The “Young Women Who Create Their Future” project, supported by the Sabancı Foundation, is carried out by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Sabancı Foundation in cooperation with the Ministry of Family and Social Services and the Ministry of Labor and Social Security.  Within the scope of this project, it is aimed to increase the employability of young women who are neither in education nor in employment (NEET) in the 18-29 age group in Ankara and to ensure their employment by developing innovative models based on cooperation. As Başkent OIZ Innovation Center, we contribute for a project with the application of Başkent Industrialists’ Association in order to develop cooperation in the development of this process and develop a sustainable employment model, with partnerships of Başkent OSB, İŞKUR, Başkent OSB Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School, Hacettepe University Başkent OSB Technical Sciences Vocational School, Ankara Metropolitan and Polatlı Municipalities.

As Başkent OSB Innovation Center, one of our goals in the region is to increase the R&D and innovation capacity in the region. In this context the program will be introduced to provide the necessary training and consultancy support to our companies in the region during the R&D and Design Center establishment process and to guide their sustainability.

The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) is one of the tools created by the European Union to achieve the carbon emission reduction target set by the European Green Deal. It is foreseen that CBAM, which will be priced similarly to the Emission Trading System (ETS) implemented in EU since 2005, will also be applied to imported products as well. In the panel to be held in this context, Başkent OIZ companies will be informed about which tax systems or export requirements await them in terms of emission reduction in the near future.

We are in an application process of the Project in partnership with Başkent OIZ, Çerkezköy OIZ, Yalova OIZ, TTGV (Turkish Technology Development Foundation), Aarhus University, Universita Degli Studi Di Napoli Federico II, University of Gdansk and The Sustainable Collaborative, within the scope of Erasmus+ program funded by the European Union. The project aims to train “Sustainability Experts” in 4 Organised Industrial Zones having Innovation Centers in Turkey and to support companies in carrying out sustainability projects in manufacturing industry.