Success stories of Presidential grant recipients presented at SPIEF

Participants of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum were told about successful projects that have won presidential grants. The presentations took place on May 24 and 25 at the NPO LAB.

The organizers of the event wanted to emphasize the professionalism of NGOs, recipients of presidential grants. This is necessary to attract new corporate sponsors, as government support is only a part of project financing.

Among the initiatives presented is the Clean Games project. These are environmental team competitions in which participants receive points by completing certain tasks (for example, cleaning the territory of garbage). Bonuses are awarded for before and after photos and posts on social networks. The project has been implemented since 2014, and last year it affected 75 settlements. The organizers of the "Clean Games" spread their experience with the help of a franchise, competitions were held in India, Nigeria, Ukraine and Armenia.

Another winning project – engineering Championship "CASE-IN» Reliable Change Foundation. The purpose of the competition is to identify talented young people, as well as to increase the prestige of engineering professions and the fuel and energy complex. The Foundation provides its students with information support and organizes internships in leading companies. The project has 150 partners in total, among them Sibur, Rosneft, FGC UES.

The All-Russian Competition of Young Readers (the Living Classics project) is designed for younger children. The organizers disagree with the claim that children have stopped reading (this thesis refutes the success of the Harry Potter books). Children prefer to read what their peers have recommended to them, which is why it is important that some children read to others, said the president of the competition. Marina Smirnova. Last year, 4,000 schoolchildren watched the final of the competition at the stadium.

Valentin Rabodenko From Stavropol, he presented the Cardo Award. According to him, this is the world's first "street Oscar." Participants compete in street sports, street art, and street dance. In 2017, 17 thousand people from all regions of the country took part in the competition.

The system of state grant support for NGOs has been in place since 2006. Since 2017, the Presidential Grants Fund has been the operator of presidential grants.

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