The representatives of CIC-Tomsk Oblast took part in a meeting with a well-known expert from the Netherlands

During the meeting, foreign expert underlined the importance of development of international links of Tomsk and European business and marked the role of Enterprise Europe Network system in this process.

Aleksandr Ossadchenko (head of regional department of innovative activities),Evgenii Ganai (chairman of business activity development Committee), representatives of regional Fund of  SME development, Tomsk CCI, Center of cluster development of Tomsk Oblast took part in the meeting, during which main organizations of business support infrastructure as well as possibilities for international cooperation development, were presented to dutch guest.

During the meeting, foreign expert underlined the importance of development of international links of Tomsk and European business and marked the role of Enterprise Europe Network system in this process. Besides, dutch expert accented an important role of Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the development of regional ecosystem of innovations and entrepreneurship support.

«It’s so good that your region has such a popular instrument of international business cooperation in Europe, as Enterprise Europe Network center. The fact that it acts on the basis of regional CCI with the support of Tomsk Oblast Administration gives additional possibilities to our businessmen. It was interesting to know about cooperation with CCI of my native city within the frame of activity of this center », said Hain Roelfsema (Utrecht, Holland).

For reference

Regional integrated center of Enterprise Europe Network has acted on the basis of Tomsk CCI since 2008. Information and consulting support of Tomsk business cooperation with international partners, support of technology transfer, implementation of international cooperation projects are main activities of the CIC-TO. CIC-Tomsk Oblast is one of the leading centers of the EEN network in Russia. Within the framework of Russia-Netherlands cross-year, with the support of the Russian Trade Mission in the Netherlands, Russian Ministry of Economic Development and Tomsk Oblast Administration, Russian-Dutch project for private medical companies was implemented in 2013.