Russian National Contact Centre on the Prioritization of Food and Agricultural Biotechnology of the Framework Programme on Science, Technology and Innovation Development of the Euro-Asian (Biotechnology) operates under the Agreement of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation on the Granting of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation to the Ministry of Education and Science in 2007 in cooperation with the European Union in 7 of the EU Framework Programme (in 2011 it continued its activities pursuant to Order No. 152 of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation of 2 February 2011).

The National Biotechnology Institute operates on the basis of the RAN Federal Research Centre for the Foundation of Biotechnology.

The Russian NKT is part of the European System of National Contact Centres, which has established itself in previous programmes as an important and successful mechanism for informing organizations.

Principal objective of the work of the National Committee on Biotechnology Promoting sustainable cooperative links between Russian and European research organizations and the integration of Russian science into the pan-European research field on food and agricultural biotechnology.