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Project
title
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Centers
of civic rights education and self-government
development in Republic of Karelia, based on the rural
libraries as the democratic foundation of sustainable
development
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Priority
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3.0
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Lead
applicant
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Karelian
Regional Fund for Self-Government Development "Initiative"
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Contact
person
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Rakovsky
Ilya Vladimirovich Pechnikov Andrey Anatolievich
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Organisation
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Karelian
Regional Fund for Self-Government Development 'Initiative'
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E-mail
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msu@karelia.ru
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Homepage
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http://msu.karelia.ru
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Address
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"Pravdi"
str. 28-a, of.402, 185000-Petrozavodsk, Russian
Federation
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Phone
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+78
14 550811
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Mobil
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+7921
7001582
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Fax
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+7814
780282
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Thematic
key words
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Institution
building, Polycentric settlement structure, Cultural
and natural heritage
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Project
description
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In
the Republic of Karelia there are 19 municipalities.
Each of them has several rural libraries that satisfy
the inhabitants' demand for literature &
periodicals. According to this project libraries in
the most populated settlements with the help of
Karelian Regional Fund for Self-Government Development
'Initiative' and some partner from EU-country become
Centers of civic rights education and self-government
development. Libraries that take part in the project
will grow from the position of public place for
reading to the position of discussing local problems
& affecting local authorities. During execution of
events and arrangements in the project local
inhabitants will get comprehensive knowledge about
their civic rights in communicating with local
authorities and government, about their abilities to
influence the local governing, about technologies and
instruments of effective, democratic self-government.
Besides that project includes building the
communication channel between local inhabitants and
administration & government officers. Special
document sectors will be organized in libraries where
everybody can get exhaustive information about the
situation in the settlement area & about the
results of work by elected authorities. Everything
above-mentioned done in complex will lead the
territory to democratic, understanding, transparent
self government & sustainable development.
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Central
objectives
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1.
Promoting effective and democratic self-government in
Republic of Karelia.
2. Increase of civil participation in governing the
territory.
3. Increase feeling for law and order & sense of
justice among local inhabitants.
4. Creation the bilateral communication channel
between local authorities and inhabitants.
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Expected
benefits
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1.
Mutual understanding between authorities and people.
2. Shortening the distance between citizen and civil
servant.
3. Increase in interest to self-government among local
inhabitants.
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Partners
found
already
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Partners
searched
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NGO's
from EU countries
Associations of local authorities
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Estimated
budget
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92
000
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Date
of submission
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05/2003
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