- The Common Economic Space, covering economic issues and the environment
- The Common Space of Freedom, Security and Justice;
- The Common Space of External Security, including crisis management and non-proliferation;
- The Common Space of Research and Education, Including cultural aspects.
«In 2009, the activities of the Russian Gate2RuBIN project consortium were continued and further extended in Russian regions. Gate2RuBIN is a business and innovation network of 27 Russian regional partners operating under the EU Competitiveness and Innovation Programme Enterprise Europe Network. It aims to build partnerships between Russian and European high-tech and research-oriented SMEs, to support the participation of Russian high-tech innovative SMEs in the EU Framework Programmes, and to promote technology- and knowledge-transfer between Europe and Russia».
The Report can be found at: http://ec.europa.eu/external_relations/russia/docs/commonspaces_prog_report_2009_en.pdf