This section includes the online links to Russian and foreign sources and materials related to the Information Society development.

You may select one of the topics from the following list and then click on any of the corresponding links:

• Programs, Projects and Initiatives
• Organizations and Institutions
• Associations and Networks
• Resources and Documents

Programs, Projects and Initiatives

• Internet Governance Forum (IGF)
• Digital Europe Initiative
• World Summit on the Information Society, WSIS (Geneva 2003 - Tunis 2005)
• infoDev Program of the World Bank
• UNESCO Information for All Programme
• Development Gateway
• Stockholm Challenge - international contest recognizing best world achievements in the area of using ICT for development
• Global Junior Challenge
• State Program of the Russian Federation "Information Society (2011-2020)" (in Russian)

Organizations and Institutions

• United Nations (UN)
• World Trade Organization (WTO)
• International Bank of Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
• Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
• International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
• European Commission
• European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
• United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
• Regional Commonwealth in the field of Communications (RCC)
• Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
• Development Gateway Foundation (DGF)
• Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications of the Russian Federation
• Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation
• The New Eurasia Foundation (NEF)
• International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX)
• Russian Science Support Foundation
• Foundation for Assistance to Small Innovative Enterprises (FASIE)
• Moscow Public Science Foundation (MPSF)
• Russian Foundation for Fundamental Research
• Russian Humanitarian Scientific Foundation
• Civil Rights Foundation "Commission of Free Access to the Information"

Associations and Networks

• Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technologies and Development (GAID)
• United Nations Group on the Information Society (UNGIS)
• Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development 
• Coalition for a Free WorldWide Web (FreeW3) 
• Global Knowledge Partnership, GKP
• Digital Opportunity Task Force, DOT Force, 2000-2001
• Global Development Network, GDN
• United Nations Information and Communication Technology Task Force, UN ICT Task Force 2001-2005
• Global Development Learning Network, GDLN
• World Information Technology and Services Alliance, WITSA
• Central and Eastern European Networking Association, CEENet
• International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, IFLA
• Technology Empowerment Network, TEN
• Organization of Black Sea Economic Cooperation
• Russian e-Development Partnership
• Research and Educational Computer Network FREEnet
• National Association of e-Commerce Participants

Resources and Documents

• Geneva Declaration of Principles
• Geneva Plan of Action
• Tunis Commitment 
• Tunis Agenda for the Information Society
• Golden Book : Stakeholder Commitments and Initiatives  
• Okinawa Charter on the Global Information Society
• International Database – Accessible Information on Development Activities (AiDA)
• ICT Success Stories
• Glossary on the Information Society
• Information Society Journal (in Russian)
• Strategy for Information Society Development in the Russian Federation
• Doctrine of Russia’s Information Security
• E-Region : All about Russian Regions' E-Development (in Russian only)