1.      Which regions can benefit from the assistance under the Regional Competitiveness Operational Programme (RCOP)?   

Regions having an income per capita below the 75% of Turkish national average can benefit from the assistance under the RCOP. In the framework of this approach, 12 NUTS II Regions (43 provinces) of Turkey , which are given below, can benefit from the assistance that are provided under the RCOP (See the Map: Regions supported under the RCOP).

  • TR-A1 (Bayburt, Erzincan, Erzurum )
  • TR-A2 (Ağrı, Ardahan, Iğdır, Kars )
  • TR-B1 (Bingöl, Elazığ, Malatya , Tunceli)
  • TR-B2 (Bitlis, Hakkâri, Muş,Van)
  • TR-C1 (Adıyaman, Gaziantep , Kilis)
  • TR-C2 ( Diyarbakır , Şanlıurfa)
  • TR-C3 (Batman, Mardin, Siirt, Şırnak)
  • TR–63 (Hatay, Kahramanmaraş, Osmaniye)
  • TR–72 ( Kayseri, Sivas , Yozgat)
  • TR–82 (Çankırı, Kastamonu, Sinop)
  • TR–83 (Amasya, Çorum, Samsun , Tokat)
  • TR–90 (Artvin, Giresun, Gümüşhane, Ordu, Rize, Trabzon )

Map: Regions supported under the RCOP

NUTS II regions having an income percapite above 75% of the Turkish average NUTS II regions having an income per capita below 75% of the Turkish average
15 Growth Centres


 2.  Are there certain regions which are going to be prioritised in providing assistance under the RCOP?

Although all the 12 NUTS II Regions whose GDP per capita below the 75% of Turkish national average can benefit from the assistance under the RCOP, in the implementation phase, concentration will be given to the 15 provinces which was determined as Growth Centres among these regions.  

Within this framework, in accordance with the approach set out in the Strategic Coherence Framework Document (SCF) that has been prepared by the State Planning Organisation (SPO) and defines the general framework of the RCOP, it is foreseen that 70-80 % of the total budget of the RCOP will be given to the15 Growth Centres whose list is given below.   

15 Growth Centres

Kahramanmaraş

Gaziantep

Samsun

Diyarbakır

Kastamonu

Şanlıurfa

Malatya

Erzurum

Elazığ

Batman

Trabzon

Van

Kayseri

Kars

Sivas

Apart from the Growth Centres approach, the Operational Programme has developed an “Inter Regional Cooperation Strategy” with a view to ensure close cooperation between the 12 NUTS II regions (43 provinces) in which the Programme is going to be implemented and the rest of the country. This strategy consist two main components:  

·        Interactions of the Growth Centres with their hinterlands

·        Interactions of the 12 NUTS II regions with the rest of the country concerning with the research and development, innovation and networking.  

In this framework, during the implementation of the RCOP particularly in the project selection process, the projects which aim to improve the cooperation, networking, clustering between the 12 NUTS II regions and the relatively developed regions of the country especially in the fields of R&D, innovation and technology, and the competitiveness of the less-developed regions will be prioritised.

3- W hat kind of institutions can be the beneficiary under the RCOP?

In order to be eligible for the assistance under the RCOP, applicant must:  

·       be non-profit-making legal persons

·       be specify types of organisations such as:

- Business Representative Organisations 

 - Networks and clusters

- National and regional chambers of industry and commerce

- Managing authorities of OIZs and SSIEs, Technology Development Zones (TDZs), Technology Development Centres (TDCs)

- Sector unions, associations and foundations

 - Cooperatives

- Municipalities

- SMEs

- Special Provincial Administrations, etc.

- Credit guarantee funds, micro-loan funds, equity finance funds like venture capital funds, seed capital funds and start-up capital funds, etc. and SMEs in case of interest rates subsidies, etc.

4. Which activities are financed under the RCOP?

The actions, under the measures given below in the scope of RCOP could be financed.

·        Development of Industrial Infrastructure

  • Creation and Development of Financing Instruments
  • Improvement of R&D, Innovation, Technology and ICT Environment and Infrastructure
  • Improvement of Tourism Infrastructure, Promotion and Marketing Activities.
  • Providing Basic Information and Consultancy Support for Enterprises
  • Strengthening of Cooperation in Industry Corporate Sector

In this context, eligible actions that could be supported under each measure are given below:

Development of Industrial Infrastructure

-          Establishment, improvement and refurbishment of laboratories, workshops, packaging facilities, training, machinery workshops and social, technical, production facilities, for common use of SMEs.

-          Establishment, improvement and refurbishment of one stop shops, basic information support and consultancy centres inside the places like industrial sites, in the locations where SMEs are relatively condensed, Chambers of Industry and Trade, unions.

-      Establishment, improvement and refurbishment of business and enterprise development centres like ISGEMs.

-           Establishment of logistic centres for common commercial use in convenient locations like inside or nearby industrial sites, nearby airports, harbours, main transport axis etc.

-          Construction of common social, technical and production facilities for existing or new-built clusters, networks and collaboration structures to encourage the creation of clustering and networking.

-          Advisory services for the beneficiaries and the publicity activities to increase the impact of the interventions under this measure.

Creation and Development of Financing Instruments

-          Establishment of capital to credit guarantee funds, micro loan funds and equity finance mechanisms like venture capital funds including seed and start-up capital and other forms of financial instruments. (Support to the existing financial instruments will be prioritized rather than building new instruments.)

-          Providing contribution of capital to existing and/or new built credit guarantee funds, micro loan funds and equity finance mechanisms like venture capital funds including seed and start-up capital and other forms of financial instruments.

-          Promotion of financial instruments through publicity instruments and awareness raising campaigns.

-          The projects under this measure will include advisory services to the beneficiaries and publicity and networking activities in order to increase the impact of the interventions that will be executed in the context of this measure.

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