Number of internet resources created (the Project website): 1
Number of registered users on the Project website: 1,100
Number of mutual expressions of gratitude on the website in Mites1: 28,224
Total number of Mites: 188,160
Number of projects registered on the website: 40
Number of goods listed on the Project website's social market: 170
Number of services listed on the Project website's social market: 580
Number of local communities established by participants on the Project website: 5, including Shcherbinka, Yuzhnoye Butovo, Butovo, Pokrovka, Sadovoye Koltso
Number of participants at events and activities: 16,200 (51,2% of the population)
Attendees at lectures on social planning, workshops and webinars: 2,679
Number of events and activities: 257, including sociocultural, charitable, volunteer events organized by the local community with the assistance of locals – 121; educational and training events organized by the regional Bank Of Merits team for the most active members of the Project and local residents – 136 Number of local leaders identified: 15
Number of Project partners: 52, including government agencies – 5, non-profit organisations (NPO) and state institutions – 23, commercial sector – 24 Number of press briefings on the Project: 2
Number of media outlets that supported the Project: 28
Sociological studies performed: 2
Standing "Active Townspeople Centre social initiative agencies established to administer civil activism projects : 1
Over the Project's two-year duration, 16,200 people took part in its activities. This number slightly exceeded expectations, justifying the statement that a breakthrough occurred. However, it is considerably higher than the average percentage of people's participation in voluntary, sociocultural and other activities in the Russian Federation. Whereas, on average, 5% of the general population participates in voluntary activities, with TBoM we were able to exceed 15% participation during the Project's first year.
Among the factors that influenced the increased activity and people's response to appeals by the TBoM team to take part in the events and activities aimed at developing their district, the negative features of the region are noteworthy: remoteness from the main cultural centres in Moscow, complexity of the transport infrastructure, shortage of development courses and limited possibilities for self-fulfilment. This paradox actually helped increase activity in the Project. The people were sincerely eager to make the life of their district more varied and introduce new colour. This was the basis for art projects involving street art, development of gardening, and attention to the environment, reclamation of local ponds, and various workshops, which many participants are ready to conduct independently with support from institutions providing venues.
It is also important to raise residents' educational level. This affects the skills involved in both social project development and fundraising, crowdfunding and crowdsourcing needed for implementing these kinds of projects, and it helps make civil initiatives sustainable and independent. Moreover, this impacts residents' awareness of the nature of charity and voluntary work. People previously looked upon them as something remote, mainly involving missionary work, trips to orphanages and giving donations. Using events initiated when the TBoM Project team got underway, we succeeded in demonstrating how easy and close charity and volunteering could be and how it could influence the overall climate in their district.
However, the System achieved its objective. The hypotheses about the impact of the "Merit Economy" on increasing social activity were proved. The TBoM System effectively:
- motivates System participants to implement social projects
- takes into account activity in social networks by System participants
- involves new participants in the System
- reflects activity by system participants
- promotes and popularizes social activity
- solves many social problems (employment, possibilities for further education, joint leisure activities and positive
mutual attitudes, identification of anti-social elements, joint management and development of the region)
- identifies and develops leaders
- develops civil society and local communities