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International cooperation

RUSNANO assists Russian nanotechnology companies to enter the global market with their material and intellectual products and to create favorable international conditions for the development of the Russian innovation infrastructure.

Key goals of international cooperation:

• scaling up of national manufacturing of nanoproducts and their promotion to world markets;
• encouragement of knowledge generation and personnel training in the field of nanotechnologies at the international level;
• attracting Russian expatriate specialists and scientists to the domestic developments and business projects in the field of nanotechnologies;
• arrangement of active international discussion and contacts of Russian and foreign scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs.
• International Nanotechnologies Forum in Moscow is to become one of the key instruments of international cooperation.

Key tasks on international cooperation for the future:

• to make the Company an integral player in the global and regional nanotechnology development (in cooperation with international organizations, and large foreign companies);
• to facilitate cooperation between Russian and foreign companies, enterprises and organizations in the sphere of technical innovations in the field of nanotechnologies;
• to enable the harmonization of Russian and foreign regulatory base and safety standards in the field of nanotechnologies;
• to attract foreign investments for the development and distribution of nanotechnologies and nanoindustry in Russia;
• to promote international trade in nanotechnology materials, equipment, intellectual property and services;
• to select and train managers and expert staff for administrative and technical international organizations with a view to participating in international research programs and coordinating international groups on the development and implementation of nanotechnology initiatives

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RUSNANO was founded in March 2011 as an open joint stock company through reorganization of state corporation Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies. RUSNANO's mission is to develop the Russian nanotechnology industry through co-investment in nanotechnology projects with substantial economic potential or social benefit. The Government of the Russian Federation owns 100 percent of the shares in RUSNANO. Anatoly Chubais is CEO and chairman of the Executive Board of RUSNANO.

Work to establish nanotechnology infrastructure and training for nanotechnology specialists, formerly conducted by the Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies, has been entrusted to the Fund for Infrastructure and Educational Programs, a non-commercial fund also established through reorganization of the Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies.

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