Abstract
The Cooperation of University-Development Agency in Local Development: The Case of Turkey (Izmir)
Regional development can be defined as the mobilization and development of the existing potential in the cooperation of local actors. The main local actors are Regional Development Agency and universities. The Regional Development Agency is an organization established to cooperate with actors to speed up local development. It develops and implements projects with local actors; providing financial and technical support to these projects. Another of the actors of local development is the universities. Universities which are a higher education institution contribute to local development with graduate and R&D activities. They are implemented the projects with the support of Regional Development Agencies. The purpose of the study is to examine agencies and university cooperation activities of local development for Turkey (Izmir) example. The research is limited to the analysis of Izmir Development Agency’s activities to develop strategies and realization of projects with local universities. The subject was examined by qualitative research methods using document analysis technique. As a result of the analysis it was determined that İzmir Development Agency developed strategies in cooperation with the universities and supports R&D projects.
Keywords
Regional Development Agency (RDA), Universty, Cooperation (Governance), Izmir Development Agency (IZ
