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alternative models of the folkehøyskole part of the programme.
Mobile street work for children and youth in Murmansk
#Institutions involved and funding. The project was coordinated by Redd Barna (Save the Children Norway), Murmansk office. The project was carried out in close collaboration with the Youth Committee of the Murmansk City Administration. The project was also implemented through close cooperation with other stakeholders, such as the police units on minors, social protection authorities, commissions on minors, Red Cross, and others. The head of the Redd Barna office in Murmansk was project leader. During the initial years this was Bjørg Besteland, while during the last years it was Markus Aksland and Evgeniya Kamenetskaya. The two main partners had different roles in the project. Redd Barna provided informational resources, took part in competence building (methodology, social work, conflict resolution, legal framework, project management, etc.) applied to donors for project funding, and provided narrative and financial reporting. The Youth Committee had the responsibility for opening a Centre, elaborating operational guidelines for the Centre, organisation of outreach social work, developing competence building programmes, organisation of a telephone helpline for children, and numerous other activities. The project started already in 2002 and was planned for a threeand-a-half year period (to the end of 2005). Due to some delay in implementation of the project, the project period was prolonged until the end of 2006. The main sources of financing were funds from the Barents Secretariat, the Nordic Council of Ministers and own funds from Redd Barna. The amount of funding from the Barents Secretariat has varied from 20 percent (first year) to 40 percent (later years). The Nordic Council of Ministers was the main contributor in 2002, while later its share was equal to that of the Barents Secretariat. Redd Barna has also contributed own funding (about 20 percent of the funding each year) mainly to cover salaries to project staff. The total project costs were in the size of 7-800,000 DKK per year. There are also significant funds from the municipal budget to adjacent activities.
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