Meeting of State Council Commission on Family

The event was dedicated to the preparations for the State Council's final meeting, during which the President will be briefed on the results of the Year of the Family.

The meeting was chaired by Novgorod Region Governor, Chair of the State Council Commission on Family Andrei Nikitin Nikitin AndreiGovernor of Novgorod Region .

In her opening remarks, Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova Golikova TatyanaDeputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Russian Federation spoke about several important projects that should be completed this year. These include approving new versions of regional programmes to increase the birth rate and incorporating the best regional practices for supporting large families into the updated regional programmes for promoting childbirth and the regional components of the Family national project.

Tatyana Golikova also noted that on November 29, the Russian Trilateral Commission on the Regulation of Social and Labour Relations would discuss draft recommendations for employers on support measures for employees with families.

Minister of Labour and Social Protection Anton Kotyakov Kotyakov AntonMinister of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation reported on the application of the pro-family principle in the new national projects.

Director General of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives to Promote New Projects (ASI) Svetlana Chupsheva Chupsheva SvetlanaDirector General of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives presented the best regional practices in the sphere of promoting childbirth. She stated that the ASI, acting on the President's instructions, had formed a package of over 100 proposals for improving the pro-family focus of the Family national project and other national projects.

Head of the Russian Popular Front Executive Committee Mikhail Kuznetsov Kuznetsov MikhailHead of the Russian Popular Front Executive Committee reported on the assessment of the efficiency of support measures in the sphere of demography.

Presidential Aide, State Council Secretary Alexei Dyumin Dyumin AlexeiAide to the President commented on the subject of the meeting: "The State Council Commission on Family, together with the Government, the regions, the Agency for Strategic Initiatives, the Russian Popular Front and the expert community, has accomplished a great deal and continues to work hard. A number of proposals and new ideas have been formulated for further support of families, families with children and large families to preserve the population, as well as solutions aimed at increasing the birth rate. There's still work to be done and we must complete it. The main idea is that there must be elements of family support in all spheres of life."