General director of ICI Bucharest meeting with Ly. Gender. Ilgar Musayev, Head of the State Service for Special Communications

On October 27, 2023, the general director of ICI Bucharest, Mr. Adrian-Victor Vevera had a meeting with Lt. Gen. Ilgar Musayev, Head of the State Service for Special Communications and Information Security of Azerbaidjan, following the signing of the cooperation protocol between the two entities on April 24, 2023.

During the discussions, several aspects of the collaboration between the two entities were discussed. The director of ICI Bucharest insisted on the two big areas in which the teams can collaborate, namely fundamental research (through the development of projects and applications adapted to the needs of different entities) and, respectively, the digitization of different national structures. A major point of interest in the collaboration is represented by the institutional NFT market for state institutions, the business environment and citizens based on the decentralized ecosystem (DNS/TLD) based on blockchain technology, a marketplace established by ICI Bucharest that can also be opened to partners from Azerbaidjan.

On this occasion, it was also discussed about the collaboration with a view to participating in the event "Critical Infrastructure Protection Forum in 2024, together with partners from the Central Asian Corridor area, where it is aimed to ensure a solid presence and valuable contributions, promoting the security of critical infrastructure at the regional level and bringing innovative solutions to protect our community's vital resources.

For the National Institute of Research and Development in Informatics - ICI Bucharest, this collaboration represents a remarkable step towards innovation by developing and building an operational framework for a sustainable economy, benefiting and encouraging the interaction between citizens, the business environment and institutional entities in the new digital ecosystems decentralized.