A trip to Keltepe Ski Center was organized as part of the “Foreign Trade Ambassadors and Integration Project”, which was carried out in cooperation with Karabük University, Karabük Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Karabük Science and Research Association on April 3rd.
Students studying at Karabük University and taking part in the project went to the Keltepe Ski Center in Karabük and had a pleasant day within the scope of the project.
Karabuk University (KBU) Rector Prof. Dr. Within the scope of the 'Foreign Trade Envoys and Integration Project' protocol signed by Refik Polat and Karabük Chamber of Commerce and Industry (TSO) Chairman Mehmet Mescier in October last year, Karabük University students toured the Keltepe Ski Center.
With the 'Foreign Trade Ambassadors and Integration Project' carried out in cooperation with KBU, TSO and 3 Nisan Karabuk Science and Research Association, active participation of students in urban life, adoption by the society, students' engagement with their country, in Karabuk, which is one of the cities with the highest number of international students in Turkey, It is aimed to increase the trade volume between Turkey and Karabük.
During the 2021-2022 academic year, 300 students selected in the first leg of the program, which can be applied by Turkish and international students, went through more than 60 hours of training on foreign trade, e-export, commercial law and KVKK. After this training, 50 students who applied among the successful students will be able to get to know the commercial and industrial facilities, establishments and institutions in Karabük closely, and closely observe the export processes, within the scope of field visits by the Karabük TSO in cooperation with the members. Joint efforts will be made with organizations for the employment and long-term internships of the most successful students. In this process, students will be included in the travel programs and cultural activities where they will get to know the districts, nature and cultural structure of Karabük.
Karabük University Registrar's Office Head Özcan Büyükgenç and Karabük Chamber of Commerce and Industry Secretary General Cem Biçen and students took part in the trip organized to Keltepe Ski Center.
KBU Student Affairs Department Head Özcan Büyükgenç shared the following information about the project: “The project, which was carried out within the scope of a protocol jointly signed by our Rector and President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, started about 4 months ago. 300 willing students were given training on foreign trade. The tricks of foreign trade were explained. It was a 45 hour training. We then took 300 of our students to a written exam. We reduced the result of this written exam to the top 100 students. Then, we interviewed the students in the commission established by business people last week, and within the scope of that interview, we reduced the number of students to 50. These students will work with our companies that trade and export for about 3 months, and they will also take part in a trip as part of such a cultural event. On this occasion, we are at Keltepe Ski Center today. ”
Emphasizing that Karabük University has international students from 97 different countries, Büyükgenç said, “We do not want our students involved in the project to be cultural ambassadors between Turkey and their own countries, but also to be a commercial attaché. We attach great importance to this in terms of both the economic development of our city, the economic development of our country and the economic development of their own countries. It is a project that we are carrying out in that denominator.” he said.
Karabük Chamber of Commerce and Industry Secretary General Cem Biçen shared his thoughts on the project and made the following statements in his speech: “We are very happy to have a university like Karabük University. It is a very enterprising, visionary university. Our students add great value here from the countries and provinces they come from. We need to benefit from the values they have created and this is a great potential. Recently, our international students have also been included in our university and they have added a different value. As we saw this potential, we, as Karabük Chamber of Industry, saw that we would benefit from these friends in the development of foreign trade of both our province and our country, and we planned to conduct a study to develop common foreign trade with them. We developed this project.”
Rabia Yeşilyurt, a student at Karabük University Faculty of Business Administration, Department of International Relations (English), stated that she wants to work in big companies in the field of trade in the future and said that this protocol is the first step for her. Yeşilyurt said, “With the training we have received, this project is progressing very well now. I believe that we will come to beautiful places with international students.” he said.
Karabük University Engineering Faculty Energy Systems final year student Abdullah İdris said, “I believe that we will complete this project very well. My university education ends this year, but my connection with Turkey will never end.” said.
Senanur Okumuş, a second year student at Karabük University Department of Justice, said, “In terms of trade, I made sales on clothing in Turkey's domestic market. I believe that with the fine and sensitive information I learned through the Foreign Trade Ambassadors program, I will carry it to a better point.” he said.
Be the first to comment