149 GRI Index and Assurance statement Engaged citizen Fair partner Responsible banker Human Capacity Report Sustainability management Overview Foreword Southeastern Europe (SEE) Raiffeisen Bank Sh.A. supports the initiative “The City of Readers” in three cities in Albania by giving new books to the libraries. The bank was especially concerned with familiarizing the young inhabitants of whole neighborhoods with reading as a method for increasing creativity, particularly in Tirana and Fier. However, it is not only the young readers who benefit from the project. As the libraries are open to anyone, they can also be used by other age groups. © Raiffeisen Bank Sh.A. Raiffeisen banka a.d. in Serbia has been supporting the initiative “Travel to Europe”, which was established more than eleven years ago. The project, which was organized by “European Movement in Serbia”, helps 50 of the best students at Belgrade University to travel around Europe on an InterRail pass for one month in the summer. Most of these top students are in the final stage of their bachelor’s degree or completing a master’s degree. Many of these young people come from socially disadvantaged families and have outstanding academic achievement, but have never traveled outside of Serbia before. This initiative gives them the opportunity to learn about Europe first hand and to become ambassadors of European values in their future activities. So far, 1,410 students have participated in the project. Osteuropa (EE) AO Raiffeisenbank in Russia held a joint public competition from October to December 2016 with the community foundation Samarska Gubernia that focuses on educational projects for older people, the “Silver Age Generation”. The “Silver Age” competition is aimed at supporting NGO projects for developing educational programs for older people. It prioritizes educational classes for the acquisition of knowledge about computers, finance and legal matters, psychology and pedagogy, culture, art and professional training. In total, 30 projects were selected for implementation throughout Russia in 2017. This also includes a project to strengthen personal skills in dealing with finances. © State educational institution ”Regional Ecological-Biological Children‘s Center“ in Kemerowo Raiffeisen Bank Aval JSC in Ukraine jointly supported a series of business educational forums in Mykolaiv and Lviv in cooperation with the company Syngenta at the end of January 2016. This networking is very important, especially during economically challenging times. The forums were attended by more than 200 people – top managers and owners of agricultural businesses. The topics presented at the forums included trends in banking, legal regulations and taxation. Participants had the opportunity to talk to each other and with the experts and received substantial, practical tips.
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