Odessa City Mayor issued a Decree to launch the regular social projects contest aimed at solving the first and foremost social problems of the city.

 

The contest will start on February 6, 2012, and the deadline for applying is set on March 6, 2012.

 

 

According to the Decree, the contest will be held in the following nominations:

 

-         social protection of invalids and their social and psychological rehabilitation;

-         fighting homelessness, kids’ neglect and homelessness;

-         AIDS, HIV-infection and drug addiction prevention in Odessa;

-         assisting employment and active longevity of the elderly people;

-         social servicing of the gravely ill (at home and in hospitals);

-         assisting the development population’s self-organization in Odessa;

-         solving youth’s social problems;

-         creating the necessary conditions for preservation the national originality and ethnic identity of Odessa’s national and cultural communities;

-         assisting the activity of veterans’ social associations and social protection of their members;

-         increasing the importance and social status of invalids’ social associations in the society, protection of rights and fundamental liberties of their members;

-         ecological problems of social direction.

 

 

In 2012, UAH 825 000 are provided for the social projects realization in Odessa City’s budget. The average sum provided for one nomination is UAH 75 000.