Vladimir Viner
Background
He was born in Kemerovo. A public figure, he has been working in the non-governmental sector since 1987. In the late 80s of the XX century, he was the president of the Kaluga City International Friendship Club, and later a member of the Dobraya Volya Club for Assistance to Ancient Monuments and Restorers. In 1994, he graduated from Kaluga State Pedagogical University with a degree in History and Socio-political Studies, and a sociologist.
Since 1999, he has been a consultant on PR and fundraising for a number of Russian and international organizations, such as Greenpeace, CAF, Doctors Without Borders, Focus Media, ISAR, and other NGOs. In 2002, he was elected president of the National Guild of Fundraisers, co-author of the ethical code of the profession. Head of a number of Russian publishing and information projects in the field of media, design, and advertising.
In 2004, he worked as the manager of the Moscow Charitable Reserve Local Community Foundation.
From 2005 to 2008 — Director of the Entermedia agency. Advertising in an alternative reality, author and lecturer of the course “New Media” at the Higher School of Economics, then at the Russian State University of Economics.
Since 2011, he has been the curator of the All—Russian Media Library of Social Advertising. Atprint.ru Since 2014, he has been the curator of the catalog project "Social Entrepreneurship in Russia". In the period from 2011 to 2017, she initiated a series of studies on social entrepreneurship and social communications in Russia, the Republic of Korea, Kazakhstan, and Belarus.
Since 2016, he has been the curator of the program of the Center for Social Technologies Garant and the Citi Foundation "Cities of the Future", aimed at developing the centers of the cities of the future, professions in the cities of the future and elements of the urban environment of the future.
Member of the Expert Council of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives, the Our Future Foundation, and the Towards Change Foundation. Curator of the SAP UP social startup competition in Kazakhstan and Belarus, member of the jury of the ADSTARS International Advertising Festival (Republic of Korea). Curator of the All-Russian competition of social advertising with NGOs and social enterprises "Advertising of the future".
Developer of regional educational programs and information campaigns to promote SO-called NGOs and social entrepreneurship.
He is the author of courses, research, and books on social economics, social entrepreneurship, social advertising, and marketing. Co-author of the books "Effective social advertising with NGOs", "Social advertising. The experience of the Republic of Korea" and so on. The author is the compiler of the annual catalog "Social Entrepreneurship of Russia", the book "How to create a community center".