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Russian Rotary Clubs Serving for Peace

moderator: Andrei Ibragimov DGN D-2220

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ROTARY in RUSSIA History at a Glance

• 1983 - PDGs and Rotarians from Finland and Sweden start informal contacts in Russia

• 1990 - First Rotary clubs are chartered in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Irkutsk

• 1990 - 1993 - Whole former Soviet Union becomes part of the Finnish district 1420 (then 142)

• 1993 – Russia’s East joins District 5010 (Alaska and Yukon Territory)

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FIRST STEPS OF ROTARY IN RUSSIA

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ROTARY in RUSSIA History at a Glance

• February 2000 - Rotary clubs of Russia’s West join Districts 2350 and 2370 (Sweden) and District 1430 (Finland)

• June 17, 2006 - District 2220 is formed in Russia’s West

• July 01, 2012 – District 2225 will be chartered in Russia’s East

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ROTARY IN RUSSIA TODAY

From East to West – up to 10 000kmFrom North to South – over 4 000km

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• 55 Rotary Clubs•935 Rotarians

DISTRICT 2220. LOCATION

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DISTRICT 2220. MEMBERSHIP

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NEW CLUBS ESTEBLISHMENT

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ERADICATING POLIO

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COOPERATION WITH OTHER INTERNATIONAL CHARITY ORGANIZATIONS

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MUSICAL INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS

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FRIENDSHIP EXCHANGES

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FELLOWSHIP

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Russia - Ukraine

Russia – France

Russia - USA

Russia - Bulgaria

Russia - Italy

Russia - Germany

Russia - ScandinaviaRussia - Serbia

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS9 ICCs

Russia – Belgium

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DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

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Russia - USA

INTERNATIONAL SERVICE PROJECTS

Russia - Belgium

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INTERNATIONAL SERVICE PROJECTS

Russia - Serbia

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Russia - Germany

INTERNATIONAL SERVICE PROJECTS

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D2220 – MORE THAN 20 ROTARACT CLUBS & 3 INTERACT CLUBS

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RUSSIAN ROTARY CLUBS SERVING FOR PEACE

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Peace Through Service and Friendship:D2225 – Eastern Russia

District Governor 2012-2013Andrey Konyushok

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RID 2225

RID 2220

RID 5010

District 2225 includes territory of 8 time zones

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Rotary Friendship Exchanges

• This program is most popular and attracted near 40 new Rotarians in this year. We have partners in New Zealand, USA, Canada, Korea and Taiwan. It is easy, simple and it works!

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Districts Sisterhoods Relations

• Bilateral agreements. Just arrange understanding at least between two clubs and two governors and you ready to go! Our brothers in Rotary are in Taiwan (D3480), Korea (D3730), USA (D5010)

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Major Fundraising Projects for Communities

• Children’s Parks in Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk. Each project costs from 100,000 to 170,000 USD. Money collected with community fundraising.

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Friendship With Surrounding Districts • Without

support and friendship with Russian Rotarians in D2220 we could not sustain. When you don’t have enough PDGs – go to neighbors for advice!

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Visits of International Experienced Rotarians • When friends come –

more things become clear. Kim Bauriedel from RC Aurica (CA, USA) visited Russia many times. This year he traveled to many clubs in 2225. His experience and advices converted in many join projects and grants.

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Youth Exchange Program

• Russian Rotarians love Youth Exchange Program because children from different countries make their life different. It is a road in two directions. Exchange program very often become a base for long-term friendship.

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“ PEACE THROUGH SERVICE ” with

Inter Country Committees

Serge Gouteyron

RI Vice President 2005-06Chair ICC Executive Council 2007-10

Honorary Chair ICC France Russia

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The moderator, Andrei Ibraghimov, kindly invited me to make this presentation. It gives me great pleasure to do so. I shall talk of the Inter Country Committees (ICCs) and their activities, with special reference to the Russo-French Committee.

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In 1921 at the RI Convention in Edinburgh, Rotary International adopted its 4th Avenue of Service –

‘to advance international understanding, goodwill and Peace’.

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This became one of the targets of ICCs some years later when the Franco-German ICC was

started in 1950

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These aims were encapsulated in the United Nations Organisation (UN) in 1945 and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) in 1949.

It was to embrace the intentions of these International Institutions capable of guaranteeing Peace, that ICCs were created

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Mission of the ICCs (approved by the Board June 2007)

The mission of an intercountry committee is to build a force that will encourage Rotarians to visit each other’s countries and homes, to strengthen friendships and projects so formed by encouraging clubs and districts to connect with clubs and districts in other countries, and to contribute to world peace.

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“ if the ICC’s didn’t exist, they’d have

to be invented ! ”

Frank Devlyn – Lille 2001

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The Franco-Russian ICC was constituted in Moscow

on March 11th 1995

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Its objectives are manifold : - A Network and Twinning of Clubs

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- Meetings to Inform and Teach - Annual General Meetings

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- Meetings to Inform and Teach - Annual General Meetings

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Some of its initiatives include : Projects for the Handicapped - Maternal Care – Orphans - Training of Doctors, Teachers’ Symposia

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Three tours in France by the Moscow Loktev Ensemble with 30 concerts for 15.000 people.

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Publications :

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There have been many Russian Delegations to meetings such as : District Conference 2001 and Lille Institute 2005 - Cannes 2008 Conference ‘ ’Peace is

Possible’

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What is the role of these 9 Russian ICCs and the 350 ICCs worldwide ?

Robert Haussman in 1950

We must be recognised as the proponents of Peace

To enable nations to work for mutual understanding and to bring the peoples closer together.

“Rotarians must be from now on at the forefront of the peace ideal ”

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We must have a hands-on approach to advancethe culture of Peace and with that aim we must

enliven UN’s World Pact, as signed by Rotary in 2010

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This World Pact states that the voluntary act of enterprises and associations is fully committed to adopt and support within their sphere of influence - The rights of man, the right to education, the right to work, the right to clean water, the right to a healthy environment

it pledges itself to protect women and children and to fight against corruption of all kinds

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ICCs, as a tool in the service of Rotary International, will contribute to the happiness of mankind

in a World of Peace

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ICC RUSSIA-GERMANY

NEARLY

20 YEARS PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP

Co-Chairman of the ICC Russia-Germany Stephan Stein

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RUSSIAN-GERMAN ICC STARTED IN 1993 AFTER THE FALL OF THE IRON CURTAIN

Huge solidarity between the people of Russia and Germany

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THE FIRST ICC

The first ICC between Germany and France was created between the two World Wars, but was officially founded on 23 May 1950 in Strasbourg during the district 70 conference. The ICC was the brainchild of Robert Haussman and Roger Coutant and its purpose was to reestablish Rotary relations between the two countries, which were strained during the Nazi era.

That day, Robert Haussman stated that “Rotarians must be from now on at the forefront of the peace ideal.”

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The ICC meets every year once in Germanyand once in Russia

ICC MEETINGS

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RESULTS OF THE 2012-2013:

2 matching grants

3 Russian students are studying in Germany,

1 Russian student studies in Russia

sponsoring of 3 RCs in Russia

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Russian Rotaractors Looking into the Future

DRR 2220 Alina Nikifirova

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Rotaract Russian Federation:

• 2 districts• 40 Rotaract clubs• 3 Interact clubs• 354 Rotaractors• 10 projects from the clubs in month• 6 members of RAC became

Rotarians

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• “DragWay” (RAC Chita)

Important Projects:

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Important Projects:

• “Fight for the sake of Good” (RAC Krasnoyarsk)

• “Make up dreams” (RAC Moscow-East)

• Peace forum (RACs of district 2225)

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• One district project in a single day in several clubs

Important Projects:

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Important Projects:

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• EUCO 2012

International Events:

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International Events:

• Siberian Winter Adventure (RAC Krasnoyarsk)

• Russian trip (RACs of district 2220), Siberian trip (RACs of district 2225)

• Russia (RACs of district 2220) – Ukraine exchange (RACs of district 2230)

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Rotary clubs participate and support our projects

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Our education in Rotary

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Our education in RotaryPETS 2013 in Kaliningrad

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We are big family