13.02.2020 Ankara
“Entrepreneurship, Mentoring and Internship Cooperation Protocol” was signed between the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB), the Ministry of Youth and Sports and TOBB University of Economics and Technology.
Youth
and Sports Minister Mehmet Muharrem Kasapoğlu, TOBB President M. Rifat
Hisarcıklıoğlu and TOBB University of Economics and Technology Vice Rector Yusuf
Sarınay attended the signing ceremony held at TOBB's Social Facilities.
TOBB
President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu noted that TOBB Young Entrepreneurs Council (GGK)
is a large family of 8,000 members.
Hisarcıklıoğlu
stated that they have increased awareness of entrepreneurship in Turkey, noting
that they’ve made being entrepreneur popular and are leading the way for many
valuable projects.
Hisarcıklıoğlu,
emphasizing the importance of entrepreneurship for the prosperity and wealth of
the country and nation, said, “The stronger the entrepreneurs are, the stronger
and competitive the economy becomes. New ideas, world-changing innovations, are
always coming from young people. That's why we have a mission to develop the
entrepreneurial ecosystem in our country.”
Hisarcıklıoğlu
said that Turkey will work together to make its young people more knowledgeable,
and that efforts should be made to make the youth of today and the future more skilled
in order to prosper.
- “Internship is a prerequisite for
qualified employees”
Hisarcıklıoğlu
stated that the Ministry and the Union have begun a long-term cooperation.
Hisarcıklıoğlu
noted that young people will be given entrepreneurship training within the
framework of said cooperation, “Every job has its fine points. In addition to
the training, we will bring together successful entrepreneurs in our provinces
with young people under the auspices of our Ministry.”
Hisarcıklıoğlu
said that, in addition to entrepreneurship, it is important to provide
internship opportunities for young people, “Internship is a prerequisite for
qualified employees.”
Hisarcıklıoğlu
emphasized that the young people working in a business during school ages will
have a more firmly grounded view of the world.
“We
are developing software within this framework. Through this software, we will
collect the intern requests of companies and transmit them to our Ministry. Our
ministry will also announce the demands to young people. Young people will
apply for internships. Members will accept the candidates they deem appropriate
for the internship after evaluating the applications.”
- Youth and Sports Minister Mehmet
Muharrem Kasapoğlu
Youth
and Sports Minister Mehmet Muharrem Kasapoğlu said at the opening of the
ceremony that the main area of work of the Ministry is to ensure that young
people prepare for life in the most effective way.
Kasapoğlu
stated that when they met with Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, they discussed how to
develop more opportunities offered to young people; how Turkey's
entrepreneurial ecosystem can be developed, such as new applications to nurture
the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Turkey; to quantitatively and qualitatively support
our young human resources and the steps to be taken on to facilitate work life.
Stating
that it was decided the Ministry of Youth and Sports and TOBB would combine
their power with regards to entrepreneurship, internship and mentoring of young
people, Kasapoğlu said:
“There
is a sincere effort. Blending TOBB’s accumulation of knowledge and experience with
our Ministry's own accumulation is an opportunity for our youth. Therefore, I
think the protocol we sign will give our young people very important values.
Within the scope of the cooperation protocol, our Ministry will carry out
training, promotion and information activities on the importance of
entrepreneurship, mentoring and internship. We will create a mentor pool of
experienced managers in the business world and implement mentoring studies. We
will also coordinate youth centers, youth camps and youth offices and student
dormitories for entrepreneurship training and activities. We will make
entrepreneurship part of the basic workshops and programs in youth centers and
youth camps and implement new software to be developed by TOBB to increase
internship opportunities.”
After
the speeches, the Entrepreneurship, Mentoring and Internship Cooperation
Protocol was signed.