Capacity buildings

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• Capacity buildings
• EU certification program,
• Publications,
• Chamber accreditation
• Mustafa Bayburtlu
• Regional Project Coordinator
• 13 January 2009
• Istanbul

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TOBB and The Accession Process

• TOBB is assigned duties by law
• to voice the interest of its members
• to ensure information flow to the business
  community on the EU legislation,
• 27 chapters are directly linked with the
  interests of the business community,

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TOBB and EU Accession Process

• What are we doing
• Capacity building at TOBB level
• Capacity building at local level (chambers)
• Capacity building at corporate level
• Work on harmonization of Turkish legislation with
  the EU law
• Information and lobbying

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ETCF 3 types of Capacity Buildings

• EU-certification program
• ?Training for personal capacity building
• Publications
• ? Publications to spread information across
  chambers and to the final beneficiaries Turkish
  companies
• Chamber Accreditation
• ? Update the Chamber accreditation standards to
  improve chamber competitiveness on EU level

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1. EU certification program

• Objective
• Certificate in European policies a business
  perspective Become an EU expert!
• A comprehensive training programme in European
  policies for Turkish Chamber executives to have
  knowledge and skills to provide information,
  guidance, support and advice on EU policies to
  their members.

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EU certification program (cont.)
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EU certification program (cont.)

• Training outline
• Locations Ankara Istanbul
• Duration per module 2,5 days
• Capacity 50 participants total
• (25 per training)
• Applications open to all 365 chambers and
  commodity exchanges in Turkey (selection
  process).
• Certification by partner university

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EU certification program (cont.)

• Schedule Lecturers

• Academics from EU
• and Turkey
• International Chamber
• experts
• Business experts

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EU certification program (cont.)

• Application Process
• Admission to the Program will be based on the
  applicants professional experience and
  motivation.
• Requirements
• To be an executive from a Chamber
• The chamber should have an interest in
  developing EU services
• Personal particular interests
• Strong commitment to EU-topics
• Very good level in English

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2. Publications

• Outline
• 6 manuals on 6 different EU topics of particular
  relevance for Turkish businesses will be
  produced.
• They will accompany the EU certifcation program.
• The authors of these manuals will be the EU
  program lecturers and other selected experts in
  the relevant field.

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Publications (cont.)

• Content
• Description of the EU-regulation relevant to
  companies for daily business.
• Company-Checklist for compliance with
  EU-regulations in the specific field
• Target group SMEs in Turkey
• Language Turkish - English
• Production printed version electronic
• for free download

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3. Chamber accreditation
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Chamber accreditation (cont.)

• Methodology
• Application to TOBB
• Trainings on Standard
• Strategic Planning
• Develpment Inspection Visits
• Implementation, Accreditation
• Benchmarks
• Re-accreditation cycle 3 years

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Chamber accreditation (cont.)

• Accreditation scheme (Nr. of Chambers accredited)

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Accredited Chambers 2002-2008
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Chamber accreditation (cont.)

• The Accreditation Standard includes the
  following five sections
• 1. Engagement with the Business Community
• 2. Membership
• 3. Financial Health
• 4. Governance Management
• 5. Regional, National, International
  Development of the Network

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2009 - Standard Review Update
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Chamber accreditation (cont.)

• Our Partner - BCC
• International Experience
• Approach know how transfer
• Cooperation TOBB-BCC
• TCDP-1 and TCDP-2
• http//www.tobb.org.tr/organizasyon/sanayi/kalitec
  evre/akreditasyon.php

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• Thank you very much