Nº 3 (65) (2024)

In his interview to the Herald the Head of the City of Moscow Department of Labor and Social Protection of the Population Ye. P. Struzhak shared his views on the focus areas in the work of the Capital’s good offices Department in the Year of the Family. The cardinal principles of the Department’s work and its subordinate bodies are kind-heartedness, consideration, large-mindedness, politeness in dealing with the citizens, comprehensive all-inclusive targeted support, individual approach to every person seeking answers to their queries or problems. Moscow has developed an extensive network of non-material and financial support to families that bring up three children and more, children with developmental disorders and adopted children. Contributions of long families to strengthening our society are set at a high value. Essential for the city are ties with nonprofit family-minded public organizations. Partnership of the city’s government agencies with citizens at large makes family support more targeted and swift.

The City of Moscow does everything for parents to feel sanguine about the day of tomorrow, and for the younger generation to live in comfortable environment. Special focus of Moscow government is being laid on the care for multi-child families. It’s not the city’s services alone that help parents navigate in the advanced social support system, but also various public organizations. The City of Moscow Union of Multi-child families has been active in the capital for a whole decade with a noticeable measure of success. Here families with children can get information, legal, psychological assistance, make friend other families, find likely-minded people, organize family businesses, take part in cultural and sports events, discover their talents and realize themselves in various sports and activities. The Organization solves problems which help enhance the quality of life and raise the comfort level of the capital’s multi-kid’s families. The Union’s unique projects embrace all walks of life of a big family and help open up its potential.

Since 2022 the Russian Capital has been running the “Family nursing school”. The project is under the supervision of the Institute of complimentary professional education of social workers under the City of Moscow Department of Labor and Social Protection of the Population. The School was specifically established in order to help citizens learn under home learning environment to skillfully assist their family members unable to take full care of themselves. The School activities are aimed at those willing to become guardians of their loved ones. In 2023 a new Simulation center was commissioned, where anyone so willing can master nursery skills of taking care of their relatives. Introduction of hospital-replacing technologies into the social sphere will cater to the citizens’ requests and to solve the task of providing decent living conditions for those in need of special treatment and care.

Volunteering is one of the critical youth policy focal points in Russia. “Mosvolunteer” key support center for volunteer movement in Moscow helps the executive government bodies, non-profit and profit organizations find those who are willing to join their projects on voluntary and pro bono basis. “Mosvolunteer” organizes, engages and trains new volunteers, keeps in touch with volunteers already at work, takes care that their rights get observed. The net result of the events held by volunteers hinges on the volunteers’ proper substantiation and proactive attitudes, which is why “Mosvolunteer” basic principal is to make the voluntary works attractive and beneficial for participants themselves. Every fourth member of the volunteer movement in Moscow in a young person aged from 7 to 17. Schools, universities, local authorities and other organizations may facilitate the further growth of the volunteer movement serving as information sources or points of attraction for the Moscow young. Volunteering offers to the young citizens a chance to open up their potential and to help in the realization of projects beneficial to the city and its citizens.

In late 2023 a new flag-ship center “Professions of the Future” of the capital’s employment service was launched in Moscow. It came to be in response to transformations in the labor market and with an eye to the new horizons of Moscow’s economic development. In his interview to the Herald Director of the City of Moscow Employment Service, Head of “Professions of the Future” Center A. A. Tarasov shared his views on the cutting edge HR technologies that the Center is working on, as well as on projects being realized in the innovations and career guidance domains. The Center’s audience embraces Muscovites of all ages, from youths to the older generation. Thanks to collaboration with over 3000 Moscow’s employers the Center helps the city to create and man jobs. Extensive verified base of job applicants, pin-point recruiting and other up-to-date HR technologies employed by the Center manage to timely provide Moscow companies with finely selected personnel. The Center’s career couches help citizens to uncover their career potential, go through retraining and find a satisfactory job, while school leavers get a chance to choose their future profession to become a sought-for specialists and make their contribution to Moscow’s economic development.

Мы используем рыночные инструменты и наш накоп-
ленный опыт в кадровой сфере для создания действи- тельно эффективных продуктов и сервисов, которые помогают сотрудникам решать даже самые сложные задачи на благо москвичей.

One of the public administration priorities today in Russia is the quality of medical care for the citizens. High safety level of medical operations is the principal sign of quality medical care and that of the state healthcare system maturity. A program has been launched at Moscow Metropolitan Governance Yury Luzhkov University of complimentary professional development for medical institutions’ deputy heads. The students in the program learn to analyze factors that have a negative effect on administrative decisions, and how to minimize risks of «administrative harm». The program’s participants get to know the principles and methodologies of building alert systems warning of potential errors in working processes and master the skills of creating a safe environment for their teams.

For a number of years Moscow Government has been adopting and realizing a set of measures to support businesses and citizens. State support has moved to the front burner under the present sanctions pressure conditions, which aggravated in 2022. A large-scale program of state support has involved executive government bodies in various fields. In order to streamline the data on all ongoing measures of Moscow Government, the City of Moscow Department of economic policies and development has elaborated a universal form for purposes of digital monitoring. This instrument has been incorporated into the information system with the goal of automating the gathering of information about potential support measures and to ease control and management of the processes.

For over two decades Professor Vladimir Nikolaevich Alekseev, Professor, scholar, scientific practitioner has been toiling at Moscow Metropolitan Governance Yury Luzhkov University having made a notable contribution in the formation of the university’s scientific and practical school, effective educational bachelor and masters programs, the venue for international scientific and practical conferences. The Herald congratulates V. N. Alekseev with his anniversary and acquaints the reader with the highlights of the Professor’s works and achievements all through his stay at the University.