A scientific approach referring to the reseach network development with the following objectives: • improvement of the degree of integration/involvent of the research-develop-ment-innovation (RD1') units in Romania with concerns in the field of rural development into the European research programs on this theme; • the transfer of knowledge resulting from the European scientific community, specialized in the rural developmentproblems, to the scientific community in Romania; • the knowledge transfer will aim at the development, in cooperation with the European partners, of some common projects under the future EU Framework Program 7.