The Conference was opened by Tatiana Larionova, Assistant to President of the Republic of Tatarstan for social issues, and Egor Kudakov, Director General of the Centre of Non-Commercial Organizations Development (organizer of the Conference). The opening ceremony was also attended by Tatiana Zabegina (Public Chamber of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tatarstan) and Irina Menshina (Association of Fundraisers and Downside Up, Moscow).

The first day of the Conference was devoted to development of personal skills of a fundraiser, the second day – was training with practical classes for beginning fundraisers. On the second day fundraising through the Internet, work with private and corporate donors, NCO participation in competitions and grants were also examined.

The third day was devoted to more detailed examination of fundraising through the Internet. Two round tables took place, which were attended by a representative of the IIS partner – “Microsoft” Corporation – acting by Yulia Sarviro, who reported on corporate fundraising and the role of information technologies in successful fundraising. 

In the course of the event Irina Miroshnichenko, Manager of the NCO technological support program “infoDonor”, which is coordinated by IIS, reported on the program and consulted non-commercial organizations on receiving software donations within the framework of the program. 

The Conference was participated by more than 170 organizations and about 300 representatives of non-commercial sector.