12.08.2025 Ankara

TOBB’s Digital Transformation Platform “Smart SME” was selected as Türkiye’s national champion among 39 projects in the European Commission organization. Smart SME will compete for the European grand prize in the final at the European SME Summit. TOBB President Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “We are preparing the Turkish business world for the digital future. This award shows that we are on the right track.”

The Smart SME Platform, which was implemented by the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB) to support the digital transformation of SMEs, was selected as Türkiye’s National Winner in the “Supporting Digital Transformation” category within the scope of the 2025 European Enterprise Promotion Awards (EEPA) organized by the European Commission.

For the competition, the national coordination of which was carried out by KOSGEB, 39 different applications were received from Türkiye in 2025.

TOBB’s Smart SME Platform operates as a comprehensive digital transformation guide that enables SMEs to analyze their digital needs, meet with appropriate technology suppliers and plan their digitalization processes. The platform continues its activities with the support of Mastercard.

- The goal of providing digital competence to SMEs

Commenting on the issue, TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu stated that they want to prepare the Turkish business world for the digital future and said: “With our Smart SME Platform, we guide the digital transformation journey of our small and medium-sized enterprises. We are very proud that this success in Türkiye is echoed at the European level. As TOBB, our vision is to prepare the Turkish business world for the digital future. This award shows that we are on the right track. As TOBB, our goal is for the Smart SME Platform to represent Türkiye proudly by showing success in the European final.”

The projects selected as national champions will compete for the European grand prize at the finals of the SME Assembly 2025 in Copenhagen on November 10-12, 2025.

The projects awarded under EEPA are among the innovative public initiatives that support entrepreneurship and SME policies across Europe. TOBB’s Smart SME Platform not only contributes to Türkiye’s digital economy goals, but is also shown among the best practices at the European level.