The employee of Kazan Social Business Club BINK Dinara Shagipova was awarded a grant as the winner of the Contest among youth projects in the Section Leadership. The Contest was held in the frames of Youth Program Fund Seliger Technologies in cooperation with Federal Agency for Youth Affairs of Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, Vnesheconombank, RF Media and NP Young Constructors Union. There were 13 000 applications made in total. The Project is the part of the Occupational Guidance Program for school leavers and unemployed implemented by the Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social protection in Tatarstan.
The Contest was held for the second time and was focused on supporting the young people of great talents of Russia. Generally speaking, the support system works on 3 levels federal, regional and municipal. 5 783 projects were supported upon the results of the grants competitions in 2013. The total sum of the grants amounted to 693 000 000 rubles.
According to the Head of the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs Sergey Belokonev, the agency will develop the grant support system on all the levels of governance in future as well as engage business in that process. It is necessary to point out that the All-Russian Contest of Youth Projects was aimed not only to encourage the best ideas and inspire non-indifferent young people but also to engage business companies to take part in it. Such an interaction is a basis of stable public relations, of civil and patriotic foundations and state competitive ability.