On December 12-15, 2006 in Ivanteevka, Moscow Oblast, leaders of community school resource centres met to discuss the strategy of the development of the community school movement till 2009. The meeting was organized by the Iskra, an NGO from Voronezh.

The programme of the meeting included the following:

• The presentation of the evaluation of the project “The School for the Local Community”, which was implemented by the Iskra in 2004-2006,
• The elaboration of the strategy of the development of the community school movement till 2009.

The participants discussed the current development of the network of community school resource centres and the obstacles to the development of the community school movement. They also defined the vision of the community schools movement in 2009, as well as deliberated on the strategy of the realization of the vision.

The participants assessed the working meeting as successful and welcomed new ideas of further collaboration.

At present, members of the working group on the development of community education in Russia continue, via e-mail, the discussion of the strategy initiated by the working meeting participants.