The National Corporate Volunteering Council Established its Regional Presence Office in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug- Yugra

4 december 2024

The National Corporate Volunteering Council, otherwise known as the NCVC, and SIBUR, supported by the Center for Civic and Social Initiatives of Yugra Foundation, held a kick-off meeting of the NCVC’s newly established regional office. The gathering drew representatives of more than 30 organizations operating in the area, including large and medium-size enterprises, local non-profits, and government-funded social sector institutions.

The mission of the regional presence office is to coordinate the efforts of large businesses, SMEs, non-profit organizations, associations of volunteers, and other stakeholders implementing various initiatives that are meant to benefit the social sector of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra. One important area of focus is to promote project-based volunteering, including corporate volunteering, and to provide an extra channel for the region’s government for offering additional tools of encouraging and supporting volunteers.

Speaking at the meeting's opening, Elena Snezhko, Head of SIBUR's social investment program “The Formula for Good Deeds”, noted that “SIBUR has been committed to developing corporate volunteering systemically since 2017. As a result, our “family” of volunteers now numbers more than ten thousand people. This includes employees of our organizations that are based here in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra. We would be happy to share our experience and we look forward to engaging with corporate volunteers from other companies in the region. I am convinced that by working together we will be able to take socially beneficial projects of our business community and of our volunteers to a whole new level!”

Participants representing SiburTyumenGas, Zapsibtransgaz, RussNeft, and Sberbank shared their experience in launching and supporting socially significant projects. They emphasized the importance of engaging with volunteers in a systemic manner, helping them develop their project skills, and the need for forging sustainable partnerships between businesses, non-profits, and the volunteering community.

Alexander Olifirenko, CEO of SiburTyumenGaz:

‘’With each passing day, people are getting increasingly eager to find their purpose in life as they share their knowledge and talents with those around them. Volunteering is the first step towards finding one's self and properly embedding oneself into the contemporary societal mold. SIBUR's volunteering program ‘People Changing the World’ is an integral part of the Formula for Good Deeds, the Company's social investment program. As they take part in various volunteering initiatives, our employees get a chance to help where their help is needed, learn something new, and acquire new project skills that can be applied in their day-to-day lives. We hope that through the efforts of the National Corporate Volunteering Council in Yugra we will be able to connect like-minded people to help them establish the right environment to make a better new reality possible”.

Oleg Romanov, CEO of Zapsibtransgaz:
"Volunteers are people who help those in need and overall make our reality kinder. That is why corporate volunteering resonates so well with our Company's aspirations. And we consider this one of our priority areas of focus in engaging with our employees and local communities. We strive to support as much as we can our colleagues' volunteering initiatives as part of the Formula for Good Deeds social investment program, and we are always immensely proud of their successes and achievements. Our participation in the activities of the regional NCVC office is a great opportunity to learn about the experience of other organizations, pool our resources, and effect even greater positive changes here in Yugra."

Invited speakers from non-profit organizations shared their experience in interacting with volunteers and suggested appropriate formats for joint volunteering activities that could be joined by all members of the office.

Dmitry Safiollin, CEO of the Center for Supporting Yugra’s Civic Initiatives Foundation, reflected on the region’s priorities:
"Supporting corporate volunteers is one of the objectives of our Foundation. We are prepared to share our expertise in project-based volunteering and in participating in contests initiated by Yugra’s Governor. Besides, one other role that we have identified for ourselves is that we can act as a liaison between volunteers, companies and NGOs, as well as government bodies of all levels."

The meeting's attendees also discussed some of the key initiatives that are scheduled to be implemented by the representative office in the coming year. Among other things, the office will compile a collection of best volunteering practices in the KhMAO to be later presented at the federal level, will organize training events for volunteers, provide advisory and methodological support, promote experience sharing between companies and municipalities, and generally encourage and reward active members of the volunteering movement.

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