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In accordance with vision, mission and objectives, four main services are found in detail as mentioned below. Besides, presentation of the other services which meet the regional and sectoral needs specifically can possibly be put into agenda, as long as they are compatible with the vision, mission and objectives of the centers. The centers can either perform these services by themselves or perform the services through cooperation with the experts.
- The activities of building awareness about innovation: The centers, starting with the selected sectors, try to create awareness about innovation. This will be executed together with the activities of introduction of centers and marketing as well. For this purpose, each center will determine its PR strategies and implement them. All of the activities within this scope can be listed as follows.
· To explore the success stories of the region, the other regions of Turkey and other countries on innovation and publicize them
· To prepare publications encouraging innovation and organize informatory meetings for the enterprises in the sectors.
· To arrange visits on national and international basis for the stakeholders of the sectors
· To invite experts on innovation from home and abroad and representatives of similar network systems including firms, universities and R&D centers
· To organize regular press meetings
· To create regional innovation web portal and update it regularly
· To visit the shareholders regularly
· To arrange sectoral innovation rewards every year
- Gathering and dissemination of information and data about innovation services: In this scope, the activities are categorized into 5 main headings as below:
· Database of Regional Innovation Infrastructure and Facilities: In order to support regional innovation activities, listing of all infrastructure (laboratory facilities, production infrastructure, research centers and equipment, education and consulting enterprises) and facilities (nation and international support programs and funding opportunities, specialties oriented at the sectors in the centers, researches and their results (patent, utility model, etc)) and gathering them in a database system.
· Tracing Technology: Gathering information of existing technologies about the sectors, doing technology estimation studies related to the sectors and sharing them with shareholders
· Tracing developments on innovation and informing them: Tracing the developments on innovation, which affect the innovation activities of the enterprises in the sectors and informing the shareholders about these developments.
· Sectoral R&D and Innovation Indicators: Doing indicators oriented to performance of R&D and innovation of the sectors; gathering statistical data from the firms, universities and research centers and innovation activities, and analyzing them
· Resume databases of qualified human resources: Forming resume databases of qualified human resources for the common use of the shareholders.. (In this respect, the cooperation of consulting firms and/or career centers at the universities can be considered). In this regard, the centers will cooperate with the universities and vocational schools in the region.
- Training and Consulting Services about Innovation: The centers will study on the analysis of the needs for training and consulting for all sector companies, in general to the whole stakeholders and then, they will prepare and apply training and consulting program. The study on analysis of the needs will be updated periodically; training and consulting services will be revised accordingly. In case of an extra demand, training and consulting services will be organized according to this demand. During application, qualified persons and enterprises will be active in providing these services. Information about these persons and enterprises will be listed in the database system, and updated regularly. The requirements of the services, which the persons and enterprises will present will be predetermined within the scope of İŞBAP and will be announced to the centers. The persons and enterprises who meet the requirements are recorded in database and in case of necessity; service procurement will be demanded from them.
Within this scope, the main education and consulting subjects are classified as follows:
· Evaluation of R&D and innovation project needs on the basis of firms
· R&D and innovation projects management
· R&D, innovation and technology management
· Preparation of technology map
· Design (computer-aided design, design for producibility, design for assembly, etc.)
· Concoction of a plan and innovative enterprises
· Intellectual property rights management
· Cooperation and team work under competition
· Quality management
· Knowledge management
· Procurement and value chain management
· Restructuring of family companies (with organizational innovation approach)
· Sector specific technological trainings
- Establishment of innovation partnership services: The main services of the centers are to make innovation process more efficient, to minimize failure risks and to realize R&D and innovation projects so as to meet the common interests of multiple institutions. These services are aimed to form “clusters” for the selected sectors. The methodology of determination and implementation of common projects and enhancement of innovation performance is mentioned as follows:
· Determination of common R&D projects needs and preparation of projects: The centers will try to determine the needs of innovation and R&D projects for all stakeholders. Then, these projects will be presented to international and national support programs. The regular questionnaires will be sent to the firms in the sectors; workshops will be organized and the companies will be visited.
· The organization of regional, national and international projects markets: In this respect, Shareholders will be notified of the sector-related R&D projects being carried out by universities or R&D centers and project marketing activities will be organized in order to initiate cooperation between these institutions within the scope of these projects. Project markets are organized to cover the companies, universities and research centers working on the subjects related to the sectors. The center will play proactive roles in determining the research projects, implementation of them together with the companies and institutions and commercializing them.
· Presentation of innovation activities of the sector and marketing innovation results: The centers will carry out such activities that transform the region into a magnet for the selected sectors, promote prestige of the companies in global markets and attract local and foreign investors and qualified human resources into the region. In this framework, web site preparation for the centers, common or individual innovation projects of the companies and their results will be announced through media or national publications; commercialized products of innovation activities of sectoral stakeholders will be presented; success stories of innovation in the sectors will be published; the centers will publicize innovation projects/news in national and international events organized in the region (fair, conference, congress etc organized by the other institutions and associations).
· The studies on realization of innovative public purchases: The centers will try to convince public sector to realize public purchases through the products and services developed by sectoral innovation projects. In this respect, the needs of public administration through innovation will be determined and necessary steps will be taken by common projects made by the companies in the sector and other related institutions.
· Integration of national and international innovation networks: The centers will integrate with national and international networks, therefore the firms will benefit from national and international experiences of universities and research centers and exchange of information between them. Potential partnerships can be implemented as well.
A)At a memorandum of Understanding signed between MEDEF and TÜSİAD and therefore of French twinning level,
B) At Networks composed of all centers established within the scope of T-BİM project level,
C) At National networks level (for instance technology platforms established within the scope of TUBİTAK İŞBAP program, business angels networks, etc.)
D) At Networks active in international level, especially at the EU level (being a member of Business and Innovation Centers (BIC) Network; being a member of Innovating Regions in Europe (IRE) Network)
5. Laboratory services and common infrastructure usage: Necessary services will be provided by installing laboratory infrastructure for calibration, standards, testing which is required for R&D and innovation activities. In terms of efficient resource allocation, if exists, it is more preferable to buy necessary equipment for the universities or the other institutions in the region. In accordance with clustering approach, the companies in the sector are oriented to buy necessary equipment from the other firms in the region.
Source: Regional Innovation Centers Report
