17.08.2018 Ankara
TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu attended the first meeting of the Ministry of Trade Advisory Council, which was held under the chairmanship of Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan with the aim of removing obstacles in front of the trade and opening up the private sector.
Hisarcıklıoğlu stated after the meeting that public and private sectors
will develop solutions and projects together.
At the meeting, the opinions and recommendations of the non-governmental
organizations were evaluated when determining the structure and functioning of
the establishment.
After about two hours of meetings, the “Ministry of Trade Advisory
Committee Declaration” was published.
The Ministry of Commerce Declaration of the Advisory Council indicated
that the rules have been redefined in global trade and that all countries have
been working at a critical time to attain more important positions in the world
economy.
In this new era, the declaration emphasizes that the private sector and
the state should work much more closely, to remove obstacles for manufacturers,
industrialists, entrepreneurs and exporters, and to use all the blessings of
trade diplomacy effectively:
“We are combining our strengths in order to eliminate the latest threats
to our country and our economy effectively and we are expanding our business
alliance to raise our country to the level of modern civilizations, especially
with our 2023 targets. We have never doubted that we would be able to overcome
any difficulty through unity and solidarity. Today, we are creating a brand new
consultative body that combines the experience of our business world and our
bureaucracy in a single pot, covering all the elements of our economy from the employer
to the employee; from the tradesman to the architect, for the prosperous future
of our country. By signing this declaration, we promise to overcome all the
obstacles that we face on our way to the bright future of our country, we will
not stop, we will not tire, and we will never give up.”
The Advisory Board's main objective is to bring together all
stakeholders of the country's economy development and to contribute to growth as
well as putting a stop to the perception operation abroad being executed against
Turkey, to support achieving the commercial objectives of the government and
the creation of positive perceptions about Turkey abroad.
The declaration aims to bring together all business stakeholders of Turkey
in this new structure, will be a national stance, a concrete indication to reach
ideals through perseverance, “May this new structure which we hope will provide
significant benefits to the economy, be auspicious.”
Within the Consultative Committee, which will convene every month under
the coordination of the Ministry of Commerce, specialized workshops will be
established with the participation of specialists from the public, private
sector and academia, according to the topics to be discussed. The boards will
present their work to the Advisory Board.
Attending the meeting were Turkey Exporters Assembly (TIM) Chairman İsmail
Gülle, Turkey Tradesmen and Artisans Confederation (TESK) Chairman Bendevi
Palandöken, the Turkish Industrialists and Business People's Association
(TUSIAD) Chairman Erol Bilecik, Independent Industrialists' and Businessmen's
Association (MUSIAD) Chairman Abdurrahman Kaan, Foreign Economic Relations
Board (DEIK) President Nail Olpak, Turkey Contractors Association (TMB)
President Mithat Yenigün.