President of Russia: Results of the Year of the Volunteer were summed up at the meeting of the State Council in Moscow chaired by Vladimir Putin

On December 27, 2018 in the Kremlin the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting of the State Council on the development of the volunteer movement and socially oriented non-profit organizations. 

The meeting agenda included a summary of the results of the Year of the Volunteer in Russia, and further plans for the development of the volunteer movement and socially oriented non-profit organizations.

“I would like to remind you that we declared 2018 the Year of the Volunteer. The reasons for this are clear: we need to raise public awareness of this wonderful movement and this kind of activity. Most importantly, we must focus attention on in-depth changes in society that are not measured by statistics and dry numbers alone”, the President said in his speech.