The social projects of the Smolensk representatives’ are among the best ones in Russia

The Smolensk representatives showed good results at the V All-Russian contest of social advertising "New Look", held by the Interregional Public Fund "Youth World ", with the support of the State Duma and the Government of the Russian Federation. With the projects "To the bottom", "Obvious outweigh", "Hear us" and "Looking up to the ideals, you do not become ideal," the representatives of Smolensk became finalists of the competition, and the social poster "By the Power of our Hearts» received the second prize.

As it is noted on the site of the competition, this all-Russian project gives young people the opportunity to express their attitude towards a particular issue and to make their contribution to the development of social advertising in the Russian Federation.

Some of the main objectives of the competition are to involve the youth in the sphere of social creativity, moral and civic education, to develop tolerance and inter-ethnic harmony in the youth community. Also, this project is aimed at promoting an active and healthy lifestyle, at making innovative models of behavior, science, culture, sports, tourism, meaningful leisure activities popular, at helping to protect the environment.

To hold the competition all around Russia 83 regional organizing committees were established and a wide information campaign among the young people was carried out. The participants presented 6,120 works, including 5,128 social posters and 1,082 social videos from 84 subjects of the Russian Federation and the CIS countries, including Ukraine and Belarus. 183 social posters and 54 videos were selected for the Expert Council. 145 works on 10 topics, including social posters of the participants representing the Smolensk region, were shortlisted for the final stage of the competition.