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          Corporate Social Responsibility Association of Turkey

CSR Association in Turkey is an independent NGO formed by the efforts from academics, businesses and other civil society organizations, aiming to promote the ideas of CSR not only in business world but also to other stakeholder groups such as government and non-governmental organizations. We believe CSR and the values behind it, provides an important insight to enrich social development.

Because of its philanthropic nature CSR is not totally a new subject for Turkish business and society. However, it needs a deeper analysis and a business approach while not underestimating the international standards. more

   CSR Academy Training Programme

Corporate Social Responsibility Association in Turkey is working to create tools, resources and methodologies for business to behave socially responsible on social, economical and environmental issues so that business can have a positive impact on the development of the society.

CSR Turkey aims at developing social awareness, manufacturing public opinion, organizing panels, seminars, conferences, courses, certification and training programs in order to give CSR publicity, create a discussion environment on the issue and make the topic well known.

The CSR training seminars will begin and entitle CSR Weekend Programme, hold in partnership with Corporate Social Responsibility Association of Turkey and Kadir Has University by CSR Turkey's experts at Kadir Has University on 2th March 2010. more

          Turkey CSR Solutions Marketplace

As part of its efforts to strengthen the understanding of corporate social responsibility concept in Turkey, CSR Turkey undertakes various initiatives. Among these, CSR Turkey has been implementing "Accelerating CSR in Turkey Project” within the EU Civil Society Dialogue Program since July 2008. The project which has been implemented in cooperation with CSR Europe, a leading CSR institution in Europe, covers CSR conferences along with workshops specially designed for articulating the relationship between the CSR and Media and CSR for SMEs.

In the framework of EU Civil Society Dialog Program, 'Turkey CSR Solutions Market Place' activity ,as a final activity in Accelerating CSR in Turkey Project that we apply with CSR-Europe partnership on between July 2008 and November 2009,  took place on 23th October 2009 at Kadir Has University. more

   Turkey CSR Solutions Marketplace Catalogue

Corporate Social Responsibility Association of Turkey (CSR – Turkey) in partnership with CSR – Europe developed a CSR Project entitled “Accelerating CSR in Turkey” under the auspices of European Union Civil Society Dialogue Programme.

Seventeen months long project was initiated on July 2008. The project is composed of two CSR Conferences, 1 Media Workshop, 1 SMEs Training and organization Turkey CSR Solutions Marketplace. Besides, a CSR Roadmap will be prepared and published via the outcomes of the two CSR Conferences.

The First Marketplace Catalogue was published which entitled as ‘Turkey CSR Solutions Marketplace Catalogue’ on 23 October 2009. more

           NPO Meeting - Kadir Has University/ Hey Textile, Turkey

CSR Europe is the leading European business network for corporate social responsibility with around 75 multinational corporations and 27 national partner organisations as members. Its mission is to support member companies in integrating CSR into the way they do business, every day. 

The NPO meeting at Kadir Has University has started with the speech of Serdar Dinler, president of CSR Turkey, emphasizing the importance of this meeting as it was the first NPO meeting hosted by CSR Turkey. Mr. Dinler also mentioned that he was pleased to see the NPOs attending to the first Turkish CSR market place. There were totally 25 participants from 14 NPOs in addition to the attendance of the executive director, board of directors and NPO relations coordinator of CSR Europe. more


   Report for Enhancing CSR in Iran Project - 24 October 2009

Enhancing Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Iran Project started in January 2009. In this report we want to reflect and summarize our activity and acquisitions of the project until now.

The project mainly targets CSR advocates in Iran, including NGOs related to CSR and Iranian businesses seeking to improve bring their business practices in line with international standards.  The project proposes to foster participation of NGOs and businessmen in CSR workshops and discussions, raising awareness of their rights and responsibilities based key concept including Human Rights, Transparency, Labor Rights, Corruption, and Accountability. more

          Awareness Raising and Experience Sharing for Media

The Media is, of course, an important actor throughout all other activities of the project but developing their competence and understanding on how to better communicate CSR requires special attention.

The Workshop of Turkey journalists was carried out in cooperation with professional journalists and CSR experts from the European Union on 5 October 2009 in Istanbul, who have been working on CSR related issues in the European Union. These activities was not only served as directing and enlightening  Turkish Media on CSR but also create a networking opportunity for the members of the media from both countries, interested in CSR. more

   World Forum on Sustainable Economy

WORLD-FORUM-ANG-250x250World Forum Lille for sustainable economy on 19th, 20th and 21st November 2009
World Forum Lille gathers top managers, experts, students, union reps and NGOs each year. It aims at showing that sustainability and competitiveness can match, through a wide range of pioneering business initiatives from worldwide companies. This year, the 2009 edition will deal with: SUSTAINABLE FINANCE: What are the best practices in the field of finance?
More information on www.worldforum-lille.org

   CSR Training Seminar

"SMEs and CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILTY in TURKEY "
ACCELERATING CORPARATE SOCIAL RESPOSIBILITY IN TURKEY-27 MARCH 2009, İSTANBUL

The concept of CSR is still a new topic for Turkey, yet stands as a high priority on the agenda.  Through the implementation of activities for a better understanding and application of Corporate Social Responsibility, the whole society will benefit by drawing its way for a sustainable development based upon EU standards.  

This will help Turkey improving competitiveness, social cohesion and grasping a better understanding of EU policies and values for an improved and consistent society during the accession process of Turkey to the European Union. more

          Corporate Social Responsibility Association of Turkey

'Turkey Corporate Scoial Responsibility Baseline Report' The study, results of which are shared in this publication, was carried out under the regional CSR project “Accelerating CSR practices in the new EU member states and candidate countries as a vehiclefor harmonization, competitiveness, and social cohesion in the EU” funded by the European Commission and the United Nations Development Programme. more

   Transforming the Change

The globe changes rapidly and old values and tendencies are replaced with new ones simultaneously. None of the entities, neither corporations nor governments, have the luxury to fall outside from this rapid change process. Turkey also meets with new concepts through this change process and attempts to adopt itself to this transformation.

Beyond the invention of alphabetic writing and onset of the use of money we encounter milestone dates like Industrial Revolution in 1774, Use of Railways in 1829, Steel and Electricity in 1875, Petrol and Chemicals in 1908, Informatics in 1971. It is obvious that these change processes influenced human being and enabled various transformations. People, particularly young people, who benefit from these transformation processes digress their boxes and now play a key role on change. more

   
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