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THE REPORT
OF RUSSIAN ECOVAST (THE FIRST HALF OF 2001)
The main activity of
ECOVAST was as follows:
1.
In December
2000 the business seminar “ The Future of The Younger Generation, Social
Participation and Implementation Development Programmes” for the senior pupils
was held in Mariinski Posad with the support of Soros Fund, Administration of
Mariinski Posad region, representatives of ECOVAST Russia (O. Sevan, B. Sasonov)
jointly with Foundation of Town Planning Reforms (I. Abankina). 35 people
from small town Mariinski Posad, including teachersa and representatives of local
Administration, took part in the seminar. The main accent was on analysis of the
participation of children in ecological, socio- cultural and other projects, their
future
implementation in Town Development Programme.
2.
During the first half of 2001, the experts of ECOVAST Russia (O. Sevan, B. Sasonov,
A.
Ivanov, B. Krogius) prepared the edition “ The Inter- disciplinary Approach
in Development Programme of Small Town and Surrounding Region (on
the example of
Moscow region)”. This work describes the problems of preservation
and development
of Russian small towns during recent years, and analyses
the experience
of solving such problems by launching Complex Development
Programmes.
At the same time this edition presents modern management techniques
in town development, such as multi-disciplinary approach,
town marketing, starting-points of development in strategy of town planning,
pioneering of local
partnerships with broad public participation. The small
town of Zvenigorod, in Odintsovo
sub- region (Moscow region), is taken as
example to illustrate how these methods
work to solve the town problems. The
authors suggest the analysis of approaches
and problem-solving in the General
Direction Town Programmes of 1992-1993,
1999-2000. (150 p-s of text,
illustrations, plans, photos). The edition will be
published in the second half of 2001
with the support of Russian Ministry of Culture
and Russian Institute of Culture.
3. The
international edition of articles “ Participation and Partnership and Implementation
Development
Programme” is prepared for publication. The articles
of foreign experts will
be published in English and Russian. The collection
presents the articles of Russian
ECOVAST and members of International
ECOVAST - Michael Dower (U.K),
Arthur Spiegler (Austria), Staffan
Bond (Sweden) and others as well. (Chief editor
Olga Sevan , 200 pp. of
text, illustrations and photos). The edition will be published
in the first half of 2001.
4.
The small towns Mariinski Posad and Gorodetz are preparing educational seminars
on
“Regional Development Programmes : Public Participation and Partnership”. This
work is supported by the Russian Ministry of Culture and by local and regional
Administration.
On the example of town and region, the problems will be defined and
different development projects and “starting-points” will be suggested. The materials
of the seminars will be published in 2002.
5.
Member of ECOVAST
Russia S. Grigorjev continues his activity in Njukhcha village (Arkhangelsk
region). He works with children, organizing village museum, the community
“Chjud” (local self-government), building boats. Different holidays were organised
by him in Njukhcha village during recent years. He produces video films and
photos and exhibits them at our seminars. This project was supported by Russian
Ministry of Culture and Russian ECOVAST.
6.
From 20 till 27 of April the President of Russian ECOVAST took part in the work
of The
International Executive Committee ECOVAST and seminar “ Problems of Development
of Rural Areas in Poland”, that took place in Skepe, Poland. She then led a
seminar on “Social and Cultural Context of Spatial Planning of the Historical
Settlements
and Sustainable Development”, at the invitation of Torun University of Sociology,
and worked in the University library, etc. The report on this trip is in the archive
of the Committee.
Dr. of Architecture Olga Sevan.
President
of ECOVAST Russia
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