Deepening partnerships between US and Russian education and youth organizations, addressing the three education-youth priorities that were defined during the Civil Society Partnership Program (CSPP) summit that took place in Moscow in November 2011. These priorities were: 1. Increasing global awareness, cultural understanding and dispelling stereotypes amongst youth 2. Sharing best practices by Russian/US education and youth NGOs 3. Giving youth a voice and investment in the design of future interactions Learn more: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9VhxLfimsI

1. US-Russia Civil Society
Partnership Program
Education & Youth Group

2. CSPP Groups

3. Milestones
 November 2009- C2C Summit, Moscow, Russia
 June 2010– C2C Summit, Washington DC, USA
 November 2011- CSPP Summit, Moscow, Russia
 March 2, 2012- Contact Project Launch
 March 30, 2012- Linkage Project Proposal
 April 30, 2012– Linkage Awards Announced
 April 2014– Project Completion

4. Priority Areas
for Grant Program
Raise awareness and increase
understanding between Russian/US
youth to dispel stereotypes
Promote a collaborative process for
Russian/US education and youth NGOs
for sharing best practices
Create opportunities for youth
involvement in decision making and
development processes

5. 1. Raise awareness and increase
understanding between Russian/US
youth to dispell stereotypes
Change anti-American perceptions by
Russian youth
Change lack of global awareness by
American youth
Prepare Russian/US youth to work
collaboratively to solve or prevent global
problems (e.g. education, economic,
health, envirornment, safety)

6. 2. Identify a collaborative
process for Russian/US
education and youth NGOs
to share best practices
 Articulate the synergies between
education and youth NGOs to create
supportive partnerships and
networks
 Identify appropriate technology
tools and their accessibility, usage
protocols for collaboration

7. 1.Create opportunities for youth
involvement in decision making and
development processes
 We want to give youth the skills they
will need to be our future leaders
 We want youth often to have a voice
 We want youth to be invested and
empowered

8. Linkage Goals
 Introduce strategies to deepen
partnerships
 Implement new linkage activities
 Share best practices for replication
 Capture successes and lessons learned

9. CSPP Education Youth
Chairpersons
 Yvonne Marie Andres, USA
Global SchoolNet
 Denis Rogatkin, Russia
Youth Union Doroga