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The program
of the Conference was opened by Inessa Grikurova, Head of Strategic Programs of
Microsoft in Russia, who spoke about company’s activities directed to
assistance in information society development, about new Microsoft’s abilities
and partnership with non-commercial organizations, including a resource portal
for NCOs as an instrument of technological and information support.
Welcoming speech to participants was delivered
by Yulia Tomilko, Representative of the Council on Civil Society
Development and Human Rights under the Governor of Kuban.
The work of the
section "Proposals for NCO" was opened by Alexander Strakh, Microsoft Company Representative,
who reported in his speech on existing program of legal assistance to NCOs
delivered by Microsoft. The spokesman examined
cases when legal assistance was delivered by Company’s lawyers to NCOs during
unexpected audits concerning lawfulness of equipment in Saratov, Ufa, Togliatti,
and Rostov-on-Don.
 Ekaterina
Fedotova, Director of the project "Your Course: Increasing Computer Literacy"
(PH International), presented an overview of the first year project
implementation in order to assist
vulnerable people in studying ICT use for free, finding their adequate
place on the labor market and saving
their life attitude.
Alexandra
Kapustina, Manager of "infoDonor" program, in her speech reported on
implementation of the software donations to NCOs program in Russia and at
global scale, on procedure of obtaining Microsoft products by non-commercial
organizations under "infoDonor" program, and on perspectives of its
development.
 Svetlana Miroshnichenko
and Adam Giniush from Techsoup company, which provides technological support to
non-commercial sector all over the world, conducted questionnaire survey
between participants of the Conference aimed at examination of products and
programs used by Russian NCOs in the course of their work.
Moreover,
Microsoft in Russia leading specialists reported to the representatives of
Russian NCOs on new abilities and advantages of software developed by the
Company. During "New Microsoft
Products" section advantages of operation system Windows 7 for
non-commercial organizations, as well as new abilities of Office 2010 were
presented.
In course
of "Joint Work" section Microsoft cloud services, free services of
Windows Live and creation of distant learning courses based on Microsoft
Learning Content Development System were examined.
All
materials of the Conference and reports made by participants will be available
on the Microsoft NCO resource portal: www.microsoft.com/rus/citizenship/ngo |
