Ilsur Metshin: “The forum “Good Kazan” went on fertile ground”

(KZN.RU, December 5, Alsu Safina). According to the results of the last week I Open Forum “Good Kazan: development of charity culture”, series of Kazan projects, including the “Diary of good deeds”, taken up by the specialists from other regions, and it is also proposed to create a public organization – the program operator of charity projects.

Funds and experts suggested the establishment of a public organization “Good Kazan” during the forum, which would become the main program operator of the projects, related to the development of charity culture.

“This is a case where we did not expect such results”, said Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of Kazan, at today's Business Monday. “Any first event always takes place with a certain anxiety: is the chosen direction right, are the accents proper. But the conversation went on a very fertile ground”.

“We set ourselves the task to make this event the most useful for Kazan charities. For that purpose we invited people who have achieved certain results and success in this and who have a lot to teach others”, said Ilsur Metshin.

He drew attention to the fact that topic of trust in charities and beneficiaries was actively discussed during the forum. “This conversation was very important and necessary”, said the Mayor.

According to him, all the participants of the forum asked about the continuation of the event. “The main thing is that there was the result and we learned from each other. We would like to be in a constructive dialogue with colleagues and non-profit organizations. This work should be systematic. The “Good Kazan” is one of the most important priorities that we would like to realize in the capital in the foreseeable future”, reminded the Mayor.

According to him, Kazan was again in the trend, as Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia, paid great attention to the theme of charity and philanthropy in his message to the Federal Assembly last week.

According to Damir Fattakhov, the first deputy head of the Executive Committee, a new fundraising format as interactive machines, presented at the exhibition in the framework of the forum, has attracted interest from experts from Moscow. “In the near future we will consider the possibility of placing such machines in malls, urban public spaces, parks”, said the speaker. “Experts have expressed interest in scaling this experience outside Kazan, so we can say that we have set a new interactive trend in fundraising”.

D. Fattakhov noted that the “Diary of good deeds” was awarded a special assessment, and many federal experts agreed that it should be owned not only by Kazan schoolchildren.

According to the speaker, long-term projects with a “Rusfond” became another important result of the forum. Lev Ambinder, its president, made a proposal on a number of joint projects with the City Hall of Kazan.

All forum participants were asked to fill an online form, which will allow the organizers to get feedback and to gather their proposals for the project “Good Kazan”.