In Irkutsk, the SHAG project, a school for active citizens, continues, helping residents understand local self government, housing and utilities, election law, and urban improvement. In 2014, classes are held weekly at several addresses, and the next meeting will be on March 27. The project will run until mid May, and the schedule and details are available on the website and by phone from the organizers.

In March 2014, more than 200 city residents had already become students of “SHAG” — the School of Active Citizens. This educational project for the public was launched last year. The main goal of the project is to involve residents in local self-government. The event is held on the initiative of the Public Relations Department of the Administration of the City of Irkutsk and the Municipal Institution “GOROD”. Within the framework of “SHAG-2013,” 16 classes were held, with more than 300 residents taking part.
Within the framework of “SHAG-2014,” the following classes have been organized: “Electoral Law,” “How to Pay for and Organize Major Repairs of an Apartment Building (AB),” “Surveying of Adjacent Land Plots,” “Greening of the Adjacent Territory,” “Fundraising: Attracting Resources,” “Creating an AB Council,” “Management of an AB,” “Changes in Legislation in the Field of Housing Legal Relations in 2013,” “Reconstruction and Redevelopment of a Residential Premises,” “Formation of Prices for Water Supply and Wastewater Disposal Services of the Municipal Unitary Enterprise ‘Vodokanal,’” “Formation of Tariffs for Electricity Consumption Services,” “Social Norms of Electricity Consumption,” “Technical Characteristics of Metering Devices for Electricity Consumption of LLC ‘Irkutskenergosbyt,’” “Removal of Solid Household Waste by the Municipal Unitary Enterprise ‘Spetsavtokhozyaistvo.’”
The classes are held weekly, every Thursday from 17:00 to 19:00 at the following addresses:
- 24 Tereshkova St., assembly hall;
- 27 Dekabrskikh Sobytiy St., assembly hall;
- 14 Marata St., room 401;
- 232 Baumana St.;
- Yubileyny microdistrict, 20 (Library No. 22).
The next class will take place on March 27. The “SHAG” project will run until mid-May. The class schedule is posted on the website gorod.irk.ru under “Public Life of the City.” You can also find out the class times by calling the specialist of the Municipal Institution “GOROD” at 89500643933, Olga Vyacheslavovna Nemtseva.