The 23rd meeting of the Expert Council of the Interparliamentary Assembly of the CIS - Regional Commonwealth in the field of communications in a hybrid mode was held in St. Petersburg.

The event was attended by representatives of the legislative and executive authorities of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Kyrgyz Republic and the Russian Federation, heads and employees of the RCC Executive Committee, as well as scientists and experts from communications administrations, specialized educational and research institutions.

The meeting was chaired by Deputy Chairman of the IPA CIS Expert Council - RCC, Deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, member of the IPA CIS Permanent Commission on Culture, Information, Tourism and Sports - Nikolay Nikolayevich Ivanov.

The meeting approved the agenda and considered the following issues:

- On the agenda of the meeting of the Expert Council of the IPA CIS - RCC.

- Organizational issue. About the Chairman of the Expert Council of the IPA CIS - RCC.

- About the draft Recommendations on the normative regulation of digitalization in the field of education. On proposals to the Long-term plan of model lawmaking in the Commonwealth of Independent States.

- On the Draft Guidelines for Regulatory Use of Artificial Intelligence, including Ethical Standards for Research and Development. On proposals to the Long-term plan of model lawmaking in the Commonwealth of Independent States.

- On the draft of a new version of the Model Information Code for the CIS member states.

- On the draft model law "On the digital space, its infrastructure and regulation in the CIS member states".

- On the draft model law "On combating cybercrime". Cybercrime as a threat to national security.

- On promising areas of model lawmaking in the field of digital development in the field of culture, tourism and sports.

- On the draft model law "On the commercialization of rights to the results of intellectual activity in the field of science and technology."

- About the international conference "Legal and political aspects of the digital development of society."

At the same time, the meeting participants discussed promising areas of model lawmaking in the field of digital development in the field of culture, tourism and sports and the preparation of the international conference "Legal and political aspects of the digital development of society", scheduled for November 2022.

The participants decided to hold the next meeting of the Expert Council in Moscow in the fourth quarter of 2022.