At the 8th of December 2009 in NTUU “KPI” the meeting of World Data System of International Council for Science was held.

Directors of World Data Centers and other organizations that provide the work of WDC in Russia and Ukraine and also representatives of partner-organizations of Ukrainian Center participated during the meeting.

On the 5th of September the meeting of the Russian-Ukrainian segment of the World Data Centers (WDC) was held on International conference “The Results of Electronic Geophysical Year” that took place in Pereslav-Zalisk (Russian Federation) from the 3rd till 6th of June 2009.

Representatives of five Russian and one Ukrainian WDC took part in the meeting, and also the head and the secretary of Transition Committee in bringing WDC to the World Data System (WDS) were present.

Late last year Moscow hosted an international meeting on the cooperation of World Data Center (WDC) of Russia and Ukraine and reorganization Systems World Data Center (World Data Center System) in the global system data (World Data System).

This meeting was the last link to a definitive recognition by the world scientific community Ukrainian World Data Center for Geoinformatics and Sustainable Development (http://wdc.org.ua), and adopted its decision on the organization on the basis of global data centers of our two East European countries regional cluster global system data - an important step towards creating a unified information space for gathering, processing, exchange and use data for research.

At 29 her to the General Assembly of International Council for Science (ICSU) in Maputo, Mozambique, held in late October 2008, a resolution was adopted on the formation of a new World Data System (WDS) at the International Council for Science (ICSU). This new World Data System (WDS) will replace the existing system of World Data Centers (WDCs) with ICSU and the Federation of Astronomical and Geophysical Evaluation Service.

These actions are the result of a priority assessment ICSU scientific data and information and subsequent recommendations of the Strategic Committee of ICSU with information and data.

From now one of the achievements of independent Ukraine — the first National Atlas of Ukraine is available at NTUU “KPI”. This gift on behalf of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine made by Rudenko, director of the Institute of Geography Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, on the occasion of 110 anniversary of the KPI.

“Research, information, educational, cultural and other spheres of social life of our country — he said — rich source of unique knowledge about its history, nature and society — National Atlas of Ukraine”.