The article discusses the legal nature of associations of territorial public self-government and summarizes the practice of their organization and activity; examines the interaction of associations, public authorities, and local self-government authorities regarding the federal districts; identifies regional features of the establishment and activity of territorial public self-government associations; studies and considers legal acts regulating the activities of associations and their statutory documents, as well as directions and types of associations’ activities; and studies the court practice on disputes with associations. Territorial public self-govern ment associations play an important role in consolidating regional and local communities and involving them in solving problems of territorial development. The activities of regional territorial public self-government associations are systematized. The general approaches of territorial public self-government associations to the issues of community involvement in solving territorial development problems are presented, some of which can be used in model legal acts.