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The Foundation’s experience and program results were introduced as a model technology in the largest higher educational institution of the US capital.
One year anniversary of the Russian Lounge. In 2011 Vladimir Potanin made a donation to the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to celebrate the Center’s forty year anniversary. As a result of the collaboration between the Foundation and the Center with the support of the Embassy of the Russia to the US a reconstruction of the largest Lounge of the Center took place.
Russian nominee for the European Museum of the Year Award. In 2013 the Perm Museum won the Potanin Foundation grant within the Program A Changing Museum in a Changing World for its project Discover the Permian Period.
The European Foundation Centre, located in Brussels, hosted Culture As an Ambassador to Connect People roundtable organized by the Foundation in partnership with Robert Bosch Foundation.
The opening of the ‘Fostering Leadership’ exhibition curated by the Vladimir Potanin Foundation provided a catalyst for dialogue on the way in which Foundations can effectively fund ‘culture’. In advance of the exhibition opening, the foundation co-organised a roundtable with Bosch Stiftung which brought together foundation professionals and creatives from across Europe to discuss the best way to nurture innovation and break down the perception of ‘culture’ as something that remains elitist and untouched by the majority. All those present were passionate about the way in which creative cultural projects can help form new relationships and break down prejudice, whether they be on a local, national or international level.
How does a foundation help build a new generation of self-reflective leaders who think critically, challenge themselves, and devote their energy to helping others?
To coincide with the start of the 2015 Oxford Impact Investing Programme at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, Oksana Oracheva, General Director of The Vladimir Potanin Foundation took part in a discussion on the ways the Foundation is investing in leaders, individuals and institutions to build bridges through cultural investment.
The Vladimir Potanin Foundation and the Robert Bosch Stiftung are organizing a roundtable 'Culture as an Ambassador to Connect People' 29 April in Brussels, hosted by the European Foundation Centre. As part the joint program with the EFC, the photo exhibition Fostering Leadership curated by the Foundation will take place in May.
2 March 2015 the Vladimir Potanin Foundation announced the winners of the contest that will participate in the U.S. – Russia Bi-lateral Training Program for museum professionals. For the first time the international program has united work of three foundations: the Trust for Mutual Understanding, the U.S.-Russia Foundation (USRF), and the Vladimir Potanin Foundation.
The Vladimir Potanin Foundation announces the Olympic Scholarships Program for 2015/2016 academic year. The competition’s goal is to provide opportunities to promising individuals to get qualified education in sports management.