A glossary in the field of AI in the CIS should be: when and how will it be?
29.10.2026
A meeting of the Standing Committee of the Interparliamentary Assembly of the CIS on Science and Education dedicated to the creation of a Glossary in the field of AI took place on the site of the St. Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design.
During the meeting, which took place in a hybrid format, representatives of the OIPI of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus took part: the deputy general director for scientific work Sergey Kasanin and the junior researcher of the intellectual services department Maria Slesareva joined the discussion via video link.
The development of the project, initiated by representatives of the United Institute of Informatics of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, is a direct consequence of the large-scale Development Program for 2026–2028 of draft CIS model legislative acts. The initiative is also based on international events initiated by the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation (protocol of the Chamber Council meeting dated June 2, 2026 No. 10/1-sp) to bring together and harmonize the legislation of the participating states.
Today, the partner states are at different stages of forming the legal framework. In national acts, AI is interpreted in different ways: as a complex of technological solutions, an information system or a separate technology, which is already creating legal turbulence today.
The urgency of the development is due to the transition of the member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States to legislative regulation in the field of AI, a clear confirmation of which was the model law of the IPA of the CIS "On artificial intelligence technologies" adopted last year.
A list of 151 terms has already been prepared for the future Glossary. It covers the entire technology life cycle: from basic concepts and architecture to data infrastructure, machine and deep learning, as well as the critical areas of security, reliability, ethics and risk classification.
At the first stage, a comparative legal analysis of the terminology in the field of artificial intelligence in the legislation and strategic documents of the CIS member states and foreign states, acts of international organizations and international standards was carried out, a report and a draft concept of the Glossary were prepared.
Special attention in the report is given to the problem of defining the boundaries of related concepts. Developers should clearly distinguish where "algorithm" ends and "AI" begins, as well as how "robotics" and "big data processing" are related.
The introduction of a unified conceptual apparatus will allow the countries of the Commonwealth to solve several strategic tasks at once: reduce barriers for business, protect the rights of citizens, and create a single standard for the methodology of scientific works. The recommendatory nature of the document will allow states to implement it step by step, taking into account national specifics, without breaking the already existing legal constructions.
Discussions within the framework of the last meeting became another important step towards the creation of a single and safe digital market in the Eurasian space.
Photo: The Executive Committee of the Commonwealth of Independent States
During the meeting, which took place in a hybrid format, representatives of the OIPI of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus took part: the deputy general director for scientific work Sergey Kasanin and the junior researcher of the intellectual services department Maria Slesareva joined the discussion via video link.
The development of the project, initiated by representatives of the United Institute of Informatics of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, is a direct consequence of the large-scale Development Program for 2026–2028 of draft CIS model legislative acts. The initiative is also based on international events initiated by the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation (protocol of the Chamber Council meeting dated June 2, 2026 No. 10/1-sp) to bring together and harmonize the legislation of the participating states.
Today, the partner states are at different stages of forming the legal framework. In national acts, AI is interpreted in different ways: as a complex of technological solutions, an information system or a separate technology, which is already creating legal turbulence today.
The urgency of the development is due to the transition of the member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States to legislative regulation in the field of AI, a clear confirmation of which was the model law of the IPA of the CIS "On artificial intelligence technologies" adopted last year.
A list of 151 terms has already been prepared for the future Glossary. It covers the entire technology life cycle: from basic concepts and architecture to data infrastructure, machine and deep learning, as well as the critical areas of security, reliability, ethics and risk classification.
At the first stage, a comparative legal analysis of the terminology in the field of artificial intelligence in the legislation and strategic documents of the CIS member states and foreign states, acts of international organizations and international standards was carried out, a report and a draft concept of the Glossary were prepared.
Special attention in the report is given to the problem of defining the boundaries of related concepts. Developers should clearly distinguish where "algorithm" ends and "AI" begins, as well as how "robotics" and "big data processing" are related.
The introduction of a unified conceptual apparatus will allow the countries of the Commonwealth to solve several strategic tasks at once: reduce barriers for business, protect the rights of citizens, and create a single standard for the methodology of scientific works. The recommendatory nature of the document will allow states to implement it step by step, taking into account national specifics, without breaking the already existing legal constructions.
Discussions within the framework of the last meeting became another important step towards the creation of a single and safe digital market in the Eurasian space.
Photo: The Executive Committee of the Commonwealth of Independent States