The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (TÜBİTAK) is organising the ICTürkiye2026 International Online Brokerage Event within the Technical Assistance for Türkiye in Horizon Europe Project, carried out under the Competitive Sectors Programme, implemented by the Ministry of Industry and Technology and co-financed by the European Union and the Republic of Türkiye.
The event will take place fully online on 29 September 2026, in cooperation with the Enterprise Europe Network, and builds on previous ICTürkiye editions in the field of information and communication technologies.
ICTürkiye2026 is designed for universities and research organisations, SMEs and large companies, technology developers and innovative start-ups, public institutions and agencies, as well as sectoral associations and clusters.
The event provides an opportunity for participants to:
- Discover upcoming Horizon Europe funding opportunities and relevant calls;
- Present project ideas and identify potential consortium partners;
- Showcase their expertise, technologies and capabilities to potential collaborators;
- Participate in bilateral B2B meetings with organisations from Türkiye and Europe;
- Build partnerships well ahead of the 2027 Horizon Europe deadlines.
The thematic areas of ICTürkiye2026 include:
- Digital and Smart Health
- Twin Green and Digital Transformation of Industry
- Smart Mobility
- Smart and Renewable Energy
ICTürkiye2026 programme opens with thematic information sessions on the Horizon Europe Programme and presentations on the calls ahead, delivered while those topics are still open enough for a proposal to become mature. The programme then moves from calls to practice through two hands-on workshops: one on Cascade Funding, covering Financial Support to Third Parties (FSTP), available opportunities and the application process, and another on Lump Sum Funding, focusing on budget and work package design, implementation and evidence tracking. From there the floor turns over to the participants. In the pitching sessions, a project idea is put in front of the people who could actually join it, an exercise quite different from presenting an organisation, because it requires saying what is missing from the consortium as clearly as what is already in it. Running alongside and beyond all of this is the bilateral meeting platform, where participants build a cooperation profile, request meetings in advance, and keep meeting for five months after the closing session. Most brokerage events end when the last session does. This one is designed to still be working when the calls open.
The arithmetic makes the case on its own. Horizon Europe’s cumulative success rate stood at roughly 14 per cent at the start of 2026 and has been drifting downwards. Commission analysis of participation patterns is consistent about where the constraint sits: more successful participation depends above all on increasing the number of proposals submitted and submissions depend on partnerships that already exist when a call opens. That is the gap ICTürkiye2026 is meant to close. Its purpose is to raise the participation of Turkish and European organisations in Horizon Europe by making the partnership stage tractable: strengthening the connections between the Turkish and European research and innovation ecosystems, giving participants a current and accurate picture of the funding on the table, and putting them in the room together early enough for a consortium to form deliberately rather than in haste. Proposals written by such consortia tend to be better proposals and the collaboration behind them usually outlives the project that occasioned it.
We would be delighted to welcome you to ICTürkiye2026. Open to participants from across the Horizon Europe community and all countries eligible to participate in the Programme, the event offers an international meeting point for organisations looking to build new partnerships, develop project ideas and prepare together for the calls ahead. We look forward to seeing you online on 29 September 2026.
Participants are asked to register and complete their cooperation profiles on the B2Match platform at: Link
For further information: icturkiye2026@sistemglobal.com.tr
