Ideological Work

Department of Ideological Work and Youth Affairs

Address:

211471, Vitebsk region,

Rossony urban settlement, Sovetskaya str., 4

Working hours – from 8:00 to 17:00

lunch break – from 13:00 to 14:00

Saturday, Sunday – days off

Email address:

isp@rossony.vitebsk-region.gov.by

Head of the Department of Ideological Work and Youth Affairs

of the District Executive Committee – Gvozdeva Irina Alekseevna

Head of Department Phone: 8 (02159) 5 13 45

List of Department Employees

Functions and Tasks of the Department

The main tasks of the department are:

informing the population about the activities of the President of the Republic of Belarus, the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus, the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus, the Rossony District Council of Deputies, the District Executive Committee, and other state bodies;

explaining the ideology of the Belarusian state, state policy to the district population, fostering patriotism and civic consciousness in citizens;

implementation of state policy in the field of ideology, mass media, distribution of printed publications and mass media products, confessional and national relations, state youth policy in the district;

information and ideological support for political campaigns, events, holidays, festivals, conferences, and other activities of national, regional, and district ideological significance held in the district;

organization of informing district residents, ensuring and coordinating the activities of information and propaganda groups, conducting unified days of public information, summarizing appeals from citizens, legal entities, individual entrepreneurs, and their representatives received during meetings in work collectives and at their place of residence, and monitoring the timely execution of instructions given based on the results of these meetings;

organizational and methodological guidance of state media;

protection of citizens' rights to freedom of conscience and religion, regardless of their attitude towards religion, religious and national affiliation, as well as the right to freedom of association in religious and public organizations of citizens belonging to national minorities;

ensuring the preservation of national cultural heritage in the district, its spiritual and moral improvement, and the formation of national identity;

consideration of issues arising in the sphere of relations between state bodies and religious organizations, state bodies and public associations of citizens belonging to national minorities;

perpetuation of the memory of the Fatherland's defenders and victims of wars, and preservation of the memory of war victims;

implementation of state youth policy in the district, coordination of the activities of management and self-government bodies, and state media in the sphere of youth policy, as well as ensuring the protection of the rights and legitimate interests of young citizens;

improvement of forms and methods of working with youth;

participation in the development and implementation of state youth programs and projects in the main areas of state youth policy.

In accordance with its tasks, the Department performs the following functions:

analyzes the state and forecasts the development trends of the socio-political situation, ethno-confessional sphere in the district, social processes in the youth environment, and also studies the activities of public organizations;

studies public opinion (sociological research, questionnaires, surveys) formed as a result of the implementation of state socio-economic programs, specific political decisions and actions;

prepares proposals for the implementation of goals and objectives of ideological work, mass media, work with youth, public and religious organizations;

coordinates and supervises the conduct of socio-political and cultural events;

coordinates the interaction of state authorities with public associations located in the district;

studies, summarizes and disseminates the experience of ideological and informational work of rural executive committees, Councils of Deputies, and the activities of deputy heads organizing ideological work in organizations located in the district;

cooperates with research, economic, sociological, political science, and information-analytical organizations (services);

coordinates the activities of interested bodies in the development and implementation of district socio-economic development programs in the spheres of ideology and youth policy;

exercises control over the implementation by youth specialists and deputy heads organizing ideological work in state and other organizations located in the district, and the editorial office of the state district newspaper, of decisions of higher state bodies and the district executive committee in the sphere of ideology and the implementation of state youth policy;

prepares draft decisions of the district executive committee, orders of the chairman and deputy chairmen of the district executive committee, reports, and proposals to the leadership of the district executive committee on issues within the department's competence;

ensures the interaction of the district executive committee with political parties, trade unions, youth, women's, veteran, creative, and other public organizations;

ensures prompt informing of the district executive committee about the situation in the socio-political sphere;

conducts informational and explanatory work in work collectives and with the population of the district;

prepares analytical notes, recommendations, and proposals on issues within the department's competence, provides methodological assistance to organizations in conducting ideological work;

participates in the development of regulatory legal acts in the field of information and youth policy;

organizes press conferences, meetings of journalists with the chairman of the district executive committee and his deputies, members of the district executive committee, heads of structural divisions of the district executive committee, and other officials of the district executive committee;

analyzes and coordinates the information and ideological activities of the state district newspaper editorial office;

organizes, approves, and coordinates the holding of international, republican, and regional conferences, seminars, round tables, and other events on socio-political and civic topics on the territory of the district;

coordinates the work of the official website of the district executive committee on the global computer network Internet;

monitors and controls the implementation of legislation in the sphere regulating the activities of mass media on the global computer network Internet;

coordinates the work on organizing and conducting a subscription campaign for state periodicals;

coordinates the implementation of Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus No. 630 of December 5, 1997 "On the Response of Officials to Critical Statements in State Mass Media";

organizes the work of the commission for assisting in the control of the implementation of legislation on freedom of conscience, religion, and religious organizations under the district executive committee;

exercises control over the observance and application of legislation on freedom of conscience, religion, and religious organizations by religious and public organizations;

provides materials to the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee for state registration of religious communities, maintains records of religious organizations and places of worship;

provides materials to the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee:

for issuing a written warning to religious communities in case of violation of legislation in the sphere of confessional relations or carrying out activities contrary to their charters, and also takes other measures to eliminate identified violations;

for applying to the court with a statement of claim for the liquidation of a religious community in case of violation of legislation in the sphere of confessional relations or carrying out activities contrary to its charter;

informs the Main Department of Ideological Work and Youth Affairs of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee about the ethno-confessional situation in the region, as well as about violations of legislation in the ethno-confessional sphere;

analyzes socio-economic and socio-political processes and trends occurring among youth, promotes scientific and sociological research on youth issues;

provides organizational, methodological, and other support for the activities of youth and children's public associations in implementing socially significant youth programs, coordinates and controls their activities on issues related to youth policy;

in conjunction with interested bodies, resolves issues of employment, labor, living conditions, social protection, education, healthcare, and leisure organization for youth, conducts training and retraining of adolescents and youth, as well as their employment;

develops and implements comprehensive measures to ensure legal, economic, and social support for young families and talented youth;

conducts preventive work to prevent offenses and crimes among youth;

provides assistance, as stipulated by law, in the development of youth entrepreneurship, involving youth in the practical solution of the region's socio-economic problems;

coordinates and conducts cultural and educational, sports and mass events with youth and adolescents at their place of residence;

coordinates educational work with student youth in their free time;

conducts work on the patriotic education of youth;

submits, in the established manner, proposals for awarding the best workers in the fields of ideology, mass media and youth policy, publishing and printing activities, distribution of printed publications and mass media products, and ethno-confessional relations with state awards, honorary titles, and prizes, and applies other incentive measures;

coordinates work on perpetuating the memory of the Fatherland's defenders and victims of wars, preserving the memory of war victims (identifying the names of the fallen, inscribing them on memorial plaques of military burials);

in the manner prescribed by law, considers appeals from citizens, legal entities, individual entrepreneurs and their representatives, analyzes them, takes measures to eliminate the causes that give rise to complaints, carries out activities for the performance of administrative procedures;

performs other functions provided for by law.