the city of was complicated by the fact that Nina’s Ryazan to engage in the Club activities. husband had abandoned her 20 years She and her sister go to an ordinary into the marriage. general education school. She performs as well as her classmates, sometimes Each of the girls was left to cope with a even better. “There is a general under- crisis of her own and rivalled for mom’s standing in our family that everyone is in attention. As for Nina, there was virtually their rightful places. Though my daugh- no one out there for her: suddenly, she ters have not become close friends, we was abandoned even by her old friends. respect each other in our family,” Nina The only source of real help for all was adds. the support team of the Foster Parent Association. Nina was supported by people who had successfully gone through the adaptation period. Her daughters got acquainted with children “There is a general under- from foster families. “That community standing in our family that became my second family. It was a vitally important resource for all of us. everyone is in their rightful For ethical reasons My daughters realised that some chil- places. Though my daughters a photo from an external photo bank dren had no parents at all and that didn’t have not become close was used. keep them from living, being happy friends, we respect each and accepting things as they are,” other in our family.” says mother Nina. Family and children 29 Programme SPORT Sport 30 Back to Contents SPORT

Руководитель Programme программы Manager

Елена Liliya Коновалова Timurova

Programme Mission

Creating favorable conditions for the development of children and youth sports among juniors, including disabled children. Deputy ManagingМенеджер Director,программы Popularization of active lifestyle and sports Programme among children and youth. DirectorЕкатерина IgorПоротникова Baradachev Sport 31 Back to Contents About the Programme

1st day of Hockey Weekend in Strelna The Sport Programme promotes hockey, sledge hockey and chess for children and youth.

We believe that sports can serve as a vertical social mobility driver. Sports play a particularly important role for children and youth from small towns and villages, as well as for children with disabilities. This is the reason why we organize tournaments, competitions and celebrations throughout the country; we Ice Hockey Chess Other Projects use sports to help children . Dobryi Led [Good Ice], a competition for Chess in Schools project. Preparation of the Russian national better understand themselves, the development of children’s ice hockey. Chess in Museums project. teams for international others and the world around competitions. them. In 2018, the programme Dobryi Led Cup, an interregional ice Friendship Match, a Russian- hockey tournament among children’s Development of student sports. involved 40,000 children and Chinese Chess Tournament. teams. Support for sport veterans. young people who took part in The Belaya Ladya [White Rook], ice hockey matches and chess Support for Zolotaya Shaiba [Golden National Schools Team Puck] tournaments. , A. Tarasov Youth Ice Hockey Club. Chess Tournament. Family ice hockey festivals ‘I Love my Dad, Mom and Ice Hockey’. Train-the-trainer sessions and advanced training for specialists working with 40 000 young ice hockey players. children and young people Promotion and development of sledge took part in ice hockey match- hockey for children and young people. es and chess tournaments Sport 32 Back to Contents Ice Hockey Background 2018 proved a very fruitful year for the ice hockey activities under the Sport Programme. We saw sledge hockey actively develop. The train-the-trainer project for children’s coaches now shows a higher level of organization. Sport psychology for children is another new initiative.

In 2018, the Russian Government adopted a national programme called Ice Hockey Dobryi Led Cup: Dobryi Led, a Competition Development in the Russian Federation for 2019-2020. The programme envisages Interregional Ice Hockey for the Development of construction of ice hockey rinks and sta- Tournament among Chil- Children’s Ice Hockey diums; children’s coachers will have an dren’s Teams opportunity for advanced training. This large-scale initiative of the Russian Gov- Dobryi Led is an annual competition for ernment shares much common with the The Dobryi Led Cup is a series of the development of children’s hockey. Dobryi Led project implemented by the competitions for children who train in With the support of the Foundation, Foundation. We believe that, at the open-air ice hockey rinks. The competi- amateur teams have an opportunity to current stage, we have completed the tions are patterned after the Russian reconstruct ice hockey rinks and locker task of improving coaches’ competences National Ice Hockey Championship. The rooms, purchase hockey equipment and are now prepared to transfer all Cup is the most massive event under and gear, and participate in sport events teaching materials and techniques the Ice Hockey focus area. Apart from held in other locations. What makes obtained under the project to other sport competitions, children also en- the Dobryi Led Competition so unique stakeholders. gage in learning activities: they meet is one of its nominations for promoting famous athletes, go on guided tours, ice hockey among girls. Over the past 6 and learn drawing and model building. years, the Foundation provided support The Cup activities primarily target chil- for 86 projects from 20 Russian regions, dren from remote communities in which resulted in a much better environ- va-rious Russian regions who are too ment for ice hockey, a substantial rise in young and unskilled to make it to the the number of young athletes and ice professional Russian-wide events. hockey fans. The project competition is In 2018, the competition welcomed attracting more and more followers: in 72 teams from the North-Western, 2018, the number of contestants grew Volga, Siberian and Far Eastern by one third, compared with the previous federal districts. Over two thirds year. We received 71 applications of the children reside in small from 17 Russian regions. towns and villages.

the competition Dobryi Led Cup welcomed

72 teams Sport 33 Back to Contents Social impact of Dobryi Led Project

Based on the results of a study conducted by the scientiﬁc and methodological centre of the project*.

Incidence of chronic diseases in children Incidence of bad Communicative indicators aged 11-12 years against regular sports habits activities (the restorative and recuperative . function of sports).

4,5 % 58 % 6,2 % 20,7 % higher by 8,2 % Hockey. players Boys that do not Hockey players Children that do not Hockey players (girls) (boys) go in for sports (children) go in for sports Conclusion: Conclusion: The level of extraversion (communication . 5,3 % 33 % Number of children playing ice hockey skills). of hockey-playing girls is 8.2 Hockey Girls that do not with a background of bad habits (smok- percent higher than that of girls who do players (girls) go in for sports ing, alcohol and substance abuse) are not engage in sports activities (source: an more than three times less than children individual psychological proﬁle question- who do not go in for sports). This fact Conclusion: naire). counts in favour of prevention of bad The incidence of chronic diseases diag- . habits in children by means of engaging nosed in boys and girls who are not in sports activities. involved in any sports activities is several dozen times higher than that of children who play ice hockey. Sport

* The research involved 10-12 years old boys and girls from the village of Strelna (Petrodvortsovyi District, St. Petersburg). The research was conducted by the Scientiﬁc and Methodological Centre of the Dobryi 34 Led project headed by Yu. K. Rodygina, M.D., Professor of the Department of Medical Rehabilitation and Adaptive Physical Education Culture of the Pavlov First St. Petersburg State Medical University. Back to Contents Para Ice Hochey

It was in 2013 that this kind of Paralypic Children’s sledge hockey in Russia is now sports drew the attention of the growing ﬁnancially independent. While Foundation team. Back in those days, until 2018, the Foundation was its only sledge hockey was becoming popular sponsor, last year, thanks to cooperation among adults, whereas children’s teams with other partners, we sponsored their simply did not exist. We were pursuing activities no more than by 30 percent. a plan that yielded positive results: we supported the creation of the Children’s Sledge Hockey League, a resource organization; besides, we conceived and disseminated young athlete training methods and launched a coach-training programme. The Children’s Sledge Hockey League initiated manufacturing Russia- made ice hockey gear and providing ﬁnancial support to budding hockey teams. >200 young players

Russia’s and Europe’s ﬁrst-ever sledge hockey team Ladoga for children and youth was created in the town of Alexin, the Tula Region; it was followed by another team called Krasnaya Molniya [Red Lighting] that appeared three years later in the city of Krasnoyarsk. A real breakthrough came in 2018 when the country had as many as ten teams rostering over 200 young players. In Children Sledge December of the same year, St. Peters- Hockey League Festival burg held Russia’s First Sledge Hockey in St. Petersburg

Sport Festival for children’s teams. . 35 Back to Contents Children’s Hockey Psychology

In 2018, we discovered a very relevant In 2018, we provided support for the topic — psychology of relationship in first-ever research in Russia that was aimed children’s sport teams. In particular, at analysing the results of children’s sport we noticed that relationship between activities and helped develop the first-ever young athletes in a team; their coach distance teaching course — Professional and parents are underemphasized in and Personal Competences of a Children’s the national ice hockey system, while Ice Hockey Coach. This initiative seeks to psychological issues may have a very foster positive partner bonds between strong impact on athletes’ career. coaches, parents and young athletes. We are all aware of sad locker room accidents when rivalry and enmity Our programme now contains techniques burst into serious conflicts between for adjusting relationship between coach- teenagers. es, parents, and children. For instance, during the breaks in the Dobryi Led We reflected on the mission of games, young athletes shared their ideas children’s sports: should we grow future of an ideal coach. Their stories were later champions who desire victory at all analysed by specialists who gave recom- costs or make sports work for the be- mendations for better team management. nefit of society. Coaches and parents In 2019, we will concentrate our efforts have different views on this question. on studying the role of sports in We believe that its mission is to be- children’s development. nefit a child’s personal growth, unlock his or her talents, raise self-esteem and chances for success in adulthood.

Work with psychologist Sport 36 Back to Contents Festivals and Technology

Information technologies used for ice hockey promotion

We can make ice hockey more popular not only with hockey rink competitions, but also with intellectual games for coaches, children and their parents. The Foundation has supported the creation of the web resource — AIST which can be used by anyone to check their knowledge of ice hockey and compete with each other. The Ice Hockey Federation of Russia, some ice hockey clubs and schools have shown interest in AIST, viewing it as a valuable asset for networking with young athletes and fans. ‘I Love Dad, Mom and Ice Hockey’ Festival

In cooperation with the Ice Hockey Federa- tion of Russia, a partner of the Sport Prog- ramme, we conduct family festivals called ‘I love Dad, Mom and Ice Hockey’ that wel- come children, parents, and grandparents. One does not have to possess special skills to participate. The festival is both an ex- citing show and a wonderful opportunity for families to spend some quality time together.

The festivals are growing ever more popular. In 2018, as many as 50 municipalities submitted their applications to hold one. From February 2018, to February 2019, we organised 27 festivals, with almost half of them held in small towns and villages. Sport 37 Back to Contents Chess Background Discussions about the children’s chess development strategy in Russia have been in progress for many years. In 2018, this kind of sports was expected to be a part of the school education system. However, these expectations never came true. This is why we find it so important to further cooperate with our partner, the Russian Chess Federation, on supporting chess for children. The Foundation plans to promote chess in the regions of the country. We are running a competition and Chess in Schools: Chess in Museums: — Rus- selecting regions that are willing to introduce Promoting Chess sian Chess Championship chess in general education schools. We are accumulating expertise to teach this game Education in Russia Superfinals in schools and ready to pass it on to our partners in the educational system. Within this project, we support initiatives Every year, with the support of the designed to impart chess teaching Foundation, a museum in one of the techniques to elementary school teach- cities of our country holds the Superfinals ers, improve coaching skills, develop of the Russian Chess Championship. A chess-teaching manuals, purchase chess mix of arts and sports helps draw media gear for schools, hold inter-school chess attention and interest more audience. tournaments, and the ‘Best Chess The important part of the Superfinals is Teacher’ competitions. an encounter of renowned grandmasters with young and veteran chess players. We help a growing number of school- teachers and children to get acquainted From 2016, we select a venue for the with chess. In 2018, the schools of the Superfinals on a competitive basis. In Tula and Bryansk Regions joined the 2018, it was a small town of Satka of the project; today, it involves 865 schools Chelyabinsk Region. A Path to Painting, from 11 Russian regions. an exhibition of works by famous Soviet artist Geliy Korzhev, became a cultural In 2018, there was the first-ever: Russian event of the chess competition. National Universal Chess Education Conference. The participants discussed the impact of chess on a child’s development and shared experience in teaching chess as a subject. Beside our support, the conference received aid from the Presidential Grants Foundation. Sport 38 Back to Contents Chess

Friendship The Belaya Ladya Match Tournament

The Friendship Match is a popular com- Over the past ﬁve years, we have been petition for young chess players from supporting the Belaya Ladya [White Russia and China. In 2018, with the Rook] Tournament, the only one interna- support of the Timchenko Foundation, tional competition for children’s chess the Friendship Match was held in the teams in Russia and the oldest chess Altay Territory. During the Tournament, event of this kind in the world. In 2019, Hóu Yìfán, a four-time world chess it celebrates its 50th anniversary. With champion, and Nikita Vityugov, an in- the number of participating countries and ternational grand master and a mem- individual contestants growing in number, ber of the Russian national team, gave the tournament is regaining its former a session of simultaneous game, shared prominence. In 2018, the ﬁnals of the their secrets of success and answered tournament welcomed school teams children’s questions about their careers from 21 countries. The winners, a team in sports. from lyceum No.180 Poliforum, Yekaterin- burg, and schoolchildren from Ingushetia, The Altay Territory Government and Russia, with the support from the Foun- Heilongjiang (Chinese province) signed dation, visited France where they took an agreement on implementing a joint part in a friendly match with young programme to promote chess and chess players of the town exchange delegations. of Cap d’Agde.

Friendship Match tournament partici- Sport pants 39 Back to Contents Challenges 2018

The Chess in Schools became an inde- mand project for replication in other regions, which required additional Plans for resources.

Bifurcation under the Development of Sledge Hockey among Children and Youth project: focus on supporting new teams or infrastructure activities for 2019 existing ones. With the emergence of a sustainable partner — The Children's Study social impacts of children and Sledge Hockey League Autonomous youth sports and make it a focus Nonproﬁt Organisation, the work area of the year. continues in both directions. Expand adaptive ice hockey practices Evaluation of the Dobryi Led Programme (select and test new kinds of adaptive performance in the absence of analogous ice hockey for children with different and recognized methods and tools disabilities). in Russia. Train coaches and parents in the basics of psychology of children’s sport teams.

Organize and deliver ice hockey events (the Dobryi Led Cup and Dobryi Led project competition, family festivals ‘I love Dad, Mom and Ice Hockey’, promoting adaptive ice hockey).

Organize and deliver chess activities (the Chess in Museums and Friendship Match projects, the Belaya Ladya National Schools Team Chess Tournament).

Conceive robust models and create organization centres for the Chess in Schools project in different regions of the Russian Federation. Sport 40 Back to Contents Projects on the Development and Popularization of Sports and a Healthy Lifestyle

Wushu Federation of Russia Figure Skating Federation The Student Rowing League Develop- Ice Arena Construction ment Project (Student Rowing Wushu is supported by the Foundation The Foundation supported the prepara- League) In 2018, the ice arena construction in within the framework of strategic coop- tion of the Russian athletes to the the small town of Gubakha (Perm eration with China in the field of sports. European and World Championships The Foundation helps to develop Region) was completed. The official The Russian athletes learn from the Chi- in 2019, as well as the organization of student rowing sport in partnership opening and transfer of the new sports nese masters, inviting them to take part all-Russian figure skating competitions. with this organization. In 2018, 18 teams facility to the balance of the city in competitions, meetups, including in With the help of the Foundation, from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterin- administration are scheduled for 2019. the role of referees. Thanks to the sup- leading Russian figure-skaters won burg, Kaliningrad, Tomsk, Saratov, port of the Foundation, the European prizes at the XXIII Winter Olympic Nizhny Novgorod, Rostov-on-Don, Wushu Championship and the Moscow Games in Pyeongchang (Korea): Alina Magnitogorsk, Pskov, Veliky Novgorod Wushu Stars International Tournament Zagitova — 1st place, Evgenia Medvede- and Tver received support. was held in Russia. With the support of va — 2nd place, Nikolai Kolyada — 2nd our Foundation, Wushu Federation of place, Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitri Russia, engaged in popularization and Solovyov — 3rd place. development of this ancient sport, search for talented children all over the Russian Federation and invites them to take part in meetups with famous Russian and Chinese Wushu masters. The White Sea Young Sailors Project (Kandalaksha Yacht Club) and the Olympic Legends for Children and Black Sea Sailing & Rowing Centre Youth of Russia (Russian Union of (Youth Maritime League) Athletes) — All-Russian Charity Program We support children's sailing sport activities in the White and Black Seas. The program brings together Olympic Teams enjoy the opportunity to buy medallists of the older generation. Their sailing boats, equipment and outfit, to social initiative is aimed at strengthening equip berths, attract more children to grassroot children's sports in small towns attend training regularly. of Russia. Every year, with the support of the Foundation, Olympic Games veterans hold several hundred meetings with children and youth, organize and take part in sports events, motivating

Sport children with examples from their own sports life. 41 Back to Contents Sport Programme: Direct Outcomes

2016 2017 2018

Dobryi Led and Chess World Projects Chess in Schools Project

31 020 39 832 40 141 515 359 348 15 000 19 700 19 250 520 825 865 Number of children involved in all projects Number of coaches and Number of children*** Number of educational within the programme* specialists trained *** Project-related indicators are included into the institutions aggregate indicators for the Sport Programme * Dobryi Led and World of Chess Ones that 40 800 64 000 116 975 2 6 10 300 305 295 Number of spectators** Number of sledge have received equipment & gear ** Ice hockey and sledge hockey competitions hockey teams

67 109 116 Number of events held Sport 42 Back to Contents Ice Hockey Experiment in Raifa

Case Study

Raifa is a cosy settlement hidden in One only had to wait for the cold to upgrade their skills and regularly leave the forest reserve at the approaches weather to come. As early as in the the school premises are undoubtedly a to Kazan. Along a little street leading middle of November, the brand-new source of positive emotions and inspiration to a monastery you can see women rink had its first ice, and then training and help them change their attitude selling gingerbreads with fruit filling. sessions began. No winter evening to life in general. Match participants The monastery building almost touches came without hockey games. Two lo- in Raifa the walls of a special facility — a restrict- cal volunteer coaches who had gone ed-access school for troubled teenagers. to Kazan in autumn for retraining under Young males who end up here for the Dobryi Led Programme gathered The ice hockey rink is various offenses receive secondary two teams. Every single boy wanted where our children live. school education and learn blue- to go out to the rink. Nobody had any collar jobs. Recently, new oppor- restrictions; however, the official school tunities have opened for the teens teams had special time slots for training. who live behind a barbed wire fence. “The ice hockey rink is where our children Every week the school welcomed live. Virtually all of them play. We don’t Should you visit Raifa on a winter teenage ice hockey teams from the set a goal for them to make it to the evening, you would see lights shining neighbouring town of Zelenodolsk to national team. However, when they get through the trees and hear the puck play friendly matches. Once a month, back home, they will have a chance to hitting the rink wall and the cheering there was a traditional match with continue training,” says Lyudmila Strelko- of spectators. A couple of years ago, veteran hockey players. Now, athletes va, a deputy director of the specialized veteran players from the Tatarstan Ice from Raifa often invite foster children school for morale building activities. Hockey Federation who came to play from the Republican specialized restrict- with the teenagers suggested enlarg- ed-access general education school ing the rink and taking the game named after N. Gallyamov. A real hit onto a new level. The idea they came of the winter season was the ice up with inspired the teachers hockey festival ‘I Love Dad, Mom and they decided to act on it. and Ice Hockey’ to celebrate the Defender of the Fatherland Day. In summer of 2018, the ice hockey pitch The event was held in the school was teeming with workers. The workers with the support of the Dobryi Led replaced old rink with a new one, Programme organizers. The whole mounted new tribune for 60 people and settlement came to watch the game. a new substitutes' bench. The carpenters to be and metal workers to be were It is common knowledge that any eager to help — they painted, assembled restriction of teenagers’ freedom and installed new equipment. Hardly a is a serious strength test for them. month passed when the ice hockey rink Immersive sports that give them changed beyond recognition. an opportunity Sport 43 Programme OLDER GENERATION Older generation 44 Back to Contents OLDER GENERATION

Programme Director

Vadim Samorodov

Programme Mission

Creating a society in Russia where one can grow old without fear — a Society for All Ages.

Programme Manager

Maria

Older generation Aleksakova 45 Back to Contents About the Programme Background

Substantial changes in the elderly generation policy took* place in 2018. In May of 2018, the Russian President set the The programme operates tasks to increase life expectancy, decrease mortality among elderly people, at three levels: improve their living standards and provide them with decent pension benefits. Mass media discusses a topic of active longevity, particularly pre- and post- retirement employment, attitude to- Society wards elderly people, and creating conditions for active lifestyles Impact on the public opinion of the elderly generation. of old age and the elderly. The task to increase life expectancy with the focus on the healthy lifetime Infrastructure has changed the context of the entire social sphere which is making a transition Development of geriatrics and long- from all-round isolation and overload term care system through improved with ineffective benefits and services communication with people around to orientation towards the client and them, family members,and workers tangible result. These changes occurred of institutions. thanks to, among other things, the efforts of social leaders, non-profit organisations and business associations.

Local Community The elderly standing on the edge of dependency need many infrastructural Development of civil engagement and human resources to ensure their with regard to the elderly at rehabilitation and appropriate medical & the level of local communities. social care based on maximum stay within home environment. As the problem the society faces is very complicated, we have deﬁned this group as a primary one. We also included the problem in the Older Generation Programme. As a result, the Foundation’s programme portfolio has the projects that support development of the long-term care system; the geriatrics-related projects continue to develop. Older generation *Russian President’s Decree dated 7 May, 2018, “On National Goals and Strategic Objectives of the Russian Federation 46 through to 2024.” Back to Contents Long-Term

Care System LTC assumes:

Practitioners working with senior citizens LTC principles: and disabled people feel the need to develop a long-term care system (LTC) Long-term care: in Russia because of significant gaps in public health and social protection system.These gaps are associated with a set of medical and social services for multiple factors, including the declarative people with severe chronic diseases principle of social services allowing to and/or disabilities who are unable to satisfy their basic needs for a long time. ‘avoid’ those who need them, and the prevention of chronic long-term support virtual absence of support for affinity diseases and disability and patronage care, rehabilitation, medical and social Long-term care system: patronage (professional support for critical patients at homes). According to the process of organizing and coordinat- expert estimates, nearly half of all deaths ing services to ensure maximum self-suf- of seriously ill patients at home are ficiency and quality of life for people associated with unsatisfactory care. with disabilities.

According to expert Educational projects have been imple- estimates, nearly half of all mented within the Older generation programme framework to achieve an deaths of seriously ill understanding of the LTC principles and patients at home to form a common approach to their are associated with implementation. unsatisfactory care. We work with leaders in this ﬁeld and invest in training for professionals and In August 2017, the President of the managers who are responsible for LTC Russian Federation instructed to create development and formation of quality a long-term care system in our country. care standards for senior citizens and inclusion of the patient's routing of patients depending There are a variety of long-term care disabled people. family and relatives into on the status, as well as systems around the world, however, each the system as service mental and physical restraints needs to be adapted to our setting. recipients Older generation 47 Back to Contents Long-Term Care System

2018 Events

Managers of social institutions had an Groups of experts and managers of VI National Conference Society internship in the Czech Republic where social facilities from Russian regions for All Ages held in a new format they studied care practices and the visited Israel, Germany, Finland, and way different services can be aligned France where they got acquainted Over 120 representatives of the federal within an organization for a custom- with the national long-term care and regional authorities from over 60 ised approach to the residents systems and the ways institutions regions of the country, including 24 operate vice-governors, participated in the “The internship in the Czech Republic conference. The conference partici- revealed the way the long-term care Such internships abroad change the pants worked in ﬁve parallel sessions. system works not only within her orga- idea of specialists from the regions as Experts from Japan, Israel, Germany nisation but in the region in general,” to how they can organize their work,” and Italy shared their eldercare practi- admits Yekaterina Vasilkova, a director says Elizaveta Oleskina, a head of the ces. Having gained knowledge of de- of the Volga boarding school in the Starost v Radost [Enjoying Old Age] cisions that had an inﬂuence on social Kostroma Region. “There were a lot of Foundation. Getting acquainted with policies in the developed countries, ideas: we used the expertise to launch foreign practices, they see not only the participants could use them in continuous learning for employees in new methods and techniques but also further discussions in the Russian the institution; we started to organize have better understanding how they context. care procedures instead of just render- can make better use of resources ing services; we created a multi-discipli- available in the regions. Joint learning nary team whose task is to meet every helps to form a community of special- patient’s needs.” ists who put new methods into their daily practice, and to share expertise and success stories. The training results are quite tangible. By the initia- The training course for long-term tive of the specialists who completed clinical care trainers received the training, in the regions there are the support new day-care centres, kin-related care schools, visiting nurse care services; Specialists from Israel with many years and there are new changes in the way of experience in caring for the elderly elderly care homes and psychoneuro- held workshops for 34 social security logical facilities operate. workers from Russian regional institutions. They will, in turn, provide advanced training for nurses, assistants and workers of the elderly homes. Older generation 48 Back to Contents GeriatricsGeriatrics

Geriatrics is a relatively new branch Olga Tkacheva, head geriatrician Over the four years of geriatric — The Foundation has also supported the of medicine aimed at enhancing the of the Ministry of Healthcare of the partnership, we have supported a following events: International Geriatric well-being and autonomy of elderly Russian Federation and the RGRC series of projects and activities which Congress, Russia — a Land of Care people. director says resulted in an almost 2-fold increase conference, and Role of a Medical Nurse in the number of geriatrists in Russia. in Geriatrics with the participation of Experts believe the lack of competent “By 2024, Russia will leading foreign specialists. geriatric care managers is the biggest have to train over hurdle in the progress of geriatrics — Four projects have been implemented — Russia’s first specialized geriatrics in Russia. as a part of A Land of Care Educational residence has been established at the >2 000 Programme. Geriatric training was pro- premises of the RGRC with an interna- geriatrists vided for medical doctors, nurses and tional exchange programme; the special- social workers. In 2018, the programme ized centre for telemedicine has been Experts believe the lack ran in 15 regions, including pilot regions equipped. It will help not only train of competent geriatric care >6 000 participating in the long-term care specialists from the regions but also managers is the biggest specialists of other medical development project. make the jobs of geriatrists and care hurdle in the progress fields with geriatric care skills.” specialists more attractive. of geriatrics in Russia. — Two international educational courses in geriatrics have been created with the — Domiciliary Medical In-Patient Facility participation of Dr. Athanase Benetos, Today visiting nurse care service is being Vice-President of the European Geriatric developed in cooperation with the Over the past four years, the Foundation Medicine Society, and leading experts St. Alexiy Hospital. has been supporting educational from Israel and Japan. programmes in the field of geriatrics 900 launched by the Russian Gerontology Russian specialists have — Four sessions of the Spring School Clinical Research Centre (RGCRC) become certified geriatric of Geriatrics have been held under the and leading specialists in this field. care practitioners guidance of specialists from the Mech- nikov St. Petersburg State Medical In 2018 University. The task of the schools is to form a professional community that will develop geriatrics in Russia.

3 — Six international internships for medical young medical specialists doctors and care specialists have been graduated from the ﬁrst organized. geriatric residency. Older generation Документ был представлен Министерством экономического развития и утвержден Прави- 49 тельством РФ в феврале 2019 года. Back to Contents The Active Generation Helpline Studio-Dialog Autonomous Nonproﬁt Organisation in partnership with the Starost v Radost Charity Foundation Grant Competition and with the support of the Timchenko Foundation implements the Senior Helpline Project to ensure direct assistance to distressed senior citizens.

The competition seeks to support local Over the past seven years, the project projects that target elderly people encouraged civic engagement with 2 762 through motivating active representa- regard to elderly people. The regional elderly people received tives of the older generation and those partners of the competition made the support in 2018 who want to help them to be more topic of older generation their primary active. The competition projects serve line of work, and the projects supported the primary function of helping in the course of the competition gained the elderly to socialise. popularity and started raising funds on their own. The Helpline for the Older People helps Studies show that retired people suffer provide direct assistance for those in a lack of communication and feeling need. This is a call desk rendering hands- needed, given the fact that new social Participating projects received over on assistance or psychological support. contacts in an elderly age have a direct In the ﬁrst instance, a caller receives impact on health and increase longevity counselling and then his or her request by 50 percent.* 80 million is redirected to partner organizations. In the second instance, a qualiﬁed hot- line coordinator can, in a supportive Roubles conversation, help the caller calm down and give a feeling that he from the Presidential Grants Foundation. or she is not alone.

Within a year of the project, the helpline received 3,031 calls and helped 2,762 elderly people from 78 regions of the Russian Federation.

social contacts increase by 50 % life longevity

* It can be exempliﬁed by a study of Holt-Lunstad J, Smith

Older generation TB, Layton JB (2010) Social Relationships and Mortality Risk: A Meta-Analytic Review. 50 Back to Contents Challenges 2018 Diﬃculties in harmonizing the system of performance indicators for the Older Generation Programme with the general monitoring and evaluation standards of the Foundation.

Diﬃculties in implementing long-term care Plans for pilot projects that hampered the Founda- tion's decision-making process to support various applications on this topic. 2019 Evaluate the results of the Active Genera- tion Competition and the role of other projects for elderly people in regions of Russia.

Elaborate a new format for the competition to provide care to the elderly in their closest environment.

Streamline support activities for educational and awareness-raising projects for development of the long-term care system.

Analyse opportunities to invest in new technologies for the support and monitoring of elderly people with chronic diseases in remote and rural areas.

Take part in partnership projects aimed at systemic changes in life quality of elderly people in Russia. Older generation 51 Back to Contents Older Generation Programme: Direct Outcomes

2016 2017 2018

Long-term Care System Geriatrics

34 76 1 883 long-term care coaches from the regions social sphere managers from the regions people engaged in educational completed a training course delivered by took part in international long-term care programmes for geriatric care the specialists from Israel internships

IN TOTAL Older Generation Programme activities in 2018 involved 60+ 32 100+ regions vice-governors ministers for healthcare for social affairs and social security

Active Generation Competition

215 295 224 N/A 133 448 125 993 23 41 36 Number of projects Indirect beneficiaries, number of persons* Focus area co-funding*, * Indirect beneficiaries — representatives of local mln Rub community covered by the projects’ activities ** Direct beneficiaries — representatives of the target 705 864 927 27 925 28 146 25 795 groups of the programmes, senior citizens

Older generation Number of applications Direct beneﬁciaries, number of persons** *** Funds raised for competition projects 52 vice-governors ministers for healthcare for social affairs and social security

Active Generation Competition

Number of projects Indirect beneﬁciaries, number of persons* * Indirect beneﬁciaries — representatives of local community covered by the projects’ activities

Number of applications Direct beneﬁciaries, number of persons** Funds raised for competition projects

Back to Contents The Older Generation Programme: Outcomes of the Supported Projects

Geriatrics Active Generation Competition

> 2 mln by 1.5 of elderly people now have the number of geriatricians access to qualiﬁed assistance in Russia increased 77 % 70 % 30 % of the projects of the projects have of the projects have given have resulted in given rise to sustainable rise to entrepreneurial new services offered public initiatives initiatives for elderly people Older generation 53 Back to Contents The Vishera River House

Case Study

Tatyana Androsova is a well-known social- The specialists from the Perm branch of the Krasnovishersk is a small town where all ly-oriented entrepreneur in the town of Red Cross helped to acquire the skills. residents know each other. Vyacheslav, a Krasnovishersk (the Perm Region). Zabota Sponsored by the Active Generation former classmate of Tatyana, contacted her [Care] nursing home founded by her is Programme, they developed an educational immediately, when there was trouble in his strongly recommended by social workers, programme for bedridden patients. “In the family. His wife’s grandmother had broken a medical doctors and neighbours. Some- past, we would rely on stopgap solutions; hip, and moving her into a flat on the fifth floor times, she is forced to reject somebody as sometimes, we would not make it to put on in the building without a lift implied that the demand outreaches home’s capacities. It is diapers properly: they would leak, or the woman would never start walking again. Back Tatyana’s firm conviction that the facility trousers would not zip up. Finally, we got it in those days, Tatyana’s house stood empty. can accommodate a maximum of 25 right. We have learnt a lot, and should residents, otherwise it would lose the something happen, we will do everything Tatyana’s dream to live in a house of her own family-like atmosphere it enjoys today. properly until the ambulance arrives,” says never came true. Meanwhile, she met Tatyana The New Year’s Day is not celebrated on Tatyana. Vasiliyevna Androsova, a self-employed entre- the 27th of December, as the residents’ preneur, and Tatyana’s former classmates relatives would find convenient. They The nursing home has a total of 13 employ- persuaded her into opening up a nursing celebrate it for real, on the 31st of De- ees. Accommodation costs 18,000 Roubles home for the elderly. The employment cember, in the company of Ded Moroz a month per patient. If the patient’s pension centre promised to give her a subsidy if (Russian Santa Claus) and employees’ fails to cover the costs, the rest is paid by she filed for the social entrepreneur status. families.” his or her relatives. Besides, there are Tatyana called her nursing home Zabota patients without family with pension as [the Russian word for ‘care’]. She spent the Each of 24 residents is unique. The physical their only source of income. Many patients subsidy in the amount of 108, 000 Roubles education teacher walks a lot, although he have the nursing home as their official place on mounting a fire alarm system, employing cannot remember the date of his birth; of residence. Zabota offers different types her first worker — a nurse, and proceeded 92-year-old mother who cares for her of stay: permanent, seasonal, temporary to repairing the house. paralysed son Anatoliy as if he were 10, not and recreational. 61. Nina shows her temper when there is no She started an active public life: she joined her favourite blue ribbon attached to Local residents in the Perm Region usually the Verkhnekamsk chamber of commerce the hat she wears when she walks out. work on a seasonal basis: every time they and industry, opened a profile in VK (Russian take seasonal jobs, they leave their elderly social network) where she wrote about relatives in the nursing home. When they elderly people’s needs. The initiative trigger- One can acquire skills, return, they take them back. ed quick response: donations it brought prov- but not humanity. ed sufficient for purchasing a multi-functional Zabota owes its today’s existence to a bed. Tatyana met many of her like-minded long-time dream. In October 2014, Tatya- colleagues at an Active Generation confe- na’s family took a mortgage and purchased rence in St. Petersburg. Recently, she applied Olga, Senior nurse a big red-brick house on the outskirts of for a foreign internship. Tatyana is making Their faces may get wrinkled, but their and Nina, resident of her native town of Krasnovichersk, a former a real difference in the lives of the people, personality remains the same. The el- 'Zabota' administrative building of the geological and she will master whatever skills she lacks. derly patients feel love in Zabota. Tatyana - exploration camp. The house was in a bad There is no doubt about it. has her own tools and tricks when it comes . need of repair, however, they had neither

Older generation to recruiting new employees because she money, nor time for it. knows well: one can acquire skills, but not 54 humanity. Back to Contents 2018 Calendar SportSport Culture Family and Older Children Generation

January May June

10.01. Start of the second competition for 5.03. Charity in Russia conference 7.05. Announcement of results 1-9.06. Final of the Belaya Ladya, children and youth sledge hockey held by Vedomosti newspaper for the Family Fairway Competition National School Team Chess Competi- promotion projects in Russia tion; final event of the Chess in Schools project 6.03. Start of a competition for the right to 8-9.05. Fontanka River Cup and The 3-6.06. Frst Russia-wide conference hold the Superfinals of Chess in Museums Golden Blades of St. Petersburg Interna- for chess teachers and educators February Russian Championship tional Regatta 9-20.05. European Wushu Championship (Moscow) 30.06. 13.03. Workshop ‘How to Live to be 100 years Announcement of winners in 14.02. Start of the Family Fairway– old: Japanese Tips for a Longer Life’ the Active Generation Competition Russia-wide competition 20.03. Age as Arts, conversations 12.05. Cleaning day in the with writers about aging Geriatric Centre 4-10.06. Internship in France within 15.02. Start of the 4th Dobryi Led Competition the Cultural Mosaic Programme for the projects aiming at developing 24.03-22.04. Russia-wide final ice hockey ice hockey for children and youth 14-24.05. Higher Coach School, competition held by Zolotaya Shaiba Club the 3rd session of the group 16-22.02. Moscow Wushu Stars, the internation- 19–20.06. Participation of children and young (town of Dimitrov, the Moscow Region) of the 13th enrolment al tournament of the European Wushu adults in studies and assessment of well-be- Federation; ing, a strategic workshop session 30.03–1.04. 26.02. Ending of the second competition Federal workshop for 22.05. First show of ‘This World is not our 22.06–1.07. On the Same Wavelength — for the projects aimed at developing sledge the Cultural Mosaic - 2015 projects Invention’, a theatre play based on the stories Annual camp for foster families hockey for children and youth on grant-making collected from foster families’ diaries within Our Stories Competition 28.02. First publication of a journal July for child protection specialists April 28.05. St. Petersburg International 28.02. Start of the Focus on the Family Economic Forum, panel of the Competition 16.04. Start of Small Cultural Expert council on small territories, 15-17.07. Friendship Match, International Mosaic regional competitions Presentation of the Cultural Russian-Chinese chess competitions for Mosaic project children (Belokurikha, Altai Territory); March 13-23.07. ‘I Play Sledge Hockey’, international 16.04. Announcement of results of the sledge hockey camp in the town 28.05-13.06. First session of the 14th competition for the right to hold Chess of Peresvet (the Moscow Region); enrolment of the Higher Coach 1–5.03. Workshop on communication in Museums Superfinal programmes for the Cultural Mosaic School projects of 2017 enrolment 18.04. Start of the Active Generation Competition 13.05. Announcement of winners in 20-22.07. Sustainability of Projects, the Small Cultural Mosaic regional 19-20.04. 5th Congress of workshop for the Cultural 3-7.03. Educational trip to Israel for competitions Gerontologists and Geriatrists Mosaic-2017 winners participants of a pilot project for creating the long-term care system 19-20.04. Workshop-strategic session: 23-29.07. Family Odyssey, Efficient System for Support of annual rafting tour 4-7.03. Only Real Girls Play Ice Hockey Children and Young Adults with tournament for children developmental defects Calendar 55 SportSport Culture Family and Older Children Generation

October

31.07. – 09.08. Announcement of 5-6.10 Society for All Ages, 6th 19.11. The Russian Presidential Council for winners in the Active Generation national conference implementation of state policy in the sphere of protecting the family and children was Competition 07-10.10 Internship in Germany on established, with Xenia Frank being organizing the long-term care a member of the Council

09-10.10 Forum and workshop within the Fa- August mily and Children Programme in the city of Ufa 27-29.11 Dobryi Led Cup Finals among children’s ice hockey teams 01-05.08. Announcement of 10-17.10 Russia-wide chess competitions among schoolchildren residing winners in the Active 18-24.11. Internship in Scotland on in rural areas Generation Competition ‘Orphanage Prevention: Work with a Biological Family’; Book ‘Wrong 18-22.10 Sociocultural projects sustaina- Stork’ was published 25.08.–06.09. Superﬁnals of the 71st Russian bility as a factor for the development of Chess Championship among men and of territories, group internship the 68th Russian Chess Championship among Women (town of Satka,` December the Chelyabinsk Region 26-27.10 Friendship match between the Belaya Ladya chess competition

winners and a team of schoolchil- 1-4.12. Festival of the Children’s Sledge

13.08. Start of a longitudinal study of dren from France Hockey League (St. Petersburg); socialization patterns for children in 9-22.12 Family ice hockey festivals ‘I foster families 28–29.10 The Cultural Mosaic strategic Love Dad, Mom and Ice Hockey’ session summarizing the results of the three-year programme (2015-2018) September 13-14.12 Russia – Territory of Care, the ﬁrst Russia-wide forum; 7-12.12 Internship in Israel on 4.09. 24 students began to study in the November organizing the long-term care; Nikita Mikhalkov’s Academy of Cinematog- raphy and Theatrical Arts 01-04.11 The Russia’s national children’s sledge 7-23.09 Zolotaya Maska (Golden Mask) 14 – 26.12 The Arts Square, 19th Festival (the city of Novokuibyshevsk, the hockey team took part in the international international festival Samara Region) Cruisers Cup tournament (Canada) 26.02. End of the three-year cycle of the Books ‘I am Adopted’ and Cultural Mosaic projects enrolled in 2015 05-08.11 Internship in Finland on ‘The Bold Seven’ were organizing the long-term care published. 19–23.11 I nternship in the Czech Republic 5-7.12 Aquatoria of Partnership Annual on organizing the long-term care Forum and a strategic session of the Family and Children Programme Calendar 56 Back to Contents Strategic committee

From 2014, there is the Strategic Working Group for Working Group for creating Working Group for Committee in the Foundation that Monitoring and the Managerial Accounting creates a uniform development Project Management strategy for our organization. At Assessment System its monthly sessions, heads of our departments prepare proposals Objective Objective Objective with regard to plans, resources and managerial tools. The biggest tasks are addressed in working groups The objective is to ensure The objective is to optimize that involve external experts. The objective is to establish the monitoring and assessment reliable and reasonable management procedures for system within the Foundation resource management. processes and projects in order to obtain credible in the Foundation. information on the social impact of programmes and projects for strategic Task Task decision-making. Deﬁne the procedure for cost calculation Deﬁne basic terms and toolkit, develop in order to obtain key quantitative a methodology and phases of project and qualitative programme outcomes. management, including alignment of communications for the effective Task Results system launch.

Harmonizing the programme manage- A table of relations between key indica- Results ment procedure by creating the system tors in programmes was prepared; missing for monitoring, information collec- links were speciﬁed. Proposed approaches for describing tion/analysis, and accounting. and introducing business processes for Calculation of the cost of elements within project management phases: initiation,

Results the Family and Children Programme was planning, execution, monitoring and started. analysis, completion. Documents that establish planning, monitoring and assessment procedures Tables were developed and analysed for Practically tested business processes for the programmes in the Foundation calculation of administrative expenses for initiation and planning of a project, have been produced and approved. The incurred by the regional organizers of two including document synchronization. monitoring and assessment systems competitions of the Foundation. We are using them in a pilot mode that met uniform standards were de- while planning for 2019. veloped and approved within Family The Foundation’s expenses were streamed and Children, Culture and Sport Prog- into the single database in order to create rammes. The Older Generation Prog- the tariff system (adjusted for the regional ramme is in the middle of aligning the factor). existing monitoring and assessment Strategic committee procedures with the uniform standards. 57 58 Strategic committee Financial information Back to Contents Back to Contents 2016 in thetotal expenses, % Percentage ofadministrative expenses Timchenko Foundation amounted to 1,226,055 thousandRUB In 2018, thetotal volume ofspecialpurposeﬁnancingby the 2018 2017 Timchenko Foundation’stotalexpenses,mlnRUB 2016 the year beginning of balance atthe

388 expenses forprogrammeactivities

2017 voluntary propertydonations

778 794 811

2018 863

67 81 administrative expenses 68 miscellaneous receipts 875 845 879 15

1 266 * 2016 2016 280 406 presented inallthe programmes oftheFoundation. make adecision onhowfinancialresults willbe The outcomes ofthepilotprojectwill allowto donation agreements. 2019 inthefinalreporton theexecutionof under theprojectstobe reportedbypartnersin This sectiondoesnotreflect someofthefunds Programme. resources spentundertheFamilyandChildren calculate apartofthespecial-purposefinancing Foundation, apilotmethodwasappliedto of thefinancialandmanagementreporting In 2018,inordertoincreasetheinformativevalue Total progr Culture SportSport 2017 2017 300 287 amme expensesb

2018 2018 266 347 y focusareas,mlnR

within theapprovedbudget. dynamics oftheprogrammeimplementation evaluation indicators,reﬂecttheactual Programme, aswellthemonitoringand the annualreportonFamilyandChildren At thesametime,informativesectionof 2016 2016 70 55 Family and Generation Children 2017 Older 102 2017 89 UB 2018 94* 2018 94 87 Back to Contents

Our team consists of people united by shared values and principles. Team They are not only highly skilful and competent professionals, but also very caring people with strong commitment to continuous personal growth and an honest and responsible attitude to their partners and each other.

Vadim Samorodov

Dmitriy Director of Older

Elvira Denisov Generation Garifulina Programme Lawyer Director of Family Marianna and Children Sinis Programme Managing Еvgeniya Director Ugleva Assistant Secretary

Еlena Konovalova Director of Culture Programme

Ekaterina Porotnikova Мaria Manager of Morozova Culture Programme Managing Director

Maria Aleksakova

Manager of Older Generation Programme Team

59 As of December 2018 Olga Bortsova Charity Fund "Key" Head of the Child in the family Еlena Programme Yatsenko Chief Margarita Accountant Tarasova

Managing Director Liliya Communications Timurova Adviser Manager of Sports Programme

Igor Tatiana Lubov Inozemtceva Elena Irina Baradachev Nekrasova Obukhova Philippova Charity Fund "Key" Marina Elena Deputy Managing Accountant Head of the Nesterova Charity Fund "Key" Kirillova Manager of Director, Family and Director of Sports Family and home Chief Accountant Charity Fund "Key" Charity Fund "Key" Children Programme Programme Manager of Executive Director Programme the programmes 60 Back to Contents We appreciate our partners

Agency for Strategic Initiatives Good Stories, Charity Foundation Russian Clinical and Research Centre Ak Bars Ice Hockey Club Gorod Gubakha urban district of Gerontology, and personally Olga Tkacheva Analytical Centre under the administration Government of the Russian Federation Ice Hockey Academy, Private Russian Figure Skating Federation Bashkir Pirates, sledge hockey club Educational Institution of Additional Russian Ice Hockey Federation Professional Education Centre for the Support of Network Russian Union of Athletes Initiatives, Stavropol Regional Social Ice Hockey Federation of the Amur Russian Wushu Federation Region Organization Ryazan Region authorities Ice Hockey Federation of the Charity Foundation for Tyumen City Sibirskiy, Charity Foundation Development Leningrad Region Sibirskiy, Charity Foundation for Ice Hockey Federation of the Children’s Sledge Hockey League public initiatives support Tatarstan Republic CKA Ice Hockey Club Sochi Ice Hockey Club Ice Hockey Federation of the Tula Continental Ice Hockey League Region Spartak Ice Hockey Club Dobryi Gorod, Charity Foundation for Ice Hockey Museum Sportiss, Academy for Research of City Development Ice Hockey with Puck Institute of Additional Professional Dobryi Gorod, Foundation for the Education under the Department of Starost v Radost Foundation, and support of social projects and Social Security of the Government of personally Elizaveta Oleskina initiatives the city of Moscow, and personally to Student Rowing League Dobryi Gorod Peterburg, Charity Mr. E. I. Kholostov Tambov Region authorities Foundation Kandalaksha Yacht Club Galina Vladimirovna Sem’ya, a member Transbunker, sport club Metelitsa Centre of the Coordination Council under the Transoil, Limited Liability Company Russian Government for holding the Penza Foundation of ‘Grazhdansky Tula Region authorities Decade of Childhood in the Russian Soyuz’ Local Community Veterans of Sports, Sports Support Federation Perm Region authorities and Development Foundation Garant, Archangelsk Centre of Social Regional social association ‘Invalidy Volga Group, Investment company Technologies, Sporta’ (Disabled Sports Association) Youth Maritime League Gazprombank Electronic Trading n.a. E. Vinokurov, an Olympic Games Platform champion Zolotaya Shaiba (Golden Puck), Russia-wide Junior Ice Hockey General and Professional Education Russian Chess Federation Players Club n.a. A. Tarasov Committee of the Leningrad Region Acknowledgements 61 Back to Contents Acknowledgements

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