The key task of the Council for Data Base Purchases is development of the HSE's general policy on the building of the databank in subject areas where the HSE has an interest. In accordance with its duties, the Council carries out the following:

• - Coordination of JESDA work with HSE research and educational departments on the search and the use of data bases;
• - Decision making on the feasibility of database purchases in line with the HSE needs.

Vadim Radaev, Doctor of Science (Econ.)	Chair of the Council, HSE, First Vice Rector
Leonid Gokhberg, Doctor of Science (Econ.)	Deputy Chair, HSE Vice Rector
Sergey Roshchin, Candidate of Science (Econ.)	Deputy Chair, HSE Vice Rector
Maria Yudkevich	Deputy Chair, HSE Vice Rector
Andrey Yakovlev, Candidate of Science (Econ.)	Deputy Chair, HSE Vice Rector
Vladimir Bessonov, Candidate of Science (Phys., Math.)	Head of the HSE Laboratory of Laboratory for Inflation Problems and Economic Growth Research
Vladimir Gimpelson, Candidate of Science (Econ.)	Director of the HSE Center for Labour Studies
Larisa Kosova, Candidate of Science (Tech.)	Director of the Joint Economic and Social Data Archive
Vladimir Pislyakov, Candidate of Science (Phys., Math.)	Deputy Director of the HSE Library of E-Resources
Oleg Shcherbakov	HSE Director for IT