Activities
Civil Forum holds seminars, conferences and trainings for its members, as well as cultural and sports events, and organizes youth camps and role plays, study circles and debates. Many events are aimed to teach young people proper election technics. Also, the activity of the organization includes protection of the students’ rights. For example, on August 27, 2006 Civil Forum received a formal notice for publishing in the “Molodezhni Prospekt” (“Youth Avenue”, the organization’s newspaper) articles on the students’ bad housing conditions. During the reading of the draft bill on the depriving students of some of the social guarantees, Civil Forum together with Belarusian students conducted a campaign “Help MP to Count”.
Annually the organization and its regional offices carry through a range of events, devoted to the Magdeburg Law, among which are contest for the best essay among school pupils, Oxford debates and information distribution. From the time it was founded, Civil Forum has been taking an active part in election campaigns. .
| campaigns | Nomination signatures collected (approx.) | Civil Forum members nominated | Mother Party of Freedom and Progress nominees | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local elections 1998 | no records | 1 (in Minsk) | - | |
| Parliament elections 2000 | no records | 1 (in Minsk) | - | |
| President elections 2001 | 25000 | - | - | |
| Local elections 2003 | 1400 | 15 (2 in Minsk, 4 in Mogilev, 1 in Bobruisk, 1 in Bialynichy, 2 in Gorki, 2 in Grodno, 1 in Byhau, 1 in Pruzhany, [1 in Lida) | - | |
| Parliament elections and national referendum 2004 | 15000 | 1 (in Bobruisk) | 3 (1 in Minsk, 1 in Mogilev, 1 in Grodno) | |
| President elections 2006 | 14000 (together with the mother party) | - | - | |
| Local elections 2007 | 8800 | 4 (2 in Minsk, 1 in Bobruisk, 1 in Grodno) | 13 (4 in Minsk, 4 in Bobruisk, 5 in Gomel) | |
| Parliament elections 2008 | 9200 | 1 (in Bobruisk) | 6 (2 in Minsk, 2 in Mogilev and 2 initiative groups not registered) |
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