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Citizen of ROSATOM's Country project
The key objective of the project is to enable effective communication between
governments and the public to promote the development of 28 nuclear towns
and cities. Information is posted on the official portal of the project and is made
available via the Grazhdanin Strany ROSATOM ('Citizen of ROSATOM's Country';
GSR) mobile application, which serve as permanent discussion platforms for
the community of proactive citizens. The project has been run since 2016. The
application was launched in 2019. Between 2020 and 2022, about 160 online
quizzes were held using the GSR application, with more than 25,000 participants.
The media platforms of the project contain both news items and background
information on current events in the towns and cities.
Social Design: Accelerator of Social Projects
Official website of the
Citizen of ROSATOM'S
Country project:
Representatives of 13 nuclear towns and cities took part in the project in 2022. 318 social projects were
presented as part of the Accelerator. 108 best social projects received financial support in the form of
grants.
GRI 203-2 School for Leaders training programme
The programme is targeted at representatives of the nuclear industry, senior
municipal officials and representatives of local governments. Its aim is to improve
core management competences. The training programme was launched in 2020.
More than 100 senior municipal officials of ROSATOM's regions of operation have
participated in the project.
In 2022, educational materials were developed which are designed to support
the development of professional skills and new competences and improve the
performance of representatives of the nuclear industry and local governments;
these included materials on the following topics: 'Urban Development and
Participatory Budgeting' and 'Urban Landscape Development'. An online forum
titled 'Self-Employment as a Trend of the Future' was held to discuss topical issues
Training website
of the School for
Leaders programme:
of participation of self-employed individuals in government contracts and procurement, measures to
support self-employed individuals, as well as successful practices for the development of self-employment
in ROSATOM's regions of operation.
Atomic Quiz project
In 2022, about 8,000 people registered to participate in the project, including about 3,500 residents of
nuclear towns and cities. Residents of Volgodonsk, Glazov and Balakovo showed the greatest interest in
the project. More than 4,300 people successfully completed the quiz and were awarded diplomas.
School: Third Age - the Whole World Ahead
The project titled 'School: Third Age - the Whole World Ahead' is aimed at encouraging senior citizens to
be socially active in order to implement social projects, find opportunities to acquire new knowledge and
skills and generate new employment ideas, and develop creative abilities.
The project has been run since 2019 in 13 nuclear towns and cities. More than 700 people have participated
in the project. In 2022, 173 online and offline meetings were arranged and held for the participants of the
project, and two handbooks titled 'Handicraft Therapy' and 'Windowsill Gardening for Beginners' were
developed.
Atomic Workout project
The Atomic Workout project is designed to promote a healthy lifestyle by offering local residents an
accessible way to exercise and do sports in the courtyards, parks and sports grounds near their homes.
The tournament programme includes power workout competitions, prize contests with spectators,
workshops and a show programme by the Russian Street Workout Federation. The project has been
run since 2018. In 2022, eight nuclear towns and cities took part in the project, and over 5,500 people
participated in more than 50 competitions.
In 2022, the project finals were held in Glazov. The runners-up were from Snezhinsk and Zheleznogorsk,
and an athlete from Novouralsk won the top prize.
GRI 2-29 4.5. Work of ROSATOM's Public Council
and Community Relations
ROSATOM's Public Council was established in 2006 as a collective expert body tasked with providing
support for communication and cooperation between the Corporation's organisations and individuals,
non-profit organisations, regional and local governments in Russia and abroad.
The Public Council includes representatives of the Corporation, the scientific community, non-governmental
and environmental organisations. The Council members work on a pro bono basis. The Public Council is
chaired by ROSATOM's Director General.
The work of the Public Council is governed by the Regulations on ROSATOM's Public Council, as well as by
the Constitution of the Russian Federation, universally recognised principles and norms of international
law, federal laws and other regulations of the Russian Federation.
Key areas of work of the Public Council include:
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Organising annual meetings of ROSATOM's representatives with government
bodies and the general public represented by international and Russian civic
organisations;
Implementing socially important projects in nuclear towns and cities;
Publishing and circulating research and popular science publications on the
peaceful use of nuclear energy;
Arranging visits to Russian and overseas nuclear facilities in order to study
experience in the field of nuclear and radiation safety, environmental
protection, engagement with regional and local governments and community
relations.
Official website of
ROSATOM'S Public
Council:
Since 2021, the Public Council has acted as a public advisory board under the programme titled
'Development of Technical Capabilities, Technology and Scientific Research in the Use of Nuclear Energy
in the Russian Federation until 2024'.
As part of virtual meetings, members of the Public Council led by ROSATOM's Director General performed
nine public reviews of various areas of the programme 'Development of Technical Capabilities, Technology
and Scientific Research in the Use of Nuclear Energy in the Russian Federation until 2024', as stipulated
by Decree No. 270 of the President of the Russian Federation dated 16 April 2020 on the Development
of Technical Capabilities, Technology and Scientific Research in the Use of Nuclear Energy in the Russian
Federation, as well as federal projects forming part of the programme.
In 2022, ROSATOM's Public Council held two in-person and eight virtual meetings.
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