Civil Society Champions

[1] The main goals of the Civil Society Champions award ceremony are: The long-list of nominees is formed by the Executive Bureau and the Working Group of the Assembly.

The prize in the nomination Place of the Year was awarded to the creative platform “CEH” and was received by one of its founders, photographer Julia Daraskevich.

There were two winners in the nomination Creative Input of the Year: PRacounia of social advertising and a personal initiative to establish a private monument commemorating Kalinouski rebels.

[10] On January 15 the Assembly arranged the 7th “Civil Society Champions” Award Ceremony to estimate leaders and the most significant events of the last year in the third sector.

This time the jury consisted of a record number of civic leaders, experts, journalists and winners of previous events – for a total of 150 people.

The first place was shared by Svetlana Gatalskaya of the “March, baby!”, movement which promotes the adoption of the law on combating domestic violence, and Elena Maslyukova, leader of the initiative against the plant for the production of bleached cellulose in Svetlogorsk.