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2021 Technical Support Program Applications

The Turkish Republic East Marmara Development Agency (MARKA) has opened applications for its 2021 Technical Support Program. The Technical Support Program supports non-profit institutions and organizations in procuring services such as consultancy, contributing to program and project preparation, and providing training. Applications for Technical Support must match only one of the priorities listed below, and the matched priority must be clearly stated in the application form. Applications will only be accepted online; unless requested by the Agency, no printed documents will be submitted to the Agency until the contract stage, except for the commitment letter. The maximum project implementation period is 6 months, and can be extended by 1 month under valid circumstances.

Program Priorities:

First application deadline: Friday, February 26, 2021

Announcement: http://www.marka.org.tr/destek/2021-yili-teknik-destek-programi/41

Online application system: https://kaysuygulama.sanayi.gov.tr/Kays/KaysIstemci/giris.jsp

Priority Issues, Eligible Applicants, Support

Activities to be carried out within the scope of technical support applications must be matched with only one of the priorities listed below, and the matched priority must be clearly stated in the application form.

Priority

Eligible Applicants*

Support Amount and Support Rate Limit Per Project

Priority 1: Product, Production Structure and Export

  • Among the priorities stated in the 2021 Work Program of the East Marmara Development Agency are:

    • The study focuses on the production structure in the region based on product type, identifying products that can be produced, and developing strategies to introduce these products to new target markets (e-commerce, etc.).

    • Consulting activities aimed at developing exports (e.g., e-exports).

    • Product space studies

    • Analysis and reporting studies that will directly/indirectly contribute to moving up to higher stages of value chains in medium-high technology products.

  • Applications that include studies and activities for companies should be planned to cover at least 10 companies.

  • Chambers of Industry and/or Commerce

  • Provincial Directorates of Industry and Technology

  • Organized Industrial Zones

  • Technology Development Zones

  • Maximum Support Amount: 100,000 TL (including VAT)

  • Destek oranı: %100

Priority 2: Innovation

  • Consultancy activities aimed at improving the quality of the private sector, focusing on creating an innovation ecosystem in the region, measuring and developing innovation management skills, and involving a minimum of 10 businesses, based on a robust needs analysis.

  • Chambers of Industry and/or Commerce

  • Organized Industrial Zones

  • Technology Development Zones

  • Maximum Support Amount: 100,000 TL (including VAT)

  • Destek oranı: %100

Priority 3: Digital Transformation in Industry

  • Digital check-up studies covering a minimum of 10 businesses to identify the needs and capacities of the private sector regarding digital transformation.

  • Chambers of Industry and/or Commerce

  • Organized Industrial Zones

  • Technology Development Zones

  • Maximum Support Amount: 100,000 TL (including VAT)

  • Destek oranı: %100

Priority 4: Green Industrial Zone

  • Consultancy services are provided for the preparation of research reports, inventory studies, action plans, roadmaps, and strategy documents on the following topics, with the aim of identifying the potential of organized industrial zones and the firms located within them in areas falling under the scope of Green Organized Industrial Zone initiatives:

    • Industrial Symbiosis (Minimum 5 companies)

      • It represents two or more industrial enterprises, preferably physically close to each other and normally operating independently, coming together to form long-term partnerships and work collaboratively to improve both environmental performance and competitiveness.

    • Eco-Efficiency (Clean Production) (Minimum 3 companies)

      • "Eco-efficiency," which is now used interchangeably with clean production, is explained as a combination of economic and ecological efficiency and is fundamentally defined as "doing more with less." It involves the continuous application of an integrated and preventive environmental strategy to processes, products, and services to increase overall efficiency and reduce risks to humans and the environment.

    • Energy Efficiency (Minimum 8 companies)

    • Utilization of Renewable Energy Sources (Minimum 8 companies)

  • Organized Industrial Zones

  • Maximum Support Amount: 100,000 TL (including VAT)

  • Destek oranı: %100

Priority 5: Institutionalization and Sustainability in Family Businesses and Cooperatives

  • Studies encompassing at least 10 companies/cooperatives in the region, including assessment of the level of institutionalization and sustainability of family businesses and producer cooperatives operating in the area, analysis of problems and needs, consultancy services for solutions, organization of capacity-building training, and consultancy activities for the preparation of action plans, roadmaps, and strategy documents.

  • Chambers of Industry and/or Commerce (Cooperatives and Family Businesses)

  • Organized Industrial Zones (Family Businesses)

  • Industrialist and Business Associations (Family Businesses)

  • Provincial Directorates of Agriculture (Cooperatives)

  • Provincial Directorates of Trade (Cooperatives)

  • Maximum Support Amount: 100,000 TL (including VAT)

  • Destek oranı: %100

Priority 6: Outcome-Oriented Programs (SOPs)

  • Local governments

  • Local government associations

  • Universities and affiliated Vocational Schools and Research Institutes

  • Public Institutions and Organizations

  • Professional Organizations with the Status of Public Institutions

  • Civil Society Organizations

  • Organized Industrial Zones

  • Small Industrial Estates

  • Technology Development Zones

  • Industrial Zones

  • Business Development Centers (BDCs)

  • Troops

  • Cooperatives

  • Maximum Support Amount: 20,000 TL (including VAT)

  • Destek oranı: %100

Priority 7: Topics outside of Outcome-Oriented Programs (SOPs)

  • In areas outside of Results-Oriented Programs;

    • Increasing institutional capacity and preparing programs and projects in areas that are compatible with national, regional and local plans/programs and that can contribute to local and regional development.,

    • Consultancy activities aimed at developing innovative services/solutions that meet the needs and demands of disadvantaged groups such as women, children, and youth in our region.

    • Preliminary feasibility studies for private sector or public investments in areas that will contribute to regional development.

      • The preliminary feasibility report to be prepared will be based on the report prepared by the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey's Strategy and Budget Directorate. Guide to Preparing the 2021-2023 Investment Program’The project proposal is expected to be prepared in accordance with the format found in [Appendix 3: Project Proposal Form].

  • Local governments

  • Local government associations

  • Universities and affiliated Vocational Schools and Research Institutes

  • Public Institutions and Organizations

  • Professional Organizations with the Status of Public Institutions

  • Civil Society Organizations

  • Organized Industrial Zones

  • Small Industrial Estates

  • Technology Development Zones

  • Industrial Zones

  • Business Development Centers (BDCs)

  • Troops

  • Cooperatives

  • Maximum Support Amount: 15,000 TL (including VAT)

  • Destek oranı: %100

* All applicants must meet the following requirements:

  • It must have legal personality (This requirement does not apply to public institutions and organizations and their affiliated units).

  • The technical support issue must fall within the scope of duties and responsibilities of the applicant institution/organization.

  • The agency must be registered in the TR42 Level 2 Region (Kocaeli, Sakarya, Bolu, Düzce, and Yalova) where it operates, or its headquarters or legal branches must be located in this region, or it must be carrying out public services within its area of responsibility in this region.

  • The company should be directly responsible for the technical support application process (together with its partners, if any), and should not act as an intermediary.

  • For details on eligible applicants and the departments they can apply to: http://www.marka.org.tr/uploads/files/2021_TD/Ek-D_Uygun%20Ba%C5%9Fvuru%20Sahipleri.docx

Joint applications

  • Applicants may apply individually or as part of a partnership.

  • Partners must meet the same eligibility criteria as the Applicants and actively participate in the design and implementation phases of the technical support application.

  • Partnering organizations must complete a partnership declaration. The declaration form, included in the KAYS Application Form (Annex-A), must be signed by the legally authorized representatives of all partners.

About Outcome-Oriented Programs (SOPs)

SOP name

General Purpose

Special Purposes

Strategic Management Consulting Results-Oriented Program

  • The overall objective of the Strategic Management Consulting Results-Oriented Program is to "accelerate regional development by creating a sustainable management consulting ecosystem to improve the business processes of key product and service providers in the region.".

  • Specific Objective 1: Improving institutionalization processes in organizations and businesses to increase sustainability, resilience, and efficiency.

  • Specific Objective 2: Institutionalizing innovation management processes to increase the technological level and R&D, design, and innovation capacities of businesses in the region.

  • Specific Objective 3: To expand digital transformation in manufacturing, increase productivity, and reduce production costs.

  • Specific Objective 4: To improve the business and investment environment in the region by developing institutional and financial interfaces and increasing product and market diversity in line with global developments.

  • Specific Objective 5: Establishing a management consultancy ecosystem in the region.

Results-Oriented Programme for the Development of Vocational and Technical Education

  • The overall objective of the program is to "contribute to increasing the importance attributed to vocational education by designing best practice tools to enable the human capital of the TR42 Region to meet the qualified human resource needs of the regional employment market.".

  • Specific Objective 1: Improving the perception and image of vocational and technical education.

  • Specific Objective 2: To increase interaction between vocational and technical education institutions and the manufacturing and service sectors, and to structure the curriculum in a demand-oriented manner in collaboration with the sector.

  • Specific Objective 3: Developing institutional capacity in vocational and technical education.

  • Specific Objective 4: Aligning the vocational and technical education infrastructure with innovative production processes.

  • Specific Objective 5: Contributing to the internationalization of vocational and technical education.

Destination Management Results-Oriented Program in Tourism

  • The overall objective of the Destination Management Results-Oriented Program in Tourism is defined as "increasing tourism revenue in prominent destinations in the region by protecting values, building brands, improving service quality, and enhancing the capacities of local actors through holistic governance mechanisms.".

  • Specific Objective 1: To implement destination-oriented governance in tourism.

  • Specific Objective 2: To conduct promotional activities in a holistic and thematic manner, focusing on the target market.

  • Specific Objective 3: To promote the widespread use of ancillary activities that increase the length of stay in tourist facilities.

  • Specific Objective 4: To improve the capacity of local travel agencies.

  • Specific Objective 5: To accelerate the production, commercialization, branding, and internationalization of local products.

Project duration

Maximum 6 months (Project duration can be extended by a maximum of 1 month, taking into account the Agency's workload, expert profile, and work schedule.)

Project implementation location

The support provided by the agency should primarily be carried out within the boundaries of the TR42 Level 2 Region (Kocaeli, Sakarya, Bolu, Düzce, and Yalova). However, in cases where its suitability to the objectives is justified, some support, especially that requiring national and international relations, may be provided outside the region.

Suitable project topics

  • Providing consultancy

  • Contributing to program and project preparation.

  • Temporary assignment of expert personnel.

  • Providing training

Inappropriate Project Topics

  • Project Cycle Management Training

  • Quality Management System Certification and Training Activities

  • Foreign Trade Training

  • Strategic Planning Trainings

  • Training on Tender and Procurement Legislation

  • Intellectual and Industrial Property Rights Training

  • E-Government Services Seminars

  • Environmental Legislation and Energy Subsidies Training

  • Communication, Motivation, and Individual Coaching Training

  • Training on Device Usage

  • Operating Systems and Office Programs Training (Windows, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)

  • STEM (STEAM) Education

  • Robotics Coding and Physical Programming Platform Trainings

  • Geographic Information Systems Training

  • Basic Foreign Language Training

Each technical support period begins on the first business day of the first month and ends on the last business day of the second month. The date on which the commitment letter is submitted to the Agency is considered the date for the technical support period to which the applications pertain.

Application Period

Application Deadlines

1st Term: January-February

February 26, 2021

2nd Term: March-April

April 30, 2021

3rd Period: May-June

June 30, 2021

4th Period: July-August

August 31, 2021

5th Term: September-October

October 28, 2021

6th Period: November-December

December 31, 2021

Points to consider

  • Before applying Application Guide It is recommended to review this.

  • Technical support applications can be submitted by applicants individually or in partnership with other organizations.

  • Applications only Development Agencies Management System (KAYS) This will be done through [the agency/institution]. Unless requested by the agency, no printed documents other than the commitment letter will be submitted to the agency until the contract stage.

  • Documents required for applications:

    • Except for public institutions and organizations, applicants must upload a document (obtained within the last 3 months) proving that the organization is active.

    • Organizations other than public institutions and organizations, and professional organizations with the status of public institutions (Foundations, Associations, Cooperatives, Unions, or their affiliated businesses, etc.) must upload to the system their bylaws or articles of incorporation, and a document from their minutes book indicating that their application for the technical support program has been approved.

    • If the applicant is a cooperative, or if there is a cooperative among its members, it is necessary to upload to the system the articles of association or general assembly resolution stating that no profit distribution will be made for a period of 5 years.

    • If a partner institution/organization is involved in the activity, the decision of the authorized decision-making body of the partner institution/organization to participate in the relevant technical support application, specifying the person(s) authorized to sign the documents (Annex C/Example 2), must be uploaded to the system.

    • If the cost of the requested technical support exceeds 20,000 TL, at least proforma invoice(s) or offer letter(s) including technical details of the activity must be uploaded.

    • To improve institutional capacity and service quality, applicant organizations must possess a license for the relevant software/modeling/computer program training. Supporting documentation for the license must be submitted.

    • For applications to Priority 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, submitting the Needs Analysis Form, which is among the supporting documents, is mandatory. Applications submitted without submitting the Needs Analysis Form will be considered unsuccessful during the preliminary review phase.

  • The upper limits for the number of applications and projects to be supported for 2021 are as follows:

    • An applicant may apply for a maximum of 1 project under Priorities 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 within the relevant period and receive support for a maximum of 1 project within the relevant calendar year.

    • For applications under Priority 6 and Priority 7, a maximum of 1 project can be applied for and receive support within the relevant period, and a maximum of 2 projects can receive support within the relevant calendar year.

    • An applicant may apply for a maximum of 4 projects from the same or different priorities within a calendar year. If applications are from different priorities, a maximum of 2 projects from the same institution will be supported.

  • If technical support is provided through a service procurement contract, only the expert's expenses (including travel and accommodation) will be covered by the Agency within the scope of the service procurement. All costs other than these are considered ineligible.

  • No monetary contribution is requested from the beneficiary organization for Technical Support activities. However, the expenses and requirements for the organization of necessary working materials, training, workshops, etc., required for the implementation of Technical Support activities are covered by the beneficiary or its partner, if any.

For more information and questions,

teknikdestek@marka.org.tr

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