Delegation Tour Russia 2009 –Prospecting & Partnership trip!

The ISTOK SOYUZ project organised a prospecting and partnership trip to Russia ( locations: Moscow and St Petersburg) from the 22^nd to the 27^th June 2009, targeting specifically innovative SME´s, research centers and Academics, members of clusters in the ICT field.

This prospecting & partnership trip targeted primarily EU ICT entities interested in collaborating with their counterparts from Russia, Belarus and Ukraine in order to submit research proposals under the FP7-ICT Call 5. Ukrainian and Belarusian

organizations were invited to take part in the meetings.

A « B to B » format was privileged for the meetings. Individualised support was provided to the participants. The selected entities had their costs covered.