Collaboration among Science Parks to Grow, Internationalize and Sustain: Science Park Management Academia Association of Turkish Technology Parks Case

With the continual transaction and development of economic and industrial activities in the world, aiming innovative high technology production to grow, Science and Technology Parks play a crucial role in the global ecosystem. To act as a team and collaborate have a critical importance to success in this kind of an era. Association of Turkish Technology Parks (TGBD); aiming the collaboration and both knowledge and experience sharing among Technology Parks in Turkey; runs a training program for Technology Park Managements to support them based on human resources development. Within the scope of this program called as TGBD-Academia, 2 trainings have been organized and evaluated. This paper reflects the needs assessment, training organizations and evaluation processes in detail. A discussion of what has been learned along the process and revealing the outputs of the program is available, as well.