Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey

The 3rd TEPAV – BP Energy Forum on the South Gas Corridor Project was held with the attendances of the Energy and Natural Resources Minister Taner Yıldız, TOBB Board and Presidential Council Member Faik Yavuz, British European Union Minister David Lidington and BP Regional President Gordon Birrell.​

Speaking at the DEİK Turkish-Qatari Business Council, TOBB Board and Presidential Council Member Faik Yavuz said, “In line with our strong integration policy with our region as the Turkish business world, we put great emphasis on our relations with the Gulf Region. We support every step to strengthen our cooperation with the Gulf Region.”​

As a part of the Chamber/Exchange Accreditation System efforts, the 11th Term Accreditation process was attended by 29 Chambers/Exchanges at the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey.​

The “Outlook on Turkey’s Economy at the Beginning of 2014, Developments, Expectations and Risks” meeting was held at the TOBB University of Economy and Technology.​

The certificates of the attendees who successfully completed the courses on, “Individual Retirement Intermediary,” “Agency Technical Personnel,” “Overlock Machinist,” held in Antalya as part of the UMEM Ability’10 Project were presented to them during a ceremony attended by the TOBB Board Vice President Çetin Osman Budak.​

The briefing meeting in regards to ISO 17025 Laboratory Accreditation certification, held for the commodity exchanges which have established their laboratories, took place at TOBB Twin Towers with the attendance of 150 personnel from 75 exchanges which have laboratories.​

The number of the newly established companies, cooperatives and sole proprietorships increased by 35,09%, 103,57% and 205,52% respectively according to the previous month.​

Regulatory Commission, Request Review Commission, Economic Report Review Commission, the European Union Compliance Commission, Tax Commission, Foreign Affairs Commission, Press Release Commission, the Economic Policy Committee, Construction and Contracting Services Board, the Livestock Committee, Agriculture Committee, SME Policies Board, the Tourism Board Vocational Education Committee and the Board of Social Policy have conducted their first meetings, electing their presidents, vice presidents, speakers and rapporteurs.​

TOBB has begun Basic Quality Training for 144 chambers/exchanges which had not previously started their accreditation process.​

As part of the TOBB Chamber/Exchange Accreditation System efforts, “Basic Accreditation Training” was conducted at the TOBB Social Facilities Şefik Tokat Hall on the 7th and 8th of February, 2014, for the accreditation specialists beginning work at their respective chambers/exchanges.​