In his Moscow home residence the President met with the heads of famous international non-governmental organisations such as Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Transparency International, Green Peace International, the World Wildlife Fund, the International Council of Women and others.
The chairwoman of the Presidential Council for Facilitating the Development of Civil Society Institutions and Human Rights and coordinator of the national working group Civil G8 2006, Ella Pamfilova, introduced the visitors to Vladimir Putin.
When opening the meeting the President suggested thinking about establishing a mechanism to facilitate dialogue between the leaders of G8 countries and international non-governmental organisations.
The discussion proceeded informally.