The National Association for the Development of Local Government has been established in Russia

(KZN.RU, May 18). The National Association for the Development of Local Government has been established in Russia. This decision was made at the meeting of the founders of the association, which took place last night in Moscow. Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of Kazan, the chairman of the Association of Volga Cities, attended the event. The head of the capital of the RT joined the Presidium of the High Council of the Association.

The founders of the Association were the largest and most authoritative public organizations of Russia. Their goals and objectives include the support of local government institutions in the country. The All-Russian Congress of Municipal Formations, the All-Russian Council of Local Self-Government, the Union of Russian Cities, the International Assembly of Capitals and Major Cities, the Association of Volga Cities, the Association for the Development of Historical Settlements “Russian Province”, the Association of Closed Administrative-Territorial Units of the Nuclear Industry, the Union of Cities of the Center and Northwest Russia are among them.

The creation of the Association will allow forming a single coordinated policy in the development of the local government system, taking into account the opinions of all 22000 Russian municipalities. According to the founders, it will increase the efficiency of all existing public organizations and associations. The planning of activities will bring their work to a new level.

The main task of the association is to involve the population, representatives of local self-government in the process of implementing national projects. The established organization will perform the role of a feedback tool between citizens, the system of local self-government and authorities, reports the press center of the All-Russian Council of Local Self-Government.

The association’s charter was approved, the number of members of the High Council of the Association was determined, the chairman and deputy high council, and the chairman of the association’s board were elected at the constituent assembly.

Thus, Viktor Kidyaev, a deputy of the State Duma, was elected the chairman of the Association’s High Council. Oleg Melnichenko, the chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Federal Structure, Regional Policy, Local Government, and Affairs of the North, was elected the first deputy. Vyacheslav Timchenko, the first deputy chairman of the Council of the Federation Committee on Economic Policy, became the deputy. Ivan Tsetsersky, the President of the Union of Cities of the Center and North-West of Russia, the head of Pskov, was elected the chairman of the Association. The compositions of the High Council, the Presidium of the High Council and the Audit Commission of the Association were also elected.