On September 17, 2018, the International Association of Lake Regions, together with the State Duma Committee on the Commonwealth of Independent States, Eurasian Integration and Relations with Compatriots, held a round table "The Great Lakes of Eurasia: legislative issues of international economic, cultural and environmental cooperation."

The round table discussed the problems of legislative regulation of the life of the lake regions of Russia in order to put them on the path of sustainable development as soon as possible in accordance with the principles of the "green" economy. This event also became a platform for politicians to discuss vital water issues.The meeting participants stressed the need for a qualitative update of the Russian regulatory and legal system in the field of the use and protection of water resources, and active cooperation in this area at the level of the Interparliamentary Assembly of the CIS member States (due to the particular importance of protecting lakes with a transboundary nature). Following the results of the round table, a resolution was adopted and a decision was made to establish a working group on the development of lake territories.