A meeting of the organizing committee for the award of the #Myplace prize was held

A meeting of the organizing committee for the #Myplace International Award was held. The footage is published by Izvestia on November 12.

Sergey Kiriyenko, First Deputy head of the Administration of Russian President Vladimir Putin, said that the #Myplace Award is the largest event to support the volunteer movement.

"I am very pleased that the number of people participating in volunteer activities in Russia is increasing every year," Kiriyenko said.

According to him, in 2025, 32% of Russians participated in volunteer activities at least once a year. He also said that the organizing committee will determine the winners on the dates from December 2 to December 5.

"The movement was born in a very difficult period of time. As you remember, it was covid. This movement was born as a way to help people, as a way to help medical workers at that time. <...> At that moment, Russia as a country demonstrated <...> its best qualities and best traditions, namely mercy and mutual assistance, which are characteristic of our citizens," said Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova.

As noted by the chairman of the State Duma Committee on Youth Policy, the head of the Dobro platform.Russian Federation" Artem Metelev, this year more than 52 thousand applications from all over the world have been submitted for the award.

"Despite the difficult foreign policy circumstances, this year we have more participating countries again than last year. Last year it was 142, this year it was 147," said Metelev.

To note the merits: in the Russian Federation, the popular vote for the winners of the Service Award starts

The winners will be awarded at the forum "Small Motherland — the strength of Russia" in April.

In June, the organizing committee of the award extended the acceptance of applications for participation in the fifth anniversary season until June 30, 2025 due to the high interest in participation and the large number of applications from the regions of Russia and other countries. Award winners receive national and international recognition, opportunities to scale their projects, the help of experts and mentors, participation in major international events, travel, media support and promotion. Awards to the finalists are presented annually personally by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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