Head of Directorate - Petr S. Ershov

Analyst – Alexander V. Katin

The Directorate of Regional Programs implements programs and projects related to development of the Information Society in the Russian regions. These activities include developing concepts and strategies of electronic growth and building the Information Society and the Knowledge Economy while taking into account the specifics of the Russian Federation regions.

The Directorate participates in preparing the programs and action plans aimed at implementing the existing strategic documents, takes part in implementing projects that demonstrate the benefits of the use of ICT, and consults decision-makers on strategic issues of socio-economic development at the regional level. The Directorate generally conducts its activities in cooperation with regional partners and in close contact with the legislative and executive authorities in the regions.

The Directorate works in close cooperation with other divisions of the Institute, especially with Directorate of Russian e-Development Partnership and Directorate of Monitoring Information Society Development.

The Directorate of Regional Programs of IIS has participated and continues to take part in the following projects:

• Participation in Developing the Systems Project of Creating the Moscow Citywide Information System 1997-1998 (participation)
• Infocity Moscow Project 1998 (initiation), 2000 (implementing the pilot project in the L.N. Tolstoy Central Library #1 in Moscow), 2003-2006 (participation as part of the e-Moscow program)
• Developing the comprehensive program of Moscow's Advancement towards the Information Society (e-Moscow 2003-2007) – 2001-2002 (management)
• Developing the comprehensive project Metasystems “e-Moscow” 2004 (participation)
• Participation in Generating the Development Concept for the Regional Information and Analytical System of Perm Region for 2005-2007 – project completed in 2004 (participation)
• Developing Moscow's Unified Cultural Information System 2004-2005 (participation), 2006-2007 (management)
• Developing the Unified Automated Information System "Development - 2" 2004-2005 (Moscow) (participation)
• Designing the automated information system “Children’s Database” Moscow, 2006 (management)
• Designing the Comprehensive Automated information system  of the International Assembly of Capitals and Large Cities (IAC) – 2006 (management)
• Creating the government Internet portal for the Moscow region 2006 (participation)
• Creating the website of the Moscow Government Department of the Economic Security – 2006 (management)
• Developing the architecture of the e-government system for the Republic of Tatarstan – 2006 (management)
• Developing the subsystem of the International Assembly of Capitals and Large Cities (IAC) information interaction for monitoring the budget process – Moscow, 2006-2008 (management)
• Creating the Moscow Development Gateway 2006-2007 (participation)
• Creating the government Internet portal for the Voronezh region 2006-2007 (management)
• Developing the Comprehensive Program of Moscow's Advancement towards the Information Society (e-Moscow 2008-2010) – 2006-2007 (management)
• Developing recommendations for implementing the Concept of regional informatization and holding the tender for selecting the pilot projects for testing the standardized ICT solutions in the Russian regions, which were developed as part of the Federal e-Russia Program 2002-2010 – 2006 (management)
• Developing the integrated automated information system “Judges of the Peace” 2006 (management)
• Developing the standards and service package for the e-government of Tver region – 2007 (management)
• Conducting needs assessment of the Russian regions for the standardized information and technological solutions and preparing proposal on holding the tender for selecting the pilot regions to test out the standardized solutions in 2008 – 2007 (management)
• Finalizing the regional program “Developing the information society in the Republic of Mordovia up to 2010” – 2007-2008 (management)
• Conducting research and proposing recommendations for creating the implementation strategy of the voluntary regional certification system – 2007 (management)
• Developing proposal of the ICT development and use program for the Republic of Tatarstan (2008-2010) – 2007 (management)
• Implementing the standardized program and technical solution “Information System for State Property Management in a Russian Region” – 2007 (management)
• Implementing the standardized program and technical solution “Information System for Supporting the Activity Licensing” – 2007 (management)
• Implementing the standardized program and technical solution “Information System for Supporting the e-Government and ‘One-Window’ Service Provision by the Russian Regions” – Regional transportation services – 2007 (management)
• Creating the Business Reputation Catalogue for the City of Moscow – 2007-2008 (management)
• Creating the automated system “Maximizing the Efficiency of Advertisement Space Usage in the City of Moscow” – 2007-2008 (participation)
• Developing the socio-economic development strategy for the City of Moscow up to 2025 – 2008 (participation)
• Expert support of the processes of development and adaptation of standard software and hardware solutions in the field of regional informatization - 2008
• Participation in development of the model program of modern ICTs introduction into public authorities activities with the transition to the provision of public services in electronic form - 2008
• Provision of information and consulting services for analysis of existing situation in the field of informatization in the Republic of Kazakhstan - 2009
• Provision of information and consulting services for the development of an action plan for the development of ICT government bodies to provide public services in electronic form for 2010-2014 - 2009
• Research and analysis of official websites of state bodies and local authorities of the Russian Federation regions to meet the requirements of the Federal Law of February 9, 2009, № 8-FZ "On ensuring access to information on the activities of state bodies and local authorities" - 2009
• Analysis of the development and use of information and communication technologies in the Russian Federation for the implementation of the Strategy for Information Society Development in Russia - 2009

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

• Hearings of the Moscow City Duma (Council) "About Developing Cable TV in Moscow" (Moscow City Duma (Council), December 24, 1998)
• Open meeting of the Public Expert Group of the Moscow City Duma (Council) "Development of the Information and telecommunication Infrastructure in the City of Moscow" (Moscow City Duma (Council), July 8, 1999)  
• Open meeting of the Public Expert Group of the Moscow City Duma (Council) "Y2K in Moscow" (Moscow City Duma (Council), October 1, 1999)
• Hearings of the Moscow City Duma (Council) on the Draft Law "On Information Resources and Informatization in the City of Moscow" (Moscow City Duma (Council), December 2, 1999)
• Hearings of the Moscow City Duma (Council) "Informatization of Culture in Moscow" (Moscow City Duma (Council), March 16, 2000)
• Hearings of the Moscow City Duma (Council) "Development of an Integrated System of Radio Communications in the City of Moscow" (Moscow City Duma (Council), June 1, 2000)
• Hearings of the Moscow City Duma (Council) "About the State of Informatization of the Healthcare System in the City of Moscow" (Moscow City Duma, December 28, 2000)
• Roundtable "Major Trends in Implementing the Comprehensive Program of Moscow's Advancement to the Information Society" (Moscow, October 19, 2001)
• Conference "e-Moscow 2001" (Moscow, November 30, 2001)
• Conference "e-Moscow 2002" (Moscow, December 11, 2002)
• Seminar "Social Card of a Muscovite: The State, The Problems, and Development Prospects" (Moscow Region, February 27, 2003)
• Scientific Conference "e-Moscow 2003" (Moscow, December 17, 2003)
• Council Meeting of the Moscow City Duma Public Expert Council on the Information Society Development (Moscow City Duma, February 20, 2004)
• Council Meeting of the Moscow City Duma Public Expert Council on the Information Society Development (Moscow City Duma, March 4, 2004)
• Council Meeting of the Moscow City Duma Public Expert Council on the Information Society Development (Moscow City Duma, March 18, 2004)
• Meeting of the Moscow City Duma Public Expert Council on the Information Society Development "Bridging the Digital Divide in Moscow" (Moscow City Duma, June 3, 2004)
• Hearings of the Moscow City Duma (Council) about "e-Moscow" in the Context of the World Summit on the Information Society (Moscow City Duma, July 1, 2004)
• 7th Annual International Conference “Information for All: the Culture and the Information Society Technologies” (EVA 2004 Moscow) (November 29-December 3, 2004)
• Seminar "E-Government" (Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, 8 November 2005)
• Conference “e-District Project” – the instrument of effective implementation of the e-Moscow federal program in a Moscow’s district (Moscow, June 1, 2006)
• Working meeting on the e-development in the Ivanovo region (Ivanovo, May 24, 2006)
• First meeting of the Regional Informatization Council of the Russian Federation Ministry of Informatization and Communications (Moscow, Crocus-Expo exhibition hall, October 20, 2006)
• Expert Team meeting of the Council of the Russian Federation Ministry of Informatization and Communications (Moscow, Radisson-SAS Slavyanskaya hotel, December 11, 2006)
• International workshop "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)
• 6th Tver Social and Economic Forum “Information Society” (Tver, July 2-3, 2009)
• International video-seminar “ Mobile healthcare: from policy to practical use” (Washington, DC - Moscow, October 28, 2009)
• International video-seminar “Analysis of the state policy in the field of free software” (Washington, DC, USA - Moscow, December 17, 2009)
• Methodical Seminar “E-region: organization of work on the preparation and implementation of action plans for the development of the information society and e-government” (Moscow, April 16, 2010)
• Seminar "Cloud computing for the state bodies and local authorities" (Moscow, June 22, 2010). It was organized by the Institute of Contemporary Development in collaboration with the Institute of the Information Society with the assistance of the Expert Advisory Group of the Presidential Council of the Russian Federation on the development of the information society in the Russian Federation.
• 7th Tver Social and Economic Forum “Information Society” (Tver, July 8-9, 2010)
• Roundtable "Experience of public services provision based on departmental and regional call-centers. Status and prospects of development " (Moscow, May 20, 2010). Organized by the Institute of Contemporary Development in collaboration with the Institute of the Information Society with the assistance of the Expert Advisory Group of the Presidential Council on Information Society Development in the Russian Federation
• 5th International IT-Forum (Khanty-Mansiysk, June 4-5, 2013)