The name for social entrepreneurship mobilization started in 11 provinces broken by the earthquakes in southeastern Türkiye throughout the framework of the “Social Entrepreneurship, Empowerment and Integration Project” (SEECO) for girls and youth staying in tents and containers, to make sure their participation in employment.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, within the newest Cabinet assembly, stated, “We are maximizing the state contribution in the financing of projects by transferring all the resources of our development agencies to the cities of the disaster area.”
Following this assertion, the “Call to Support Social Procurement” was launched throughout the SEECO challenge, financed by the European Union and carried out with the coordination of the Ministry of Industry and Technology Development Agencies General Directorate and the World Bank. The name was made by the Çukurova Development Agency, the Eastern Mediterranean Development Agency and the Ipekyolu Development Agency Dicle, protecting 11 provinces throughout the jurisdiction of the Development Agency and Karacadağ Development Agency.
With this name, 57 help services shall be established in Hatay, Kahramanmaraş, Osmaniye, Şanlıurfa, Diyarbakır, Adana, Mersin, Gaziantep, Adıyaman, Kilis and Mardin. The cooperation of the services will primarily allow girls and youth to step into entrepreneurship. Approximately 500 entrepreneurs shall be supplied monetary help from a 15 million euro fund for the acquisition of equipment and tools.
Within the framework of the decision, “social purchasing” protocols shall be signed with giant corporations working within the textile, manufacturing, meals, trade and repair sectors in Türkiye. In this context, corporations will give a purchase order assure to earthquake-affected entrepreneurs who will produce merchandise to the requirements required by giant corporations. Larger companies can even assist merchandise attain wider markets. The sustainability of the services to be established by entrepreneurs can even be supplied by native governments and improvement companies.
Thus, with this name, it is going to be ensured that the catastrophe survivors, who’re enduring tough instances following the earthquakes, take part in employment. In addition, help shall be given to the socio-economic improvement of the area, and girls and youth staying in tent and container cities shall be assisted of their psychosocial restoration.
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