The 3rd Steering Committee meeting of the project on “Protection of the Rights of Entrepreneurs in the Russian Federation from Corrupt Practices at the Municipal Level, took place at the Council of Europe Programme Office in Moscow.

The members of the Steering Committee positively assessed the results achieved by the project during its one-year implementation period, and discussed potential follow-up actions.

From the beneficiary side, the meeting was attended by the Federal Business Ombudsman of the Russian Federation and Regional Business Ombudsmen of five project pilot regions, while the Council of Europe was represented by the Director of the Directorate General of Programmes of the Council of Europe, Head of Action against Crime Department in DGI, the Head of the Council of Europe Programme Office in the Russian Federation and members of the project team.