The vision of the Entrepreneurship Council, which was established with the aim of creating and implementing strategies for the development of entrepreneurship in Turkey, was introduced at the launch meeting on January 4, 2012.
The Council, which will be chaired by Mr. Nihat ERGÜN, Minister of Science, Industry and Technology. The Council, which will be chaired by Mr. Nihat ERGÜN, the Minister of Science, Industry and Technology, has complemented its tasks and goals for the development of entrepreneurship in the medium and long term with an "Entrepreneurship Council Manifesto".
In the manifesto of the Entrepreneurship Council; providing a faster functioning and an effective business environment for our country's entrepreneurs, the ideal of making Turkey one of the world's largest economic powers, determining new strategies for an entrepreneur-friendly ecosystem, disseminating entrepreneurship culture, facilitating access of entrepreneur candidates to information and financial resources, developing communication networks, Eco-entrepreneurship, The importance of objectives such as supporting entrepreneurship in thematic areas such as social entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship, innovative entrepreneurship, youth entrepreneurship and women's entrepreneurship, directing entrepreneurs to export and ensuring that they gain international competitiveness in world markets, improving communication, information, research and data collection environments on entrepreneurship to advanced standards were emphasized.
With the formation of the Entrepreneurship Council, 32 organizations will be integrated in line with entrepreneurship services and goals. The secretariat services of the Council will be provided by the KOSGEB Administration.
Mr. Nihat ERGÜN, Minister of Science, Industry and Technology Nihat ERGÜN, Minister of Science, Industry and Technology, in his speech before the signing ceremony of the Entrepreneurship Council, stated that they took an important decision at the Supreme Council of Science and Technology on December 27, 2011, and noted the following:
"We will now create entrepreneurial and innovative university indices for universities and start measuring the performance of our universities in these areas. How many entrepreneurs, how many patents have come out of the university? How many of them have been licensed? How many of them have been commercialized for industry? These will be new criteria. The Entrepreneurship Council established today will prepare actions to solve the financing of entrepreneurs, facilitate access to domestic and foreign financial resources, and develop alternative financial instruments such as venture capital funds and business angels."
The organizations in the Entrepreneurship Council are as follows; Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology, Ministry of Family and Social Policies, Ministry of Labor and Social Security, Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Customs and Trade, Ministry of Development, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of National Education, Undersecretariat of Treasury, KOSGEB, İŞKUR, TÜBİTAK, YÖK, Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB), TOBB Women Entrepreneurs Board, TOBB Young Entrepreneurs Board, TOBB Turkish Venture Capital Assembly, Confederation of Turkish Tradesmen and Craftsmen (TESK), Anatolian Lions Businessmen Association (ASKON), ENDEAVOR Association, Young Executives and Businessmen Association (GYİAD), Women Entrepreneurs Association of Turkey (KAGİDER), Independent Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association (MÜSİAD), Teknogirişim Enterprises Research and Development Association (TEKNOGİRİŞİM), Technology Development Zones Association (TGBD), Turkish Business Women's Association (TİKAD), Turkish Young Businessmen's Confederation (TÜGİK), Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON), Turkish Young Businessmen Association (TÜGİAD), All Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association (TÜMSİAD), Turkish Enterprise and Business Confederation (TÜRKONFED) and Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association (TÜSİAD)
The members of the Entrepreneurship Council held their first council meeting after the signing ceremony.
