Aim of the project is to become a true one-stop-shop for business and innovation support along the entire value chain, providing its services in the proposed region the context of COSME and HORIZON 2020 Programme and in line with the Europe 2020 strategy. innovation support services will help strengthen the competitiveness and sustainability of regional enterprises. Proposed project will include two acitivity type which are “Key account management under the SME Instrument of Horizon 2020” and “Services to enhance the innovation management capacities of SMEs”

The main output within the scope of our project, which aims to identify and disseminate good practices in fresh fruits and vegetables sector, and to create a training and experience sharing environment; It is the creation of an innovative digital web-based online training and experience sharing platform that meets the needs of farmers, technical staff, researchers, academics, students of the fresh fruit and vegetable sector or those who want to do this job in the EU countries.The target group of the project is; farmers, agricultural engineers and technicians, academicians, students, entrepreneurs, fresh fruit and vegetable processing companies, logistics companies. Expected outputs of the project are increase in quality, decrease in production costs, decrease in residues, increase in yield, increase in fresh fruit and vegetable trade between Turkey and European countries in the fresh fruit and vegetable sector. Within the scope of the project preparation activity carried out in this context, the project team was determined, the opening meeting was held in Mersin, and the www.freshonline.org online training and experience sharing platform was prepared with the recommendations received through field analysis studies and one-on-one meetings with the project partners. With the activation of the online platform, the content of the trip that will be organized in Italy for the purpose of sharing education and experience was prepared in consultation with all partners. After the determination of the sector representatives planned to participate in the training activity, a pre-travel briefing was held. Passport and visa procedures have been started.However, due to the global pandemic, the trip was necessarily postponed. Due to reasons of international travel restrictions for a certain period, restriction of face-to face training and meetings, flexible working in public sector, entry restrictions and quarantine regulations etc., training activities could not be organized. Closing meeting also was not held due to the global pandemic.

Aim of the project is to become a true one-stop-shop for business and innovation support along the entire value chain, providing its services in the proposed region the context of COSME and HORIZON 2020 Programme and in line with the Europe 2020 strategy. innovation support services will help strengthen the competitiveness and sustainability of regional enterprises. Proposed project will include two acitivity type which are “Key account management under the SME Instrument of Horizon 2020” and “Services to enhance the innovation management capacities of SMEs”

The MERSCIN (International Mersin Science Night) project proposal sets out to host a European Researchers’ Night in the Turkish Mediterranean coastal city of Mersin. Sixteen participating organisations will take part - one Austrian and fifteen Turkish together with the involvement of a wide range of stakeholders comprising high level officials, universities and public figures. The main aims of the proposal are to increase public awareness about science and the work of researchers and to bridge the gap between scientists and the general public, to actively promote science and research as a vitally important and rewarding career path for the young generations participating and to instill greater environmental awareness in citizens and impart the need to protect dwindling local habitats from the ongoing mass urbanisation whilst also convincing the participating stakeholders of the same issues. Ultimately through hosting this event we would aim to create a platform formed by strong public opinion gained from the increase of awareness during the event, towards pressurising local governmental bodies towards the establishment of a Science Centre. The objectives will be achieved by exposing a large cross section of the public and in particularly schoolchildren and youths to a rich diversity of disciplines in science and by creating a festival spirit amongst participants. Because the European Researchers’ Night is a huge annual event in many European cities attendees will feel the excitement of being able to take part in this multi-national NIGHT, especially providing motivation for the young generations to become involved in science. The ability to host a Researchers’ Night event in Mersin would provide a range of benefits to this rapidly developing city which in recent years has seen a large population increase through immigration from easter Turkish cities and Syria.