On March 7, 2018 an Information Day was realized by International Relations and Projects Working Group under Department of Agricultural Economics and Project Management in order to inform the staff working in both coordination and implementation units of TAGEM within European Union framework programs, to announce the opened calls and to utilize the opportunities for participating in new programs.
Dr. Nevzat BİRİŞİK, Director General of TAGEM, Dr. Necati TULGAR and Mesut AKDAMAR, Deputy Directors General of TAGEM, Heads of Relevant Departments, relevant TAGEM staff and about 140 staff working in Research Institutes affiliated to TAGEM participated in this Information Day.
On the Information Day moderated by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cengizhan MIZRAK, Head of Department of Agricultural Economics and Project Management, presentations were given by national focal points Dr. Eda DEMİR, Dr. Ebru GÖNCÜOĞLU, Çınar ADALI ÖNER and Murat TILTAK working under International Cooperation Department of TÜBİTAK.
Primarily, participants were informed about Working Fields of International Cooperation Department. Later, explanations were made about "National Academic R & D Project Supports". Also, PRIMA Program which has been coordinated by International Cooperation Department and has been launched as of 2018 within the framework of Euro-Mediterranean Cooperation, research and innovation partnership in the Mediterranean Region has been introduced.
A presentation was made on the calls realized under the EU framework program Horizon2020. In this context, 2018-2020 Calls for "Field of Food Safety, Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry, Marine and Maritime Research and Bioeconomics" which is under the heading of Solving the Social Problems 2, were conveyed to the researchers.
Information Day was concluded upon describing the COST Action which is coordinated by TÜBİTAK and aimed at bringing scientists together with scientific networks and also mutual question and answer discussions were held with the active participation of the researchers at the recesses taken during the presentations.