Under the presidency of Service Exporters’ Association President Prof. Dr. Ahmet Bolat with the participation of Vice Presidents Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Aydın and Salih Zeki Çakır, board members and the press, HİB Press Conference was held.
In his speech Prof. Dr. Ahmet Bolat stated that the sectors of service export closed 2022 with a historic success and completed the last year with a record export of 90.3 billion dollars. Bolat stated that the share of the sector in 2022 employment is 56.5% and the sectoral growth rate is 11.7%; For the year 2023, the 100th anniversary of the Republic, he stated that they aim for a service export income of 125 billion dollars.
The 27th session of conference series titled “HİB Interviews with Commercial Counsellors” that coordinated online by Service Exporters’ Association which operates under the umbrella of Turkish Exporters Assembly, was held on 10th May 2023 with the theme of “Azerbaijan”.
The online program, which started with the opening speech of HİB Vice President Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Aydın, continued with presentation of Baku Commerce Principal Consultants Yakup Sefer and Murat Yaman, Gandzha Commercial Attache Kadir Gündoğdu and Nakhchivan Commercial Attache Lütfü Kop.
Including detailed information on service export in Azerbaijan in the presentations; main economic indicators pod Azerbaijan and foreign trade data, market potentials, investment incentives, Türkiye-Azerbaijan bilateral trade, opportunities and disadvantages in the export, trade agreements between two countries, service trade sectors, fairs in Azerbaijan subjects discussed.
After the presentations, the questions from representatives of participating companies were answered.
HİB Vice Presidents Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Aydın and Salih Zeki Çakır on behalf of Service Exporters’ Association attended the grand opening of TÜYAP Construction Fair in Samsun.
In the opening, T.R. Minister of Commerce Mehmet Muş, Member of Parliament Fuat Köktaş, Samsun Metropolitan Mayor Mustafa Demir, Samsun Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Salih Zeki Murzioğlu and TÜYAP General Manager İlhan Ersözlü made their opening speeches.
HİB delegation under the presidency of HİB Vice President and Education Services Committee President Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Aydın visited the public enterprises in Rabat within the scope of the national participation event to L’etudiant International Student Fair. Within the framework of visits, meetings were held with Morocco National Center for Scientific and Technical Research and Ministry of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Innovation, Cooperation and PartnershipDepartment.
In the long meeting between the delegation under the Morocco National Center for Scientific and Technical Research President Prof. Dr. Jamilia El Alami and HİB delegation, fruitful ideas on doing joint academic studies between Turkish universities attend to the fairs in Morocco and universities of Casablanca and Rabat were exchanged.
In Rabat, meeting with the delegation of one of the leading universities in Morocco, International University of Rabat, İAÜ President Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Aydın and his team signed a wide range of cooperation protocol to improve current relations.
HİB Vice President Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Aydın and HİB delegation, on the third day of fair, met with Ministry of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Innovation, Cooperation and PartnershipDirector Sanaa Zebakh and her team.In the meeting, a working plan was determined to improve the collaboration between the universities of the two countries. In addition to holding Türkiye-Morocco Universities Forum, a cooperation decision on the recruitment of Turkish and Arabic lecturer were also made.
In the last day of the Morocco visits, Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Aydın met with IAU Alumni in Casablanca at the dinner and listened their career journey.
On the second day of L’etudiant International Student Fair national participation event held in Morocco with the organization of HİB, IAU President Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Aydın visited Casablanca II. Hasan University with his team. A comprehensive cooperation protocol was signed between Casablanca II. Hasan University which is the second largest university in Morocco in terms of academic quality and volume and IAU. Visiting the university and campus with his team, Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Aydın wished that the protocol would be beneficial for both universities and conducive to fruitful cooperation.
Rabat Embassy Charge D’affaires Efe Ceylan and Rabat Commercial Counsellor Mehmet Ali Oran visited the “Study in Türkiye” pavilion in L’etudiant International Student Fair on the second day of the national participation event.
The last event of the second day was high school visit.
Under the presidency of HİB Vice President and Education Services Committee President Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Aydın, with the support of T. R. Ministry of Trade and the organization of HİB “L’etudiant International Students Fair” was held in the Casablanca city of Morocco. National Participation Event with the “Study in Türkiye” pavilion was held at the fair.
In the event that Rabat Yunus Emre Institution Coordinator Reha Ermumcu visited, Turkish universities had a chance to promote themselves to Moroccan students. 20 universities from Türkiye attended the event.
The 26th session of conference series titled “HİB Interviews with Commercial Counsellors” that coordinated online by Service Exporters’ Association which operates under the umbrella of Turkish Exporters Assembly, was held on 19th April 2023 with the theme of “Zambia”.
The online program, which started with the opening speech of HİB Vice President Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Aydın, continued with presentation of Lusaka Commercial Counselor Suat Gülsoy.
Including detailed information on service export in Zambia in the presentations; general information of Zambia, macroeconomic indicators, foreign trade of Zambia, Türkiye-Zambia bilateral trade, potential service sectors in Zambia subjects discussed.
After the presentations, the questions from representatives of participating companies were answered.
The 25th session of conference series titled “HİB Interviews with Commercial Counsellors” that coordinated online by Service Exporters’ Association which operates under the umbrella of Turkish Exporters Assembly, was held on 12th April 2023 with the theme of “France”.
The online program, which started with the opening speech of HİB Vice President Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Aydın, continued with presentations of Paris Commercial Principal Consultant Murat Gören, Paris Commercial Counselor Gonca Köksal Ensari, Lyon Commercial Attaché Umay Göksu and Marseille Commercial Attaché İnan Yıldırımdal.
Including detailed information on service export in France in the presentations; France economy and foreign trade data, service sector data, business culture in France and sector subjects discussed. After the presentations, the questions from representatives of participating companies were answered.
Service Exporters’ Association 2023 Ordinary General Meeting was held with the participation of member companies on 11th April 2023 Tuesday in International Trade Complex.
In the meeting, HİB President Prof. Dr. Ahmet Bolat and HİB Vice President Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Aydın made their opening speeches. After that, information on the activities of the association and service export data were presented. Discussing the agenda items of the assembly, members’ ideas were received.
The 24th session of conference series titled “HİB Interviews with Commercial Counsellors” that coordinated online by Service Exporters’ Association which operates under the umbrella of Turkish Exporters Assembly, was held on 5th April 2023 with the theme of “Greece”.
The online program, which started with the opening speech of HİB Vice President Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Aydın, continued with presentations of Athens Commercial Counsellor Hamid Tatcı and Thessaloniki Commercial Attache Ahmet Erdoğan.
Including detailed information on service export in Greece in the presentations; the main economic outlook of Greece, Greece service export, Türkiye-Greece bilateral service trade, sector analysis, investment incentives in Greece subjects discussed. After the presentations, the questions from representatives of participating companies were answered.
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