http://sofya.tigblog.org/ What's on the minds of young leaders from around the globe? en-us http://sofya.tigblog.org/post/38801 Tue, 23 May 2006 03:05:00 EDT http://sofya.tigblog.org/post/38801 39.1652778 -86.526388939.1652778-86.5263889 http://sofya.tigblog.org/post/38360
I just wanted to share a wonderful resource (in English) that was recently developed in Russia to commemorate this date.

9 May

It contains facts, stories, dates and tons of useful information on participation of the Soviet Union in WWII.

FACT: The Soviet Union lost around 27 million people in World War II.]]> Tue, 09 May 2006 05:59:00 EDT http://sofya.tigblog.org/post/38360 39.1652778 -86.526388939.1652778-86.5263889 http://sofya.tigblog.org/post/37524
Check it out! HP iPAQ hx4700]]> Wed, 12 Apr 2006 08:21:00 EDT http://sofya.tigblog.org/post/37524 39.1652778 -86.526388939.1652778-86.5263889 http://sofya.tigblog.org/post/37264
События ВНД-2006 и Всемирного дня молодежного служения в России координируют Фонд "Созидание" и Российский центр развития добровольчества.

Подробности: http://events.takingitglobal.org/9311]]> Mon, 03 Apr 2006 04:40:00 EDT http://sofya.tigblog.org/post/37264 39.1652778 -86.526388939.1652778-86.5263889 http://sofya.tigblog.org/post/37250
Location: Moscow, Russia
Duration: 9 months
Starting date: Immediate
Reports to: Multilingual Platform and Partnerships Coordinator

I. Background on TakingITGlobal:

TakingITGlobal is an international organization, led by youth, empowered by technology. TIG brings together young people in more than 200 countries within international networks to collaborate on projects addressing global problems and creating positive change. TakingITGlobal's main program, the TakingITGlobal.org online community, now receives over 45 million hits per month. Founded by young Canadians in 2000, TIG has launched projects with six UN agencies, and is supported by several major corporations, including HP, Microsoft, and RBC Financial Group.

In Russia, TakingITGlobal is working closely with Sozidanie Foundation and Russian Volunteer Development Center.


II. Responsibilities:

• Act as a focal point for TakingITGlobal in Russia;
• Manage current and develop new partnerships with local youth organizations, youth groups and NGOs;
• Work with the Russian Editorial and Translations Coordinator (based in Toronto) to ensure ongoing progress with the Russian website and e-newsletter translations;
• Work with the Multilingual Platform and Partnerships Coordinator (based in Toronto) to facilitate program development, through conceptualization, design, proposal and program initiation, with a particular focus on Russian online community and local projects;
• Establish partnerships with local high schools and English language departments to support the translation of the website into Russian;
• Oversee the translation into Russian of the Understand Issues section (http://www.takingitglobal.org/understanding);
• Participate in skype meetings with other members of the multilingual team;
• Promote Russian language online community (www.takingitglobal.ru) through local youth media, local contests and presentations at youth events;
• Actively contribute and participate in the development of multilingual and local engagement strategy.


III. Qualifications:

Qualified candidates must have:

• 1-2 years experience working or volunteering with NGOs, community-based organizations, youth groups or student clubs in Russia (required) and CIS (preferred);
• Excellent knowledge of English (writing, reading, speaking);
• Excellent leadership, communication and interpersonal skills;
• Proven interest in international issues and current affairs;
• Good understanding of the issues facing young people in Russia;
• Familiarity with the youth organizations and youth groups across Russia;
• Interest in new technologies, online communication and online community building;
• university students are encouraged to apply!


IV. Conditions:

This is a part-time position (10-15 hours/week). Monthly honorarium – US $150.


V. Submission of applications:

Submit your resume and cover letter in English by April 10, 2006 to:

Sofya Mezhorina
sofya@takingitglobal.org


]]> Sun, 02 Apr 2006 08:04:00 EDT http://sofya.tigblog.org/post/37250 39.1652778 -86.526388939.1652778-86.5263889 http://sofya.tigblog.org/post/36259
WHY is that happening?

Was that because I was wearing high heels AND with a big dog on a leash, or what?

Whoever of us four took turn to walk Brunya (that's the dog's name) would immediately receive at least one comment from a male nearby. Fortunately, those were not assaulting. I wonder if they would even attempt an assaulting comment in such a situation... :)

Guys? Enlighten me please!]]> Mon, 06 Mar 2006 09:40:00 EST http://sofya.tigblog.org/post/36259 39.1652778 -86.526388939.1652778-86.5263889 http://sofya.tigblog.org/post/35812
That was exactly what I saw yesterday and today on my trip to Tambov, my hometown. The travel takes 9+ hours, most of which you basically sleep, but even the 2 hours I was awake caused me so much embarrassment for my own folk that I still can’t come to after what I’ve experienced. This is the n’th time I’ve encountered such things, but I can never get used to them all the same.

After I boarded the train and approached my seat, I discovered that my fellow-passengers were an elderly couple and a young man. Here came my first never-ending shock – the couple were eating a roasted chicken. You know, somehow it’s considered to be “cool” in Russia – to eat on a train, no matter if it is day or night, if you had a chance to eat at home or somewhere else prior to departure, or even if the lights will go off 30 minutes after the train sets off. There is always time for eating on a train – it appears an axiom for many people here. And if two people make their minds to eat on a train, the choice of dishes is usually the one with the strongest smell (so that it could travel around the whole car making some people hungry and others sick) – that would be roasted chicken, sausages, “beach soups” (Doshirak or Ramen or whatever), salted or smoked salmon and beer (oh my favorite! This smell gets the furthest), or something of that nature. So the first thing I saw were the elderly couple smearing their fingers in grease, scraping chicken bones with their teeth, wiping their hands and mouths on a kitchen towel and NOT WASHING them at any time between the departure and the time the lights went off. I could smell their chicken right at the entrance door of the car.

As the sleeping time approaches when you are on a train, you can notice another astonishing transformation. Suddenly, many women start undressing (it doesn’t matter that at least 6 people around can see them) and changing into dressing gowns! And – oh my goodness – I wouldn’t mind that if it looked sexy, but it hell DOESN’T! Imagine a 65-year-old lady taking off her three sweaters and pants right in front of you. Fortunately, I’ve never seen anybody take their artificial jaws out yet. Anyways, I always wonder why they don’t go to the restroom or at least hide under their blanket and change there. Men also often undress and you can spot them wearing only boxers and t-shirts as if it were the most natural thing to do on a train. Yet I’m delighted to make a note here that this doesn’t refer to the majority of young people; youth just tend to go to bed fully dressed. However, this whole situation depends on where people come from – the smaller the town they live in, the more unaware they tend to be about their behavior and the hurt feelings of their fellow-passengers.

Next paragraph should be about 56 pairs of smelly feet in one car at +30 Celsius, but I’d better not go for it.

Here should be a paragraph about conversing in full voices, snoring, sneezing, coughing, blowing noses et cetera et cetera what people can deliberately or involuntarily do at night to achieve the best effect as the one of keeping others awake (even if you have less than 7 hours to sleep in total).

The last thing would be that the car conductor wakes you up a whole hour before arrival! All 56 people urge to queue outside the two restrooms to administrate their usual morning procedures. And certainly they do that as quickly and gracefully as if they were in their own cozy bathroom at home. I prefer sleeping till 20 minutes before the train reaches the platform, but somehow others don’t like that and apply biggest efforts to bring me into the state closest to the dizzy and unnerving one of their own by hitting my feet, dropping things on me, talking loudly on the phone or turning up the radio right above my ear whenever possible. Thank you very much to those most considerate passengers.

If after such journey you step off the train in bright spirits and all set for the long new day – then you’re in the right country to travel! Welcome to Russia and its most reliable means of transportation.

:)
]]> Wed, 22 Feb 2006 09:19:00 EST http://sofya.tigblog.org/post/35812 39.1652778 -86.526388939.1652778-86.5263889 http://sofya.tigblog.org/post/35602
And I thought nothing would spoil the rest of the day (better say night) before I went to bed yesterday, until Johnny Weir was thrown THAT far from the podium. I sincerely cheered for him and hoped he would get at least bronze after the Belgian guy's excellent skating. Why did the judges give him such low marks? He was definitely better than Buttle. Just because he's 18 and is kinda just starting? Give me a break, Weir deserved the medal more than anyone after Plushenko. I reckon in the next Olympics he'll be the one competing for the gold.

But yesterday, damn, I was really disappointed.
]]> Fri, 17 Feb 2006 07:28:00 EST http://sofya.tigblog.org/post/35602 39.1652778 -86.526388939.1652778-86.5263889 http://sofya.tigblog.org/post/35523
Of course, I would prefer doing both at the same time, but at present no successful combinations of the two seem available... So I have to decide. On the one hand, I would prefer working in an NGO, preferably on youth projects, promoting youth participation, education, and use of ICTs for positive change. On the other hand, I'm sick and tired of trying to make ends meet in a beast of a city as Moscow. Here, again, comes what I would call pressure of public opinion, especially for young people, which pushes smart youth to pursue highly-paid positions with multinational companies, or at least well-known Russian ones. I can't say that I'm fully independent from it. Yes, I want to be successful. At the same time, I wish to get accomplished as a resourceful person who can really make change in other people's lives by managing big development or education projects. But that doesn't pay really well. Especially now. Especially in Russia, where the state is persistenly gaining control over all kinds of NGOs.

I don't want to work for a manufacturing, or mining, or food multinational. Nor nationals. I would only go for a company that offers intellectual services as a product. IT or software solutions maybe. Or human resources. Or something where I won't be striving to increase sales or pursuade customers to use unnecessary things or services. Now I've been offered to work as a translator for a tv company working with foreign producers. No project management, no partnership development - only translations and occasional simultaneous interpretation at meetings. But it pays really well for my age and experience. I'm starting to question my experience more and more often. Is it really so good as I picture it in my CV?

So, no management power at all on this position. But a nice atmosphere, fun working with foreigners, young people in staff, exciting environment, good pay (can't stop mentioning this). Maybe I'm just not sincere enough to sacrifice good living for a noble job. Or maybe I'm just fed up with living at a subsistence level during my adolescence and college years. Maybe I do want to start saving money for my own appartment or for the time when I retire and decide to travel the world finally :) I keep thinking that maybe I'm too young to think about that yet, but the life seems to be so fast and opportunities so rare...]]> Wed, 15 Feb 2006 07:03:00 EST http://sofya.tigblog.org/post/35523 39.1652778 -86.526388939.1652778-86.5263889 http://sofya.tigblog.org/post/35459 Tue, 14 Feb 2006 09:23:00 EST http://sofya.tigblog.org/post/35459 39.1652778 -86.526388939.1652778-86.5263889 http://sofya.tigblog.org/post/34037
Всенародное кровеизъявление.]]> Mon, 16 Jan 2006 05:41:00 EST http://sofya.tigblog.org/post/34037 39.1652778 -86.526388939.1652778-86.5263889 http://sofya.tigblog.org/post/33351
Мне лет 8 было, когда я первый раз конверт подписывала, с тех пор уже все форматы поменялись, но почему-то я еще правильно это делаю. С уведомлением сложнее... :) Вот я и думаю, а не отбирает ли у нас тотальная электронизация и автоматизация форм простых навыков внимательного чтения полей на бумажке? Уж очень как-то неуверенно эта девушка выглядела, столкнувшись с проблемой правильного подписания (!) конверта...]]> Thu, 22 Dec 2005 14:32:00 EST http://sofya.tigblog.org/post/33351 39.1652778 -86.526388939.1652778-86.5263889 http://sofya.tigblog.org/post/33237 Олега, не могу не написать следующего. Сегодня утром зашла в "Прайм" выпить традиционного кофе с шоколадным круасаном - и заодно почитать хрустящий выпуск Коммерсанта. Я быстро нашла что искала - на первой же полосе ВТО был скромно вынесен приговор. Следя все эти дни за развитием событий, читая записи Видара, я все думала, когда переговоры зайдут в тупик. Потому что он был настолько очевиден, что весь саммит уже с третьего дня откровенно начал напоминать фарс. И меня уже заботили не столько переговоры России с США, Колумбией и другими странами, сколько тот выход, который вымудрится найти ВТО (а в том, что руководство его найдет, я не сомневалась) из этой тупиковой ситуации. США не хочет ослаблять пошлины, развивающиеся страны сплачиваются еще больше против лидирующих (ли?) в развитии - жаль только, что по такому поводу, как сестры по несчастью - а ВТО и двадцатка выигрывающих от ее экспансии упорно затыкают уши, закрывают глаза и начинают монотонно жужжать "ла-ла-ла-ла-ла...", стараясь избавить себя от всепроникающего назойливого зуда протестующих южнокорейских фермеров в центральном парке Гонконга. Поэтому сегодня, когда утром, еще лежа в постели, я включила Euronews и поняла, что бумаженцию все-таки накатали и подписали - просто ради того, чтобы хоть что-нибудь подписать - я даже не удивилась. Еще на год переговоры затягиваются. А что будет в следующем декабре - еще на год отложим соглашения по Дохе? А в 2013-м - неужели они там в ВТО думают, что фермеры просто так успокоятся?!

В интервью Коммерсанту представитель департамента МЭРТ по переговорам о вступлении России в ВТО сказал, что вопрос России будет улажен уже в феврале. В какую сторону, интересно? Неужто не видно, что этот мыльный пузырь готов вот-вот лопнуть, да еще так, что забрызгает всех, кто стоит рядом, грязной и липкой пеной?! Я поражаюсь глухости и упертости наших чиновников...

По-моему, уже пора признать несостоятельность всей затеи с ВТО - заключать двусторонние соглашения с нужными странами и жить в мире и согласии. Я не могу сказать, что я твердая антиглобалистка, но торговый союз, участники которого не готовы слышать друг друга - это, смоей точки зрения, уже гипертрофия болезни гигантизма... Как бы самим плохо не стало от чрезмерного обжорства.
]]> Mon, 19 Dec 2005 05:04:00 EST http://sofya.tigblog.org/post/33237 39.1652778 -86.526388939.1652778-86.5263889 http://sofya.tigblog.org/post/33021 USAID - development
Project Harmony - IT and youth???
Microsoft
PRIOR Fund
look in the blue book on social mgt
Eurasia
CAF
http://www.civilsoc.org/funding.htm
CIDA
http://www.adfusa.org/countries_russia.htm
http://www.mott.org/programs/cs-ceer.asp
www.macfound.org]]> Mon, 12 Dec 2005 07:13:00 EST http://sofya.tigblog.org/post/33021 39.1652778 -86.526388939.1652778-86.5263889 http://sofya.tigblog.org/post/32949 Fri, 09 Dec 2005 12:51:00 EST http://sofya.tigblog.org/post/32949 39.1652778 -86.526388939.1652778-86.5263889 http://sofya.tigblog.org/post/32928
Here comes the question: what would you do during these days if you were in my shoes? Any ideas?

(Please, mind that we've been getting very little snow this winter so far...)]]> Thu, 08 Dec 2005 13:30:00 EST http://sofya.tigblog.org/post/32928 39.1652778 -86.526388939.1652778-86.5263889 http://sofya.tigblog.org/post/32918
ВСТУПЛЕНИЕ РОССИИ В ВТО: перспективы и сложности

В рамках глобальной кампании против бедности молодые люди обсудят возможные последствия вступления России во Всемирную торговую организацию.

Oxfam GB, TakingITGlobal-Россия, Peace Child International и программа Всемирного Банка «Глобальная Сеть Обучения для Развития» проводят 12 декабря молодежный форум, который станет одним из многочисленных мероприятий, приуроченных к третьему Дню белой ленты. Еще два Дня белой ленты были организованы ранее в этом году с целью привлечь внимание общественности к необходимости искоренения нищеты во всем мире.

С помощью видеотрансляции в форуме смогут участвовать молодые люди и представители международных организаций из Москвы, Лондона, Вашингтона и Гонг Конга.

Главная задача форума – предоставить молодым людям из России и Великобритании возможность узнать мнения экспертов и открыто обменяться опытом и идеями о том, как изменения в политике в области международной торговли могут отразиться на жизни простых людей.

В качестве приглашенных экспертов на форуме выступят Анна Сидорук (Министерство экономического развития и торговли РФ), Дэвид Тарр (Всемирный Банк) и Ксения Юдаева (Центр Финансовых и Экономических Исследований). Лиз Стюарт, старший советник Oxfam GB по политике в области торговли, присоединится к участникам форума из Гонг Конга, чтобы рассказать в прямом эфире о событиях, происходящих на министерском саммите стран-членов ВТО, и ожиданиях участников всемирной кампании «Призыв к борьбе с бедностью» от этой встречи.

«Обсуждение затронет возможные перспективы и сложности, с которыми может столкнуться Россия, вступив в ВТО. Это мероприятие является уникальной возможностью активизировать потенциал молодых людей и присоединиться ко всемирному движению за установление справедливых правил международной торговли и искоренение бедности», - говорит Николас Коллофф, глава представительства Oxfam GB в России.

С российской стороны участниками форума станут 20-30 молодых людей, активно участвующих в различных молодежных проектах, небезразличных к проблеме бедности и заинтересованных в развитии экономических возможностей в России. При отборе участников Oxfam и TakingITGlobal отдают приоритет представителям регионов. Со стороны Великобритании своим опытом поделятся активисты международной организации Peace Child International, принимающие участие в мероприятиях кампании за установление справедливых правил торговли.

Молодежный форум состоится 12 декабря в московском представительстве Всемирного Банка. В этот день, накануне министерского саммита Всемирной торговой организации в Гонг Конге, представители более чем 70 стран выразят свой призыв к мировым лидерам содействовать снижению уровня бедности и установить справедливые правила торговли, которые будут учитывать интересы развивающихся стран. Россия готовится ко вступлению в ВТО в 2006 году, и поэтому необходимо, чтобы граждане страны, особенно молодежь, знали о тех перспективах и сложностях, которые влечет за собой этот шаг.
]]> Thu, 08 Dec 2005 07:20:00 EST http://sofya.tigblog.org/post/32918 39.1652778 -86.526388939.1652778-86.5263889 http://sofya.tigblog.org/post/32660
That's what I thought when going to a reception by the Russian Union of Youth dedicated to the launch of their new Euro<26 programs. I was expecting a nice small reception at the office with some 40-50 guests from partnering organizations, program presentation, a little mingling for new contacts and some good wine :). Where I found myself, however, was in a huge concert hall in one of the biggest recreation centers in Moscow, in the midst of dazzling lights, music, confetti, and a couple hundred people who barely knew each other. What I thought to be a small reception turned to an enormous party with dancers, singers, ticket raffle for prizes, VIPs from the Ministries and ministerial agencies and other nose-up-high-in-the-sky personalities. Which is fine and a lot of fun, but...

I just started thinking, okay, so how much money did you guys invest in this? How many local projects could you have supported instead? It the whole tinsel glare worth the thousands of dollars spent on it? How many people out the hundreds present actually got to know each other and did a bit of contact making? What was the measurable outcome of the party? Just the fun?..
]]> Thu, 01 Dec 2005 13:02:00 EST http://sofya.tigblog.org/post/32660 39.1652778 -86.526388939.1652778-86.5263889 http://sofya.tigblog.org/post/32601 EVA 2005 in Moscow. Just like in 2005 we got a what you would call "stand" here, i.e. a table with a computer which is hooked up to the Internet (thank goodness) - and the good Internet connection-speed-wise, I would say! (surprise-surprise!) Anyways, having gotten back home after WSIS and having seen and actually LIVED the whole week at the ICT4All exhibition hall (Yay to all WSIS Youth Caucus people!) I expected to get into a somewhat similar situation here, at a conference which has a long history and high credibility. But - surprise-surprise - as you hit the third floor of the State Library of Foreign Literature, you face a small room which is just 4 times the size of the tiny office where TIG resides in Moscow, half empty, with only 6 or 7 organizations/companies represented. Yesterday (the second day of the conference) it was better (there were like 10-12 companies), and I bet the first day was just a complete success for the fair, but as the conference goers start to obstain from getting into the sessions they have registered for, they apparently get even less inclined to visit the org fair, which is just next door to the conference hall and break-out rooms... Quite a regular situation, huh?

Oh well... Still I met some people yesterday (mostly teachers and librarians) who were very excited to learn about TIG and the ways they can get young people involved through the use of IT in class and out of class. Hopefully their interest in TakingITGlobal won't dwindle away as quickly as the interest in the conference...

And welcome to Stas, TIG's new volunteer in Moscow who's now helping us with the translations and event database maintainance in Russian! ]]> Wed, 30 Nov 2005 03:00:00 EST http://sofya.tigblog.org/post/32601 39.1652778 -86.526388939.1652778-86.5263889 http://sofya.tigblog.org/post/32203
PRESS RELEASE
November 14, 2005
Posted to the web November 15, 2005

Article 19/IFEX
The following press release has been distributed by ARTICLE 19 on behalf of
the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Civil Society's Media
Caucus:

Civil Society's Media Caucus at WSIS expresses its indignation over a series
of incidents in which Tunisian authorities have hampered the freedom of
expression of journalists and their freedom of association as well as that
of others attending the Tunis phase of the World Summit on the Information
Society.

In addition to problems involving denial of entry to Tunisia; the following
incidents have occurred in the days preceding the summit:

Christophe Boltanski, a correspondent for the Paris daily newspaper
'Lib?ration', was beaten and stabbed and had his personal effects stolen
near his hotel in the embassy district. When he cried for help, guards
standing outside a nearby embassy did not intervene. The attack took place a
day after Lib?ration published Boltanski's report about clashes between
police and activists protesting in support of seven hunger strikers
campaigning for the release of political prisoners in Tunisia.

Representatives of Tunisian and foreign media and human rights organisations
were prevented by a large number of Tunisian plainclothes police from
entering the Goethe Institute, the cultural centre of the German Embassy in
Tunis, for a meeting to plan events parallel to the Summit.

A Belgian television cameraman approaching the Institute had his camera
seized by plainclothes police who forced themselves into the TV crew's
vehicle. The camera was only returned after the film cassette had been
confiscated. The police stated that no pictures may be taken in Tunisia
without prior official authorisation and prevented another reporter from
taking photographs of the incident. A Tunisian journalist approaching the
site was beaten by police.

Various websites which have contained criticism of Tunisia are available to
the delegates at the official WSIS venue, but remain blocked and censored in
the rest of Tunisia.

Such incidents call into question the seriousness of the Tunisian government
to allow full freedom of expression and association at the WSIS.

The incidents show that prior concerns about the observance of human rights
in Tunisia have been justified, underlining the widespread nature of
official abuses in the country.

They also illustrate that concerns about holding a United Nations Summit
dealing with communication and freedom of expression in such a country were
justified.

To correct the situation the Tunisian government and the International
Communication Union as the relevant UN authority organising the summit,
must:

- Guarantee equal right to access information via the internet both within
and outside of the summit site.

- Guarantee that all journalists have the right to freely report in Tunisia,
without fear or intimidation.

- Guarantee that the international media and summit delegates have the right
to free movement and to meet with colleagues in the Tunisian media and civil
society, outside of the official summit site, without threats or
intimidation from the police or government authorities.

- Ensure that Tunisian journalists and civil society members meeting with
the international community are not subject to retribution and that free
speech, press freedom and other human rights are respected in Tunisia after
Summit delegates have gone home.

Given the above incidents and the overall poor human rights record of
Tunisia it seems to us that the UN system has contracted a moral obligation
to follow up. It should name a special rapporteur to monitor freedom of
expression and other human rights in Tunisia.


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Robert Ménard prevented from attending the UN Internet summit
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So Elizabeth and I went souvenir shopping this morning. We were walking down the street, talking and laughing, trying to run for the rain that was just pouring down on us. :) As you may've read in these blogs already, most of the people you meet in the streets are men, and they don't get exposed to that much "female flesh" at other times than the WSIS obviously... Anyways, as we were striving to get our way through along the buildings where all the ppl were standing hiding from the rain under the sheds, you can't even imagine HOW MANY leers we got from the men!!! Seriously, I don't usually pay much attention to whether males look at me or not when I'm in Russia, but here it was so very obvious with those men breaking their necks scanning you head to feet and commenting on your appearance...

Gosh! This IS the intercultural experience. So maybe its good to be in a country which is SO much different for the sleeky westernized world I'm coming from - just to get an idea of how things can also be like...]]> Thu, 17 Nov 2005 08:57:00 EST http://sofya.tigblog.org/post/32042 39.1652778 -86.526388939.1652778-86.5263889 http://sofya.tigblog.org/post/32009
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When the discussion turned to online safety and security, the participants, being high school students, demonstrated a broad knowledge of potential risks hidden in the Internet. However, they noted that little access to the Web, which is particularly typical of smaller cities and provincial areas in Russia, may in a certain way prevent users from such threats as cyber hooligans or predators, on the other hand, leaving them face to face with an enormous amount of viruses and trojans. The participants engaged into a particularly vibrant exchange when the discussion touched the issue of plagiarism and piracy. The students firmly stated that in Russia it is yet impossible to promote fair behavior on the side of software and entertainment consumers; the main reason for that is that the majority of Russian citizens still cannot afford buying licensed software, music, videos, or games and have to buy illegal copies to significantly cut such expenditures in their personal budgets. On the other hand, the participants admitted that you often get very poor quality for that relatively little you pay, but still they were quite sure that this situation will take more than their lifetimes to get improved.
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Возрастная категория 14-21 год:
Леонид Симонов, г. Омск, 16 лет
Приз – флэш mp3-плеер

Возрастная категория 22-30 лет:
Елена Селюнина, г. Москва, 23 года
Приз – флэш mp3-плеер

Лауреаты в специальных номинациях от партнера конкурса, Microsoft-Россия

Номинация «Information Worker»:
Евгений Морозов, г. Тобольск, 29 лет
Приз – программный продукт Microsoft Office Student and Teacher 2003 Russian

Номинация «Милосердие и гуманность»:
Надежда Климова, г. Белгород, 18 лет
Приз – электронная энциклопедия Microsoft Encarta 2005

Номинация «Доброта и человечность»:
Елена Селюнина, г. Москва, 23 года
Приз - компьютерная мышь Microsoft (дизайнер - Phillip Starck)

Лауреаты в специальных номинациях от партнера конкурса, Intel-Россия

Номинация «Лучшая работа студента педагогического вуза»:
Любовь Свеженцова, г. Красноярск, 19 лет
Приз – цифровая фотокамера

Номинация «Лучшая работа молодого преподавателя педагогического вуза»:
Ирина Шляхто, г. Брянск, 24 года
Приз – mp3-плеер

Номинация «Лучшая работа молодого учителя»:
Наталья Сургучева, г. Москва, 23 года
Приз – флэш-карта

Работы победителей и лауреатов конкурса, а также другие работы, высоко оцененные жюри, будут размещены в специальном выпуске онлайн-издания TakingITGlobal «Панорама».

Подробнее о национальной молодежной кампании на странице проекта.]]> Thu, 10 Nov 2005 07:31:00 EST http://sofya.tigblog.org/post/31690 39.1652778 -86.526388939.1652778-86.5263889