A visit of a delegation of French Commissariat on Nuclear Energy and the Inno Company to Tomsk has finished; the delegation searched possibility to realize a project under working title ‘New French-Russian Model of Commercialization in Science’ in Tomsk region. 

 

According to Tomsk region Vice Governor Vladislav Zinchenko, the French government examines several Russian regions – St. Petersburg, Nizhniy Novgorod, Obninsk, and Tomsk – to inplement this long-term, 5-6-year long project. At present, Tomsk region is the most preferred candidacy. The project’s budget totals several millions of euros. Its main feature, which distinguishes it from previous ones, is the fact that it is aimed not at developing the infrastructure (offices of commercialization, centers of innovations’ support, etc.) but at developing joint productions and innovating enterprises. The French side is interested in such aspects as nuclear energy, chemical technologies, and materials science.      

 

As a result of the visit, the delegation, headed by French Atomic Energy Commission Directorate on Global Partnership Programs Director on Strategic Marketing Christian Doll, will prepare a report. The report will predetermine decision of the French government concerning the region, where the project will start. Such decision is to be made till the end of 2006.