2. CRITICAL POINTS IN SOCIAL WELFARE IN RUSSIA 1. POVERTY CHILDREN FAMILIES WITH MANY CHILDREN FAMILIES WHERE ONE OR BOTH PARENTS ARE UNEMPLOYED  LARGE POVERTY STRATEGIES (as in EU) ARE NEEDED  LARGE POVERTY PROJECTS ARE NEEDED 2. UNEMPLOYMENT AND LOW SALARIES YOUNG, PEOPLE WITHOUT PROFESSIONAL TRAINING  REGIONAL PROJECTS AND MULTISECTORIAL ACTIVITIES ARE NEEDED

3. 3. HEALTH PROBLEMS WHICH ARE SOCIAL PROPLEMS ABORTIONS HIV / AIDS TUBERCULOSIS ALCOHOL AND STRONG DRUGS TOBACCO  MULTI-SECTORIAL APPROACH IS NEEDED  LARGE CO-OPERATION BETWEEN INTERNATIONAL ACTORS AND MINISTRIES  HEALTHY-LIFE-STYLE-APPROACH 4. EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL AND ADDITIONAL TRAINING HAVE PROBLEMS MONEY QUALITY MOTIVATION RURAL AREAS ESPECIALLY RISKY

10. MURMANSK REGION IN SOCIAL WELFARE 1. THE INCREASING USE OF ALCOHOL AND DRUGS AT EVER YOUNGER AGES 2.HIV / AIDS IN ACCOCIATED WITH INTRAVENOUS DRUG USE, BUT ALSO WITH GENERAL POPULATION 3.SOCIAL SERVICES INSTITUTIONALISED 4.SOCIAL WELFARE SYSTEM RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL WORK POORLY 5.PRISONERS, HOMELESS PEOPLE AND TUBERCULOSIS. PROBLEMS:

12. FIELDS OF PRIORITY IN SOCIAL WELFARE 1.Implementation of joint efforts by the public sector and organizations to prevent drug abuse among young people 2. Implementation of work to alter young people`s lifestyles and to prevent and treat communicable diseases (HIV / AIDS, sexually-transmitted diseases) 3.Linking of social work to be part of family services and increasing general practitioner activities 4. Communication of prevention and treatment of tuberculosis

15. FOGUS ON: = HOMELESS PEOPLE =DISABLED PEOPLE =ORPHANS =CHILDREN LIVING IN THE STREET =YOUNG PEOPLE WHITH DRUG PROBLEMS =FAMILIES WITH MANY CHILDREN =SICK, OLD PEOPLE Public NGO Voluntary Business Joined projects

16. BARENTS CO-OPERATION IN SOCIAL WELFARE ON REGIONAL LEVEL ON FEDERATION AL LEVEL REGIONAL NETWORK BETWEEN COUNTRIES: REGIONAL NETWORK BETWEEN ACTORS: FINLAND RUSSIA NORWAY SWEDEN TACIS ARTIC COUNCIL NORDIC COUNCIL BARENTS ARTIC EURO- REGION CO-OPERATION