President Halil Balık Attended the Launch Meeting of the Türkiye-EU Business Dialogue II Project
Evaluating the meeting, Halil Balık, President of the Bartın Chamber of Commerce and Industry, emphasized that such projects, which strengthen Türkiye-EU business cooperation, make significant contributions to increasing the institutional capacity of chambers and exchanges and to regional development. Stating that they would closely follow the process so that the Bartın business community can take a more active part in international projects, Balık also referred to the EU project in which the Bartın Chamber of Commerce and Industry is a partner with the Kocaeli Chamber of Industry, and said that this partnership offers an important...
The Launch Meeting of the Türkiye-EU Business Dialogue II (TEBD II) Project, carried out in cooperation between the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB) and the Association of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Eurochambres), was held at the TOBB Istanbul Service Building.
The meeting was attended by Halil Balık, Chairman of the Board of the Bartın Chamber of Commerce and Industry, together with Eyüp Sabri Kundak and Sena Kasapoğlu, Foreign Trade, Project, Quality and Accreditation Specialists of the Bartın Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The program featured the TOBB President and Vice President of Eurochambres Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, the President of Eurochambres Vladimir Dlouhy, the Director of the Central Finance and Contracts Unit Barbaros Murat Köse, the Head of the Trade and Economic Section of the EU Delegation to Türkiye Dominik Olewinski, and the Director General for Financial Cooperation and Project Implementation of the EU Directorate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Bülent Özcan.
Speaking at the meeting, TOBB President Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu stated that the total budget of the project, financed by the European Commission, was 6 million euros, and that projects aimed at strengthening the Türkiye-EU business dialogue have been carried out successfully in cooperation between TOBB and Eurochambres since 2002.
Noting that the TEBD II Project will continue until 2027, Hisarcıklıoğlu said that 18 separate projects will be implemented within the scope of the project through the pairing of chambers and exchanges in Türkiye and EU member states. It was emphasized that these projects will focus on current and strategic areas such as energy efficiency, sustainable growth, green and digital transformation, development of the startup ecosystem, agriculture, food, rural development, sustainable tourism and the EU acquis.
Evaluating the meeting, Halil Balık, President of the Bartın Chamber of Commerce and Industry, emphasized that such projects, which strengthen Türkiye-EU business cooperation, make significant contributions to increasing the institutional capacity of chambers and exchanges and to regional development. Stating that they would closely follow the process so that the Bartın business community can take a more active part in international projects, Balık also referred to the EU project in which the Bartın Chamber of Commerce and Industry is a partner with the Kocaeli Chamber of Industry, and said that this partnership offers an important opportunity in terms of supporting regional entrepreneurship and achieving sustainable development goals.
