On March 21, the youth project office "Laboratory PRO" (Pioneer Youth Center) hosted a public defense of projects and a solemn awarding ceremony for the winners of the socially significant projects contest "Parade of Ideas".
Nikita Shalev, a student at the Faculty of Automation and Computer Engineering, won the nomination "Creating a comfortable living environment and forming a healthy lifestyle". Nikita presented the project "Paralympic fencing in NSTU" (131 points). The main goal of this project is to involve students with disabilities and musculoskeletal system disorders in Paralympic sports. It is planned that by September 15, 2024, a hall for practicing Paralympic fencing will be equipped on the basis of the NSTU-Gorsky sports hall. The mentor for this project was Inna Valeryevna Zhdanova, Deputy Head of the Department of Social Work and Social Anthropology at the Institute of Social Technologies of NSTU-NETI.
Sofia Perevalova won the nomination "Promoting the development of an active civic life position of youth". A student at the Institute of Social Technologies defended the project "Inclusive map "Your route" (110 points).
The inclusive map "Your Route" is a specially designed map for young people with disabilities. The map will become a guide to interesting places that have a barrier-free environment. Inclusive volunteers, together with normotopic youth, will go through several stages of joint co-creation: acquaintance with the target audience, research of leisure places in the Kirovsky district, analysis of the data obtained, and creation of a map. Anyone can join the project team and become an inclusive map developer.
Congratulations to the winners and wish them success in the implementation of their projects!
Reference: The Parade of Ideas is a competition for socially significant projects that annually supports youth initiatives in Novosibirsk. The organizer of the competition is the Department of Culture, Sports, and Youth Policy of Novosibirsk City Hall. The authorized person of the organizer is the municipal budgetary institution of the city of Novosibirsk "Center for Youth Initiatives "Pioneer".