After two days of meetings in Teknopark Istanbul, the STrategic Alliances boosting Railway Smes (STARS) consortium is ready to start with the project activities together with the #SMEs!

During these days we have been working on technical and business assistance activities that the SMEs of the sector will receive for the implementation of Advanced Technologies.

In addition to the Hackathon events in which solutions to traditional SMEs problems will be sought.

The peer review in Prague reunited key actors sharing experiences and learnings one year after the start of the  STARS projects.  

The topics discussed were:

• Technical Assistance to SMEs - facilitated by our Project Coordinator DITECFER.
• Involvement for SMEs -  In-move by Railgrup and Berlin Partner were the facilitators for the topic “Involvement of SMEs” guiding the group through the collection of relevant information, identifying underlying challenges and ideating possible solutions.
• Training Opportunities - Facilitated again, under the leadership of DITECFER.

The meeting shaped the deployment of upcoming activities. 

If you are interested in joining the STARS Strategic Alliances, stay tuned and be attentive for the following dates and KoM for each territory!

• Spain – In-Move by Railgrup | September 13^th
• Spain – MAFEX | July 28^th
• Serbia – RCSEE | September 9^th
• United Kingdom – BCRRE | September 15^th
• France – i-Trans | September 1^st
• Belgium – LIW | September 30^th
• Turkey – ARUS | September 14^th