GSEM Students at the First Civilians’ Fesеtival «Voice Power»

23:00, September 14, 2020

On September 12th at the Yeltsin Centre citizens presented their initiatives

A marathon of popular initiatives presentations in the format of a ‘live library’ was held at the first ever festival Voice Power. One of the goals of the event was to provide ordinary citizens with a chance to share their projects aimed at improving their lives in the Sverdlovsk region, as well as with a chance to be heard by those in power.

GSEM 2-year student of Public Policy and Administration Danila Khramtsov, in cooperation with Executive Director of the Sverdlovsk Regional Public Charity “Disabled Children’s Sports and Health Centre” Olga Boyko, presented a legislative proposal at the marathon. The aim of this proposal is to provide people who have special physical and mental needs with such access to social services that would be equal to people without them. It is an open secret that even nowadays people with such needs simply cannot get advantage of all the social services available, and that is a huge problem. The proposal presented at the festival has a goal of lifting these barriers: re-building and re-planning facilities, state funding for commercial and non-commercial organisations to provide equal access for all citizens.

«If we want to make our lives better for ourselves and everyone else, we must make decisions and act. It’s up to us!», – said Danila at the end of his presentation.     

We wish Olga Boyko and Danila Khramtsov success in implementing their initiative.