CONTENTS Message from Elena Timchenko .........................................4 MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.........................................96 Message from Xenia Frank ..................................................6 Governing bodies ...............................................................97 Message from Maria Morozova ..........................................8 The way we work .................................................................97 The Foundation’s mission statement and values ...........10 How the Foundation works and its guiding principles ..............................................97 Work programme .................................................................11 Key outcomes in 2014 ....................................................97 Geography of work programme in 2014 .......................... 12 Ways of interaction with the Foundation .........................97 Key results in 2014. ............................................................ 15 Ways of selecting grant recipients ...............................97 Main events and findings in 2014. ...................................18 Open grant competitions ............................................. 98 Non-competitive support ............................................. 98 THE OLDER GENERATION PROGRAMME...................20 Periods for which projects are supported .................. 98 Society for all Ages Focus Area .........................................24 Programme evaluation system ........................................ 99 Regional Models Focus Area .............................................32 Interaction with stakeholders .......................................... 99 Expert Infrastructure Focus Area ......................................36 Ways of collaboration ................................................... 99 Working with enquiries from the public...................... 99 Working with regional agents .....................................100 SPORT PROGRAMME............................................38 Working with partners and counterparts ...................100 Dobryi Led Focus Area .......................................................42 Working with the expert community ..........................100 World of Chess Focus Area ................................................54 Working with the mass media.....................................100 Personnel .......................................................................... 101 CULTURE PROGRAMME..........................................60 Environmental impact ...................................................... 101 Developing Culture Annexe 1. in Small Towns Procedure for preparing the Report for 2014 ................102 and Rural Areas Focus Area ...............................................64 Annexe 2. Supporting Audited financial statements ..........................................104 Cultural Initiatives Focus Area...........................................70 Annexe 3. Preserving and Developing Independent assurance report by EY .............................106 Cultural Heritage Focus Area ............................................. 74 Annexe 4. Cultural Bridge Focus Area ................................................76 Certificates, awards and diplomas .................................108 Annexe 5. Use of GRI standard reporting elements THE FAMILY AND CHILDREN PROGRAMME..............80 and performance indicators in the Report .................... 116 Creating Sustainable Public Interest Contact Details ................................................................. 122 in Solving Problems of Child Abandonment Focus Area ...................................84 Expert Infrastructure Focus Area (Developing the institution of the professional foster family on a national level) .......................................................... 86 Regional Projects Focus Area (Supporting sustainable models and techniques in the prevention of child ALL PHOTOGRAPHS USED IN THIS REPORT ARE abandonment, in family placement and supporting TAKEN FROM THE FOUNDATION’S IMAGE BANK families with children in the Russian regions) ............... 88 AND REFLECT GENUINE SITUATIONS. Report on the charitable activity Report on the charitable MESSAGE FROM ELENA TIMCHENKO activity Report on the charitable 4 5 Four years have passed since the Foundation was set up. Of course, this is not such a long time; but it is long enough to take year and prompted an enthusiasm and interest that surpassed our bravest expectations. We came to the conclusion that even stock of some of the frst results. As founders, we can see that the Foundation’s projects are having a real impact on the lives of the smallest amount of support can make life in small settlements more exciting and fulflling. individuals and are leading to sustainable change. I am particularly pleased that the Foundation launched a pilot project in Karelia on the provision of mobile medical support for Speaking to benefciaries, experts and regional agents, we are learning that our programmes are really taking root in the older people in rural areas. If everything works out as planned, we shall be able to demonstrate the benefts of this model to regions, receiving local support and producing notable results. It is important that projects which have had success in certain others. regions become known about elsewhere, so that know-how can be passed on to all interested parties. The practical information picked up by the Foundation in the course of its work is used in communicating with the public and enables us to produce The Foundation has increased the geographical spread of its work not only within Russia, but also beyond the country’s system-based solutions to a number of social problems. This kind of information is exchanged at specialist gatherings, public borders. Our foreign projects have always focused on strengthening mutual understanding between people of diferent events and at the Foundation’s own events. A prime example of this is the From an Ageing Society to a Society for All Ages countries. In 2014, we opened up our activities to China. With the support of the Russian Chess Federation, the Foundation National Conference, which is run annually by the Foundation and focuses on problems of ageing in our country. organised a “Friendship Match” in Beijing between Russian and Chinese schoolchildren. This frst taste of China showed us that there is great interest in the country to collaborate on such matters, particularly if they involve young people. People in China 2014 was the frst full year in which the Foundation functioned under our family name. Renaming the organisation emphasised still remember the cultural and economic ties between our two countries and are keen on developing them further. our public accountability, whilst the unifcation of the family’s charitable initiatives to operate under four strategic programmes enabled us to simplify management and give the public a clearer understanding of the initiatives. The Foundation’s achievements owe a great deal to its staf. It is they who have put our ideas and plans into practice. They work out unique approaches to solving the toughest of problems, overcome difculties, and we are very pleased with their As before, we consider the Foundation’s main task to be provision of support for regional development. This is gradually getting achievements. harder as we prioritise venturing deeper into Russia’s provinces. Experts talk a great deal about the difculties associated with the development of remote areas; but we believe that improving the quality of life of people who live there is one of Russia’s Of course, the Foundation team still has plenty to work on. We expect our programmes for remote areas to develop further in most important priorities today. There is an even greater need today, when our country is experiencing considerable challenges, 2015 with the enhancement of our tender processes and educational activities. We would still like to receive feedback from to preserve our most valuable resource – our people – no matter where they live. benefciaries, partners and experts. We also hope that the Foundation’s most efective practices and fndings will be put into efect on a sustainable footing. Further foreign projects are planned for 2015 and we hope that these new projects shall be as The Foundation’s programmes are geared towards changing people’s attitudes to their locality by supporting their initiatives interesting for us as they are for our partners. and their responsibility for life around them. The main, but most difcult task, is to open their eyes to new opportunities and reinforce their belief in their own strengths. It is also important that people in the provinces have access to the greatest possible In this Report you are currently holding, we have tried to talk not only about what we achieved, but also about some of the variety of opportunities, ranging from social and medical services to sport and creative endeavour. difculties we had to deal with in 2014. I hope that you shall fnd it interesting. Those who took part in the Russian National Cultural Mosaic of Small Towns and Villages Grant Competition showed the initiative and desire to change their surrounding world. This grant competition was run by the Foundation for the frst time last Elena Timchenko, Founder Report on the charitable activity Report on the charitable MESSAGE FROM XENIA FRANK activity Report on the charitable 6 7 In 2014, our country faced political and economic challenges