Since 01.03.21, the registration of Participants has been opened and the business program has been published. The main goal of the partnership is to promote the further development of interregional cooperation in priority areas of activities in the economic and social spheres, the development of cooperation in industry, science and technology, expansion of cooperation in the field of innovation, increasing trade turnover, strengthening business and cultural ties between the regions.

From February 24 to 28, 2021, the regional championship "Young Professionals (Worldskills Russia)" of the Rostov region 2021 will be held.

Graduate school of innovation management at the Head of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) and the Foundation of innovation development of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) with the support of the Ministry of innovation, digital development and information and communication technologies of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) developed acceleration program "Development of innovation ecosystems" where the teachers are graduates of the acceleration program for the development of innovation ecosystems Massachusetts Institute of technology (MIT REAP (Regional Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program of Massachusets Institute of Technology).

The purpose - is creating the list is the development and information support of innovative activities of organizations. https://mii.mosreg.ru/dokumenty/innovacii/reestr-innovacionnoy-produkcii-rekomendovanny

Registration of participants in the XIII International Olympiad in the field of information Technologies "IT-Planet 2020/21"has started. Students, postgraduates and graduates of 2020 institutions of higher and secondary vocational education aged from 16 to 27 years inclusive can prove themselves.

The year 2021 has been declared the Year of Science and Technology by Russian President Vladimir Putin. The second meeting of the presidium of the organizing committee for the Year of Science and Technology was held in Moscow under the chairmanship of Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko and Assistant to the President of Russia Andrey Fursenko.

ASI runs a program for the conversion of the territories in creative clusters The Agency for Strategic Initiatives will implement the RurbanCreativeLab acceleration program from February 15 to September 26, 2021.

On December 25, six development institutions signed a memorandum on launching a mechanism for seamless integration of support measures. The document was signed on behalf of the First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Andrey Belousov. The parties to the agreement are the Russian Direct Investment Fund( RDIF), the Russian Venture Company, the Skolkovo Foundation, the Innovation Promotion Fund, the Fund for Infrastructure and Educational Programs, and the Platform of the National Technology Initiative.

Winners of competitions of the Start program of the Innovation Promotion Fund were named. Among them are representatives of the Rostov region.

On December 25, the regional government held an award ceremony for the winners of the competition for the "Best IT Project of the Don". Diplomas and cash certificates were presented by the Minister of Digital Development, IT and Communications Evgeny Poluyanov.