The Ministry of Industry and Technology (MoIT) requested a coordination meeting to be held at least once every three months with the participation of the highest authorities to ensure that the institutions and organizations operating in Kocaeli act in cooperation.

The 3rd STB Provincial Coordination Meeting organized within this scope was held on September 12, 2019 at the Turkish Industrial Sevk and Administration Institute (TÜSSİDE) located at TÜBİTAK Gebze Campus. In addition to the managers of STB institutions, the managers of Organized Industrial Zones and Technology Development Zones were also invited to the provincial coordination meeting held at TÜSSİDE for the first time. At the beginning of the meeting with the participation of 45 people, Mr. İsmail DOĞAN, Director of TUBITAK TUSSIDE Institute, made an informative presentation about the activities of TUSSIDE.

After the TÜSSİDE presentation, the meeting moved on to the agenda items and opinions and suggestions were received from the participants on the problems and expectations.

At the last stage of the meeting, a presentation was made to introduce the international internship program called OIC INTERN run by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.