youth learned about the intricacies
electoral process.
project "My Elections", which belongs to the idea of implementing an individual entrepreneur Tatiana Anatolievna Shapkina, ended a few days ago in Moscow.Organizers of the program goal was to draw the attention of Moscow youth in the electoral process, increase literacy and its political influence on the formation of young people's active citizenship.The project was supported by the Department of Family and Youth Policy of Moscow.
It's no secret that a large proportion of Russians feel distrust
for the elections, including the young.The reason for that is the low political and legal culture
population, and as a consequence - a lack of interest in politics,
alienation from it.
denial of the rule of law, vigilance in relation to power, the negative social experiences - all of these factors influence, eventually, on the electoral activity of youth.
With the help of the social project "My election" failed to change the situation in the direction of improvement.
The project for three thousand young people aged 18 to 30 years was read a course of lectures "My choices - my choice."In the process of training a considerable amount of time was given to the electoral law, the electoral process and the constitution of the Russian Federation.
The business game "Your voice -
force" participants were able to choose their "leader" for it to develop a campaign to organize the electoral process itself and its media coverage, to carry out the vote count and publish the results.Thanks to the game "Your voice - the power of" young people were able to see that "the choice of the leader" requires a high degree of responsibility, it carries additional features.
result of the project "My election" was a series of shares of urban orienteering "I choose myself."Each share was related to any event related to the election, for example, the elections to the State Duma in 2011.The shares was attended by about a hundred young people.
The project "My Elections" was designed edition of "First Steps citizen", detailed and exciting tells readers about the need to have a solid civil position.The policy tool "On elections easily and affordably," also released in order to implement the project, the technique of teaching the fundamentals of political literacy and the electoral process.