Istanbul Chamber of Industry And “How Green is My Firm” Project

1. Istanbul Chamber of Industry And “How Green is My Firm” Project Familiarization Program for the IDB Members on the Turkish Model of Private Sector Operated Industrial Zones 20 October 2009, Istanbul

2. Aydın The TurkishChamber System • 365 Chambers in Total. • 12 Chambers of Industry in most industrialized cities.

3. The Turkish Chamber System • All Chambers are established by law - yet all are non-governmental organizations. • Compulsory membership. • Some services are assigned by law. • Umbrella organization of all Chambers:The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (in Ankara) (TOBB).

4. Establishment and Goals • Founded in 1952 • Today: ~15.000 members • Mission: To enhance the international competitiveness of industry and to contribute to the country's economic development by delivering information, training, and consultancy services.

5. The ICI Member Base

6. Member Profile

7. The ICI Management Secretary General Departments Board of Directors (11 Members) Assembly Speakership Chamber Assembly (117 Members) Sectoral Committees (290 delegates in 56 committees) Member Enterprises (~15.000 firms)

8. Departments Secretary General EU & Foreign Econ. Affairs Capacity Environment Industry SME Services Membership Services Research Publication Sales Sectoral Committees Library Consultants Press & Publications Human Resources Legal Affairs Information Technology Accounting Administration

9. Basic Services • Registration Services • Capacity Reports • Expertise and appraisal reports • Investment incentive certification • Free Movement Certificates

10. Information and Consultancy Services (1/3) • Research • Sectoral strategies and sector policy reports • Industry • Investment incentive consultancy • Legal consultancy on industrial legislation • Management consultancy for SMEs • SME Financing • Consultancy on intellectual and industrial property rights • The ICI - Quality & Technology Council • Quality, R & D, Technology consultancy • Information and consultancy on Quality Management Systems

11. Information and Consultancy Services (2/3) • Environment • Environment Department was launched in 1990 to raise an awareness of the environment among the members • Environment Advisory Committee, Environmental Specialist Committee and Environment Technical Working Group • Organizing seminars and training activities, information and consultancy services on environment • Forming opinions on draft and current environmental legislation • Corporate cooperation and joint efforts with national and local authorities • Providing awards to members in their environment related works and projects • Environmental publications • Waste recycling exchange

12. Information and Consultancy Services (3/3) • EU & Foreign Economic Relations • Guidance on Export incentives, • Bilateral meetings with foreign commercial missions, • The Foreign Trade Knowledge Base, guidance on legislation and procedures, • The EuroInfo Centers Network, • Work related to the harmonisation of national legislation with the EU's technical legislation. • EU Projects • Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (CIP):The Enterprise Europe Network, • How Green is My Firm Project • The ISO-EU Academy

13. Training Programmes • Vocational and Technical Training • Management & corporate culture • Total quality management and efficiency • International Trade • Environmental Legislation and Management Systems • Finance & Accounting • Seminars & training aimed at increasing exports • Seminars about current issues • SME Seminars on developing international cooperation • Workshops on the harmonisation of national legislation with the EU's • Foreign Trade and international markets • Intellectual and industrial property rights

14. Research & Publications • Economic and Social Research • Publications related to industry and the economy • “Industry", the monthly ICI periodical • Top 500 Industrial Enterprises (yearly) • Production, Sale, and Capacity Status of the ICI Member Base (Trimestrial)

15. Cooperation & Relations with Other Organizations • Cooperation with: • Sectoral Associations, • Universities, • Public Institutions, • Other various foundations & associations. • Other Chambers Abroad: • ICI – Cologne • ICI – Lyon • ICI – Trieste • ICI – Poland • ICI – Hungary • ICI – Valencia

16. Some Cooperation Partners in Turkey • ICI - İGEME (Export Promotion Center) • ICI - İKV (Economic Development Foundation) • ICI - İstanbul Menkul Kıymetler Borsası (Istanbul Stock Exchange ) • ICI - KOSGEB (Small and Medium Industry Development Org.) • ICI - TGSD ( Turkish Apparel Industrials' Association) • ICI - TTGV ( Turkish Foundation for the Technological Development ) • ICI - TÜBİTAK Marmara Araştırma Merkezi ( Scientific & Technical Research Council of Turkey, Marmara Research Centre ) • ICI - TÜSSİDE ( The Association for Turkish Industry Management ) • ICI - TKSD (Turkish Chemical Manufacturers Association) • ICI - University - Industry Cooperation Platform ( ÜSİB ) • ICI - Sabancı University

19. TOBB ETCF is funded by the European Union Contracting authority This programme is implemented under the coordination of TOBB and EUROCHAMBRES CREATINGAWARENESS ABOUT EU AND TURKISH ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION: HOW GREEN IS MY FIRM Project Partners Project Associate

20. Project at a glance • Title: How Green is my Firm? • Partners: • Chamber of Commerce of Valencia (COCINV) - Spain • Mersin Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) - Turkey • Duration: 12 months • Budget: 139.765 €

21. Objectives • The overall objectives are creating awareness among the Turkish industrial sectors about the EU Environmental Acquis; contributing to the EU negotiation process on the chapter on environment; disseminating environment-related know-how of Istanbul Chamber of Industry (ICI) to other Turkish regional chambers. • The specific objective is enhancing the environment-related service capacity and adding to the analytical tools of Istanbul Chamber of Industry and Mersin Chamber of Commerce and Industry in cooperation with EU Chamber from Spain

22. Activities • Establishing the cooperation with partner Chambers • Assessment of the EU and Turkish environmental legislation for the chemical sector • Finalization of gap analysis & preparing the checklist • Promotion of the Project by press conference and seminar • Selection of companies from chemical sector to be visited • Visiting selected companies in Istanbul and Mersin)

23. Activities (continued) • Preparing evaluation report and making the need analysis • Organizing 2 training seminars on the identified need areas • Preparing the published materials (guideline on identify topic a result of need analysis) • Preparing training visit program • Organizing the training trip to partner country • Managing the visibility of the Project • Reporting

24. Results • Sustainable partnership between ICI and COCINV • Checklist of "How Green is My Firm" • Evaluation report and need analysis for chemical sector • Guideline on identify topic a result of need analysis • Increased knowledge of representatives of chemical sector on EU environmental acquis • Increased capacity of MCCI on EU environmental acquis • Increased capacity of Environment Department of ICI • Increased knowledge of COCINV on Turkish industry's environmental alignment

25. Establishing the cooperation with partner Chamber • Kick-Off Meeting was organized on 5th of February 2009 • Work plan and responsibilities of team members were organized, partnership statement was prepared.

26. Assessment of the EU and Turkish Environmental Legislation • Assessment of the EU and Turkish Environmental Legislation related to the chemical sector were carried out by Spanish and Turkish experts individually. • The objective is to compare the EU and Turkish Environmental Legislation, find out the similarities and differences between them and to establish the necessary knowledge structure to be able to prepare the checklist which will be one of the most important results of the project.

27. Finalization of gap analysis & preparing the checklist • Workshop was hold between 24 and 27 of March 2009 • How Green is My Firm Control List was prepared by project team and external experts based on the assessment of EU and Turkish Environmental Legislation.

28. Promotion of the project by press conference • Press conference was organized on 16 of April 2009. • Representatives of Istanbul Chamber of Industry, Valencia Chamber of Commerce and Mersin Chamber of Commerce and Industry attended to the press conference.

29. Promotion of the project by seminar • Promotion seminar was hold on 16 of April 2009. • Three speakers made presentations on • The Experience of Industry During the Adaptation Process of EU’s Environmental Acquis • Prevention of Pollution: IPPC and Its Implementation • Turkish Chemical Industry and Turkish Environmental Legislation

30. Selection of companies to be visited & company visits • To implement the control list face to face, company visits were arranged. • 42 companies in Istanbul and 15 companies in Mersin were visited in May and June 2009

31. Evaluation Report, Need Analysis and Guideline • Based on the results of the How Green is My Firm Control List implemented during company visits, the evaluation report and need analysis are being prepared. • One guideline on Turkish Chemicals Management Legislation is being prepared by local project team.

32. Training Seminars • 2 Training Seminars, one in Istanbul on 8 of September 2009 and one in Mersin on 10 of September 2009, were organized on the identified need areas.

33. Training Seminars (continued) • Four speakers made presentations on • Eco-Label Regulation and Directive on Packaging and Packaging Waste • Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control Directive and Best Available Techniques • Directives on the Control of Volatile Organic Compound Emissions • Evaluation of Chemical Sector in the Scope of Turkish and EU Environmental Legislation

34. Training Trip to Valencia • A Training Trip were organized to Valencia for project team and the representatives of the companies that had been visited to implement the checklist in order to see European environmental practices on site between 5 and 9 of October 2009.

35. Training Trip to Valencia(continued) • During the Training Trip in Valencia, several meetings and company visits were organized; • Valencia Chamber of Commerce • Center of Clean Technologies • The Metal-Processing Technology Institute • Chemical and Environmental Association of the Valencian Comunity • Hazardous and non-Hazardous Waste Management Association of the Valencian Comunity • ERCROS Industrial • TECNIDEX • Magma Tratamientos

36. Sustainability of the Project • All the work done under the How Green is My Firm Project will be available on our web site. (www.iso.org.tr) • The objective is to be able to spread the knowledge gained during the project as wide as possible and be a reference point for future similar project. • The documents that will be on our web site; • Presentations of promotion/training seminars • How Green is My Firm Control List • Evaluation Report • Guideline etc.

37. Thanks for your attention… Erbil Büyükbay Project Coordinator ebuyukbay@iso.org.tr Ömer İnan Local Expert oinan@iso.org.tr