Digital technologies have changed the essence of such established public institutions as libraries. Under the onslaught of the hi-tech era, they do not just adapt to new realities, but in general they rethink their mission in society. Modern libraries are much more than storage of knowledge.

150 universities from around the world have posted online courses for public servants, NPO employees who want to improve their qualifications on the Coursera platform. Programs are also designed for people who would like to change the profession. More than 2000 courses cover the topics of business, management, science, technology, work of NPOs, programming. All lectures are available for download or viewing offline.

From October 16 to 21, 2017, the SCRESTCH BATTLE competition was held in St. Petersburg as part of the European Few Programming and Youth Initiative of Meet and Code . In the gymnasium No. 63, more than 80 students studied the basics of work in the SCARTCH environment and created 20 team and single games.

How to think about solving a problem throughout the country? What experience can social innovators from India share? These questions were answered by entrepreneurs and partners of the non -profit organization The Bridgespan Group , Souumitra Pandey , Rohit Menezes and a consultant of the Bain & Company , Swati Ganeti . Technician Zapodontor Natalya Baranova translated an expert article published in Stanford Social Innovation Review.

On November 25, 2017 at 18:10 in Moscow, a master class of the greenhouse of social technologies “Lies, impudent lies and statistics: why do NPOs need data?” for the implementation and use of data in the work of NPOs. The master class will show examples of using data in the non-profit sector, their advantages, explained the first steps of organizations to introduce data culture into their activities.