15.06.2014 Ankara
Speaking at the Academic Advisors Training Program, TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu stressed the importance of bridging the industry and the academic world, “We must all play as a part of the team. We must combine the ideas of the academic world and industrialists and reach results.”
Academic Advisors Training Program has started at the TOBB Union Center.
Following the presentation detailing the mission, aim, structure and activities
of TOBB, TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu stated that academicians take
on a very important role and stressed the importance of bridging the gap
between university and industry. Urging for academicians to guide chamber and
exchange presidents in their region, to help in identifying problems and
suggesting solutions and to grapple with the employment issue together, TOBB
President Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “Turkey’s prosperity is depending on this
community. We’ve all seen that prosperity cannot be attained by the hand of the
government. The more our entrepreneurs come to the fore, the more our society
will prosper. One of the most important issues for Turkey is employment. We
need to find 1 million new jobs each year. The solution for this lies with the
private sector.”
Pointing out Japan and Germany post-WWII, Hisarcıklıoğlu said that the
success of these two countries’ entrepenrurs had made them the second and third
largest economies in the world. Providing information in regards to the
activities of TOBB, Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “We conduct the orchestra. There are
all kinds of instruments within the orchestra. The conductor’s duty is to make
sure that they all play in unison.” Stating that peace is of paramount
importance for trade, Hisarcıklıoğlu said that traders can bring peace to the
world.