The subject of the Agreement is joint activities of the National Center of Excellence in the field of Digital Economy of Lomonosov Moscow State University (NCEDE LMSU) and IIS in implementation of research and development, educational, methodological and publishing projects on a wide range of digital economy development problems.  

The Institute of the Information Society (IIS) has signed the partnership agreement with the National Center of Excellence in the Field of Digital Economy of Lomonosov Moscow State University

The following areas are defined as the main areas of joint activities:

• Conduction of scientific researches and implementation of projects, including establishment of temporary creative teams;
• Implementation of project and programs in the field of digital economy, including the monitoring of the digital economy development;
• Elaboration of training courses and curricula for various aspects if the digital economy development to be used for training specialists also through the educational digital platforms;
• Development of scientific and methodological support of the projects in the field of digital economy of various scale;
• Conduction of joint events such as seminars, conferences, roundtables, etc.;
• Publication of results of the joint activities and other materials in the field of digital economy, etc.

Throughout of its existence the Institute gained a reputation of the “first instance expert” in what refer to conceptual, scientific and applied issues of the information society development. Its representatives are constantly members of various high-level expert associations established by federal and regional authorities in Russia, as well as by international and foreign organizations. This allows IIS to keep abreast of the latest trends and best solutions in the field of creating and using information and communication technologies, including digital ones.

IIS has organized more than hundred events at different levels (from workshops to international congresses) on a number of aspects of ICT use for social and economic development, in which the representatives of leading state authorities, business entities, civil society organizations, as well as scientific and educational community from Russia and many foreign countries. Since 1999 the Institute in cooperation with Russian Engineering Academy has been publishing the authoritative scientific and analytical journal “Information Society”, which is included in the list of the Highest Attestation Commission of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation.    The Agreement was signed by Tatiana Ershova, Director of NCEDE LMSU, and Victor Stroganov, Executive Director of IIS (on the photo).