Deputy Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina Gives Messages on the EU Bosnia and Herzegovina too considers the EU progress report dissatisfactory.
17/10/2012- 1562
ANKARA – Speaking at a meeting organized by TEPAV, Dr. Zlatko Lagumdzija, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, stated that although political leaders in his country were in dispute on a number of issues
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The Balkans, EU Accession, NATO,
Turkey’s Female Labor Force Challenge on Europe’s Development Agenda TEPAV Director Sak stated that low female labor force participation rate of Turkey stems from demand and supply problems of the labor market.
16/10/2012- 1706
BRUSSELS – TEPAV Director Güven Sak talked about the situation of female labor force in Turkey in this year’s European Development Days, the prominent forum on international relations and development cooperation in Europe organized by the Europe
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Employment, Labor Market Policies, Female Labor Force Participation, Gender, European Union,
TEPAV Gathered Industrial Relations Partners to Discuss How Social Dialogue Works in Turkey National research on the impact of the economic crisis on industrial relations is being finalized
16/10/2012- 1888
ANKARA – As part of the Project titled “The Economic Crisis Impact on Industrial Relations National Systems: Policy Responses As Key Recovery Tools”, industrial relations partners gathered in a meeting at TEPAV to discuss the labor market policie
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Global Financial Crisis, Industry,
TEPAV: İŞKUR Found Jobs for 37 out of 100 Applicants İŞKUR became more effective; the number of job and employee applications increased.
14/10/2012- 1858
ANKARA- The placement rate for İŞKUR applicants has increased year-on-year to 37.2 percent.
The tenth issue of the TEPAV Employment Monitoring Bulletin reports that the numbers of applications to the Turkish Employment Agency (İŞKUR) for employ
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Employment Statistics, Employment,
Presidential Debate 2012: Obama Snoozes and Loses Washington Agenda / Roger Simon, Chief Political Columnist at the POLITICO
04/10/2012- 1296
"One word of advice for Barack Obama before his next debate: caffeine.
I had a Pepsi right before the debate started Wednesday night and was tingly for the next 90 minutes.
President Obama looked like someone had slipped him an Ambien.
The fi
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With a Limited Rise, TEPE Still Lower than it was Last Year TEPE had a value of -5.5 in September 2012
02/10/2012- 1270
ANKARA - In September 2012, The TEPAV Retail Confidence Index (TEPE) increased slightly month-on-month but showed a year-on-year decrease. Business volume compared to the same period last year and the past three months improved month-on-month. E
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TEPAV Retail Confidence Indicator (TEPE) , Retailing Sector,
Business Bridges with the EU: TEPAV to Monitor 3rd Countries The project announced with a conference in Istanbul will match companies from the EU and Turkey with counterparts from Egypt, Tunisia and Palestine.
01/10/2012- 1734
ANKARA/ISTANBUL – TEPAV analyzed the potential of Egypt, Tunisia and Palestine for economic and trade cooperation between the European Union (EU) and Turkey in third countries. The Business Bridges Initiative will carry out trilateral matchmakin
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EU - Turkey Relations, SMEs, Middle East, Trade, Investment,
Entrepreneurship Center Looks for Turkey’s Zuckerbergs In the context of the Startup Weekend Ankara event, candidate entrepreneurs will work through the weekend at TOBB ETÜ - GARAJ to develop their projects.
01/10/2012- 1743
Startup Weekend, a global event organized in various countries will be held in on October 5-7 in Ankara with TEPAV’s facilitation. With the sponsorship of Google and Microsoft, the event aims to support entrepreneurship. In the event, future entre
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Entrepreneurship , GEP-TR, Business Development, GARAJ,
Second TEPAV Merih Celasun Award Applications Now Open TEPAV announced applications for the 2012 Award in memory of Prof. Merih Celasun. The application deadline is March 31st, 2013.
27/09/2012- 3329
ANKARA – TEPAV has announced the second annual award in the memory of Prof. Dr. Merih Celasun, who created remarkable solutions to Turkey's structural problems throughout his career. The theme of the 2012 Merih Celasun Award is “Demographic tren
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Merih Celasun Memorial Day, Turkish Economy, Demographics,
TEPAV to Open a Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute… The Institute aimed at building capacity will be established in cooperation with the US Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI).
25/09/2012- 1683
ANKARA – TEPAV is establishing a new institute to provide a comprehensive knowledge set on the agricultural policy design processes in Turkey. TEPAV | Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute will carry out objective evaluations on curren
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Agriculture, Turkish Economy, Food Sector,
