The second online seminar of the Information Multipliers Club (IMS Club) Training Modules series, implemented under the Technical Assistance for Türkiye in Horizon Europe Project, was successfully held on 7 May 2026. Organised under the title “Call Analysis in Horizon Europe”, the event stood out as an important component of the project’s capacity-building approach, which aims to support the stronger and more sustainable integration of the Turkish Research Area (TARAL) into the European Research Area (ERA).
The opening remarks were delivered by Dr. Burcu Göğüş Doğan, Director of the Operation Coordination Unit, on behalf of TÜBİTAK, the main beneficiary of the project. The training programme was delivered by Dr. Leonardo Piccinetti. Throughout the session, participants had the opportunity to examine, through practical examples, key topics such as the structure of Horizon Europe calls, programme architecture, analysis of call texts, interpretation of the relationship between expected outcomes and scope, and the strategic alignment of project ideas with call expectations.
The programme also addressed the following topics together with the Information Multipliers:
🔹 Identifying implicit expectations embedded in call texts,
🔹 Methods for analysing calls from the perspective of evaluators,
🔹 Practical exercises demonstrating the extent to which the capacities of institutions in Türkiye align with the requirements of relevant calls,
🔹 Call analysis tools and structured analysis templates,
🔹 AI-supported analysis approaches and practical use cases.
Through hands-on exercises based on real call examples and interactive feedback sessions, participants were able to assess not only the technical structure of call texts, but also the development of intervention logic, strategic project positioning, and the formulation of strong project ideas in a multidimensional manner.
Acting on the understanding that strong local research and innovation ecosystems form the foundation for effective participation in international programmes, the Information Multipliers Club is positioned as an intermediary governance and capacity-building mechanism operating between national research and innovation policies and regional ecosystems. By bringing together institutional actors capable of mobilising local ecosystems around a shared platform for learning, coordination and cooperation, and by carrying knowledge-sharing from the regional level to the European scale, the Club continues to strengthen Türkiye’s institutional capacity within the Horizon Europe ecosystem.
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