The Secretariat of the Organization of Turkic States in close partnership with “Bilkent Cyberpark” organized a field visit program for OTS Member States to Technoparks and Innovation Centers of Türkiye on 9-11 May 2023 in Ankara and Istanbul.
The Program was organized in accordance with the “Memorandum of Understanding among Technoparks from the Member States of the Organization of Turkic States” signed on 28 September 2022 in Astana and Agreed Minutes of the 4th Meeting of the Ministers in charge of ICT held on 26 October 2022 in Samarkand.
The primary aim of this visit program is to exchange best practices and experiences of Türkiye, to get acquainted with the advanced ecosystem created in the technoparks (infrastructure, services, incentives, investment and venture capital mechanisms, and etc.), to explore opportunities for future collaboration and networking among technoparks, enabling them to establish connections with potential partners, mentors, or investors.
During the program, delegation consisted of representatives of IT and technoparks, innovation centers of the OTS Member States visited “Bilkent Cyberpark”, “Ankara Technology Bridge”, “ODTÜ Teknokent”, “Hacettepe Teknokent”, “Bilişim Vadisi” and “TOGG” Headquarter, “Istanbul Technopark”, “Fark Lab” Technology Development Center, as well as held bilateral meetings with some of the best Turkish IT companies.
On the last day, the delegation met with the Deputy Secretary General of OTS, Mr. Mirvokhid Azimov at the premises of the Organization.
The Program was organized in accordance with the “Memorandum of Understanding among Technoparks from the Member States of the Organization of Turkic States” signed on 28 September 2022 in Astana and Agreed Minutes of the 4th Meeting of the Ministers in charge of ICT held on 26 October 2022 in Samarkand.
The primary aim of this visit program is to exchange best practices and experiences of Türkiye, to get acquainted with the advanced ecosystem created in the technoparks (infrastructure, services, incentives, investment and venture capital mechanisms, and etc.), to explore opportunities for future collaboration and networking among technoparks, enabling them to establish connections with potential partners, mentors, or investors.
During the program, delegation consisted of representatives of IT and technoparks, innovation centers of the OTS Member States visited “Bilkent Cyberpark”, “Ankara Technology Bridge”, “ODTÜ Teknokent”, “Hacettepe Teknokent”, “Bilişim Vadisi” and “TOGG” Headquarter, “Istanbul Technopark”, “Fark Lab” Technology Development Center, as well as held bilateral meetings with some of the best Turkish IT companies.
On the last day, the delegation met with the Deputy Secretary General of OTS, Mr. Mirvokhid Azimov at the premises of the Organization.
