The project includes an applicant, a co-applicant and eight partners.
- The applicant of the project is Gazi University (GU).
- It has several faculties, including engineering, technology, and education. Gazi University has a career management center and an alumni relations office that are critical for reaching current and past students who want to start their own business. It also has close relations with entrepreneurship ecosystem actors such as Gazi University, chambers, organized industrial zones, universities and related public institutions. He implemented EU projects on entrepreneurship, product design, 3D development and 3D printing. With its academic expertise, EU project experience and strong network in Ankara, Gazi University has strong technical and management capacity and covers the required expertise.
- The co-applicant is Ankara Chamber of Industry (ASO).
- Ankara Chamber of Industry, which is the center of the manufacturing industry with 5870 member manufacturers throughout Ankara. It also has two organized industrial zones in Ankara and has a strong network with industry chambers and critical production actors across Turkey. Ankara Chamber of Industry has strong technical and management capacity to create a common use center in the metal manufacturing sector.
Among the project partners are seven organized industrial zones and an NGO from Ankara.
- OSTİM Organized Industrial Zone (OSTİM)
- Ankara Chamber of Industry 1st Organized Industrial Zone (ASO-1)
- Ankara Chamber of Industry 2nd and 3rd Organized Industrial Zone (ASO-2)
- Ankara İvedik Organized Industrial Zone (IVO)
- Anatolian Organized Industrial Zone (ANO)
- Capital Organized Industrial Zone (BAO)
- Ankara Aerospace and Aviation Organized Industrial Zone (UHO).
These are the heart of the local manufacturing sector, which will facilitate our access to SuTPs and LHC-owned SMEs and contribute strongly to the project's networking and dissemination efforts.
The final partner is the Middle East Businessmen's Association (OTID), a Syrian business association that will contribute to the project's outreach, networking and dissemination efforts to SuTP entrepreneurs and SMEs.
