Kuzminchuk A.A.

Purpose. The study is devoted to the analysis of various aspects of state regulation of sports volunteering in Russia and other countries. Methods. The article presents the results of a comparative analysis of sports volunteering legislation in Australia, China and Russia. Results. The authors determine the structure and characteristics of the state regulation of sports volunteering. The article presents the results of comparing the practice of state regulation of sports volunteering in Australia, China and Russia. Characteristics of the sports volunteering legislation in these countries are given in the study. The authors have revealed the national peculiarities of the sports volunteering management system, the priorities of the state policy in the sphere of sports volunteering (support, encouragement, etc.), as well as some features of sports volunteers. Scientific novelty. The authors consider the state regulation of sports volunteering as a research problem. The study presents an assessment of state regulation of sports volunteerism in our country in comparison with the development of the legislation framework, mechanisms for stimulating and encouraging sports volunteering in Australia and China.

Research is aimed at determining the vector of system development of volunteering in the Russian region by identifying the drivers of this development and the key barriers to spontaneously emerging management system. Methods. The article presents the results of expert semi formalized interview with heads of the leading non-profit organizations of Sverdlovsk region of different types (volunteerism, charitable foundations, regional offices of the international charitable organization, regional non-profit organizations), managers and staff of public social institutions, various services with expert knowledge in the field of volunteering management, practical experience of interaction with them (N=27; 2015). Results. The authors provided an objective characteristic of volunteering in Sverdlovsk region; described the main actors providing key managerial influences in spontaneously emerging regional volunteers management system; identified the main obstacles to development of volunteerism, and the system management in the Russian region; proposed a number of managerial decisions aimed at overcoming those barriers. Scientific novelty. The authors of the article were among the first to put regional office volunteering in Russia as a research problem and object of empirical research. On the basis of empirical data they prove that in recent decades in the Russian regions there is active development both phenomenon of volunteerism and systematic management of the volunteers and their activities in different spheres of society mainly due to personal factors.