A round table on the topic “Strengthening the influence of public organizations on decision-making processes by government bodies through the creation and development of networks of regional NGOs”, organized by the International Centre for Policy Studies and the Razumkov Ukrainian Centre for Economic and Political Studies with the support of the International Renaissance Foundation within the framework of the project “Capacity Development of Regional Policy Analysis Centres” was held on 30 March in Kyiv. \nThe participants discussed the problems and prospects of the influence of public organizations on decision-making processes by government bodies through the creation and development of regional networks of public organizations. During the round table, the results of projects carried out by 6 regional public organizations within the framework of the expert cooperation network created with the support of ICPS and UCEPS were presented. \nThe round table participants also drew attention to the practical aspects of creating and developing networks of public organizations and presented the activities of the networks of which they are members. \nThe director of the Intellectual Service Consortium “Leon-Analytic” Nataliia Zhurkina took part in the round table. According to her, the round table once again convinced [participants] of the expediency, or rather the necessity, of uniting the efforts of public organizations, since independent efforts, even of the most powerful NGOs, will not yield the desired result of activity and influence. \n \n