On April 18, 2018, Lilia Ovcharova, Director of the Institute, took part in the work of the Public Council of the Russian Ministry of Labour and Social Protection

Council members discussed the support and development of the so-called “silver volunteering” ­– the volunteering of the elderly - in the Russian Federation and the development of the “Citizen – Government”  dialogue via Internet: possibilities, mechanisms and themes of interaction with the reference population.

Among the participants of the meeting were Alexey Vovchenko, First Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection, representatives of the Presidential Executive Office and the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation as well as the representatives of the expert community.