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Technical Assistance for Empowering SMEs for Networking and Inter- Regional Cooperation

Technical Assistance for Empowering SMEs for Networking and Inter- Regional Cooperation EuropeAid /128610/D/SER/TR Start date : 22 February 2011 End date : 8 August 2013. WARM GREETINGS FROM THE BOARD OF ECORYS TO TODAY’S LAUNCHING EVENT ! Dr Julia Djarova 28 July 2011

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Technical Assistance for Empowering SMEs for Networking and Inter- Regional Cooperation

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  1. Technical Assistance forEmpoweringSMEsfor Networking and Inter-RegionalCooperation • EuropeAid/128610/D/SER/TR • Start date: 22 February 2011 • Enddate: 8 August 2013

  2. WARM GREETINGS FROM THE BOARD OF ECORYS TO TODAY’S LAUNCHING EVENT ! • Dr Julia Djarova • 28 July 2011 • Hilton Hotel, Ankara

  3. Thefirstlargescale “Networking” projectforSMEs in Turkey • Main focus “Internationalisation” of TurkishSMEs • Contributiontothe2023 Agendaof theTurkishState

  4. Conducive Environment forthe Project • Turkey - in the top 20 largesteconomies in theworld • Turkey - fastgrowingeconomy • Turkey - majorworld-widetrading partner • Turkey - highambitiontoutiliseitshugepotential Source: IMF World Economic Outlook April 2011, Turkish Statistical Institute

  5. TheAmbition of the Project • Further stage in the Enterprise Development in Turkey • Supports the 2023 export target of the Ministry of Economy • Improve competitiveness of enterprises in international markets • Strengthens networking and cooperation through business clusters

  6. The Project Concept 5 RCOP regions B2B C2C International markets non - RCOP regions 5 5

  7. TheScope of the Project • Geographically: • Trabzon • Corum • Samsun • Kahramanmaras • Gaziantep • 400 SMEs supported across the five city regions • 12 Business Clusters established • 200 SMEs organised in Business Clusters

  8. TheKeyOutputs of the Project • 5 sector-specific regional and inter-regional cooperation and networking strategies and one cross-cutting strategy • 5 Pilot Actions for 5 Priority Clusters • 5 Cluster Info Spots • Online Knowledge Management System • National Benchmarking to measure the busıness impact of Clusters across Turkey

  9. The Project Partners • Jointefforts of: • TheMinistry of Economy • Ministry of Science, IndustryandTechnology • Chambers of Commerce andIndustry, ExportersUnionsandRDAs • CFCU andthe EU Delegation • and • Consortiumledby ECORYS andwith: • CankayaUniversity • InnoGroup • EPROCA • FondazıoneParcoTechnologicoPadano

  10. The Project Key Team • Team Leader: • Mr John Murray • Prominentinternationalclusterandentrepreneurshipexpertwithabilitytoadaptlocally • Flexible, highlycreative, communicativewith nice sense of humor • LovesTurkeyespeciallyitsregions Networking/CooperationExpert: Mr Vedat Kunt • ProminentTurkishexpert in SMEsdevelopmentandclusterswithinternationalreputation • Abilityto network andcooperatenationallyand internationally • LovesTurkeyespecially itssea

  11. What has been done already • Awarenessroadshows in the • fiveregions • Allstakeholdersaremobilised • Cluster Info-Spots (CIS) in place • CIS Coordinatorsselected • Cluster Analysis in progress • Cross-cuttingstrategystarts • 30 companiesvisited • Regionalworkshopsheld • Regionaladvisorycommitteesestablished • National Project AdvisoryCommitteehelditsfirstmeeting

  12. Morethan 2,500 partiesaremembers of morethan 10 networks in theNetherlands Source: Innovation Programmes, The drivıng force behind the innovation network (Ministry of Economic Affairs, 2009)

  13. Thankyouallforyoursupport ‘Bon Voyage’ for a successful Project!

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