At the start of the project a 1-day Kick-Off Open Event at METU was held that attracted 95 in-person key stakeholders. Subsequently, seven open trainings to strengthen horizontal EU proposal and EU project capacities, and twenty-one webinars covering both CST and horizontal topics (e.g. innovation) were organized that attracted 74 in-person and almost 1000 online participants. CIEMAT and DLR experts executed two 2-week summer schools (4-weeks total) targeting ESRs from METU and other Turkish universities that attracted approximately 35 participants each week. METU ESRs were further developed by executing 29 Person-Weeks (PW) of mobility to CIEMAT and DLR for mentoring, training, and networking. Each of METU-CIEMAT and METU-DLR collaborated to support existing and catalyze new joint lines of research and strengthen METU’s R&I capacities. These joint research activities included 14 METU team members performing 17 PW of mobility to CIEMAT and DLR. The METU team exploited these experiences to coordinate 2 follow-up joint EU proposals, and METU, CIEMAT, and/or DLR were partners in 2 more follow-up joint EU proposals. The METU team executed 13 person-trips (PTs) to attend conferences, 15 PTs to attend EU meetings and trainings, and 32 PTs for national Dissemination, Exploitation, and Communication (DEC) events. Two mini-conferences were organized targeting Turkish industry as part of the SolarEx Istanbul 2022 and 2023 industrial fairs that in total attracted almost 200 in-person and over 700 online participants. In the final month of the project, experiences and lessons learned were shared in a special Twinning session as part of the IEEE PowerTech 2023 conference in Belgrade, Serbia.
