Informational and educational support for the indigenous minorities of the North which engage in traditional crafts in the Magadan Oblast
Date: September 2000
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Organiser: „KADAR“; Magadan municipal organisation  for environmental protection and the interests of the indigenous small-numbered people of the North and the old-established inhabitants 
Postal address: 68601b Ola, Magadan Oblast, Lesnaya ul. 3a, app. 4.; Phone (41341) 2-52-71
Project leader: Chairman of KADAR, Mikhail Terentevich Yashchenko 
Area: Ola, Magadan Oblast
Duration: 12 months
Sum applied for: 50,000 US$
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1. Background
Magadan Oblast is one of the main areas with a high concentration of residents belonging to the indigenous small-numbered peoples of the North and other long-established inhabitants.
	In the course of privatisation, the interests of the indigenous peoples of the North were unfortunately overlooked. As a result, the peoples find themselves in an extremely difficult state, as it is impossible to maintain or expand the following traditional subsistence activities: hunting (sea and land); reindeer and domestic animal husbandry; fishing; obtaining, processing and marketing of marine resources; fur farming; collecting and marketing of wild  foodstuffs, etc. 
	Small, indigenous-run enterprises based upon these crafts cannot compete with the national and international companies active in the Magadan Oblast. Native enterprises are handicapped by  a lack of knowledge regarding management, marketing, taxes, law and other  vital information necessary for the successful management of such businesses in an economically competitive environment.

2. Project goals
To raise the educational and informational level of the indigenous and long-established population, to promote business and consequently to raise the number of private firms and thereby to preserve traditional crafts.

3. Project tasks
•	Establishment of an informational-educational centre providing an information data base, as well as education and consulting services for the indigenous minorities of the North and the long-established population.
•	Carrying-out of seminar tours, courses and consulting in  indigenous settlements in the Magadan Oblast.
•	Publishing of a magazine with complete information about the organisation of small-scale  business related to  traditional crafts, e.g. production of northern wares and their marketing locally and elsewhere, ware exchange, exchange of experience and traditional household objects, and ecological education leading towards an effective management of land and natural resources.

4. Expected result
A raised level of knowledge, leading to improved permformance, in the sphere of small business and traditional economic activities. 

5. Target group
Approximately 500 representatives of indigenous minorities of the North, which want to expand traditional crafts in the Magadan Oblast, will receive educational support in business management.

Proposed expenditures necessary for the realisation of the project:
•	Acquisition of technical equipment: computers, printers, fax, phone, photocopy machine, typewriter, etc. and associated supplies.
•	Acquisition of other equipment: office furniture for courses and seminars, van for course tours.
•	Trip costs: air tickets to distant parts of the Magadan Oblast, daily allowances (food, accommodation).
•	Administration and other direct costs: all expenditures related to administration of the project such as rent of office rooms, municipal and bank services, supplies, postal and publishing costs, etc.
•	Individual financial support: salaries for long- and short-term staff.