Industrial Technology Project

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The objective of the Industrial Technology Project is to assist in the harmonization of Turkish technology infrastructure with European Customs Union (ECU) standards, and assist firms in upgrading their technological capabilities in order to improve the competitiveness of Turkish industry domestically and internationally. There are four project components. 1) Strengthening industrial property rights (IPR) services will support technical assistance and training of Turkish Patent Institute (TPE) to improve its operation and proceedings to bring harmonization with international agreements, and streamline the workflows of TPE to meet legal administrative requirements. 2) Strengthening metrology services will help upgrading the existing measurement services by improving the efficiency with which the measurements are performed, and embarking upon measurement services in chemical and medical metrology. 3) Restructuring research and development institutions will support investments in decentralization of responsibility to the individual technical institutes; stronger management for strategic planning, change management, and business development; and human resources development. 4) Supporting technology upgrading by firms will be conducted through the Technology Development Foundation of Turkey (TTGV) which will finance technology development activities including on-lending of funds and taking credit risk.