CNCP delegation visited the Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology in Ukraine. The members of the delegation visited laboratories and examined equipment purchased with financial assistance from CNCP. They discussed outcomes and the prospects for the more than ten projects which were being implemented at that point with the senior management of the Institute. CNCP activities were discussed in a meeting with the KIPT General Director who also serves as the Academic Secretary of the Department of Nuclear Physics and Energy of the Ukrainian Academy of Science.

CNCP delegation visited Kiev, where a number of innovation projects being supported by the Programme in the Institute of Nuclear Research are developing in a promising manner. A good example is the project to develop and produce a unique type of microstrip detector. This has already been favourably assessed by specialists in Great Britain and a contract has been concluded to supply detectors to the Diamond synchrotron in Harwell. During the visit, the delegation was joined by the leader of a CNCP isotope project based in Tbilisi, in Georgia, who had discussions with specialists from the linked CNCP supported project in Kiev.

CNCP delegation visited projects in the Institute of Nuclear Physics in Tashkent including projects based on scientific developments in the production of isotopes, radiation technologies, and high technology consumer goods. Discussions were held with the Director of INP and the President of the Academy of Science of Uzbekistan on questions relating to commercialisation and on CNCP activities. The launch on 7 December of a new electron accelerator facility, which is currently the only large irradiation complex of its type in Uzbekistan was a high profile event. The facility is oriented to providing commercial services. The formal opening ceremony involved representatives of the Government and the media. The accelerator was installed, commissioned and launched through the combined efforts of INP scientists and specialists with financial and technical support from CNCP. The CNCP delegation also visited the research institute "Physics Sun", which includes a unique facility for concentrating energy from sunlight. Meetings were held with the Director of the Institute and the current state of the CNCP project located there was reviewed.

Implementing a contract with the National Innovation Fund of Kazakhstan, CNCP specialists prepared and carried out a programme of training seminars on the commercialisation of scientific and technical innovations. They delivered training in a total of nine universities situated in Almaty, Karaganda, Uralsk, Ust-Kamenogorsk, and Shymkent. The programme included thematic sessions and consultations on particular projects. Two groups of CNCP experts discussed 48 projects with a total of 285 participants.
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CNCP delegation visited Tbilisi for meetings with the directors and senior staff of the Institute of Physics and SIPT. Detailed discussions were held on the closure of CNCP projects in the two institutes. The members of the delegation heard about positive developments affecting SIPT: in particular, after a long period of uncertainty, new premises had been found for the Institute. This in part reflected the significant progress made in implementing joint science commercialisation projects. The leaders of the Institute acknowledged the important contribution made by CNCP to the Institute's recovery.

At its meeting on November 2011, the Steering Group approved a group of Projects for Russia and CIS.
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CNCP delegation worked in Yerevan visiting projects and carrying out discussions with the Director of the partner Institutes. Armatom had concluded its CNCP supported commercialisation project, which involved developing a training system for nuclear power plant maintenance personnel. The project is of strategic importance for Armatom as it strengthens its position in its core area where it has specialised since the Soviet period. The A.Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory (Yerevan Institute of Physics) is the largest scientific centre in Armenia. Here too, the CNCP supported projects are focused on commercialising innovations in core areas of the Institute's activities, such as isotope and laser technologies and solar energy. Restructuring and commercialisation were discussed in a meeting with the President of the State Committee for Science.

British and Russian specialists delivered a two week training course in the town of Kurchatov in Kazakhstan for energy audit specialists from Kurchatov, Almaty and Snezhinsk. Those taking part represented CNCP projects in this field. The course enabled them to enhance their professional skills and knowledge, thus improving their competitiveness in the market for energy auditing and energy saving services.

On 17-18 October in Yalta the CNCP Programme in conjunction with the Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology NNC organized a seminar for employees of Commercialisation Units created with support of CNCP. The seminar was attended by representatives of Russia, Ukraine, Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Poland and UK. It included four sessions: "Commercialisation Units in CIS research institutes", "Municipal establishments for business development and support", "Cooperation between international funds and programmes on R&D support and assistance to commercialisation of research developments", "Cooperation with commercial organisations to develop R&D and commercialize R&D results".
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On 4-6 October in Astana there was held the VII CNCP-NIS Annual Conference attended by specialists of the nuclear industry of UK, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Uzbekistan and Ukraine. The conference's main goals were to discuss the results achieved last year, to talk about on-going projects and to exchange opinions. The Directors of Institutes from NIS made reports at the special session: "The CNCP Impact on the Commercialisation Processes in the Partner Organisations: Long-Term Effects and Future Prospects for Development". On the third day of the Conference in conjunction with the National Innovation Fund of the Republic of Kazakhstan there was held a joint session “System of Commercialisation of Technologies in Kazakhstan and CNCP experience: achievements and new horizons”. During the session there were given presentations by the representatives of NIF and other organisations involved in commercialization of technologies in Kazakhstan, as well as CNCP Expert in Economic Development Charles Monck. Also, the session was attended by the heads of commercialisation offices created in nine universities of Kazakhstan in the framework of the Technologies Commercialisation Programme of NIF.
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Supporting CNCP projects involved in the production of isotopes, a working visit was organised for representatives of the Almaty and Tashkent Institutes of Nuclear Physics, and the Kiev Institute of Nuclear Research to the Isotopes Institute in Budapest, Hungary. One of the main aims of the visit was to enable the participants to become familiar with the organisation of production on the basis of GLP (Good Laboratory Practice) standards, which regulate laboratory production and organisation.

The study tour was focused on how one particular area of the UK, West Cumbria, has engaged in a long term regeneration programme to diversify the local economic and reduce its dependence on Sellafield, the UK's major nuclear reprocessing site where over 10,000 are employed.
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Meeting held in the Moscow Office between a Cambridge-based international technology brokerage specialist working under contract to HTSPE and CNCP partner companies from Sarov and Snezhinsk on how best to launch their high technology products on the international market.

Visit organised for representative of the British Company Argyll Ruane to INP Almaty to assess opportunities for collaboration in training and certifying specialists in the field of non-destructive testing on the basis of international standards. The visit led to the signing of an agreement to work together. A plan was agreed whereby new services would be launched in Kazakhstan starting in March 2012.

CNCP representatives worked in Zheleznogorsk visiting joint projects, most of which are approaching completion. In a meeting with the delegation, the City leaders stressed the major role that the Programme had played in the development of projects which were of importance to the City and the relevance of CNCP support for business processes in general. Recognition was also paid to the active role of the Zheleznogorsk International Development Centre.

CNCP representatives visited partnership projects in Snezhinsk and Ozersk. Many of these projects are approaching completion and evaluation of outcomes was the subject of discussions both on site, and during meetings with the city leaders. The assessment of outcomes indicated that, despite the economic crisis, CNCP projects appeared to have remained viable and sustainable through a period of stagnation and contraction of business activities.

At its meeting on July 2011, the Steering Group approved a group of Projects for Russia and CIS. Four projects were approved by the Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.
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The annual CNCP-Russia Conference on the Programme's 2010/2011 financial year was held in Svetlogorsk (Kaliningrad Region) from 12-14 July. The Conference, as usual, brought together representatives of six Rosatom closed cities, British and Russian specialists, CNCP leaders from Russia and Great Britain.
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As part of its continuing support for the process of commercialisation in its partner institutes, CNCP sponsored a conference in Gomel on 21 and 22 June on Innovation and business. The Conference was entitled "Innovation as a Tool for Business Development: Proposals and Methods for Commercialisation" and was organised in conjunction with the Gomel-based Centre for Scientific, Technical and Business Information (CSTBI).
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Seminar held by the Seversk Business Development Agency during the Tomsk Innovation Forum with support from CNCP and the Tomsk Regional Administration on collaboration between large nuclear enterprises and the local business community. CNCP helped to bring together specialists from Seversk and representatives of the business cluster in West Cumbria and the nuclear complex in Sellafield. Plans for the development of manufacturing in Seversk and possibilities for cooperation were discussed.

Study tour organised to Great Britain to help those involved to become familiar with British experience in radiation safety. Taking part were specialists from the Institute of Nuclear Physics (Almaty) and the Institute of Radiation Safety and Ecology (Kurchatov) in Kazakhstan, and the Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology in Ukraine. They explored the marketing of services in the field of radiation protection and dosimetry in Great Britain and in the international market.

Group of specialists from Uzbekistan with projects involving radio-chemistry and radiation technologies visited CNCP partner institutes in Tbilisi and Yerevan. The visits resulted in the acquisition of important practical experience in the commercialisation of high technologies in current economic conditions and in a strengthening of partnership relations between the institutes concerned. A return visit will organise in June.

CNCP delegation visited Yerevan. The delegation found that the situation with regard to CNCP projects in Armenia had improved. Most of the work in Armatom to create a modern training simulator for nuclear power plant maintenance staff had been completed.

CNCP specialists visited projects being carried out with partners in Tbilisi. Meetings were held with the participation of specialists from Kharkov and Kiev to discuss planned joint activities involving the extraction of technetium (to be used in medical procedures in Georgia) from molybdenum irradiated in the Institute of Nuclear Research in Kiev.

On 19-20 April a monitoring visit for the CNCP delegation to the Joint Institute for Power and Nuclear Research (JIPNR) – Sosny, Minsk (Belarus) was organized. The CNCP experts visited sites where CNCP projects are being implemented.
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At its meeting on 8 April the Steering Group approved a group of Projects for Russia and CIS. Five projects were approved by the Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.
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Seminar on attracting inward investment to Closed Nuclear Cities in the Urals organised in Chelyabinsk by the Ozersk Business Development Agency. The event followed on from similar successful seminars organised in Krasnoyarsk and Zheleznogorsk by the International Development Centre, which represents CNCP in Zheleznogorsk.

«Examples of Technology Commercialisation from Oxford, Cambridge, Bristol and London» is the theme of the annual study visit to Great Britain for representatives of CNCP partner organisations from Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Ukraine. Participants also include the President of the Academy of Science of the Republic of Uzbekistan, together with representatives of the National Innovation Fund of Kazakhstan and of the Academy of Science of Ukraine.
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On 16 March in the Moscow office there was held a meeting between employees of Sens Ltd., which is implementing a project in the framework of CNCP, and a representative of Qi3 company, UK. Sens Ltd. specializes in design and production of wireless sensors for monitoring industrial objects, mainly in the gas and oil sector.
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From 15 to 16 February in Sarov there was held a second annual conference "ZATO - Area of State Interests". Heads of Closed Cities, representatives of the State Corporation ROSATOM and managers of innovation companies assembled in Obyedineniye BINAR to discuss the most relevant issues. 15 February, in BINAR there was held a meeting of the working group on organization of an innovation cluster in Sarov. On 16 February BINAR became a work platform for discussion of innovation business development in Closed Cities.
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Delegation visits CNCP projects in Almaty, Tashkent and Kurchatov. One of the main focuses of the visit is to make sure that all of the projects supported by the Programme are successfully completed by early 2012. Projects reviewed include the creation of an electron accelerator facility in the Institute of Nuclear Physics in Tashkent, which is at an advanced stage. The facility will be used to carry out radiation treatment for commercial customers.

Results of CNCP Steering Group Meeting, March 2011
Training workshops for technology commercialization offices, Kazakhstan, November 2011
Results of CNCP Steering Group Meeting, November 2011
Seminar "Development Centres and Commercialisation Units: Results and Prospects", Yalta, Ukraine, October 2011
Study tour "Development of local economies faced with substantial restructuring", September 2011
Results of CNCP Steering Group Meeting, July 2011
The 9th CNCP-Russia Conference, Svetlogorsk, July 2011
Conference "Innovation as a Tool for Business Development", Gomel, Belarus, June 2011
Results of CNCP Steering Group Meeting, April 2011
Visit of CNCP Programme representatives to Minsk, April 2011