Boris Chernyshov will restart the work of the State Duma Committee for the Development of Civil Society.

Boris Chernyshov will restart the work of the State Duma Committee for the Development of Civil Society.

The new chairman of the State Duma Committee for the Development of Civil Society, Boris Chernyshov (LDPR), told how he plans to change his work. The main idea is to give representatives of non-governmental organizations the opportunity to influence decisions before they are made, and not just discuss prepared bills.

For this purpose, the committee is preparing an open calendar for 2027. Each month will be dedicated to a separate topic: support for SVO participants and their families, volunteerism, charity, historical memory and other topics.

The board of experts in the committee will also be updated. TASS director Andrey Kondershov and presidential adviser, former culture minister Mikhail Shvidkoi have already agreed to join him.

Chernyshov promises not to swell the council to hundreds of participants, but to gather people who can offer specific solutions:

We need to have professionals, not those who appear on TV. You and I are on TV every day.

The deputy chairman of the committee Artyom Bychiev (United Russia) recalled that many representatives themselves came from the non-profit sector and are well aware of its problems.

The task of the new leadership is to ensure that not only well-known experts, but also leaders of non-governmental organizations working in the field every day join the discussion of the laws.

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