Gaziantep Common Mind Platform®, the last regional workshop of the "Olive and Olive Oil Sector National Clustering Strategies Development Project" supported by the Republic of Turkey Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock and carried out by TÜBİTAK TÜSSİDE, was held on 20.11.2014, hosted by Gaziantep Commodity Exchange.

Academicians working on olive and olive oil from the provinces of Gaziantep, Adana, Mersin, Osmaniye, Hatay, Antalya, Kahramanmaraş, Kilis, Mardin, Şanlıurfa, Adıyaman and Karaman, as well as representatives of the public, private and non-governmental organizations, participated in the study moderated by TÜBİTAK TÜSSİDE.

At the workshop, where all segments working in the olive and olive oil sector met at the same tables, opinions were expressed on the current situation of the sector. After the current situation analysis study, in which the strong and open areas of the sector, as well as possible opportunities and threats were tried to be determined, a proposal development study was carried out to strengthen the sector by using creative idea generation methods and techniques.

At the end of the study, participants said in the evaluation survey, “It was a nice study. “We hope to see productive results together and wish such organizations to be permanent.” They expressed their satisfaction.