The proposed project addresses the action for “Establishing services “Enhancing the innovation management capacity of SMEs” in the Enterprise Europe Network” to improve the innovation management capacity of SMEs. In the period covering the years 2015-2021, Tier 1 and Tier 2 services were offered to SMEs by EEN Anatolia Consortium. (The contents of Tier 1 and Tier 2 were respectively generic promotion, networking services given by EEN staff and specialized advisory services given by innovation advisers). The activities foreseen under this proposal is to give Tier 3 services to SMEs. 53 full enhancing SMEs’ innovation management capacity service packages and 10 Key Account Management service packages will be offered to SME’s till the end of 2019 and every service package is foreseen.

The proposed project addresses the action for “Establishing services “Enhancing the innovation management capacity of SMEs” in the Enterprise Europe Network” to improve the innovation management capacity of SMEs. In the period covering the years 2008-2014, Tier 1 and Tier 2 services were offered to SMEs by EEN Anatolia Consortium. (The contents of Tier 1 and Tier 2 were respectively generic promotion, networking services given by EEN staff and specialized advisory services given by innovation advisers). The activities foreseen under this proposal is to give Tier 3 services to SMEs. 84 full enhancing SMEs’ innovation management capacity service packages and 14 Key Account Management service packages will be offered to SME’s till the end of 2018 and every service package is foreseen.

The proposed project addresses the action for “Establishing services “Enhancing the innovation management capacity of SMEs” in the Enterprise Europe Network” to improve the innovation management capacity of SMEs. In the period covering the years 2008-2014, Tier 1 and Tier 2 services were offered to SMEs by EEN Anatolia Consortium. (The contents of Tier 1 and Tier 2 were respectively generic promotion, networking services given by EEN staff and specialized advisory services given by innovation advisers). The activities foreseen under this proposal is to give Tier 3 services to SMEs. 64 full enhancing SMEs’ innovation management capacity service packages and 8 Key Account Management service packages will be offered to SME’s till the end of 2016 and every service package is foreseen as 7 days in the proposal.

The aim of the project is to propose an innovative solution for situations in which vocational education becomes mandatory in distance in both schools and companies in crisis situations such as Covid19. Thus, in cases where vocational education cannot be done face to face, an innovative method will be developed with this project to increase students' participation and learning motivation during distance teaching. As a result of the synchronized online vocational education model to be developed with the project, students will make learning permanent by performing less practical applications in the workshop environment. Therefore, practical training time will be shortened, less energy and material will be consumed. Companies involved in the project will be able to use the method to be developed effectively in their training and remote repair maintenance processes. Consequently, the technical and digital skills of the vocational students will be able to improve in crisis times. The digital qualifications of the vocational teachers will be developed during the project activities. A report outlining guidelines to encourage effective digital training methods, including examples of good practices, recommendations, guidelines, and an AR training model developed. A range of training modules will be produced, giving generic digital learning advice and guidance through to the development of technical skills to create digital content suitable for use with immersive technologies. This piece of work will also include the delivery of training. Digital content will be created to help innovate the delivery of curriculum for training in operating CNC machines. This will make delivery of that curriculum more innovative and in the on-going pandemic situation, will act as an exemplar that could be used for similar developments in other curriculum areas. The project will develop a framework for organizing the assessment of digital learning environments in a standardized way in vocational education (VET), to fit scenarios where traditional face-to-face exams. A final output end of the project will be an example of teaching material for AR-based digital education platforms, including digital training content, application videos, AR applications, and online assessment tools. The project will expect to develop: - Improving the quality of vocational education using AR technology - Enhancing the learning motivation and interaction of students, - Promoting career development through intercultural learning - Increasing the participants' motivation to learn - Developing the foreign language skills of the participants - Development of cooperation between universities, industrial organizations, and vocational education institutions in the European dimension. - Development of digital teaching materials based on AR technology within international education standards.

In the project, it is aimed to give technical training of standard machine parts by AR technology to hearing-impaired people that work in the metal sector in order to increase technical knowledge and increase communication in the production line. In addition, the guideline will be created in order to reduce the negative and prejudiced attitude of the companies and to provide equal opportunities to target group to have a career in the company. The project starts with research for identifying standard machine part in the production line and problems of firms and target group. After that, sign language is created for the standard machine elements. The sign language is translated into the e-book that is based on AR technology. The training content will be created for standard machine element that encompasses which sector standard machine element is used, what for, which part of the production line and its basic mathematical calculation. Also, the guideline is created for the firm to set goals for the target group and to increase awareness on them in order to give the equal career opportunity to them in the company. Sign language and training translate into AR Technology which is compatible with cellphone, laptop, and computer. After these activities are completed, the implementation stage starts. The implementation takes place at the pilot company that has a decent amount of hearing impaired employees. After that, the impact of this AR based e-book, curriculum and guideline on the hearing-employed employees, firms and the communication between them is measured. After the impact analysis, the dissemination activities take place in order to share the innovation in metal industry at as many countries as possible within Europe and more.