SAMARA REGIONAL PUBLIC ORGANIZATION HISTORICAL, ECOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL ASSOCIATION “POVOLZJE” SAMARA STATE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY SAMARA REGION NGO SUPPORT PROGRAM SAMARA CIVIC NETWORK © DESIGN SERGEI AGAPOV

SAMARA CIVIC NETWORK TIME TO LIVE WITHOUT BORDERS? 1

SAMARA CIVIC NETWORK WAY TO LIVE WITHOUT BORDERS !!! 2

Samara region is situated in the south-eastern part of the European territory of Russia in the middle current of the Volga - the biggest river in Europe 11 3

SCN SAMARA CIVIC NETWORK AIM: To increase the level of cooperation within the non- commercial public sector and to provide its cooperation with governmental and commercial sectors on the basis of modern means of information organization and dissemination 4

OBJECTIVES: To provide Internet and access to Samara Region NGO (non profit organization) leaders, members and clients in order to develop interregional and international relations among NGO Ability to increase the effectiveness of NGO activities via partnership development through joint programs and projects realization together with governmental, municipal and commercial structures To provide the access to wide and various information on Samara Region, its history, economy, culture, non-profit sector and other civic society institutions to all interested people 5

SAMARA CIVIC NETWORK AS A WAY OF FORMING THE INFORMATION SPACE OF SAMARA REGION NON-PROFIT SECTOR 6

INFORMATION SPACE— the sphere in modern public life (in our case Samara Region third sector) which depends to a great degree on information communications development. In this meaning information space is close to the meaning of information INFORMATION ENVIRONMENT - a combination of technical and program means of keeping, processing and distribution of information as well as political, economic and cultural conditions of the informing processes realization 7

COMPONENTS OF INFORMATION SPACE: · Information resources, that include data, information and knowledge fixed on certain information carriers · Organizational structures, providing functioning and development of information space, including information collecting, processing, preservation, dissemination, search and transmitting Means of information interaction, providing access to information resources on the basis of corresponding information technologies, including software and technical means and organization— normative documents 8

9 NON-PROFIT SECTOR OF SAMARA REGION

10 DISTRIBUTION OF NGOs ON THE TERRITORY OF THE REGION THE NUMBER OF NGOs (NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS)

11 THE SPHERE OF NGO ACTIVITY: social protection of certain population groups sport, health care culture, art, history human rights science, education, ecology professional associations amateur associations territorial self-government private enterprise support information services

% OF NGOs ATTRACT ABOUT VOLUNTEERS (EACH NGO ATTRACTS FROM 1 TO 170 VOLUNTEERS, IN AVERAGE --12) 56/4% OF NGOs HAVE PERMANENT STAFF AND PROVIDE ABOUT 5000 JOBS (EACH NGO PROVIDES FROM 1 TO 140 JOBS, IN AVERAGE—4)

13 IN 2000 AN AVERAGE NGO ATTRACTED RUBLES ($10 000) A YEAR WHERE DO NGOs GET THEIR MONEY? Out of 100 cases: In 70 cases funded by private businesses In 26 funded by government In 4 cases—funded by charitable foundations

14 NGO TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT MEANS OF COMMUNICATION IN NGOs TELEPHONE FAX INTERNET PEN&PAPER TYPEWRITER COMPUTER COPY MACHINE AUTOMOBILE

15 NGO INFORMATION RESOURCES Subscription to special literature Library on the sphere of activity Literature on the organizational development Brochures, booklets about the NGO itself NGO’ s own publications spontaneously NGO’ s own publications regularly Internet mailing lists subscriptions Web-page

INFORMATION SOURCES FOR NGO ACTIVITY TEL/FAX INTERNET % 16

17 SWOT analysis for Samara Civic Network GETTYONE.COM

18 STRENGTHS · SSTU TECHNICAL BASE IS USED · UNDERSTANDING AMONG TECHNICAL AND HUMANITARIAN SPECIALISTS · KNOWLEDGE OF THE SITUATION IN THE REGION AND IN THE NON-PROFIT SECTOR · FOCUS ON THE CLIENTS · QUALIFIED SPECIALISTS—TRAINERS AVAILABILITY · INTERNET ACCESS CLASSES AVAILABILITY ·GOOD CONTACTS AND COOPERATION WITH MASS MEDIA · POSITIVE IMAGE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS WORKING ON THE PROJECT IN THE NON-PROFIT SECTOR OF SAMARA REGION · INFORMATION AGENTS IN SMALL TOWNS AND RURAL AREAS OF SAMARA REGION GETTYONE.COM

WEAKNESSES GETTYONE.COM 19 · SAMARA CIVIC NETWORK DOESN’T COVER THE WHOLE INFORMATION SPACE OF SAMARA REGION NON-PROFIT SECTOR · LACK OF TELEPHONE LINES ON SAMARA CIVIC NETWORK BASIC JUNCTION · LOW SPEED OF COMMUTATIVE ACCESS · POOR TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT IN NGOS · POOR QUALITY OF TELEPHONE CONNECTION · LACK OF TRAINING ON INTERNET USAGE · RELATIVELY SMALL QUANTITY OF PUBLIC ACCESS POINTS AND CLASSES FOR NGOs, THEIR MEMBERS AND CLIENTS. · LACK OF QUALITY INFORMATION RESOURCES FOR NGOS · INFORMATION RESOURCES ARE NOT RENOVATED · PROVIDERS ARE NOT INTERESTED IN SAMARA CIVIC NETWORK DEVELOPMENT · LOCAL BUSINESS IS NOT INTERESTED IN THIRD SECTOR INFORMATION SPACE DEVELOPMENT. · NGO REPRESENTATIVES HAVE LITTLE KNOWLEDGE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES WHAT MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO USE INTERNET RESOURCES · THE USER POLICY HAS NOT BEEN ESTABLISHED YET

OPPORTUNITIES GETTYONE.COM 20 · OPPORTUNITIES OF COMMERCIAL AND NON-COMMERCIAL PROVIDERS · VOLUNTEERS · TRAINING OF NGO LEADERS, MEMBERS AND CLIENTS · ABILITY TO USE TECHNICAL OPPORTUNITIES OF LARGE (UMBRELLA-TYPE) NGOS · ABILITY FOR SMALL TOWNS AND RURAL AREAS OF THE REGION TO USE STATE POST INSTITUTIONS POTENTIAL · USAGE OF BUSINESS STRUCTURES NETWORKING POTENTIAL · ???

THREATS GETTYONE.COM 21 · ESTABLISHMENT OF TELEPHONE PER HOUR RATES · CHANGES IN SSTU ADMINISTRATION · GLOBAL CHANGES IN HOME OR FOREIGN POLICY OF THE STATE · DECREASE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THE REGION OR IN THE STATE · ???

22 NO FULLNESS OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE STATE OF INFORMATION SPACE AND RESOURCES NO NECESSARY EQUIPMENT IN NGOs LIMITED ACCESS TO INFORMATION INCLUDING POOR CONNECTION LACK OF NGO TRAINING TROUBLE SPOTS OF NON-PROFIT SECTOR INFORMATION SPACE AND POSSIBLE WAYS OF SOLVING THEM GETTYONE.COM RESEARCH OF THIRD SECTOR INFORMATION RESOURCES AND ANALYSIS OF THEIR STATE AND QUALITY ·FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN ON COLLECTING OF TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT FOR NGOS AND FAVORABLE INTERNET ACCESS PROVISION ·NEW COMPUTER CLASSES OPENING ESTABLISHMENT OF EQUIPMENT RENT POINTS ·INCREASING SAMARA CIVIC NETWORK OPPORTUNITIES ·NEW INTERNET CLASSES OPENING ·COOPERATION WITH NEW PARTNERS REGISTRATION OF SAMARA CIVIC NETWORK AS AN INDEPENDENT NGO ·ORGANIZATION OF NGO TRAINING ·ORGANIZATION OF SPECIAL TRAINING FOR PRESS-SECRETARIES, DESIGNERS, MAKERS- UP, WEB-MASTERS ·EDUCATION ON METHODS OF INFORMATION RENEWAL

23 GETTYONE.COM TROUBLE SPOTS OF NON-PROFIT SECTOR INFORMATION SPACE AND POSSIBLE WAYS OF SOLVING THEM ·“STALE” INTERNET RESOURCES NGOS ARE LAZY TO GIVE INFORMATION NGO INFORMATION RESOURCES ARE WELL KNOWN ONLY IN NARROW PUBLIC NO EFFECTIVE STRUCTURE OF INFORMATION COLLECTING FOR NGO RESOURCES THE POLICY ON INFORMATION SPACE DEVELOPMENT IN THE NON-PROFIT SECTOR ????? ·PROMOTION OF EASY METHODS OF INFORMATION RESOURCES RENEWAL DEVELOPMENT OF RECOGNITION SYSTEM FOR RESOURCES SUPPORT AND INFORMATION PROVISION DEVELOPMENT OF DIGESTS DEVOTED TO NGO INFORMATION PUBLICATIONS ESTABLISHMENT OF COALITION-TYPE PUBLIC STRUCTURE OF INFORMATION COLLECTING, ANALYSIS AND DISSEMINATION IT NEEDS TO BE DEVELOPED AND THIS IS WHAT WE ARE DOING NOW ?????

24 EVERY VOICE HAS A RIGHT TO BE HEARD AND SHOULD BE PROVIDED WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO BE HEARD COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES HAVE TO BE ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYBODY WE WILL DO EVERYTHING WE ARE ABLE TO DO FOR THIS GETTYONE.COM