Позитивные изменения. Том 2, № 2 (2022). Positive changes. Volume 2, Issue 2 (2022) - страница 36

В настоящее время законопроект проходит общественную экспертизу. В следующем выпуске журнала на основе мнений разных экспертов и понимания Фабрики позитивных изменений, как актора и учредителя журнала, мы предложим свое видение того, как должно быть устроено новое общественное движение детей и молодежи.

On May 19, 2022, on the centenary of the pioneer organization, a bill on the Russian children's and youth movement called the Big Break was introduced into the State Duma. According to the authors, if passed into law, the bill would form the grounds for a unified children and youth education policy, improve the social engagement of young people, build a continuous development path based on the traditional values of the Russian society. Our editors asked experts on how the new movement should be working and what needs to be taken into account to create agents and bearers of positive changes and leadership in the country.

Yuliya Vyatkina

Editor, Positive Changes

Magazine

According to expert estimates, about five percent of children are currently involved in the activities of children’s social organizations and movements. It is worth noting that the children’s and youth movement existed before the revolution. The Pioneer Organization was not the first children’s organization to emerge in Russia. The first pathfinder gathering was held in late April 1909 in the Pavlovsk Park near St. Petersburg. It was this event that gave the impetus for the emergence and development of the scout movement in Russia. By the way, there are currently six national scout organizations in the country.

According to Artem Metelev, chairman of the State Duma Committee on Youth Policy and chairman of the Council of the Association of Volunteer Centers, one of the bill authors, children’s organizations and projects "cover only a fraction of the 20 million children and adolescents".

"Many are unaware about the opportunities. Different schools have different approaches. Different conditions lead to unfairness. Young people have an intuitive desire to get united. Today’s young people want to take an active part in the public life of the country, a desire to become better, to develop. And we have to offer this opportunity. Offer it to everyone, whether the child lives in a big city or a village, goes to a rich school or a rural one, whether he or she is a leader or just trying to find himself or herself," Artem Metelev writes in his Telegram channel.