Council of Municipalities of Saint-Petersburg was established in 2006 in accordance with the federal law “ On the general organizing principles of local self-government in the Russian Federation” as non- government organization which unites municipalities of Saint –Petersburg.

   The Organization’s goals are:

- to develop inter-municipal co-operation in order to uphold and to defend the interests of local self-government of Saint-Petersburg on national and international levels;
- to promote interaction of local authorities with state authorities;
- to support citizens initiations in the sphere of local self-government and to develop the civil society;
- to contribute to the effective social and economical development of Saint-Petersburg.

   To reach this goals Council of Municipalities of Saint-Petersburg

- develops and fulfills the projects, aimed to develop the system of local self-government of Saint-Petersburg
- collects, monitors, studies and analyses the information, connected with local self-government and municipalities
- organizes , holds and takes part in different seminars and conferences, devoted to the problems of local self-government
- expresses the opinion on projects of social and economical development of Saint-Petersburg, on projects of laws, connected with local self-government
- develops proposal on the ways of development of local self-government of Saint-Petersburg
- collects and spreads the examples of best and effective practice of municipalities and of new methods of local governance.

   Council of Municipalities of Saint-Petersburg includes 110 municipalities of Saint-Petersburg and is governed by Presidium, which is formed by elected representatives of 18 districts of Saint-Petersburg.
   Council of Municipalities of Saint-Petersburg is a member of Russian National Congress of Municipalities. Also the organization takes part in international co-operation with the Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities, holds and takes part in joint seminars.

      Adress:
      pr. Metallistov 93A,
      195221, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
      Tel: +7-812-291-23-39
      Fax: +7-812-544-58-41
      e-mail: info-sovetmo@yandex.ru