Civil Society of Russia

1. Civil Society of Russia

2. Civil society structure Environmentalorganisations Professionalcommunity Expertsociety PublicUnions Interest clubs NGO Female organisations Assosiations Politics Business Parties Charity organisations Consumercooperatives Family

3. Scale of civil societyin Russia 600 000 Formal + informal 70 000 «Alive» NGO 359 020 Officially registered Civil society structures, 10-12 million NGO activists 1-2 million take part in politics and power structures 4-5 million Businessmen, managers, owners Potentially active 25-30 million people Russian population total – 145 million people Economically active population – 75million (51%) Unemployed – 5 milllion (6,5%) Population (older than 15) – 121 million people (83%)

4. Socialand economic background of civil society

5. Satisfaction with life Are you satisfied with your life?

6. Opinion about own situation Which of the following statements corresponds to your life situation in the family?

7. Very rich - 1-2 % (2-3 million) • Middle class - 20% (30 -35million) • Between middle and rich- 60-65% (95m) • Poor - 14% (20 million)

8. New feelings Which feelings have got the people recently? Hopeless positive negative. • Shame for Russian people 33% • Shame for what is going on 18% • Envy 13% • Spite, aggressiveness 18% • Exhaustion, apathy 33% • Loneliness, solitariness 13% • Fear 13% • Perplexity 16% • Despair 13% • Hope 34% • Self respect 16% • Confidence in the future 15% • Feeling of freedom 14% • Sense of responcibilityfor current situation: • around 9% • in the country 7%

9. Whatworries people? Locally In General Price rise, devaluation - 66% Health degradation, Inability to get good health care - 53% Powerty threat Police’s abuse of power Threat of theft, assualt 28-30% Bureaucrats’ arbitrariness Drugs Unemployment - 47% Low level of pensions and salaries - 66% Utility’s costs - 55% Bad roads- 36% Alcoholism - 43% Emmigrants (including western) - 12% Polices’s abuse of power - 10% In the family Price rise - 68% Lack of money and time to solve family problems - 52% Lack of good healthcare - 30% Lack of money to follow one’s position in the society - 25%

10. Most important human rights for Russian citizens 1994 2000 October 2005

11. Potential of social support: expectations If you had hard life problems where would you get help?

12. What can you meet among others? How often do you thinkyou can meet people who is ready to help each other?

13. Russian citizens - 2007 • Communication potential • Интернет- пользователи =12-13% • Чаты 4% • Форумы 2% Телефонные разговоры или переписка с далекими друзьями несколько раз в месяц и чаще = 16% Совместное проведение времени НЕ с родственниками (несколько раз в месяц и чаще) = 23-30%

14. Civil activity of the population

15. People’s opinion about importants civil actions

16. NGO portrait

17. NGOs distribution according to legal form, %16 forms of NGO

18. 16 forms of NGO: • Public unions (include 6 legal forms): • Public organisations (including trade unions) • Social movements • Social funds • Social agency • Organ of social self-activity • Parties • Religious organisations • Funds • Autonomous non-profit organisations • Non-profit partnership • State corporation • Agency • Assocication (unions) • Consumers cooperative • Non-state pension fund • Notary chamber • Lawyers’ agency (colleaugues, bureau, chamber) • Union of employers • Felowships (summer houses, gardens) • Housing cooperative • Community of native minorities

19. NGO structure in Russia NGO distribution on activity type, %

20. According to Justice Ministryin 2007 • 227,577 NGOs operated • 17% of all NGOs were inspected • Over 11,000 NGOs were refused in registration • Courts received over 8,274 lawsuits to close doen NGOs.

21. NGOs distribution according to years of operation

22. NGO staff Quantity of NGO stuff, 2005-2007

23. NGOs’ financing sources Main sources of NGOs’ financing

24. NGOs’ structure according to income sources

25. Evaluation of NGOs financing level Answers from NGOs chiefs

26. Main NGOs problems: evaluation of the leaders

27. Authorities should help only useful NGOs Authorities should help NGOs Autorities should not help NGOs NGOand Power NGOmust… 1. Positionof citizens 22%: NGOs should help citizens in conflicts with power Mutually develop and implement socially important programs 2. Position of municipal bureaucrats Protect citizens’ interests against power Help authorities with initiatives Do their business and not address to authorities too often Use power for their initiatives 3. Position of NGOs activists Help citizens with their conflicts with power Help power in its initiatives Not take part in activity of the authorities

28. What the state must demand from NGOs in exchange for its support:opinion of the poplulation

29. Evaluation of social institutions’ usefulness

30. Stateand human rights organisations:opinion of the polulation 52% of Russian citizens believe State and local authorities must providefinancial support, tax and other benefits to human rights organisations.