Prof' Dr' Necdet GEREN Mech Eng'

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FP6-2004-KNOW-REG-2 Supporting Potential and
Existing Research Intensive SMEs
Participant TUBITAK-ADANA UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY
JOINT RESEARCH CENTER TURKEY Participant Role
Contractor

• Prof. Dr. Necdet GEREN (Mech Eng.)
• Center Director

SUPER-SME Kick Off Meeting Metz- 6 th March 2006
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TUBITAK-ADANA UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY JOINT RESEARCH
CENTER








Scientific and Technical Research Council of
Turkey






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TUBITAK-ADANA UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY JOINT RESEARCH
CENTER

USAM is an interface to both industry and
university
Designed to link the research and development
needs of industry with university research
capabilities
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TUBITAK-ADANA UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY JOINT RESEARCH
CENTER

OBJECTIVES

• To provide continuous cooperation between
  university industry
• To promote industrial projects for academia
• To observe technological and industrial
  developments to transfer to industry through
  projects
• To provide innovative manufacturing technology
  services
• (i.e rapid prototyping)

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Location of ADANA in Europe
ADANA
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General Information Geographical

• Located at the southern part
• 6th economically largest city

• 13.915 km2 area
• Population 1.849.473

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General Information

• Number of Employees 625.000
• Unemployment Rate appr. 17 (2005)
• GDP 4,5 Billion ( 3,5 of total GDP of
  Turkey)
• Number of Universities 2
• Number of University Students Over 33.780
• Number of Companies 17.859 (1850 industrial
• company,
  10 of total)
• RD Expenditures over GDP (National) 0,67
  (2002)
• Number of private and public researchers Over
  2000
• RD oriented companies appr. 300
• Number of technological labs 132
• RD Budget (National) 307 million Euro (for
  2006)

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GENERAL INFORMATION Main Sectorial Distribution
of ADANA Industry
Annual Import over 1.003 Billion euros
Annual Export 1.314 billion euros
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GENERAL INFORMATION Regional RD policies

• There is a not a regional RD policy-making
  approach in Turkey yet. Therefore, in Adana, we
  follow
• national ST policies approved by the Supreme
  Council of Science and Technology (BTYK).
• At regional level, we are an important
  intermadiary promoting policy measures of TUBITAK
  and its RTDI financing agency (TIDEB) as well as
  those of the Technology Development Foundation of
  Turkey.
• (funds expected to reach from 0.4 to 2 of GDP
  in 2010)
• Main National and Regional Actors
• TUBITAK-TIDEB (RTDI financing agency)-National
• TTGV (Technology Development Foundation of
  Turkey) National
• Adana KOSGEB (Small and Medium Industry
  Development Organisation)
• TUBITAK-ADANA-USAM University of Cukurova
• Enterprise Development Centre
• Technology Development Centre established by
  KOSGEB
• Cukurova University techno-park (will operate in
  2 years)

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ST Intermediation Systems

• ST intermediaries actions and programs
• TÜBITAK Adana ÜSAM
• Collaborative Research Programs
• TÜBITAK Adana ÜSAM
• Actions to support innovative Projects
• Small and Medium Industry Development
  Organization (KOSGEB),
• TUBITAK Industrial RD Funding Directorate
  (TIDEB)
• Technology Development Foundation of Turkey
  (TTGV)
• Centres of Technology transfer (IRC)
• IRC-Anatolia (Adana is within the network of the
  IRC Anotolia which is located in capital city
  ANKARA)

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ST INTERMEDIATION SYSTEMSRegional Universities

• ÇUKUROVA University (www.cu.edu.tr) is a state
  university
  and has
• 10 faculties
• 1 state conservatory
• 3 colleges
• 9 vocational colleges
• 3 institutes and
• 29 research and application centres
• ÇAG University (www.cag.edu.tr) is a private
  university has
• 3 faculties
• 1 colleges

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ST INTERMEDIATION SYSTEMSIndustrial Research
and Application Centres in Cukurova University
(13)

• Adana University-Industry Joint Research Center
  TUBITAK-USAM
• Agricultural Extention, Communication, Research
  and Applic. Center
• Agriculture of Mediterranean Countries Research
  and Applic. Center
• Computer Sciences Research and Application Center
  
• Cotton Research and Application Center
• Environmental Problems Research and Application
  Center
• Industrial and Medical Electronic Instrumentation
  Research and Application Center
• Machine and Equip. Design and Production Research
  and Applic. Center
• Medical Sciences, Experimental Research And
  Application Center
• Refrigerator and Air-conditioning Research and
  Application Center
• Space Sciences and Solar Energy Research and
  Application Center
• Strategical Research Center
• Subtropical Fruits Research and Application Center

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ST Intermediation SystemsMediator
Collobrative Research
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ST Intermediation Systems
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INFORMATION ABOUT SME NEEDS













1184 Survey results of 1850 SMEs (KOSGEB)
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INFORMATION ABOUT SME NEEDS
1184 Survey results of 1850 SMEs (KOSGEB)
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Expectations from SUPER-SME project

• Supporting development of services proposed by
  USAM to SMEs
• Dissemination of good practice tools to other
  existing and potential intermediaries in Turkey
• Learning from experience of other partners in
  developing regional RTDI strategy
• Establishment of effective networking between
  regional intermediaries
• Significant contribution to the structuring of
  the technology development region
• Increased RTDI orientation in the regional
  development plan
• Increasing the number of research intensive SMEs
  in Adana, their collaboration with academia, and
  participation in national RD support programmes
  and EU Framework Programmes

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TUBITAK-ADANA UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY JOINT RESEARCH
CENTER
MANY THANKS
Adana-ÜSAM Çukurova Üniversitesi 01330
Balcali/ADANA - TURKEY
Tel. [phone] Fax. 0 322
338 72 39