Category: Events

 

The “Impact Measurement and Management Summit: Time to Act in Türkiye,” organised in collaboration between TED University and the Impact Investing Advisory Board (EYDK), has achieved significant success!

The “Impact Measurement and Management Summit: Time to Act in Türkiye,” organized in collaboration between TED University and the Impact Investing Advisory Board (EYDK), has successfully concluded. The summit emphasized the importance of Impact Measurement and Management in the transition to the impact economy and achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Turkey. During the summit, experts discussed various standards and frameworks in Impact Measurement and Management, social value, Social Return on Investment (SROI), and the use of SDG Impact Standards in impact management, as well as insights from data for impact.

Press Release

Free software training will be provided to young people in Istanbul to ensure their employment.

Istanbul Development Agency (ISTKA), operating under the coordination of the Ministry of Industry and Technology’s Directorate General for Development Agencies, has launched a $1.25 million Social Impact Bond to train and employ young unemployed individuals. Through the Social Impact Bond, young individuals entering the software sector will be equipped with future skills through an educational program and will be employed.

First Social Impact Bond: “Istanbul Coding” Project Has Begun!

The Istanbul Coding Project aims to enhance the talents and skills of young people by providing them with software training. Young individuals who successfully complete the software training programs will gain opportunities in the software sector. With this project, 550 unemployed young people will be employed, equipped with future skills. Additionally, the demand for trained human resources in the software field by companies will be met.

 

Press Bulletin

The Impact Investing Advisory Board (EYDK) started the activities of the Sunshine of Şanlıurfa project in February 2023 under the ENHANCER project, which the European Union funds through International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD).

We are pleased to support women empowerment and refugees’ livelihoods as part of EYDK’s data-driven thematic areas.

ENHANCER is financed by the EU and implemented in coordination with the General Directorate of Development Agencies, the Ministry of Industry and Technology, and ICMPD. The budget of ENHANCER is 32.5 million euros, and it is implemented in 11 provinces (Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Bursa, Gaziantep, Adana, Mersin, Konya, Şanlıurfa, Kayseri, and Hatay).

In October 2021, EYDK partnered with the Turkish Grameen Microfinance Program (TGMP) for capacity development in implementing the ENHANCER Project. The project has a budget of approximately 30,000 euros, with 90% covered by the ENHANCER grant.

Through the TGMP, the ongoing project aims to create sustainable partnerships among local and national stakeholders in Şanlıurfa, enhance the capacity of entrepreneurship institutions, and include women from Syrian refugees with temporary protection status and the local population in the entrepreneurship ecosystem. The project also aims to promote entrepreneurship at the grassroots level and utilize entrepreneurship for social cohesion.

Under our project with contract number ICMPD/2023/ENHANCER-353-1230010, we have reached the stage of designing, preparing, and finalizing training materials for the training trainers and training materials for the final beneficiaries.

The training of trainers will be provided to TGMP personnel, aiming to enhance their capacity through this training. TGMP will have the implementation capacity for the project in 65 active provinces in Turkiye. After completing the training, trained individuals will provide entrepreneurship training to 150 women ultimate beneficiaries in Şanlıurfa. The training materials will be published for the public, and a final report of the project will be shared with the public. This way, it aims to reduce the budget by half for implementing similar projects by different institutions.

 

 

📢 The 1st Board Meeting of the Impact Investing Advisory Board for 2023 took place online on March 30!

At the meeting, the details of the global interventions were shared, and the activities planned for this year were discussed.

As EYDK, we remain actively engaged in the impact investment ecosystem on a global scale through our partnerships and collaborations with stakeholders to maintain our catalyser role. #etkiyatırımı #impinv #EYDK

EYDK Held the Last Board Meeting of the Year!

EYDK President Şafak Müderrisgil and EYDK Secretary General Onur İlhan presented the activities of EYDK for 2022.

The Sustainable Development Goals within the Context of Resilient Startups and Climate Action panel was hosted by EYDK at the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP27. The participants of the panel, EYDK President Şafak Müderrisgil, Founder One Impact Leader Cem Leon Menase, Advisor to the Rector of Bahçeşehir University, Prof. Dr Esra Hatipoğlu and Türkiye Development Investment Bank, Sustainability and Environmental Social Impact Management Manager Erhan Çalışkan shared their impressions about the conference with the EYDK members.

Within the framework of Turkiye’s MIKTA platform term presidency, the Joint Forces for Impact Investing Report was prepared by the impact leaders of MIKTA countries with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Deputy Director General for Multilateral Economic Affairs, Head of the Department, Aslı Güven, spoke about the importance of the MIKTA platform and conveyed her views on the report’s contribution to the partnership.

The Ministry of Treasury and Finance’s new EYDK representative General Directorate of Economic Programs and Research, Deputy General Manager, Ali İbrahim Gür, also attended the meeting and shared his views.

Within the scope of the Technical Assistance for Implementation of Civil Society Dialogue and Civil Society Support Programme implemented by the Directorate for EU Affairs, the Impact Investment and Civil Society Conference report, which was held on March 29th 2022, was published in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Directorate for EU Affairs and the support of Impact Investing Advisory Board (EYDK).

 

Click here to read the report (Turkish)