European Agency on Competitiveness and Innovation (EACI) that manages the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) and provides methodological support to Network partners selected the RTTN guidelines “How to effectively network/communicate in international R&D projects” to be included into the library of EEN methodological materials. This document was developed in the framework of ISTOK-SOYUZ project, where NP Russian Technology Transfer Network took part. The authors are Oleg Luksha (NP RTTN Board Chairman and senior consultant) and Svetlana Klessova (Director of inno AG, Germany-France).

The EEN library contains only quality-proofed documents and publications that include practical recommendations aimed at raising the quality of services on internationalization of innovative SMEs. Selection of this document into the EEN library will make it accessible for all Network partners – over 6000 professional consultants in 52 countries.

Earlier, due to the support of the Gate2RuBIN Coordination Team, the Russian version of the Guidelines was printed out and disseminated among the regional Gate2RuBIN centres and their clients.

This guide targets participants in international R&D projects from EECA countries and aims to provide them with advice, practical recommendations and support to improve significantly their networking skills. It can be equally useful for networking between the “core” Network Partners and “third countries”.

This guide targets participants in international R&D projects from EECA countries and aims to provide them with advice, practical recommendations and support to improve significantly their networking skills. It can be equally useful for networking between the “core” Network Partners and “third countries”.