Turkish Business Confederation
Budget
€10 — €0
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
1
0.25 FTE
EU Grants
€181,365
Mission & Goals
TURKONFED (Turkish Business Confederation) is a non-governmental and nonpartisan business organization, aiming to contribute to the development of regional, sectoral and national economic policies in Türkiye. Established in 2004, TURKONFED today represents 31 federations and 373 associations with more than 60,000 companies as members. TURKONFED is a member of SMEunited, which represents over 22 million SMEs from 30 European countries. In this respect TURKONFED is a bridge between the Turkish business world and the European Union. Additionally, members from across the globe gather under TURKONFED International platform. TURKONFED has three main functions: Policy design/advocacy, capacity development and business development. 8 Commissions undertake these functions: Economic Development & Sustainability, Women in Business World, Regional Development, Sectoral Development, Youth, Education & Entrepreneurship, Digital Transformation, Green Transition and Access to Finance.
EU Legislative Interests
EU Trade Policy and EU – Türkiye Customs Union modernisation. SMEs and entrepreneurial policies. European Green Deal and related green transition legislation. Omnibus and ESG related developments and EU legislative files on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence, Corporate Sustainability Reporting, EU Taxonomy, Sustainable finance, Ecodesign for Sustainable Product, EUDR etc. RepowerEU, Net Zero industry and overall energy security and transition. Legislative agenda on the digital transformation, cyber security related legislation (Cyber Resilience Act, NIS2 etc.), AI Act, AI Continent Action Plan, European Digital Innovation Hubs (EDIHs), cross border data transfers, Data Act, Data Governance Act and GDPR. Youth policies, Gender equality and Women entrepreneurship, Social and sustainable development policies.
Communication Activities
TURKONFED has inaugurated the "Responsible Business Conduct Helpdesk" in partnership with German Development Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) on supporting business to navigate the upcoming environmental and human rights (ESG) due diligence legislations in the supply chains. https://www.rbhturkiye.com/en TURKONFED has partnered with UNDP to set up CBI - Connecting Business Initiative network in Turkiye, for disaster preparedness and business resilience. Consequently, TURKONFED has played an important role for private sector collaboration and humanitarian response in the 2023 earthquakes. (https://www.undp.org/stories/turkiye-local-businesses-frontline-earthquake-response ) In ongoing collaboration with UN Women in Türkiye and with the largest network of women’s business associations among its members, TÜRKONFED’s Women in Business (WeLead) promotes women's entrepreneurship through digitalisation, gender equality, and sustainability. https://girisimdekadingucu.com/en/ TURKONFED's green and digital transition related events and publications: TURKONFED's "European Green Deal and SMEs" Report: https://turkonfed.org/en/detail/3452/turkonfed-published-the-european-green-deal-and-smes-report https://turkonfed.org/en/detail/3515/european-green-deal-and-smes-report Awareness raising on Green Transition of SMEs in Anatolia: https://turkonfed.org/tr/Proje/34/kobiler-icin-yesil-donusum Digital Transformation Center for SMEs (DDM) https://turkonfed.org/en/detail/3391/digital-transformation-consultancy-from-ddm-to-medium-sized-enterprises Digital Anatolia Project https://turkonfed.org/en/detail/2375/digital-anatolia-and-digital-transformation-center-on-online-platform
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
TÜRKONFED is a member of SMEunited, the association of crafts and SMEs in Europe - European Social Partner https://www.smeunited.eu/members Business for Goals Platform (B4G) cofounded by TÜRKONFED, United Nations Development Programme and TÜSİAD. https://www.business4goals.org/en/ United Nation’s Connecting Business Initiative-CBi network in Türkiye founded by TÜRKONFED. (CBi is an initiative supported by the UN and driven by the private sector.) https://www.connectingbusiness.org/about#excom
Organisation Members
TÜRKONFED has 31 regional and sectoral federation members of non-profit nature in Türkiye. Full list of TÜRKONFED federation members: https://turkonfed.org/en/our-members (national map) Additionally, international members gather under TÜRKONFED International platform. Full list of TÜRKONFED International members: https://turkonfed.org/en/our-members (international map)
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.