"Preparation of Strategic Roadmap of Food Supply Security and Digitalization Joint Application and Research Center (GADOM) Project" was initiated in cooperation with TÜBİTAK TÜSSİDE and Kırklareli University. As a result of the project, the strategic road map of GADOM, which was established in partnership with Kırklareli University coordinatorship, Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University and Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University, will be drawn.

Within the scope of the project, TÜBİTAK TÜSSİSE will analyze the current state of the ecosystem at national and international levels, of which GADOM will be a part, and conduct competency analyses for coordinator and partner universities. In the light of all the data, GADOM's strategic roadmap will be prepared. With this roadmap, it is aimed to position GADOM as a consulted and competent center on food supply security and digitalization on a local, regional and global basis.

The opening meeting of the project was held on March 31, 2022 at Kırklareli University Kayalı campus. Osman Bilgin, Governor of Kırklareli, Bülent Şengörür, Rector of Kırklareli University, Adem Korkmaz, Rector of Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Mümin Şahin, Rector of Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University, Ali Doğan, Deputy Director of TÜBİTAK TÜSSİDE Institute, Protocol Members and representatives from academia and related sectors attended the opening meeting.

The opening program started with a presentation by Chief Researcher Barış Çarıkçı from TÜBİTAK TÜSSİDE about both the "GADOM Strategic Roadmap Preparation Project" and the "Kırklareli University Regional Development Oriented Mission Differentiation and Specialization R&D Strategy and Roadmap Project" completed in 2021. GADOM Director Dr. Lect. Prof. Dr. Bora Aslan, GADOM Director, continued with the presentation of the rectors of the coordinator and partner universities and Osman Bilgin, Governor of Kırklareli, and ended with a tour of GADOM.