Th e drone technology, which originated in military applications, is now widely used for commercial, professional, industrial and private purposes. Applications of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), commonly known as drones, include diff erent sectors of economy, for example, agriculture, transport, infrastructure, entertainment, and telecommunications. Not only are drones eco-friendly gadgets that allow to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide emissions, but they are also time-and cost-effi cient. Th us, drones can prove to be a major force for good as they hold massive potential for being used to meet the sustainable development goals (SDGs) set by the United Nations Organization and adopted in 2015. Developing countries, for instance those of Sub-Saharan Africa, are facing famine, epidemic diseases, poverty and other challenges. All these problems can be addressed with the help of the drone technology. Th e main objective of this paper is to identify the sectors that are most likely to be infl uenced by the drone technology and to highlight the scenarios in which this technology can infl uence the achievement of the SDGs. One of the most promising spheres in this respect is the usage of drones as delivery vehicles in agriculture, e-commerce, and health care. Moreover, drones can be eff ective for monitoring and surveillance in international and domestic law enforcement, wildlif e preservation and scientifi c research.

Abstract. BIM-technologies are the dynamically developing trend in a world construction practice. In conditions of a lack of qualified specialists and lack of appropriate educational standards, we offer our practiceoriented methodology for teaching BIM (Building Information Modeling), which is based on the use of new information technologies. Also some projects implemented in BIM and GreenBIM technologies at the Applied Informatics Department are presented.

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An approach to formalizing problems of municipal management in the Russian Arctic via smart city technologies is considered on the example of city Salekhard. An analysis of modern smart city concepts and prospects for integrating such technologies as BIM, GIS, and CIM is given. A discussion is based on comparison of two options to implement smart city technologies. Those are: 1) the inertial scenario of development adopted in the Strategy of the municipality Salekhard city, and 2) an alternative scenario corresponding to the innovation model of multicomponent sustainable system which includes energy subsystems. A multi-agent formalization of city management presents specific object features, including factors of the Northern nature. The framework of a four-component model of the flow distribution of resources: material, energy, information, financial, is applied.