In 2020, due to the current epidemiological situation in Tatarstan, the All-Russian Festival of Energy Saving and Ecology #VmesteYarche (Brighter Together) was held in the format of a social campaign from August to October 2020.
As part of the #VmesteYarche campaign, the following events were held in Tatarstan: events dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War, the 100th anniversary of the GOELRO plan, the 100th anniversary of the TASSR; “Dialogue among Equals” production meeting of young employees; the All-Russian Energy Saving and Ecology Week; thematic events in educational institutions; tours of fuel and energy sector companies and of the KSPEU’s Energy Saving Centre; the #VmesteYarche Energy Quiz; participation in the All-Russian federal contests timed to coincide with the #VmesteYarche festival.
In 2020, social campaign events in support of the #VmesteYarche festival were held in 27 municipal districts of the republic, covering 146 schools and 27,659 schoolchildren, 5 universities and more than 1,000 students of secondary vocational and higher educational institutions, and 6 fuel and energy sector companies.
The festival has been held since 2016 with the support from the Ministry of Energy of Russia, the Ministry of Youth of Russia, the Ministry of Education of Russia, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Russia and is aimed at popularising energy saving and respect for nature and trades in the fuel and energy sector, with an aim of building an energy efficient way of thinking in general public.