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The acceptance of applications for the International Open Grant Competition "Orthodox Initiative 2016-2017" continues. With the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, the Coordinating Committee for the promotion of social, educational, informational, cultural and other initiatives under the auspices of the Russian Orthodox Church announced the start of the competition in September this year.

Applications for participation in the competition are accepted on the website. Instructions for filling out the application are available at.

Acceptance of competitive applications will end on October 24, 2016 at 18.00 (Moscow time). Winners will be announced no later than March 31, 2017.

The competition is regulated by the International Open Grant Competition "Orthodox Initiative 2016-2017" and the announcement of the International Open Grant Competition "Orthodox Initiative 2016-2017".

As part of the "Orthodox Initiative 2016-2017" competition, applications are considered in the following project areas:

Within the framework of the competition, for each project area, a special nomination “Small Towns and Villages” is retained with the amount of grant support up to 300 thousand rubles. The nomination "Small Towns and Villages" is aimed at supporting the initiatives of applicants from small towns and villages, as well as applicants, regardless of their place of registration, if the projects submitted by them are planned to be implemented in small towns and villages. It should help increase the starting opportunities for applicants from small towns and villages (especially those with no experience in participating in grant competitions). Applications in this nomination are examined in a special order.

As part of the "Social service" direction, a special nomination "Shelters for pregnant women" is also preserved. The amount of grant support within the framework of the nomination can reach 1 million rubles. Grant funds can only be used to create a new help center and support the first year of its operation.

The Coordinating Committee for the Promotion of Social, Educational, Informational, Cultural and Other Initiatives under the auspices of the Russian Orthodox Church, chaired by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, summed up the results of the International Open Grant Competition "Orthodox Initiative 2017-2018".

The winners of the International Open Grant Competition "Orthodox Initiative 2017-2018" are 289 projects submitted in four competitive areas: "Education and upbringing", "Culture", "Social service", "Information activity". The grant fund amounted to 115 million rubles.

The winning projects within the areas were distributed as follows:

"Education and upbringing" - 109

"Social service" - 63 (of which - 3 "Shelters for pregnant women")

"Culture" - 101

"Information activity" - 16

In the nomination "Small towns and villages" with the amount of grant support up to 300 thousand rubles. 69 projects became winners.

Applications for the contest "Orthodox Initiative 2017-2018" were accepted from September 1, 2017 to October 23, 2017 on the website www.newpravkonkurs.ru.

In total, 1227 from 73 regions entered the competition Russian Federation, 11 countries of near and far abroad (including 134 in the nomination "Small towns and villages").

Project implementation will start no earlier than March 20, 2018 and end no later than January 20, 2019.

List of projects approved by the United expert council and recommended for financing in 2018, available at the link

According to the Regulations on the "Orthodox Initiative" competition, the Executive Directorate does not comment on the reasons for the rejection of applications and does not enter into correspondence and negotiations on this matter. Expert comments are available from diocesan coordinators. Diocesan coordinators, in turn, can send a request to the Executive Directorate.

Attention winners! Instructions on how to proceed will be posted on personal accounts on the competition website

Date: 02/09/2016

With the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, the Coordinating Committee for the Promotion of Social, Educational, Informational, Cultural and Other Initiatives under the auspices of the Russian Orthodox Church announces the launch of the International Open Grant Competition "Orthodox Initiative 2016-2017".

Acceptance of applications for the international grant competition "Orthodox Initiative 2016-2017" has begun

With the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, the Coordinating Committee for the Promotion of Social, Educational, Informational, Cultural and Other Initiatives under the auspices of the Russian Orthodox Church announces the launch of the International Open Grant Competition "Orthodox Initiative 2016-2017".

Applications for participation in the Competition will be accepted from September 1, 2016 on the site www.newpravkonkurs.ru. Competitive applications will close - 18:00 (MSK) October 24, 2016 Winners will be announced at the latest March 31, 2017

The Competition is governed by the Regulations on the International open grant competition "Orthodox Initiative 2016-2017" And Notice of the announcement of the international open grant competition "Orthodox Initiative 2016-2017".

As part of the "Orthodox Initiative 2016-2017" competition, applications are considered in the following project areas:

Education and upbringing

social service

culture

Information activity

As part of the "Social service" direction, a special nomination "Shelters for pregnant women" is preserved. The amount of grant support within the framework of the nomination can reach 1 million rubles. Grant funds can only be used to create a new help center and support the first year of its operation.

Within the framework of the Competition, a special nomination "Small Towns and Villages" is also retained with the amount of grant support up to 300 thousand rubles.

The Competition provides for 3 types of projects - local projects, network projects and infrastructure/backbone projects.

Local projects are implemented by one organization in one or more subjects of the Russian Federation. The winners can count on grant support in the amount of more than 500 thousand rubles. (as it was last year), and - 600 thousand rubles.

Network projects are implemented in at least two constituent entities of the Russian Federation by two or more organizations. The size of the requested grant cannot exceed 1 million rubles.

The conduct of the Competition, including the technical support of competitive procedures, the organization of the examination of applications received, the financing of winners, the receipt and verification of reports, is entrusted to the Fund for Support of Humanitarian and Educational Initiatives "Cooperation"

Consultations of specialists of the Fund "Cooperation" can be obtained in individually by email