The National Foundation for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children THE FIRST RUSSIAN-AMERICAN CHILD WELFARE FORUM SUMMARY August 1-6, 2011 Ulan Ude/Lake Baikal, the Republic of Buryatia Russian Federation

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© 2011 The National Foundation for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children Slide 3 ABOUT THE FORUM The Forum was initiated by Russian specialists working as part of the Child Protection Subgroup under the Bilateral Presidential Commission’s Civil Society Working Group (Obama-Medvedev) which began work in October 2010.

© 2011 The National Foundation for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children Slide 4 ABOUT THE FORUM The Russian Federation – the Republic of Buryatia  Ulan-Ude – 2 days Venues: the Government and the People’s Khural of the Republic of Buryatia  Lake Baikal, Sukhaya village – 4 days Venue: secondary school opened within the framework of the “Education” National Priority Project of the Russian Federation

© 2011 The National Foundation for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children THE GOAL OF THE FORUM Slide 5 T O FURTHER THE DEVELOPMENT OF R USSIAN -A MERICAN DIALOGUE AND PARTNERSHIP IN RESOLVING PRESSING NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CHILD PROTECTION - RELATED ISSUES.

© 2011 The National Foundation for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children TASKS OF THE FORUM Slide 6  Facilitating large-scale interdisciplinary discussion  Presenting best Russian and American practices in the prevention of child abuse and violence against children  Comparative analysis and coordination of values and conceptual approaches  Discussion on civil society participation in protecting children’s rights

© 2011 The National Foundation for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children RUSSIAN CO-ORGANIZERS OF THE EVENT RUSSIAN CO-ORGANIZERS OF THE EVENT Slide 7 Office of the Children’s Rights Commissioner for the President of the Russian Federation Government of the Republic of Buryatia National Foundation for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children

© 2011 The National Foundation for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children AMERICAN CO-ORGANIZERS OF THE EVENT AMERICAN CO-ORGANIZERS OF THE EVENT Slide 8 United States Department of Justice United States Agency for International Development Institute for Human Services American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children

© 2011 The National Foundation for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children ORGANIZING COMMITTEE MEMBERS ORGANIZING COMMITTEE MEMBERS Slide 9 Chairman Vyacheslav Nagovitsyn, President of the Republic of Buryatia Vice Chairwoman Marina Egorova, President of the National Foundation for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children Co-Chairman Ronald Hughes, President of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children

© 2011 The National Foundation for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children EVENT STATISTICS Slide 10  Plenary sessions4  Special events:6  bilateral subgroup meeting1  interregional conference1  round tables2  open seminar1  meeting of Children Rights Commissioners’ Coordinating Council in Siberian Federal District 1

© 2011 The National Foundation for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children EVENT STATISTICS Slide 11  Discussion platforms9  Lectures2  Master classes8  Presentation fair9 TOTAL NUMBER OF EVENTS38 TOTAL NUMBER OF SPEECHES100

© 2011 The National Foundation for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children Slide 12  Federal executive and legislative bodies 12  Governors, vice-governors of the administrative divisions of the Russian Federation 9  Heads of ministries and departments for education, public health and social security within administration of the federal subjects of the Russian Federation 12  Children Rights Commissioners in the federal subjects of the Russian Federation 19  International child protection organizations 6  Experts of Russian-American Child Protection Subgroup 37  US Governmental organizations and NGOs 14  Russian NGOs 93  Total number of participants 202 PARTICIPANTS STATISTICS

© 2011 The National Foundation for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION Slide 13  Number of US states represented – 8  Number of the Russian Federation subjects represented - 35 FEDERAL SUBJECTS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATIONЧЕЛ. Altai Krai1 Arkhangelsk Region 1 Chelyabinsk Region1 Irkutsk Region1 Jewish Autonomous Region1 Kaluga Region2 Kemerovo Region1 Khabarovsk Krai1 Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Region – Yugra1 Krasnodar Krai4 Krasnoyarsk Krai8

© 2011 The National Foundation for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION Slide 14 Lipetsk Region2 Moscow32 Moscow Region2 Novosibirsk Region3 Omsk Region3 Orenburg Region2 Perm Krai1 Sakhalin Region1 Smolensk Region1 St. Petersburg2 Stavropol Krai1 Sverdlovsk Region1 The Mari El Republic1 The Republic of Altai4

© 2011 The National Foundation for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION Slide 15 The Republic of Bashkortostan1 The Republic of Buryatia69 The Republic of Khakassia5 The Tyva Republic2 Tomsk Region3 Tyumen Region1 Volgograd Region1 Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Region2 Yaroslavl Region6 Zabaikalsky Krai4

© 2011 The National Foundation for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children RUSSIAN PARTICIPANTS REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION Slide 16  Number of federal districts represented - 8 Federal district Participants  Central Federal District45  Southern Federal District4  Northwestern Federal District4  Far Eastern Federal District3  Siberian Federal District114  Urals Federal District6  Volga Federal District5  North Caucasian Federal District1

© 2011 The National Foundation for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children SCOPE OF THE FORUM Slide 17  Practical organization of early child abuse detection and the work of interdisciplinary groups on child abuse-related issues in the Republic of Buryatia  Prevention of child abuse  Emergency assistance and rehabilitation for children victims of abuse and their families  National and international child protection-related issues and the role of the civil society in tackling these issues  International cooperation: pressing issues and prospective

© 2011 The National Foundation for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children OUTCOME Slide 18  EFFECTIVE AND PROFESSIONAL INTERDISCIPLINARY AND INTERSECTORIAL DISCUSSION of the most pressing issues concerning Russian and American experience in child protection both among government officials and experts  THE PARTICIPANTS DRAFTED THE RESOLUTION OF THE FORUM with the recommendations on key issues. The Resolution was sent to the executive and legislative bodies concerned both in Russia and the USA  THE FORUM WAS ESTABLISHED AS THE ANNUAL BILATERAL EVENT The 2nd Russian-American Child Welfare Forum is due in autumn of 2012, in Illinois, USA

© 2011 The National Foundation for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children OUTCOME Slide 19  THE PARTICIPANTS SUPPORTED THE INITIATIVE OF THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN TO ESTABLISH THE RUSSIAN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION  THE PARTICIPANTS PRESENTED A SET OF INITIATIVES NOW BEING ARRANGED AND ANALYZED  THE FORUM PROVED TO BE AN EFFECTIVE PLATFORM TO PRESENT THE FUTURE CENTER FOR BEST PRACTICES IN CHILD PROTECTION IN THE REPUBLIC OF BURYATIA

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