20.02.2024 Antalya
The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB) President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu attended the Türkiye-wide dissemination and project information meeting regarding the Clean Business Project.
Implemented by the TOBB
Women Entrepreneurs Council in cooperation with the Ministry of National
Education (MoNE) General Directorate of Lifelong Learning and OPET, the “Clean
Business Project” is being implemented in 81 provinces with the aim of covering
a wider range of business lines.
Speaking at the
meeting, TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu said that the project, which
started in 3 pilot provinces in 2021, gained great momentum in a very short
time.
Stating that the necessary
steps have been taken to spread the project throughout the country,
Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “With the Clean Business Project, micro-enterprises
operating in the field of food and beverage, accommodation and transportation
in the service sector are supported to stand out with an improved hygiene
understanding and to support consumers and especially tourists to prefer these
places. In this process, our Ministry of National Education has done a very
successful job in designing the trainings and providing these trainings to our
women entrepreneurs. OPET, another project partner, has also made a great
contribution to the scaling and field implementation of the project both
locally and nationally.”
Hisarcıklıoğlu thanked
the partners of the project and all stakeholders who contributed to this
process.
On the other hand,
Hisarcıklıoğlu emphasized the importance of developing and equipping the female
entrepreneurship potential in Türkiye and stated that leading the development
of entrepreneurship culture among women is their main goal.
In this context,
Hisarcıklıoğlu stated that they have carried out many studies guiding women
entrepreneurs and said, “Our goal should be to increase the rate of women
entrepreneurs above 10 percent. In order to support this, we express at every
opportunity to encourage women entrepreneurs by purchasing the products of
women manufacturers with a quota of 15 percent in public tenders. I always
emphasize that intelligence and success have no gender. If the woman is strong,
the family, society and the country will be strong.”
- “Our trainings were also requested by other sectors”
TOBB Women
Entrepreneurs Council President Nurten Öztürk said that they are happy to
expand the project to 81 provinces.
Reminding that the
project started with pilot applications in 2021, Öztürk said, “We started in 3
provinces at the beginning. Then we expanded to 20 provinces and reached
150,000 people. The expansion of the project to 81 provinces means that its
scale has grown much larger. Our aim is to increase service and hygiene
standards especially in micro enterprises and to provide better service.To contribute to the creation of a healthy,
conscious society. Our trainings, which we initially started in the
transportation, accommodation and catering sectors, were also requested by
other sectors. Today, 81 provincial presidents and representatives of our
national education community will come together. How can we spread this project
in all companies and institutions? In short, they will mobilize.”
Cengiz Mete, Director
General of Ministry of National Education's General Directorate of Lifelong
Learning, stated that 150,000 people benefited from the trainings in the
project, which was created with the aim of protecting public health, improving
the quality of life, and raising generations trained in cleaning and hygiene.