Author: Татьяна Ершова

   

The Intellectual Maturity Index was presented at the AI Day in Russia event

At the panel discussion “Limits to the depth and efficiency of AI development in industries and regions” of the event “AI Day in Russia”, which took place on March 13, 2024, the director of the National Center for AI Development under the Government of the Russian Federation (NCRII) Sergey Nakvasin presented the Index of Intellectual Maturity of Economic Sectors, Sectors of the Social Sphere and the Public Administration System of the Russian Federation. He emphasized that “this is the world’s largest study assessing the level of adoption of AI technologies in industries and the social sphere.”

The 2023 Intellectual Maturity Index was prepared in the course of a study conducted by NCRII and other interested parties in order to fulfill the order of the President of the Russian Federation following the results of the conference “Journey to the World of Artificial Intelligence – 2022” No. Pr-172, paragraph 1d)-2 to ensure, starting in 2023, monitoring the results of the use of artificial intelligence technologies in order to assess the level of implementation of these technologies in sectors of the economy and social sphere, as well as the effectiveness of the activities of government bodies and local governments to ensure the implementation of such technologies.

The study is based on a comprehensive assessment of the current level of development, use and impact of AI on socio-economic development, as well as the factors that influence these processes.

In 2023, as part of the joint work of the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia, the Ministry of Digital Development of Russia, NCRII, the Competence Center of the federal project “Artificial Intelligence” (PJSC Sberbank), ANO “Expert Coordination Center of the Commissions of the State Council of the Russian Federation”, ANO “Digital Economy”, Institute of the Information Society and other organizations, a concept for the formation of the Intellectual Maturity Index has been prepared. The study itself involved 4,000 industry organizations, 55 federal authorities, 1,000 regional authorities, and 300 municipal authorities. You can read more about the Index and download its text (in Russian) on the website of the resource “Artificial Intelligence of the Russian Federation”.

   

Introducing the first issue of the Information Society journal for 2024

The first issue of the scientific and analytical journal “Information Society” for 2024 has been published.

The main theme of the issue is Security in the digital world.

Information support for demographic security
Students in online communities
Graphic images to convey emotions
Development of intelligent electronics projects
Digital skills for Industry 4.0
Developer’s responsibility for software quality
Protection against the risks of social engineering attacks
Media framing of the Kaliningrad region
Assessing the effectiveness of scientific research
Agro 4.0 in Colombia

In her address to readers “Scientists who brought Victory closer,” the journal’s editor-in-chief Tatiana Ershova wrote:


The first issue of our journal is traditionally published at the end of February, shortly after Defender of the Fatherland Day, one of the favorite Russian holidays. In the title of my address to readers, I took a phrase from an article on the Nauka.rf portal, dedicated to the contribution of Soviet scientists to the victory in the Great Patriotic War. Since 2021, the Russian Ministry of Education and Science has been holding the All-Russian action “Scientific Regiment”. During this time, hundreds of materials were published dedicated to those “who changed their white coats for a soldier’s overcoat, put aside microscopes until better times and went where the Fatherland needed them.”

Immediately after the start of the war, the country’s leadership set the task of revising the topics and methods of research work and redirecting resources to areas of primary importance. It was decided to move 76 institutes to the East, the Presidium of the USSR Academy of Sciences moved to Kazan (Tatarstan). Many scientists and professors voluntarily went to the front to fight on the front lines, and those who remained in the rear devoted all their energy and time to the development of the technological power of the Soviet Union.

Thanks to people of science, new technologies needed by the front and rear were created in record time. Here are some examples: Boris Bezhanov, one of the founders of pneumatic automation; Boris Vasiliev, who synthesized new fuel for armored vehicles and tanks based on perfume raw materials to replace gasoline, which was in short supply at that time; employees and students of the Moscow Polytechnic University, who created materials for field military printing houses, technologies for optical instruments of military equipment; scientists of the Moscow Automechanical Institute, who were involved in the selection of substitutes for German fuels and oils for captured vehicles and the conversion of gasoline vehicles into gas generators and those running on wood fuel. During the war years, the need for the production of liquid oxygen from air sharply increased, and the outstanding physicist Pyotr Kapitsa solved this problem: in 1942 he developed a turbo-oxygen plant, which was put into operation in 1943.

The founder of the modern scientific oncology school, Nikolai Blokhin, performed more than 4,600 reconstructive operations during the war years. Organic chemist Isaac Postovsky and other employees of the Sverdlovsk Chemical Pharmaceutical Plant established the industrial production of sulfa drugs necessary for the treatment of purulent wounds and tuberculosis. During the siege of Leningrad, the State Institute of Applied Chemistry organized the production of medicines for soldiers, and chemists at the Forestry Academy produced a paste for the treatment of burns, frostbite, and gunshot wounds.

The list of outstanding achievements of Soviet scientists during the war years is enormous, it is impossible to count them all. After the war, the President of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Sergei Vavilov, noted that one of the many miscalculations that led to the failure of the fascist campaign against the USSR was the Nazis’ underestimation of Soviet science.

The editors cordially congratulate on Defender of the Fatherland Day all researchers and university teachers involved in strengthening the defense capability of our country. Today this is no less relevant than during the Great Patriotic War.


The full contents of the issue are available on the journal’s digital platform.

   

Institute of the Information Society congratulates all with the upcoming year 2024

Dear colleagues, partners, and friends!

The IIS team congratulates you on the upcoming year 2024 and wishes you new successes, new hopes and achievements in the new year.

We wish you all strong health, personal happiness and optimism!

Happy holiday and fruitful vacations!

   

The sixth issue of the journal “Information Society” for 2023 has been published

The main theme of the release is “Digital technologies for a crisis-free world”. It is revealed in 12 articles devoted to the following:

Development of digital humanities
Communications to reduce conflict potential
Trust as an institution of the digital economy
Neural networks for public safety
Human capital for the creative economy
Digitalization of municipalities
Digital temporary employment platforms
Project-based learning in robotics
Digital technologies for waste management

In her address to readers, the editor-in-chief of the magazine Tatiana Ershova wrote:


Traditionally, in the last issue of the outgoing year, we analyze the results of editorial activities. In total, 82 articles were published in 2023, which was an absolute record for all 34 years of the existence of the journal. The authors proposed works in a variety of research areas, and, despite all the rigor of the evaluation (the editors rejected 31% of the articles received), almost all thematic sections were filled.

The largest number of works was contained in the “Digital Economy” rubric (9), followed by “Information Society and Law” (8). Seven articles each were located in the headings “Information Society and State Power”, “Education in the Information Society” and “Information Society Technologies”, six each in the headings “The Human in the Information Society”, “Measuring the Information Society”, “Information Society and Mass Media”, five each in the headings “Information Society: Policy and Drivers” and “Social and Economic Aspects of the Information Society”. Headings “Fundamental Research in the field of Information Society”, “Science and Innovation in the Information Society”, “Trust and Security in the Information Society”, “Foreign Experience. International Cooperation” included three articles each this year, while the headings “Healthcare in the Information Society” and “Culture in the Information Society” included only two each. Unfortunately, the sections “Leaders of the Information Society” and “Sports and Tourism in the Information Society” were left without content, and this, unfortunately, is a fairly typical situation.

The number of our authors was 143, and this is also an unprecedented figure. Most of them naturally represented Russia, and the geographical coverage was also wider than ever: 25 regions! There were 69 Muscovites among our authors, 11 researchers from Tyumen, seven from Nalchik, six from Simferopol; from Perm, Samara and St. Petersburg – five each; from Vladivostok, Volgograd and Kursk – four each; from Veliky Novgorod, Yekaterinburg and Saransk – three each; from Abakan, Astrakhan, Yoshkar-Ola, Kazan and Ufa – two each; From Balashikha, Voronezh, Kaliningrad, Magnitogorsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Omsk and Tomsk – one each. Two authors represented Azerbaijan and one was from the People’s Republic of China.

Among the authors of 2023 there were full members of the Russian Academy of Education, Russian Academy of Natural Sciences and Russian Academy of Engineering (one each), 40 doctors of science, 71 candidates of science, 16 specialists without an academic degree, five applicants (including graduate students and adjuncts), as well as three masters and eight students. The academic title of professor is held by 25 authors of articles of this year, and associate professor by 45. It should be especially noted that among the authors of the works there were seven members of the Editorial Board.
We have something to be proud of and, of course, we have something to work on. On the eve of the New Year, on behalf of the entire editorial board, I traditionally want to thank our authors, reviewers and readers for their cooperation and interest in our journal and wish everyone good health, prosperity and success.

The contents of the issue (in Russian) are available on the journal’s digital platform.

   

Yuri Hohlov participated in the discussion of proposals for tax incentives for developers of AI technologies

On December 12, 2023, the “E+AI” conference was held at the ANO “Digital Economy” site, dedicated to discussing government support measures and benefits available to developers of AI technologies and organizations interested in implementing such technologies in their activities.

Experts from ANO “Digital Economy”, the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia, the Federal Tax Service of Russia, the Skolkovo Foundation, the Innovation Assistance Fund and other organizations, including the Institute of the Information Society (IIS), held a discussion about the implemented government support measures and benefits for developers and organizations in field of artificial intelligence. The event was moderated by Alexey Sidoryuk, director of the Digital Transformation of Industries direction of the ANO “Digital Economy”.

Nikita Yakunov, Head of the Department of Strategic Development and Innovation of the Russian Ministry of Economic Development, presented a system of measures to support the development of artificial intelligence technologies in Russia within the framework of the federal project “Artificial Intelligence”.

Dmitry Trunov, Deputy Director of the Digital Economy project office of the Skolkovo Foundation, spoke about measures of state support for customers of artificial intelligence technologies. In his speech, he reviewed the key criteria for evaluating pilot projects.

The report of the Innovation Promotion Fund was dedicated to grant support for AI specialists and startups. Head of the Department of National Projects and State Programs of the Innovation Promotion Foundation Tatyana Soyuznova spoke about the Foundation’s grant instruments, which were implemented in 2023 and are planned for 2024.

Marina Bakcheeva, head of the Department of Taxation of Legal Entities of the Federal Tax Service of Russia, spoke about the tax measures taken by the government to support the development and implementation of domestic artificial intelligence technologies. В докладе акцентировано внимание на том, что с 2023 года организации получили право в целях налогообложения прибыли учитывать в повышенном размере расходы на создание и приобретение отечественных ПО (БД) и оборудования, относящихся к сфере ИИ. The report focuses on the fact that since 2023, organizations have the right to take into account the costs of creating and purchasing domestic software (DB) and equipment related to the field of AIat an increased rate of 1.5 for tax purposes.

Alexander Sergeev, General Director of the Federal Center for Applied Development of Artificial Intelligence, spoke about support measures for the development of hardware and software systems.

Further work proceeded in groups to develop proposals:

Group 1 – Proposals for support measures for the Skolkovo Foundation
Group 2 – Proposals for support measures for the Innovation Promotion Fund
Group 3 – Proposals for tax incentives of the Federal Tax Service of Russia

The Chairman of the IIS Board of Directors Yuri Hohlov worked in Group 3.

The meeting participants discussed existing measures and benefits for developers of AI technologies and proposed amendments and new measures that would improve the process of providing benefits to specialists and organizations.

As a result of the meeting, proposals were formed that will be submitted to the Russian Ministry of Economic Development, development institutions, and the Federal Tax Service of Russia.

Source: https://d-economy.ru/news/na-konferencii-je-ii-razrabotali-predlozhenija-po-meram-podderzhki-ii-specialistov-i-organizacij/

   

Index of intellectual maturity of Russian regions: results for 2023

On December 11, 2023, a strategic session “Intellectual maturity of the system of regional executive authorities and local self-government bodies of the Russian Federation” was held in Moscow at the ANO “Digital Economy” site. It discussed the results of assessing the maturity of regional executive authorities in terms of the use of AI technologies in the performance of their functions. The session was attended by representatives of federal and regional authorities, expert organizations, including the Institute of the Information Society (IIS) represented by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Yuri Hohlov.

In accordance with the message of the President of the Russian Federation following the results of the conference “Journey to the World of Artificial Intelligence 2022”, the National Center for AI Development under the Government of the Russian Federation (NCAID) conducted a study “Intellectual Maturity Index” in 2023, which is an assessment of the level of development and use of AI in economic sectors, social sectors and the public administration system at the federal and regional levels, as well as a pilot in 20 local governments. The methodology for assessing the level of intellectual maturity of the NCAID was based on the DECA methodology for assessing the level of a country digital economy development, elaborated in 2017–2018 by IIS jointly with the World Bank Group and first used in the development of the “Digital Economy of the Russian Federation” program. The assessment took place according to groups of indicators related to the production and use of AI, the effects of its use, as well as the factors influencing it (public policy, regulation, personnel, research and development, infrastructure, data, digital trust and security).

To analyze the situation with the development and use of AI in regional executive authorities and local governments, a survey of regional executive authorities from 89 constituent entities of the Russian Federation, including new regions, was conducted. Sergei Nakvasin, director of NCAID, noted: “The study on the intellectual maturity index includes a huge array of initial data, more than 160,000 units obtained as a result of the survey. The survey included over 40 questions, 89 subjects, 18 industries, 55 federal executive authorities and more than 300 local self-governments took part in it. At the end of 2023, the implementation of AI in industries increased by 1.5 times, and next year this figure will also grow. Almost half of organizations develop solutions on their own; organizations note high efficiency from implementation, but there remains a high need for computing power and data to use AI. The next key problem and task is solving the personnel issue; there is a shortage of AI specialists in 62% of regions. To form an objective picture, we have developed an experimental heat map of the use of AI in the regions. in 27 regions we note a leadership level of AI implementation.”

Carrying out such a large-scale study in a short time became possible thanks to the support of federal and regional executive authorities and the cooperation of NCAID with partner organizations, primarily the National Research University Higher School of Economics, RANEPA, the Competence Center of the Federal Project “Artificial Intelligence” (SBER), the Alliance in the field of artificial intelligence, ANO “Digital Economy”, ANO “Expert Coordination Center of the Commissions of the State Council of the Russian Federation”, IIS, Intelligent Analytics, O2Consulting and others.

According to the results of the study, on average in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, only 13% of regional executive authorities use AI, and 32% have already planned the implementation of AI solutions. In 44% of cases, departments characterize the effect from the use of AI as moderate and significant, and the maximum effects from the use of AI are associated with the quality of implementation of administrative processes and the objectivity of the results obtained. Intelligent decision support technologies are most in demand among regional and municipal authorities, while the distribution of companies developing AI products throughout the country is uneven – in many regions no more than 10 companies are registered. 71% of regions report having data centers to perform basic machine learning tasks, although not everywhere these capacities are sufficient to perform all tasks. Access to data for AI use is lacking in 88% of regions. Strategies for the development and use of AI are not developed in 91% of regions, but more than 70% of regions have documents at the subject level containing separate sections dedicated to the development of AI.

The leader in the use of AI is Moscow. The top regions with the highest level of AI maturity include the Moscow Region, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug – Yugra, the Republic of Tatarstan, the Voronezh Region, the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), the Rostov Region, the Republic of Bashkortostan, the Chelyabinsk Region, the Altai Territory, the Sakhalin Region, the Tyumen Region, Republic of Mari El.

The picture of the development and application of AI technologies in Russian regions reflects heterogeneity and differences in the level of technological training and availability of resources. This creates a digital divide between developed and less developed regions in understanding, using and implementing innovative AI solutions.

The study identified typical problems that regions face when implementing AI: lack of necessary digital infrastructure, lack of specialists with the necessary competencies, lack or absence of available technological solutions on the market and problems with data (low quality and/or insufficiency).

When preparing the material, we used the source:
https://d-economy.ru/news/cifrovaja-jevoljucija-kak-iskusstvennyj-intellekt-preobrazhaet-regiony/

   

The fifth issue of the journal “Information Society” for 2023 has been published

The fifth issue of the scientific and analytical journal “Information Society” for 2023 has been published.

The main theme of the release is “The human in the information society”. It is revealed in 15 articles devoted to the following:

Smart city and related political and informational risks
Social value of data
Virtual collaboration
Modern practices of media consumption
Cyberethnicity as a modern form of cultural self-organization
Progressive hybrid learning technologies
Training of “digital workers”
Artificial intelligence against corruption
Digital diasporas in networks
Digital security monitoring

In her address to readers, the editor-in-chief of the magazine Tatiana Ershova wrote:


The current issue of our journal is rich in articles under the heading “The human in the information society,” and this cannot but rejoice. The magazine has been in existence for 34 years and regularly addresses various aspects of the impact of technology on human life in all its manifestations. However, only at the end of 2008 the editorial board decided to allocate a special section to discuss this problem. It was called “Information society: people”, and in the double issue 5-6 six articles were published at once, discussing the topics of consumption of ICT products, human development, tolerance, as well as information culture, and creativity.

In 2009, the column was launched to be called “Humanitarian aspects of the development of the information society,” and in the first issue five articles were published, which continued the consideration of the mentioned problems, and also included topics of humanitarian computer science and the influence of the Internet on the lives of older people. The column gained a foothold, but for almost five years only seven articles were published in it. Given their small number, one cannot fail to note the seriousness of the issues considered in them: the phenomenon of euthanasia from the standpoint of global sociocultural and information and communication transformations; the crisis in the consciousness of modern human; the transformation of the model of reality; multirational communication, etc. And issue 1 for 2011 contained materials of the international panel discussion “Information Society: Humanitarian Aspects of Modernization”, held on October 15, 2010 at the V Forum of Creative and Scientific Intelligentsia of the CIS Member States “Innovative and Humanitarian Partnership – the Basis of the Dynamic Development of the CIS Countries.” They all were published in full.

The release of the last issue in 2013 was marked by a new renaming of the humanitarian section. Now it has become known as “The human in the information society”, and has existed in this form for almost 10 years. Since then, it has published 34 articles, which means that there were no more than four such articles per year. A little better than in the previous five-year period, but still clearly not enough for a journal open to philosophers, sociologists, historians, lawyers, psychologists, cultural experts, art historians, and political scientists.

Of course, further attention deserves research into the anthropological crisis of civilization, dehumanization and alienation of communication in the era of globalization, transformation of human thinking and behavior, information consumerism, information disorientation, the impact of information and various computer programs on the human psyche and behavior, information wars, social support for vulnerable groups population with the help of digital technologies, the development of human capital in the information society, network interaction and its various manifestations (from useful to dangerous), the influence of artificial intelligence on people’s lives, the role of natural intelligence in the context of digital transformation, the relationship between technology and humans, and many others.

We look forward to articles on humanitarian topics from our regular and new authors.


The contents of the issue (in Russian) are available on the journal’s digital platform.

   

Yuri Hohlov participated in the discussion of human resources in the field of AI at Plekhanov University

September 28, 2023 Plekhanov Russian University of Economics (REU) held a design and consulting seminar on the development of human resources in the field of artificial intelligence.

The event was organized by the REU Higher School of Cyber Technologies, Mathematics and Statistics and the Department of State Policy in the Sphere of Higher Education of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia.

The seminar was opened by the Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation Dmitry Afanasyev. He set priorities for improving the quality of education and increasing the volume of graduate training in the field of artificial intelligence, and set tasks for the work of the design and consulting seminar.

Nikita Yakunov, a representative of the Department of strategic development and innovation of the Russian Ministry of Economic Development, reported on the need for personnel for the mass implementation of artificial intelligence as one of the challenges of the National AI Development Strategy.

Soslan Gabuev, Deputy Director of the Department for the development of artificial intelligence and big data of the Russian Ministry of Digital Development, spoke about the impossibility of developing artificial intelligence without training specialists in the field of big data.

Yuri Hohlov, head of the department of the National Center for the Development of Artificial Intelligence under the Government of the Russian Federation, chairman of the board of directors of the Institute of the Information Society, full member of the Russian Academy of Engineering, emphasized the importance of training for the development and use of AI in the economy, social sphere and public administration.

Mikhail Skvirsky, managing director, head of the Data research center for government bodies of Sberbank PJSC, representative of the Alliance in the field of AI, presented the tasks of the updated national AI development strategy in terms of personnel training.

The discussion of new approaches to training in the field of artificial intelligence took place in the format of project work with the active participation of representatives of leading universities: Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (national research university), National Research University ITMO, Lomonosov Moscow State University, St. Petersburg State University, National Research Tomsk State University, Yeltsin Ural Federal University, Cherepovets State University, Ufa State Petroleum Technical University, Don State Technical University, Volgograd State Technical University, Ulyanovsk State Technical University, Bauman Moscow State Technical University (national research university), Southern Federal University, Petrozavodsk State University.

The seminar participants identified the main tasks of developing human resources in the field of artificial intelligence:

  • Training industry specialists with artificial intelligence competencies.
  • Regular updating of educational programs on artificial intelligence taking into account the speed of development of artificial intelligence technologies.
  • Support measures aimed at involving company employees and leading university lecturers in the educational process.
  • Improving the quality of education through regular training of lecturers and involving representatives of real sector companies in this process.
  • Forming a “background” through improving the quality of teaching mathematics and computer science in schools, developing additional education for schoolchildren in the field of mathematics and computer science.
  • Raising general awareness of artificial intelligence technologies.
  • Creating conditions for continuous education in terms of developing competencies in the use of AI.

Source: REU

   

Yuri Hohlov commented on the situation with electronic conscription notifications

The New Izvestia newspaper, in order to prepare the article “Closing the Gaps: Why the Introduction of Electronic Сonscription Тotifications is Postponed Until 2025,” which was published on September 20, 2023, turned to several experts for comments, including Yuri Hohlov, Chairman of IIS Board of Directors, full member of the Russian Academy of Engineering.

Yu. Hohlov emphasizes how difficult it is to provide the Ministry of Defense with access to the relevant electronic register and create the necessary secure communication channels. In this regard, the Ministry of Digital Development believes that electronic notifications will not be introduced until 2025.

Source: New Izvestia

   

The Institute of the Information Society celebrates its 25th anniversary

On September 7, 2023, the Institute of the Information Society celebrated its 25th anniversary.

The area of ​​professional activity of IIS is research, analytics and consulting, legislative, publishing and educational activities on a wide range of problems of information society and knowledge economy, as well as R&D and system integration in the field of creating modern information technologies, including design and implementation of different ICT solutions from the infrastructure level to the level of applied expert systems.

The institute’s customers are federal and regional authorities, federal scientific foundations, large commercial companies, state unitary enterprises, state institutions, universities, research institutes (including the RAS systems), non-profit organizations, international organizations.

The IIS achievements list includes a number of major projects: conceptual and methodological documents of national and international significance; projects for the development, implementation and examination of projects related to the electronic development of Russian regions; analytical reports on the readiness of Russia and its regions for the information society, which have been published regularly since 2001.

In total, the Institute has held more than a hundred events at the regional, national and international levels, published over 30 books on a range of problems of the information society.

Since 1999, the Institute, together with the Russian Engineering Academy, has been the publisher of the scientific and analytical journal “Information Society”, the only publication in Russia that comprehensively and systematically covers the problems of the information society development. In 2010, the journal was included in the List of leading peer-reviewed scientific journals and publications, approved by the Higher Attestation Commission of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia, and in 2015 it confirmed its status. Also, since 2015, the journal has been included in the Russian Science Citation Index on the Web of Science platform.

Leading experts of the institute have participated in the implementation of a number of initiatives promoting the use of ICT for comprehensive development in Russia, in particular: Public Expert Council of the Moscow City Duma in the direction of “Information, Informatization, Communications, Telecommunications and Television” (1998-2001), then transformed into the Public Expert Council of the Moscow City Duma on the Development of the Information Society (2002-2006); Council under the President of Russia for the Development of the Information Society (2009-2012); expert council under the Government of the Russian Federation (2014-2018); Council for Digital Transformation of ANO “Digital Economy”; the working groups of ANO “Digital Economy” on digital governance and artificial intelligence; subcommittee “Data” (PC 02) as part of the Technical Committee for Standardization “Artificial Intelligence” (TC 164) on the basis of RVC, etc.

Institute leaders at the highest expert level participated in international initiatives, including The Global Bangemann Challenge (1998-1999), then converted to the Stockholm Challenge (2000-2010); Global Junior Challenge (1999-2009); The Digital Opportunity Task Force (DOT Force) (2000-2001); UN ICT Task Force (2002-2005); Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technologies and Development (GAID) (2006-2012); WSIS Action Line C7 e-Government of the action plan for the implementation of the decisions of the World Summit on the Information Society (2012-2017); Working Group on the Measurement and Evaluation Tool for E-Participation Readiness (METEP), formed by the Division of Governance and Development of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (2013-2015), etc.

The Institute today employs people of various specialties, ages and nationalities. They constitute a powerful intellectual and creative union of like-minded people, thanks to which the Institute was able to overcome all difficulties and become a recognized “expert of the first choice”, an independent leader of Russia in the development of the information society. We congratulate all IIS employees and partners on the 25th anniversary of the company and wish you all good health, good mood and enduring faith in success!