Head of Directorate – Andrey S. Mendkovich

Technical Director – Konstantin S. Ershov

Head of Information Systems Division – Sergey I. Akimov

Manager – Marina V. Smyslova

Manager – Irina S. Miroshnichenko

The Directorate of ICT Use and Development completes the following lines of activity:

• Exploring the socio-economic, political and technology aspects of information society and knowledge economy origination and development
• Disseminating knowledge about the information society potential, its opportunities and threats
• Elaborating, implementing and evaluating the projects focused on using ICT for development
• Facilitating collaboration with a wide range of relevant domestic and international organizations
• Developing, testing and implementing ICT into the various spheres of human life, including the information systems projects
• Providing the information and technical support for the work of the Institute
• Consulting services on topics of ICT use in various spheres of human activity

Directorate represents the Institute is in the consortium "Russian National Host» (RNH), which is part of an international association of national hosts «National Hosts Forum», the creation of which was initiated in 1997 by the General Directorate of DG-XIII of the European Commission to coordinate work and increase the competitiveness of European telecommunications technologies and European telecom operators in the market of high-speed communications. As a part of the consortium RNH Institute facilitate cooperation of RNH participants with the legislative and executive bodies at the federal and regional levels, dissemination of information on the activities of RNH.

The Directorate implemented the following projects:

• Developing the systems-based project for the Moscow Citywide information system – 1997-1998 (management)
• Infocity Moscow Project – 1998 (initiating) 2003-2006 (participating in implementation as part of E-Moscow program)
• Network Integration of Electronic Information Resources of the Leading Russian Libraries and Information Centers (LibWeb Project) 1998-2003 (management)
• Creating the legal information system: Database of Court Files for Russian Defense Lawyers and Human Rights Activists – 1999 (participation)
• Participating in developing the strategic approach to increasing the effectiveness of information sharing and communication between the state and the society (e-government concept) – 2001 (participation)
• Developing the strategic approach to increasing the effectiveness of information sharing and communication between the state and the society (e-government concept) – 2001 (participation)
• Developing the Systems Project Metasystem "e-Moscow 2003-2007" – 2001-2002 (participation)
• Creating the Network of the Russian Federation Regional Development Gateways as part of the program event "Russia Development Gateway" of the Federal Program eRussia – 2002 (participation)
• Developing the Concept of Facilitating the International Collaboration and External Economic Relations in the ICT sphere, including the Process of Russia’s joining to the WTO – 2002 (participation)
• Implementing the “Russian Trade Policy Project” in the interest of the Russian Ministry of economic development and trade, which is focused on the economic reforms in Russia in light of the WTO ascension strategy – 2002 (participation jointly with Adam Smith Institute, Great Britain)
• Developing the systems project Metasystems “e-Moscow” – 2004 (participation)
• Scientific and methodical support of implementing Concept of Regional Informatization - 2006
• Developing the Information and Reference System for Supporting the All-Russia Attestation Commission (VAK) of the Russian Federation Ministry of Education - 2008
• Developing the Standardized Program for Implementing the Modern ICTs in the Public Authorities as part of the e-Government Program - 2008
• Developing proposals on Improvement, Optimization and Unification of Structure and Content of Indexes in Forms of Federal Statistical Monitoring in the sphere of Communications - 2009
• Analyzing of Main Trends in ICT Development for the period till 2030 - 2009
• Developing of program of ICT implementation in the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation - 2009

The following events were organized by the Directorate both independently and in cooperation with its partners:

• International Conference “Information Society and the Modern City” (Moscow- Saint-Petersburg-Novgorod-Yaroslavl, September 25-26, 1998)
• International Conference “Technologies of the Information Society 98 - Russia” (Moscow- Saint-Petersburg-Novgorod-Yaroslavl, November 30-December 2, 1998)
• Russian-British Digital Libraries Workshop (Moscow - Saint-Petersburg - Novgorod - Yaroslavl, June 16-17, 1999)
• Conference “Technologies of the Information Society 99 - Russia” (Moscow- Saint-Petersburg-Novgorod-Yaroslavl, November 22-24, 1999)
• Roundtable “Population Adaptation to the New Information Technologies” (Moscow City Duma, December 23, 1999)
• Workshop "Uniform Resource Identifiers and the Library Community" (Jerusalem, August 13, 2000. 66^th Conference of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions)    
• Open Session "From Library Automation to Digital Library" (Jerusalem, August 16, 2000. 66^th Conference of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions)
• All-Russia Conference “Information Society Technologies/ Internet and the Modern Society 2000- Russia” (Saint-Petersburg-Moscow-Krasnodar- Novgorod-Yaroslavl, November 20-24, 2000)
• All-Russia Conference “Information Society Technologies/ Internet and the Modern Society 2001- Russia” (Saint-Petersburg-Moscow-Voronezh-Krasnodar- Novgorod-Yaroslavl, November 20-23, 2001)
• Russian-Ukrainian Working Session on Organizing Technological Cooperation in Creating a Technological Platform "Gateway in the Box"(Kiev, October 20, 2002) 
• Seminar "Environment for Electronic Interoperability and International Standards of the Information Society" (Moscow, Sheraton Palace hotel, July 21, 2003)
• Seminar "Practice of Architectural Approach: Concepts, Standards, Terminology, Models and Implementation" (Moscow, 25 April 2005) 
• International Interdisciplinary conference “The Good, the Bad and the Unexpected: The User and the Future of the Information and Communications Technologies” (Moscow, May 23-25, 2007).
• International video-seminar Next Generation Organizational Models for e-Government: Emerging Role of Centers of Excellence” (Washington, DC - Moscow, April 1, 2008)
• International video-seminar “Architecture of E-Government as a Government Reform Catalyst" (Washington, DC - Moscow, April 17, 2008)
• International video-seminar "The Potential of Providing State Services by the Private Sector: Role of Public-Private Partnerships in the e-Government Projects" (Washington, DC - Moscow, June 25, 2008)
• International seminar "The role of free software in the transformation of the public sector " (Corvallis, Oregon, USA – Washington, DC, USA - Moscow, October 20, 2008)
• International video-seminar “Open Standards for the transformation of government: ensuring transparency, security and interoperability” (Washington DC, USA-Moscow, April 17, 2009)
• International video-seminar “Providing services and electronic identification. How the national ID cards and other electronic means of identification can improve service delivery and governance?” (Washington, DC -Moscow, May 7, 2009)
• International video-seminar "Mobile Healthcare: from policy to practical application" (Washington, DC - Moscow, October 28, 2009)
• International video-seminar “Exploring the Results of Governmental Open Source Software Policies" (Washington, DC - Moscow, December 17, 2009)