WHO WE ARE: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES

• full name – Russian National Congress of Municipalities

• non-government organization

• date of inception - July 7th, 2006

• founders and members – 81 Constituent Entity Councils of Local

Authorities – 91% of Russian municipalities

• legal basis – federal frame law “On the general principals of organizing

local self-government in RF” (October 6th, 2003)

• office - Moscow

• our site - WWW.RNCM.RU

• founded: Local Government Research Center (LGRC) and National

Agency of Municipal Information (NAMI)

ASSOCIATION LEADERSHIP AND EXECUTIVE BODY

• Members General Assembly

• Presidium

• President – Stepan Kirichuk

• CEO – Victor Pankrashchenko

• Deputy CEOs

Inter-municipal cooperation

Legal Department

International Cooperation

• Staff – 10 people

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RNCM AND REGIONAL COUNCILS OF MUNICIPALITIES

RNCMFEDERAL

AUTHORITIES

REGIONAL AUTHORITIES

81 REGIONAL COUNCILS OF

MUNICIPALITIES

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24 210 municipalities (M)

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MMM

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ORGANIZATIONAL PRIORITIES AND GOALS

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OUR CORE ACTIVITIES

• to interact closely with the federal government while

representing and defending the common interests and

main principals of local self-government;

• to monitor federal legislation while protecting

the interests of local authorities;

• to take an active role in policy-making process by participating in drafting and

implementation of federal legislation related to local authorities;

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OUR CORE ACTIVITIES (CONTINUED)

• to provide management assistance, training and information resources to

increase members’ institutional capacity;

• to collect and analyze country-wide local government related data, to

disseminate the information;

• to support the development of local government senior

executives and staff training program system in Russia.

RNCM initiated the creation of the Russian National Municipal

Services Council which is formed from representatives of federal

executive government, constituent executive government, constituent councils of local

authorities and municipal education institutions;

• to bring the municipal theme into Russian main media coverage;

• to develop stronger cooperation between Russian local authorities and its

counterparts abroad.

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RNCM INTERNATIONAL

• RNCM and Congress of Local and Regional Authorities

of the Council of Europe (CLRACE)

o RNCM President is a member of the Culture and

Education Committee;

o RNCM CEO is a Russian delegation Secretary at the

Chamber of Local Authorities.

• National nominations to the Chamber of Local Authorities

o As it is stipulated in the federal legislature, RNCM is vested with

the authority to nominate candidates for the Russian Federation

National Delegation at the Chamber of Local Authorities of the

CLRACE for the final appointment by the President of the Russian

Federation.

• RNCM and International Local Government Associations

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MEMBERS INFORMATION SYSTEM

• launched June 2007, “members only”

• new tool and technique

o to provide on-line “live work” for staff of RNCM and councils,

o to foster peer collaboration,

o to collect and analyze data, to disseminate information,

o to provide direct legal and management assistance,

o to introduce “best local government practices” in Russia and worldwide.

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• Research projects “Municipal Elections – Fall 2008” “Interaction between local administration and local businesses” “Local communities development: citizen initiatives”

• National Agency of Municipal Information (NAMI): concept development and launch

• Structure Report on Local Democracy of the council of Europe: updating the 2006 edition

CURRENT ACTIVITIES

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