3.1. In realization of its aims and objectives, in accordance with the current legislation, the Association may exercise the following rights:

• present initiatives on various questions concerning its functions and activities defined by the Charter, introduce proposals to organs of federal and local government;

• participate in decisions of federal and local government on issues important to the Association in order determined by the current legislation;

• provide public assessment of legislative bills, other legislation, projects and programs on topics of interest to the Association, as defined in its Charter;

• carry out operative coordination of multi-purpose complex projects within the Association's field of interest;

• maintain academic contacts with the Russian Academy of Sciences, national academies of other states, Russian and foreign scientific and technical societies, other academic organization and professional unions;

• establish business contacts, collaboration in the field of science, new technologies, education, economy, finance, business, social programs with all interested, including foreign, juridical and physical persons;

• independently work out and approve plans and programs for its activities, determine areas and amounts in allocation of funds and property;

• invest its own and borrowed funds into development and improvement of engineering education in Russia;

• participate in realization of international, national and regional projects and programs and activities of Russian and foreign organizations of similar objectives;

• represent and protect its rights, ensure protection of lawful rights of its members and other individuals by their request in federal and local government organs and public associations;

• be founder of non-profit organizations, including public associations;

• start printed organs, perform publishing and advertising activity;

• hold seminars, workshops, conferences and other meetings on issues of interest, delegate its representatives to participate in similar events in Russia and abroad;

• send the Association members on business abroad and accept foreign delegations and individuals in Russia;

• organize and hold expositions and other events in accordance with aims and tasks cited in the Charter;

• collect data bases on theoretical and practical questions of interest;

• provide information and consultation services;

• produce and distribute printed and audio-visual products, educational and other software within the Association's field of interest;

• present to appropriate governmental organs nominations for state awards, titles, prizes in science for the most talented academics and specialists working in the field of technical education, Russian engineers and their works;

• found, on behalf of the Association, prizes, awards, scholarships and other honors to distinguish special contribution to realization of the Association's aims and tasks;

• organize and hold competitions of scientific works, articles, research projects, teaching and methodological materials within the Association's field of interest;

• perform academic, lecturing, popularizing and educational activities;

• set up committees, agencies and councils according to the Association's areas of activity;

• establish regional chapters, open branches and offices of the Association abroad;

• independently decide on the organizational structure of the Association, form and amounts of remuneration for work and material stimulation, hire the staff of the Directorate General;

• engage in fund-raising;

• enter into legal relationship with subjects of economic activity;

• form short-term and permanent working collectives, contract individual, including foreign, specialists;

• advertise its activity, freely and widely disseminate information;

• carry out business and foreign economic activity, found companionships and companies with rights of juridical person in pursuing the objectives laid out in the Charter;

• make contracts and other juridical   transactions with physical and juridical persons both in Russia and abroad;

• acquire to ownership, lease and rent  as well as accept as gift in Russia and abroad, all kinds of  property and real estate, including objects of intellectual property;

• perform charitable activities;

• perform other types of activity not forbidden by the current legislation and not contradicting the Charter;

3.2. The Association bears the following responsibilities:

• observe the Constitution and enacted legislation of the Russian Federation and its subjects, generally accepted principles and norms of international law concerning its sphere of activity as well as norms spelled out in its Charter and other founding documents;

• publish annual report on managing its property and ensure access to it;

• inform the agency registering public associations,  on the annual basis,  of continuation of its activities with indicating the actual location of permanent governing body, its name and data on the Association leadership in format necessary for inclusion into the integrated state listing of juridical persons;

• on request of the agency, registering public associations, present decisions of governing bodies and officials of the Association as well as annual and quarterly reports on its activity in format necessary for tax reporting;

• permit presence of the registering agency at the events held by the Association;

• provide assistance to the representatives of the registering agency in revision of the Association activity concerning accordance to the tasks of the Charter and Russian legislation;

• bear other obligations according to the current legislation.