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Finnish and Russian Civil Society Actors Working Finnish and Russian Civil Society Actors Working Towards Common Global Goals – In search of sustainable practices of collaboration PUBLISHER: EDITORS: GRAPHIC DESIGN AND LAYOUT: TRANSLATION: Most ry Meeri Siukonen Annika Leppäaho Antonina Eliseeva May 2019 Anna Skvortsova Finnish and Russian Civil Society Actors Working Towards Common Global Goals – In search of sustainable practices of collaboration Глобальные цели и устойчивые местные практики в сотрудничестве российских и финских НКО DISCLAIMER: COPYRIGHT: The content of the publication is sole responsibility of Most ry Most ry as well as authors and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of our donors. This publication has been supported by Table of Contents 8-9 10-13 14-19 Preface Introduction Civil Society and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 20-23 24-31 32-37 A world without violence with The 2030 Agenda in Russia: What can be learned from justice and equality for all – First steps previous Finnish-Russian Interconnections between the cooperation in the field of social SDGs 5 and 16 and health NGOs? 38-43 44-49 50-53 International cooperation of Building trust and mutual Karelian regional public Russian NGOs in the years 2010- understanding – The Central organization Social 2018 - laws, funding, and new Union of Child Welfare and Rehabilitation and Support practices Vozrozhdenie in collaboration Service “Vozrozhdenie”: Each to promote child welfare child deserves safety and love 54-61 62-67 68-75 “We strive for systemic change”: “Peace is the way” - Soldiers’ “There are no ‘our children’ and The cooperation of GAOORDI Mothers and the Peace ‘their children’” - The Helsinki and the Finnish association of Union of Finland exchanging Mother and Child Home parents and professionals on experiences Association and Malenkaya intellectual and developmental Mama working for the best of disabilities families 6 76-81 82-87 88-93 Strengthening the capacity Exploring neighbourliness and Building an international of NGOs working with fathers urban space through art - The network of local feminist - The Finland-Russia Society Creative Association of Curators communities - Eve’s Ribs facilitating civil society and Connecting Points working to end violence against cooperation women 94-99 100-103 104-111 Side by Side - the collaboration Dismantling enemy images by Green Volunteering for the of Amnesty International creating connections - Finnish Baltic Region: The Experience Finland and Russian LGBTQI+ and Russian conscientious of Bellona activists objector activists’ cooperation 112-113 114-122 Local Goals with Global Toolbox Agendas - In search of sustainable partnerships 7 Preface This handbook itself is the product of a fruitful the 2030 Agenda and sharing their remarkable cooperation and ongoing dialogue between insights at our events in Helsinki and St. NGO Most from Helsinki, NGO Development Petersburg. Center from St. Petersburg and other member organizations of the EU-Russia Civil Society We are truly grateful for Airi Leppänen’s Forum’s Working Group “Social Issues and distinguished book Kansalaisyhteiskunta Civic Participation”. This publication is liikkeessä yli rajojen (2005) for inspiration for developed as a part of the project Global Goals this handbook. Leppänen’s book addressed with Local Agendas: Principles of Sustainable how the cooperation was initiated between Development in NGO Practice and Social Finnish and Russian civil society actors Innovations in EU and Russia. The book after 1996, especially in the fields of social wishes to pave the way for new cooperation and health issues. Leppänen also looked between Russian and European NGOs, based at how these connections developed into on common values and new ideas for reaching genuine partnerships, and how the political sustainable development in our societies. The environment of the 90s, and emerging book is one part of the partnership project challenges of the 00s affected these – we have also organised meetings and a developments. We wanted to bring forth panel discussion in Helsinki, and a seminar in recent knowledge on what this cooperation St. Petersburg where we have together with between Finnish and Russian civil society leading experts discussed the realities and actors is now, and connect it to the discussion prospects of Finnish and Russian civil society on the role of civil society in the 2030 Agenda. cooperation in connection to the 2030 Agenda We truly appreciate Airi’s long-standing for Sustainable Development. Also, a distance experience and expertise, and her willingness course directed for Russian civil society actors to share it with us. on raising awareness of the 2030 Agenda and its utilisation will be made available online Also, a great number of other experts have during spring 2019. contributed to the handbook, we want to thank especially Pauliina Lukinmaa for her We wish to thank the Working Group “Social valuable comments on the content of the Issues and Civic Participation” and especially book. We wish to thank all the authors of the our partners Svetlana Makovetskaya (Center articles and interviewees for your valuable for Civic Analysis and Independent Research time and work and the inspiration and GRANI, Perm) and Olga Drozdova (Agency encouragement you provide others. Without for Social Information, Moscow) for their your generous support, as well as funding from contribution to this project. Also, we want to KONE foundation and EU-Russia Civil Society thank our partner in Finland, Peace Union and Forum, the realization of this publication would especially Laura Lodenius and Kalle Sysikaski have not been possible. for their participation in the project, and sharing their experience on this handbook. Finally, we wish to thank our project We are thankful for the expertise of Rilli coordinator Meeri Siukonen for her Lappalainen and Jussi Kanner from Fingo on outstanding work and dedication in 8 Preface PREFACE conducting the interviews, writing and editing texts. We cannot thank her enough for her hard work. We hope that this enthusiasm and genuine support with which the handbook project itself was most often met, is a good omen and speaks of the growing interest in building sustainable partnerships between Finnish and Russian civil society actors. This book is dedicated to all civil society actors on both sides of the border, who promote the principles of sustainable development and change for the better. Helsinki & St. Petersburg, March 2019 NGO Most & NGO Development Centre 9 Introduction ”Goal 17.17 Encourage and promote effective reoccurred in the articles and expert interviews public, public-private and civil society for this handbook. These quotes catch partnerships, building on the experience and something essential of what both civil society resourcing strategies of partnerships.” cooperation and global goals are ultimately about: by joining forces and collaborating with In a world that is more interconnected actors across all sectors of the society as well as like never before, partnerships and the across all borders, it is possible to reach larger strengthening of global solidarity between civil effects and to contribute to a bigger change. society actors are facing new challenges, but alongside new possibilities for cooperation are BUILDING BRIDGES BETWEEN FINLAND presenting themselves. Global phenomena AND RUSSIA often cause very concrete effects on a The handbook focuses on the cooperation local scale and vice versa. Climate change, between Finnish and Russian civil society violations against fundamental human rights actors during the period of 2010-2019. During and democratic decision-making, migration this period, the cooperation or information caused by wars, ecological catastrophes, about the ongoing cooperation between political oppression or economic inequalities Finnish and Russian CS actors has decreased - to name a few - know no borders and especially due to the changes in the funding directly or indirectly affect everyone’s lives. base, various legal restrictions as well as Do we have the tools for navigating in political tensions. It has also been difficult these interconnected and rapidly changing to find information about the ongoing environments and tackling the global cooperation in one place. The aim of the challenges? handbook is to cater to this need by offering an overview to the Finnish-Russian civil This handbook addresses these vast and society cooperation by letting civil society complex questions by taking a local and actors themselves share their experience specific approach, by focusing on the role of about their cross-border partnerships. What Finnish and Russian civil society actors in doing does partnership mean for civil society actors their share for common global goals. From the involved? What motivates to cooperate and perspectives of civil society actors in Finland what kind of change are these partnership and Russia, the handbook explores what a projects calling for? What benefits, possibilities good and mutually beneficial partnership or challenges has the cooperation brought constitutes of in the age of sustainable about? development, and asks what the possibilities We hope that this handbook will offer and prospects of enhancing the 2030 Agenda inspiration, encouragement and practical could be for internationally operating civil support for those willing to embark on a society actors. “The more people are involved, journey towards building genuine partnerships the better” and “the more there are people and and sustainable
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