diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 6a217e44439..2acc5d39915 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -2,52 +2,20 @@
 
 *  @openvinotoolkit/openvino-maintainers
 
-CODEOWNERS  @openvinotoolkit/openvino-admins @openvinotoolkit/openvino-maintainers
-
-# CI:
-Jenkinsfile  @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ci-maintainers
+# CI
+/Jenkinsfile  @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ci-maintainers
 /.github/  @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ci-maintainers
 /.ci/  @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ci-maintainers
-
-# CMake scripts
-/cmake/ @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-maintainers
-/src/cmake/ @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-maintainers
-CMakeLists.txt @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-maintainers
-*cmake @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-maintainers
-CMakePresets.json @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-maintainers
-
-# Documentation:
-/docs/  @openvinotoolkit/openvino-docs-maintainers
-/docs/MO_DG/ @openvinotoolkit/openvino-docs-maintainers @openvinotoolkit/openvino-mo-maintainers
-/docs/OV_Runtime_UG/ @openvinotoolkit/openvino-docs-maintainers @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-maintainers
-/docs/IE_PLUGIN_DG/ @openvinotoolkit/openvino-docs-maintainers @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-maintainers
-/docs/Extensibility_UG/ @openvinotoolkit/openvino-docs-maintainers @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-maintainers
-/docs/snippets/ @openvinotoolkit/openvino-docs-maintainers @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-maintainers
-/docs/OV_Runtime_UG/supported_plugins/ARM_CPU.md @openvinotoolkit/openvino-docs-maintainers @openvinotoolkit/openvino_contrib-arm_plugin-maintainers
-/docs/OV_Runtime_UG/supported_plugins/CPU.md @openvinotoolkit/openvino-docs-maintainers @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-cpu-maintainers
-/docs/OV_Runtime_UG/supported_plugins/GNA.md @openvinotoolkit/openvino-docs-maintainers @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-gna-maintainers
-/docs/OV_Runtime_UG/supported_plugins/GPU.md @openvinotoolkit/openvino-docs-maintainers @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-gpu-maintainers
-/docs/CMakeLists.txt @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-maintainers
-/docs/requirements.txt @openvinotoolkit/openvino-docs-maintainers @openvinotoolkit/openvino-configuration-mgmt
-*.md  @openvinotoolkit/openvino-docs-maintainers
-README @openvinotoolkit/openvino-docs-maintainers
+/.github/CODEOWNERS  @openvinotoolkit/openvino-admins @openvinotoolkit/openvino-maintainers
 
 # Licensing:
 /licensing/ @openvinotoolkit/openvino-legal-maintainers
-LICENSE @openvinotoolkit/openvino-legal-maintainers
-
-# OpenVINO Samples:
-/samples/c/ @openvinotoolkit/openvino-samples-maintainers @openvinotoolkit/openvino-c-api-maintainers
-/samples/cpp/  @openvinotoolkit/openvino-samples-maintainers @openvinotoolkit/openvino-maintainers
-/samples/python/ @openvinotoolkit/openvino-samples-maintainers @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-python-api-maintainers
-/thirdparty/zlib @openvinotoolkit/openvino-samples-maintainers
-/thirdparty/json @openvinotoolkit/openvino-samples-maintainers
-/thirdparty/gflags @openvinotoolkit/openvino-samples-maintainers
-/thirdparty/cnpy @openvinotoolkit/openvino-samples-maintainers
+/LICENSE @openvinotoolkit/openvino-legal-maintainers
 
 # OpenVINO Scripts:
 /scripts/  @openvinotoolkit/openvino-scripts-maintainers
-install_build_dependencies.sh @openvinotoolkit/openvino-scripts-maintainers @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-maintainers
+/scripts/install_dependencies/  @openvinotoolkit/openvino-configuration-mgmt @openvinotoolkit/openvino-scripts-maintainers
+/install_build_dependencies.sh @openvinotoolkit/openvino-scripts-maintainers @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-maintainers
 
 # OpenVINO Core:
 /src/inference/  @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-maintainers
@@ -56,17 +24,31 @@ install_build_dependencies.sh @openvinotoolkit/openvino-scripts-maintainers @ope
 /src/common/preprocessing/ @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-maintainers
 /src/common/util/ @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-maintainers
 /thirdparty/ @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-maintainers
-.gitmodules @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-maintainers
+/.gitmodules @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-maintainers
 
 /src/bindings/python/ @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-python-api-maintainers
 /src/bindings/c/ @openvinotoolkit/openvino-c-api-maintainers
 /src/common/*transformations/  @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-transformations-maintainers
 /src/core/  @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ngraph-maintainers
 
+# OpenVINO Samples:
+/samples/c/ @openvinotoolkit/openvino-samples-maintainers @openvinotoolkit/openvino-c-api-maintainers
+/samples/cpp/  @openvinotoolkit/openvino-samples-maintainers @openvinotoolkit/openvino-maintainers
+/samples/python/ @openvinotoolkit/openvino-samples-maintainers @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-python-api-maintainers
+/thirdparty/zlib/ @openvinotoolkit/openvino-samples-maintainers
+/thirdparty/json/ @openvinotoolkit/openvino-samples-maintainers
+/thirdparty/gflags/ @openvinotoolkit/openvino-samples-maintainers
+/thirdparty/cnpy/ @openvinotoolkit/openvino-samples-maintainers
+
+# OpenVINO Func Tests:
+/src/tests/  @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-tests-maintainers @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-test-developers
+/src/tests_deprecated/  @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-tests-maintainers @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-test-developers
+/src/frontends/tests/frontend/shared/ @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-tests-maintainers
+/thirdparty/gtest/ @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-tests-maintainers
+
 # OpenVINO CPU:
 /src/plugins/intel_cpu/  @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-cpu-maintainers @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-cpu-developers
 /src/common/snippets/ @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-cpu-maintainers
-/src/tests/**cpu** @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-cpu-maintainers
 /thirdparty/xbyak/ @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-cpu-maintainers
 
 # OpenVINO LPT
@@ -74,20 +56,16 @@ install_build_dependencies.sh @openvinotoolkit/openvino-scripts-maintainers @ope
 
 # OpenVINO GPU:
 /src/plugins/intel_gpu/  @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-gpu-maintainers @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-gpu-developers
-/src/tests/**gpu** @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-gpu-maintainers
-/src/inference/include/ie/gpu/  @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-gpu-maintainers @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-gpu-developers
-/src/inference/include/ie/cldnn/  @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-gpu-maintainers @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-gpu-developers
-/thirdparty/ocl  @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-gpu-maintainers @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-gpu-developers
+/src/tests/**/gpu/ @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-gpu-maintainers
+/thirdparty/ocl/  @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-gpu-maintainers @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-gpu-developers
 
 # OpenVINO VPU:
 /src/plugins/intel_myriad  @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-vpu-maintainers
-/src/tests/**myriad** @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-vpu-maintainers
-/src/inference/include/ie/vpu/ @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-vpu-maintainers
+/src/tests/**/myriad/ @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-vpu-maintainers
 
 # OpenVINO GNA:
 /src/plugins/intel_gna/  @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-gna-maintainers
 /src/common/legacy/ @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-gna-maintainers
-/src/tests/**gna**  @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-gna-maintainers
 
 # OpenVINO Auto (MULTI) plugin:
 /src/plugins/auto/  @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-auto-multi-maintainers
@@ -112,15 +90,9 @@ install_build_dependencies.sh @openvinotoolkit/openvino-scripts-maintainers @ope
 /thirdparty/onnx/ @openvinotoolkit/openvino-onnx-frontend-maintainers @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-maintainers
 /thirdparty/protobuf/ @openvinotoolkit/openvino-onnx-frontend-maintainers @openvinotoolkit/openvino-tf-frontend-maintainers @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-maintainers
 
-# OpenVINO Func Tests:
-/src/tests/  @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-tests-maintainers @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-test-developers
-/src/tests_deprecated/  @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-tests-maintainers @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-test-developers
-/src/frontends/tests/frontend/shared/ @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-tests-maintainers
-/thirdparty/gtest/ @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-tests-maintainers
-
 # QA Tests:
 /tests/  @openvinotoolkit/openvino-tests-maintainers
-/tests/layer_tests @openvinotoolkit/openvino-tests-maintainers @openvinotoolkit/openvino-mo-maintainers
+/tests/layer_tests/ @openvinotoolkit/openvino-tests-maintainers @openvinotoolkit/openvino-mo-maintainers
 
 # Tools:
 /tools/  @openvinotoolkit/openvino-tools-maintainers
@@ -129,9 +101,28 @@ install_build_dependencies.sh @openvinotoolkit/openvino-scripts-maintainers @ope
 /tools/openvino_dev/ @openvinotoolkit/openvino-tools-maintainers @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-python-api-maintainers
 /tools/mo/  @openvinotoolkit/openvino-mo-maintainers
 /tools/pot/  @openvinotoolkit/openvino-pot-maintainers
-/thirdparty/open_model_zoo @openvinotoolkit/omz-maintainers @openvinotoolkit/openvino-pot-maintainers
+/thirdparty/open_model_zoo/ @openvinotoolkit/omz-maintainers @openvinotoolkit/openvino-pot-maintainers
 
-# Control 3d party dependencies
-**/*requirements*.*  @openvinotoolkit/openvino-configuration-mgmt
-**/setup.py  @openvinotoolkit/openvino-configuration-mgmt
-/scripts/install_dependencies/  @openvinotoolkit/openvino-configuration-mgmt @openvinotoolkit/openvino-scripts-maintainers
+# Documentation
+/docs/  @openvinotoolkit/openvino-docs-maintainers
+/docs/CMakeLists.txt @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-maintainers
+/**/*.md  @openvinotoolkit/openvino-docs-maintainers
+/docs/MO_DG/ @openvinotoolkit/openvino-docs-maintainers @openvinotoolkit/openvino-mo-maintainers
+/docs/OV_Runtime_UG/ @openvinotoolkit/openvino-docs-maintainers @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-maintainers
+/docs/IE_PLUGIN_DG/ @openvinotoolkit/openvino-docs-maintainers @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-maintainers
+/docs/Extensibility_UG/ @openvinotoolkit/openvino-docs-maintainers @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-maintainers
+/docs/snippets/ @openvinotoolkit/openvino-docs-maintainers @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-maintainers
+/docs/OV_Runtime_UG/supported_plugins/ARM_CPU.md @openvinotoolkit/openvino-docs-maintainers @openvinotoolkit/openvino_contrib-arm_plugin-maintainers
+/docs/OV_Runtime_UG/supported_plugins/CPU.md @openvinotoolkit/openvino-docs-maintainers @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-cpu-maintainers
+/docs/OV_Runtime_UG/supported_plugins/GNA.md @openvinotoolkit/openvino-docs-maintainers @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-gna-maintainers
+/docs/OV_Runtime_UG/supported_plugins/GPU*.md @openvinotoolkit/openvino-docs-maintainers @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-gpu-maintainers
+
+# Configuration management
+/**/setup.py  @openvinotoolkit/openvino-configuration-mgmt
+/**/requirements*.*  @openvinotoolkit/openvino-configuration-mgmt
+/docs/requirements.txt @openvinotoolkit/openvino-docs-maintainers @openvinotoolkit/openvino-configuration-mgmt
+
+# CMake scripts
+/**/cmake/ @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-maintainers
+/**/*.cmake @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-maintainers
+/CMakeLists.txt @openvinotoolkit/openvino-ie-maintainers
diff --git a/.github/labeler.yml b/.github/labeler.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..87d57e35b1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/labeler.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+'category: AUTO BATCH':
+- 'src/plugins/auto_batch/**/*'
+
+'category: AUTO':
+- 'src/plugins/auto/**/*'
+
+'category: build':
+- 'cmake/**/*'
+- '**/CMakeLists.txt'
+- '**/*.cmake'
+
+'category: C API':
+- 'src/bindings/c/**/*'
+
+'category: CI':
+- '.github/**/*'
+- '.ci/**/*'
+- 'Jenkinsfile'
+
+'category: Core':
+- 'src/core/**/*'
+- 'src/common/itt/**/*'
+- 'src/common/util/**/*'
+- 'src/frontends/common/**/*'
+- 'src/common/conditional_compilation/**/*'
+
+'category: CPP API':
+- 'src/inference/include/**/*'
+- 'src/core/include/**/*'
+- 'src/frontends/common/**/*'
+- 'src/frontends/onnx/frontend/include/**/*'
+- 'src/frontends/tensorflow/**/*'
+- 'src/frontends/paddle/**/*'
+
+'category: CPU':
+- 'src/plugins/intel_cpu/**/*'
+- 'src/common/snippets/**/*'
+- 'thirdparty/xbyak/**/*'
+
+'category: dependency_changes':
+- '**/requirement*.txt'
+- 'scripts/**/*'
+- 'thirdparty/**/*'
+- '.gitmodules'
+- '**/setup.py'
+
+'category: docs':
+- 'docs/**/*'
+- '**/*.md'
+
+'category: extensions':
+- 'src/core/include/openvino/core/extension.hpp'
+- 'src/frontends/common/include/openvino/frontend/extension.hpp'
+- 'src/frontends/common/include/openvino/frontend/extension/**/*'
+
+'category: GNA':
+- 'src/plugins/intel_gna/**/*'
+- 'src/common/legacy/**/*'
+
+'category: GPU':
+- 'src/plugins/intel_gpu/**/*'
+- 'src/tests/**/gpu/**/*'
+- 'thirdparty/ocl/**/*'
+
+'category: HETERO':
+- 'src/plugins/hetero/**/*'
+
+'category: IE Tests':
+- any: ['src/tests/**/*',
+        'thirdparty/gtest/**/*',
+        'src/frontends/tests/frontend/shared/**/*']
+  all: ['!src/tests/**/gpu/**/*',
+        '!src/tests/**/cpu/**/*',
+        '!src/tests/**/myriad/**/*',
+        '!src/tests/**/inference_engine/**/*']
+
+'category: inference':
+- 'src/inference/**/*'
+- 'src/tests/functional/inference_engine/**/*'
+
+'category: IR FE':
+- 'src/frontends/ir/**/*'
+
+'category: LP transformations':
+- 'src/common/low_precision_transformations/**/*'
+
+'category: MO':
+- 'tools/mo/**/*'
+
+'category: ONNX FE':
+- 'src/frontends/onnx/**/*'
+- 'thirdparty/onnx/**/*'
+
+'category: packaging':
+- 'cmake/**/packaging/**/*'
+- 'src/bindings/python/wheel/**/*'
+- 'tools/openvino_dev/**/*'
+
+'category: PDPD FE':
+- 'src/frontends/paddle/**/*'
+
+'category: POT':
+- 'tools/pot/**/*'
+
+'category: preprocessing':
+- 'src/common/preprocessing/**/*'
+
+'category: Python API':
+- 'src/bindings/python/**/*'
+
+'category: samples':
+- 'samples/**/*'
+- 'thirdparty/zlib/**/*'
+- 'thirdparty/gflags/**/*'
+- 'thirdparty/json/**/*'
+- 'thirdparty/cnpy/**/*'
+
+'category: TEMPLATE':
+- 'src/plugins/template/**/*'
+
+'category: TF FE':
+- 'src/frontends/tensorflow/**/*'
+
+'category: tools':
+- 'tools/**'
+
+'category: transformations':
+- 'src/common/transformations/**/*'
+- 'src/common/offline_transformations/**/*'
+
+'category: VPU':
+- 'src/plugins/intel_myriad/**/*'
+- 'src/tests/**/myriad/**/*'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/labeler.yml b/.github/workflows/labeler.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..578d757151b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/labeler.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+name: "Pull Request Labeler"
+on:
+- pull_request_target
+
+jobs:
+  triage:
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      pull-requests: write
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/labeler@v4
+      with:
+        configuration-path: '.github/labeler.yml'
+        sync-labels: 'true'