32nd meeting of the ICSTI of the CIS member States

On November 28, 2025, Moscow hosted the 32nd meeting of the Interstate Coordinating Council for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI) of the CIS member states. The event was attended by representatives of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, the CIS Executive Committee, as well as specialists from VINITI RAS.

The participants summed up the implementation of the decisions of the previous meeting, exchanged information on the development of national scientific and technical information systems and discussed the implementation of joint projects. The focus was on key areas of cooperation, including the identification of the operator of the Bank of Patents and Innovations of the CIS member states, as well as the development of the portal "Information for Innovation activities of the CIS member States" within the framework of existing interstate agreements.

A special place on the agenda was occupied by the report of the Acting Director of VINITI RAS, Ph.D. Sergey Vladimirovich Garbuk, dedicated to the results of the Institute's work in the status of the CIS basic organization for the interstate exchange of scientific and technical information. Stanislav Vladimirovich Zharkov, Deputy Director of the Department for the Development of Technological Entrepreneurship and Technology Transfer at the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, noted the positive dynamics in the development of VINITI RAS over the past year and the expansion of the Institute's international activities.

As a result of the meeting, the ICSTI's work plan for 2026 was approved and the procedure for preparing the next, 33rd meeting of the Council was determined.