IDEB : International Development of Eastern Black Sea Region TR2009/0135.03-041

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ETCF-II is co-funded by the European Union and the Republic of Turkey

BUT, the big part of total export volume has been cumulated

in three main sectors (hazelnuts, fruits and mining) and highly

dominated by the leading companies,

MEANS, - a rising domination of the leading companies to

the export of region

- dramatic competitiveness imbalance amongst the

enterprises

There is a considerable level of export volume takes place in the Eastern Blacksea Region in TURKEY

Backround of the project

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ETCF-II is co-funded by the European Union and the Republic of Turkey

REASON, - Potantial SMEs has a problem about finding and

funding human resources specialized in the field of

internationalization

- There is not enough suport mechanism in SME

institutions as Chambers, which provides internationalization

services. They are also lack of qualified human resources.

Backround of the projectETCF-II is co-funded by the

European Union and the Republic of Turkey

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ETCF-II is co-funded by the European Union and the Republic of Turkey

Promorting international relations and to ensure long-term

partnership between EU and Turkish business communities

for transfering best practices from EU to Eastern Black Sea

Region in Turkey

Capacity building of the Chambers to better serve and

represent their members on internationalization

To foster opportunities for trade and investment in region

Our objective is; ETCF-II is co-funded by the

European Union and the Republic of Turkey

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Ordu Chamber of Commerce

and Industry

Chamber of Commerce,

Industry and Shipping of Castellon

Barcelona Chamber of Commerce

Trabzon Chamber of Commerce

and Industry

PartnersETCF-II is co-funded by the

European Union and the Republic of Turkey

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Project Team -Coordination Team EU – TR Expert Team

ETCF-II is co-funded by the European Union and the Republic of Turkey

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ESLABLISH FOREING TRADE CENTER

Study visit to Spain

Transfering Best Practices from Spain

Developing Human Resources about

Internationalisaiton

Determining service system of center

Preparing guidelines on Internationalisation

TO PROMOTE IMPORTANT SECTORS IN BOTH REGION BY ACTIVITIES

B2B event with 35 SME’s from 2 partner

countries

Promote the important sectors by

promotional guidelines

ActivitiesETCF-II is co-funded by the

European Union and the Republic of Turkey

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• Duration 12 monts

• Budget is 178.739,00€

Duration and Budget

ETCF-II is co-funded by the European Union and the Republic of Turkey

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Trabzon Foreign Trade Center will be established for giving sustainable internationalisation services to the region

International services system will be transfered from Spain and adapted to Turkish Chamber system

Institutional capacity of Trabzon CCI and Ordu CCI will be developed in local, national and international level,

Staff of Trabzon CCI and Ordu CCI will be specialized on International services by long term trainings.

A detailed guideline about Internationalization will be prepared for the chambers and SMEs

ResultsETCF-II is co-funded by the

European Union and the Republic of Turkey

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15 SMEs from Turkey and 20 SMEs from Spain was benefited from the Project Directly by being in B2B event

At leats 30 negotiations were done between SMEs from Turkey and Spain.

At least 3 commercial cooperation was done between the SMEs from Turkey and Spain.

The awareness of SMEs, from each partner countries, will be increased on trade potential of regions

ResultsETCF-II is co-funded by the

European Union and the Republic of Turkey

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Thanks for your attention

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Bilgen AKMERMERTrabzon Chamber of Commerce

and Industry

e-mail : bilgenakmermer@ttso.org.trTlf : + 90 462 326 80 70