UrBC, Yekaterinburg, September 7, 2017. Applications for EVRAZ: City of Friends/City of Ideas Grant Project Contest can get submitted starting October 1, 2017; the contest is held in Nizhniy Tagil and Kachkanar and has 6m RUR in terms of funding, EVRAZ Holding’s press service reports.

Non-profit public organizations, municipal and private educational, medical, and social organizations, organizations in the culture and sports sector, public initiative groups, and private individuals backed up by a non-state legal entity are all eligible to apply.

‘The idea is to involve locals in urban development, in promotion of sports, a healthier lifestyle, and family values, and in environmental initiatives. The successful contest applications will be socially and environmentally important and practically efficient,’ the press service says.

The projects can fall in eight different categories: education and recreation for children and young adults; environmental projects and tree-planting; improvements in recreation areas and sports playgrounds; promotion of a healthier lifestyle; culture and arts; promotion of family values; children’s rights; cultural heritage conservation and environmental tourism; support for senior citizens and people with disabilities; and digital technologies.