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Today, strengthening the role of the family, improving the quality of life of families with children, and promoting family values are not only the primary objectives of the government’s demographic policy, but also for creating a national identity. In this regard, it is crucial to develop a policy to support families with children. However, practice shows that financial measures of social support have a limited effect if the policy measures are not based on the basic values of the institution of family. Having multiple children is a traditional value that unites the peoples of Russia and allows them to preserve the nation’s identity in an era of global transformations. Breakthrough solutions are needed in the government’s demographic policy to revive the image of a strong, prosperous, and large family as a national idea for Russia. Favourable content needs to be created to shape the proper spiritual and family principles for the younger generation, parents need to be taught how to build effective interpersonal relationships, and tools must be developed to convey traditional family values to society. The image of a large, happy, complete family with multiple children is a traditional value of Russia. Along with reviving family values in modern society, we must also develop a set of measures to support large families, including programmes to help mothers with multiple children who do not want to choose between family and work. How should Russia’s demographic policy be developed in the best interests of the institution of the family and traditional values? What approaches exist to improve the quality of life of families with children and strategies to support the institution of the family and family values? What best practices for supporting motherhood and large families could serve as a precedent for sharing experience and replication? What effective programmes do the macro-regions have to create information and educational content for young people in order to strengthen family values? What unique advantages of the nation’s cultural code could become a linchpin for building a new family policy in Russia?

Moderator
Sergey Rybalchenko, General Director, Scientific and Public Expert Evaluation Institute

Sergey Rybalchenko

General Director, Scientific and Public Expert Evaluation Institute

Mr. Rybalchenko is General Director of the Institute for Research and Community Expert Evaluation, head of the working group for social policy under the Russian Government Expert Board, member of the Community Council at the Russian Ministry of Labour and Social Protection, as well as the Russian Public Labour Board. He graduated from the Bauman Moscow State Technical School (1987) and from the postgraduate course of the National Research Institute Higher School of Economics (2010), Candidate of Economics.
1992 to 2006: worked in local government bodies and, since 2006, has been active in public and research work as an expert in strategic planning, family and demographic policy. He has authored 25 scholarly articles, including 4 monographs. The Institute for Research and Community Expert Evaluation serves as an umbrella for leading experts in family and demographic policies, performing expert evaluation of the regulatory impact of the legislation and managerial decisions.

Panellists
Olga Batalina, First Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation
Tatyana Butskaya, Chairman, "Council of Mothers" All-Russian Public Organization for the Support of Motherhood and Childhood
Daria Vyazmikina, President, Association of Active Pensioners
Marina Gordeeva, Chairman of the Management Board, Fund for Support Children in Difficult Situation
Vladimir Katrenko, Deputy Chairman, Promsvyazbank
Natalya Kravchenko, Chairman, Commission for the development of preschool, school, secondary vocational education and educational activities of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation
Elena Nikolaeva, President, National Agency for Low-Rise and Cottage Construction
Elvira Nurgalieva, Deputy Minister of the Russian Federation for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic

Olga Batalina

First Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation

Tatyana Butskaya

Chairman, "Council of Mothers" All-Russian Public Organization for the Support of Motherhood and Childhood

Tatyana Viktorovna Butskaya was born in Moscow in 1975. In 1999 she graduated from Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University and worked as a pediatrician, as a deputy chief physician of ‘Mat' & ditya’ clinic, and was the managing editor of ‘Rody.Ru’ magazine for 12 years.
In 2017 T.V. Butskaya created and headed ANO Educational center of help for future and accomplished parents ‘Vibor Roditeley’, in 2018 - a National non-governmental organization of motherhood and childhood support ‘Sovet materey’ and in 2019 – ANO ‘Association of producers and consumers of children products’. The goals of these organizations go along with the government policies aimed at providing demographic increase. The projects of the organizations are realized in collaboration with the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, the Minpromtorg, Roskachestvo and the World Health Organization.
T.V. Butskaya is a federal expert of ‘Demografiya’ platform of All-Russia People’s front, an author of books for pregnant women, the author of ‘Vibor Roditeley’ radio program on Mediametrics radio. Tatyana Viktorovna shares the information concerning family right in healthcare, social protection, education, children products market.
The key projects of the organizations – ‘Materinskiy kalkulyator’ where you can find the information about the measures of federal and regional support of families with children in a comprehensible format, and ‘Otkutuy Roddom’ which popularizes principles of family-oriented work in maternity hospitals among the citizens of Russia.
T.V. Butskaya is married and has two sons. She is a healthy lifestyle devotee, prevention of noncommunicable diseases advocate and marathon movement activist. In 2019 she has embarked on studying Law at High School of Economics.

Daria Vyazmikina

President, Association of Active Pensioners

Marina Gordeeva

Chairman of the Management Board, Fund for Support Children in Difficult Situation

Vladimir Katrenko

Deputy Chairman, Promsvyazbank

Natalya Kravchenko

Chairman, Commission for the development of preschool, school, secondary vocational education and educational activities of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation

Elena Nikolaeva

President, National Agency for Low-Rise and Cottage Construction

Nikolaeva Elena Leonidovna
Born on November 22, 1969 in Dolgoprudny, Moscow region. Graduated with honors from High School and Music School.
In 1993, she graduated with honors from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, faculty of Management and Applied Mathematics.
Since 1992, she has been engaged in business activities, founded several manufacturing enterprises.
From 2000 to 2004 - Presidential Adviser to the Department of the Main Department of Internal Policy. Participated in the creation of the following public organizations of entrepreneurs: «Delovaya Rossiya’ and «OPORA Rossii». In 2004, she headed the Executive Committee of «Delovaya Rossiya».
In 2006 - Head of Commission on Health and Healthy Lifestyle Development, Charity and Ecology of the Public Council of the Central Federal District; Head of the Board of Trustees of the nonprofit Foundation «National Fund for Health Development».
In 2007, she created the nonprofit Partnership «National Agency for Low-Rise and Cottage Construction (NAMICS)», and she is still the President of this Partnership.
From 2009 to 2016 - member of the Council under the President of the Russian Federation for promoting the development of civil society institutions and human rights; Head of the working group on the protection of mortgage borrowers rights.
In 2010, by the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation, she was approved as a member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation of the III composition, and headed the Commission on social issues and demographic policy.
From 2011 to 2016 - Deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the sixth session. First Deputy of the Committee on housing policy and housing maintenance and utilities. During her time in the State Duma of the sixth session, she initiated 89 draft Federal Laws, including a number of laws on housing maintenance and utilities as well as construction.
Current public activities:
· Member of the Expert Council of the Autonomous Non-Commercial Organization «Agency for Strategic Initiatives for New Projects Promotion», Head of the working groups «Social Initiatives» and on the issues of public-private partnership development;
· Member of the Coordinating Council, of the Presidium of the «Delovaya Rossiya» Council, Co-Chairman of the service and housing maintenance and utilities Committee of the «Delovaya Rossiya» (all-Russian public organization);
· Member of the Supervisory Board of the state corporation - Fund for Assistance to housing maintenance and utilities reform;
· Member of the Public Council of the Federal Road Agency of the Department for Transport of the Russian Federation;
· Vice-President of the regional public organization «Moscow Women’s Forum».
Elected the Duma deputy on September 8, 2019.

Elvira Nurgalieva

Deputy Minister of the Russian Federation for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic

Front row participants
Lenara Ivanova, Minister of Family, Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Bashkortostan
Ekaterina Markova, Head, Save Life
Yuliya Simbireva, General Director, RSPP Business School
Tatiana Shestakova, Executive Director, "Healthy Cities, Districts and Towns" Association

Lenara Ivanova

Minister of Family, Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Bashkortostan

Ekaterina Markova

Head, Save Life

Yuliya Simbireva

General Director, RSPP Business School

Tatiana Shestakova

Executive Director, "Healthy Cities, Districts and Towns" Association