“Turkey's Woman Entrepreneur Competition” is being organized with the contributions of Garanti BBVA, Ekonomist Magazine, and the Women Entrepreneurs Association of Turkey (KAGİDER).
Garanti
Garanti BBVA, with the highest sustainable income generation capacity based on banking activities, is the second private bank in Turkey in terms of asset size.
It is the first private bank that started offering products and services for women entrepreneurs under SME Banking in 2006 by focusing on them as a customer segment.
Garanti BBVA has been providing financial and consulting support with the Woman Entrepreneur Support Package to uncover the "entrepreneurial spirit" of woman business owners, and to help them expand their business to compete in global markets, supporting their personal development with Woman Entrepreneur Meetings, and rewarding them with "Turkey's Woman Entrepreneur Competition."
Furthermore, with Woman Entrepreneur Managerial School, Garanti BBVA aims to further improve the entrepreneurial spirit of woman business owners, increasingly expand their business, and increase their competitiveness in the global arena. With projects intended for women entrepreneurs, Garanti BBVA has won the "Corporate Social Responsibility Program" award within the scope of the 2010 European Excellence Awards, and the grand prize in the "Corporate Responsibility Programme of the Year in Europe" category of the International Business Awards within the scope of the Stevie Business Awards which has an important place in the international business world.
Ekonomist
With 25 years of history, Ekonomist is one of the leading institutions of economics journalism in Turkey. With its continuously improving rich content, Ekonomist has been meeting with its readers every week since January 6, 1991, and continuing to make a contribution to the emergence of the role models of economy. Past and continuously updated surveys show that the publication that has the readers with the highest level of brand loyalty in the magazine market is Ekonomist.
Kagider
The Women Entrepreneurs Association of Turkey (KAGİDER) was established by 37 women entrepreneurs in September 2001 in İstanbul as a non-profit civil society organization operating nationwide. Today, KAGİDER is continuing to expand and grow stronger with its 290 woman entrepreneur members who actively work in different sectors and create value. Starting out with the vision of creating a world that women play an active part in all decision processes by producing and establishing their existence freely, KAGİDER is striving to improve women entrepreneurship, strengthen the position of women in economic and social life, and to enable women to take an active part in all decision processes. Within KAGİDER, entrepreneurship and leadership training is provided for hundreds of women every year.