The main activities of the Center are (according to the current programs):
Regional Ombudsmen and Human Rights: development of the Ombudsmen and others state and public organizations dealing with the protection of human rights in the regions of Russia, development of education in the field of human rights, assistance in development of measuring mechanisms and creating database of regional Ombudsman Bodies.
The Civil Society Against Corruption: prevention of corruption by forces of the civil society, development of measuring indicators and instruments for good governance in regions .
The Transparent budget: development of public participation in budgetary process and his optimization, development of public participation in housing reform and communal services, development of measuring indicators of budget transparency .
Development of public policy centers: integrated program which has received registration in 2003.
Expert Council on civic Education and Human Rights in State Duma RF Only in the last three years the Center executed more than 30 projects and initiatives (more expanded information is to be found in the brochure "The Report on work for 2003").
political rights and freedom of press (cost of one article, amount of advertising materials on the side of governmental candidatures as well as big businesses, topical issues content-analysis, number of incidents occurring to the press and the courts, public political rhetoric, etc)
political participation (NGOs' involvement, amount of people in public manifestations, level of candidatures from the public sector, observers from civil society organizations or media, etc )
