Public Chamber as an institution of people''s representation of civil society (on the example of the Public Chamber of the Tambov region)
The relevance of the article is due to the growing role of civil society institutions in protecting the rights and freedoms of citizens, in exercising public control over the activities of public authorities. The purpose of the article is to analyze the activities of the Public Chamber of the Tambov Region in coordinating the interests of citizens and state authorities of the region, local self-government bodies for solving the most socially significant issues, supporting civil initiatives, and implementing public control. The author concludes that the Public Chamber is a kind of a platform for interaction of authorities and civil society in solving various problems of the region. A number of proposals are being proposed to improve the work of this institution of civil society.