17 PEOPLE FROM 5 ORGANISATIONS ATTENDED THE KICK-OFF MEETING

The kick-off meeting was held in the form of a panel on "labour and employment policies" after an opening ceremony attended by approximately 17 participants. During the meeting, Prof. Dr. Murat Çetinkaya, ASO Economic Counsellor, Dr. İlhami Pektaş, Ankara OSTİM OSB Technology Centre and Anatolian Rail Transportation Systems Coordinator, and Mr. Arif Aktaş, Foreign Trade Specialist of OSTİM Organised Industrial Zone participated. During the two-day meeting, the participants actively participated in the meeting by talking about entrepreneurs working in industrial zones.

PROJECT WILL LAST FOR 1.5 YEARS

The meeting started with an opening presentation. The President of the Association of the Union of Academicians and Project Coordinator Gazi University Faculty Member Prof. Dr. İsmail ŞAHİN, who made the opening speech of the meeting, talked about the projects that the association has done before and is currently carrying out and explained how they are struggling for the development of Turkey in many areas. Underlining that this project will last for a year and a half, Şahin thanked the participants for their participation.

In order to analyse the situation of nationals and migrants working in the industrial zones, the partners engaged in a dialogue on decisive questions such as the number of employees, the competencies of the employees, and the job sectors of the employees.

After giving brief information about the project to the participants, Şahin elaborated on various activities and events to be implemented within the scope of the project. He mentioned the importance of education, which is one of the most important needs for the formation of the entrepreneurial spirit of the individual in achieving personal, social and global development goals.

Emphasising that entrepreneurial spirit is the catalyst for the development of Turkish industry, Prof. Dr. Murat ÇETİNKAYA said: "The development of skills in line with the needs of the labour market, which is one of the main objectives of the project, vocational and technical capacity building for the metal manufacturing sector and the development of innovative skills of individuals will contribute positively to the Turkish industry."

During the meeting, the problems faced by Syrians under temporary protection who migrated to Turkey in accessing the Turkish labour market and their experiences in working life were explained with examples. The development of entrepreneurial skills of Turkish citizens and Syrian entrepreneurs in the fields of business and employment and proposals for developing solutions to the problems in this field were discussed.

THANK YOU

At the end of the meeting, the participants expressed their thanks to the project coordinator Şahin. In the event evaluation survey, the organisation received full points from the participants.

After the meeting, all participants went to the dinner organisation.