Collaboration formations such as innovation networks and triple helix formations are becoming important instruments of economic policy and can be formulated as guiding visions. These guiding visions can be effective for turning the view towards specific goals and point out a direction, but they do not help us to understanding what it means to collaborate. With the specific characteristics of collaboration formations there is a need for ways to support the organization and management of the network. The “Support and Evaluation Tool for Innovation Network” (SEVIN) is here suggested as a method to support the collaboration processes through self-evaluation and empowerment.