Working group of the State Council of the Russian Federation on the "Communications, Communication and Digital Economy" direction

History of activity

2020: The role of regions in the Digital Economy national program can be raised

On January 27, 2020 in the Russian President Administration reported that under the chairmanship of the Assistant to the President, the secretary of the State Council Igor Levitin the meeting of the working group of the State Council in the "Communications, Communication, Digital Economy" direction took place.

The minister of digital development, communication and mass communications Maksut Shadayev, representatives of territorial subjects of the Russian Federation, profile federal executive authorities, the State Dumas, state corporations, the IT companies and expert community participated in a meeting.

The head of the working group, the governor of the Moscow region Andrey Vorobyov said in the report about need of increase in a role of territorial subjects of the Russian Federation for implementation of the national program "Digital Economy".

Andrey Vorobyov considers that regions should participate in the Digital Economy national program more deeply

The separate meeting of the State Council can be devoted to this question. The decision to prepare the corresponding report was made. Details of discussion were not disclosed.

Meetings of the State Council, we will remind, the president Vladimir Putin will see off. At the end of December, 2019 it was devoted to agrarian policy of the state.

2019: Structure of group and plan of meetings

According to the results of a meeting of the working group last on March 19, 2019 its participants shared information on the structure of group and subjects of the meetings planned for the coming months with TAdviser.

As it was told in distributing materials, the deputy minister of digital development Evgeny Kislyakov became the deputy manager of group of Andriy Vorobyov. The vice president of Rostelecom Maksut Shadayev is appointed the secretary of the working group.

The meeting of the working group took place on March 19, 2019 in the Government of the Moscow region

Representatives of 14 regions, in particular, governors of the Samara and Kirov regions Dmitry Azarov and Dmitry Vasilyev, the head of Yakutia Aysen Nikolaev, the acting governor Valery Limarenko, the deputy mayor Moscow Anastasia Rakova, the minister of informatization and communication of Tatarstan Roman Shaykhutdinov , etc. were a part of group.

Federal bodies in the working group will represent the Deputy Minister of Health Elena Boyko, the deputy minister of the higher education and science Denis Solodovnikov, the deputy minister of education Marina Rakova, the deputy minister transport Alexey Semyonov, deputy ministers of digital development Maxim Parshin and Oleg Ivanov, the deputy minister of construction Andrey Chibis, the first deputy minister for civil defense Alexander Chupriyan, the head of Rossvyaz Oleg Dukhovnitsky, the Deputy Minister of Economic Development Savva Shipov.

Experts Mikhail Braude-Zolotarev (RANEPA), Andrey Zhulin (HSE), Yury Khokhlov (IRIO), etc. and also representatives of state corporations ВЭБ.рф, NCI, Sberbank entered into group.

During the meetings of the working group it is going to discuss pressing problems of regional digitalization - from services to infrastructure, one of its participants says. It is also supposed to stimulate transfer of experience from rich regions to the poor, to adjust normative regulation. Emphasis will be placed on digitalization of health care and education, on employee development and training for regions, development of infrastructure.

In the first half of the year 2019 in focus of attention of group there will be following subjects: digitalization of state services, implementation of technologies of a feedback, improvement of regional control (supervision), broadband access development, development of budget management systems, purchases, personnel, property, etc.

Our task - to transfer all ministries to the digital mode that the management efficiency was noticeable and convenient to the person, - Andrey Vorobyov told. - A task of the working group of the State Council - to develop the road map which would allow us to achieve success

2018: At the State Council of the Russian Federation the group on digital economy is created. The head - the governor of Moscow area Vorobyov

At the end of December, 2018 the president Vladimir Putin signed the order about creation of 16 groups of the State Council of the Russian Federation^[1]. One of them – in the "Communications, Communication and Digital Economy" direction. The governor of the Moscow region Andrey Vorobyov is appointed the head of this group.

The governor of Moscow region Andrey Vorobyov headed group of the State Council of the Russian Federation on digital economy (a photo - mosreg.ru)

According to the order, heads of groups should have the deputy. Representatives of federal and regional authorities and other organizations for approval can become members of the group.

Functions of creation of this working group on the direction of communications, communication and digital economy, as well as other groups, are preparation of materials on questions which are going to be considered at meetings of the State Council of the Russian Federation or its presidium, the analysis of law-enforcement practice in the area and preparation of suggestions for improvement of the regulatory base.

The analysis and assessment of the regional projects directed to improvement of activity of state agencies, identification in subjects of best practices and preparation of offers for increase in efficiency of activity of management officials and also scientific and methodical and expert and analytical ensuring activity of the State Council of the Russian Federation also belong to functions.

Vorobyov is not the first authority of Moscow region involved in digital initiatives of federal level. Since 2017 the ex-minister of public administration, information technologies and communication of Moscow region Maksut Shadayev on a voluntary basis is the public adviser to the First Deputy Chief of Presidential Administration Sergey Kiriyenko. Having passed from the government of Moscow region into Rostelecom in 2018, Shadayev remained Vorobyov's adviser.