Issue: 119
Argande, which attracts a great attention from national and international markets since 2008 with its striking collections, is created with the power of Southeastern women in Turkey.
Designs of Argande products are each time prepared by different renowned designers. This time, the 2015/2016 Autumn/Winter collection is prepared by Tuba Ergin and Gülçin Çengel.
The collection leaps out with its military mood and sharp geometric patterns.
It is based on the nature, which uses earthly colors and comes to life with the amber yellow.
Photo shooting for the collection which embodies the magnificence and secrets of Göbeklitepe was done in Göbeklitepe by famous photographer Jerry Stolwijk, in which Duygu Akdeniz, model and actor, presented the collection.
Argande’s 2015 Spring/Summer collection can be reached from Mudo stores* and www.mudo.com.tr.
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*Argande products are available in Mudo stores, which are listed below:
İstanbul: Akbatı Mudo City, Akmerkez Mudo City, Carousel Mudo City, Cevahir Mudo City, Göztepe Optimum Mudo City, İçerenköy Carrefour Mudo City, İstinye Park Mudo City, Maltepe Carrefour Mudo City, Nişantaşı Mudo Store
Ankara: Ankamall Mudo City, Panora Mudo City
Bursa: Korupark Mudo City
İzmir: Agora Mudo City
Muğla: Bodrum Midtown Mudo City
Mersin: Mersin Forum Mudo City
Mudo internet sitesi: www.mudo.com.tr
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About Argande:
Argande is the beautiful goddess of the Kingdom of Commagene, who in the ancient times, ruled the territory of Mesopotamia. Her name has been resuscitated today by the Southeastern women of Turkey. “Innovations for Women’s Empowerment in the GAP Region” gathers its products under the Argande brand in a joint project launched in May 2008 by the GAP Regional Development Administration and the UNDP with financing from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency to socially and economically empower women. The project supports women’s participation in labour markets, re-branding of Southeast Anatolia, and creation of innovative sales and marketing opportunities.
In the emergence of Argande brand, all institutions and individuals gave their volunteer support with s sense of social responsibility. One of Turkey’s biggest and most innovative retail companies MUDO has established sale stands for Argande products in their most important 20 stores. In the creation process of Argande brand, Mudo who worked in coordination with the project team, present the collection – prepared by the famous designers under the name of this non-profit project – in specially designed sections and showcases. Mudo contributes to provide a sustainable resource for Southeast Anatolian women who work in the Argande ateliers. Demir Tasarım has volunteered to prepare printed and visual documents for the emergence of Argande brand. ITKIB provided training support in the ateliers established in Batman and Mardin Ömerli ÇATOM for the production of collection. Bilge Tuğsuz has been the advisor for brand view and artistic working during the catalogue shooting and Ahu Yağtu, Beril Kayar and lastly Sema Şimşek have been the face of the brand. Gencer Beybek, Tamer Yılmaz and Jerry Stolwijk has been the photographer of the collection. In the design coordination of Hatice Gökçe, more than the best 20 fashion designers in Turkey have given volunteer support to the ARGANDE project.
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According to the estimates of Turkish Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology, if all industrial electric motors sold in Turkey over the next 10 years were of high energy efficiency, the energy saved would be equivalent to 3 years of power generation capacity of a big hydropower plant.
In order to address this important and key issue in energy efficiency, Turkish Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology took action together with UNDP, within the framework of ‘Improving Energy Efficiency’ programme, which is one of the transformational programmes in Turkey’s the National Development Plan.
Hence, a project was born for promoting energy efficient electric motors in SMEs and presented to Global Environment Facility (GEF).
Detailed consultations and partnership meetings were held in Istanbul and Ankara in September and October for the preparation phase of ‘Promoting Energy Efficient Motors in Small and Medium-size Enterprises’ project.
Project aims to promote significant additional investment in industrial energy efficiency in Turkey by transforming the market for energy efficient motors used in SMEs.
Following the preparation phase, Project is expected to have five components:
The Center – its building, refurbishment and audit devices - was handed over to Gaziantep Chamber of Industry and Gaziantep University with the additional protocol signed on 14th of October. The GAP Energy Efficiency Incubation Center was established with partnership of GAP Regional Development Agency, Gaziantep Chamber of Industry, Gaziantep University and technical assistance of UNDP.
The protocol was signed by Sadrettin Karahocagil, the President of Southeast Anatolia Project Regional Development Administration (GAP RDA), Adil Konukoğlu, the President of Gaziantep Chamber of Industry and Prof. Dr. Mehmet Yavuz Coşkun, the Rector of Gaziantep University with attendance of Ali Yerlikaya, the Governor of Gaziantep.
GAP Energy Efficiency Incubation Center had opened on 22th of April with the participation of Cevdet Yılmaz, the then Minister of Development, and Helen Clark, UNDP Administrator. Since then for the certification of the center, cooling-heating system testing activities have been conducted.
Until now GAP RDA invested more than 1 million TL for building renovations, refurbishment, the supply of energy audit devices and training activities under this project.
The Energy Efficiency Incubation Center is set up in a building provided by Gaziantep Chamber of Industry. The building has energy efficient features and is renovated according to German Passive House Institute’s EnerPHit criteria. The architectural, mechanical and electrical design concepts were applied; the Energy Efficiency Incubator building is the first renovated building to have the EnerPHit certification in Turkey.
International Entrepreneurship Initiative, realized with the partnership of UNDP Turkey, and Endeavor Turkey are the coordinators of the week in Turkey.
They encourage more than 250 partners in 50 cities around Turkey, aiming to foster entrepreneurship as an alternative career for young people.
During this week each November, GEW inspires people everywhere through local, national and global activities designed to help them explore their potential as self-starters and innovators. These activities, from large-scale competitions and events to intimate networking gatherings, connect participants to potential collaborators, mentors and even investors—introducing them to new possibilities and exciting opportunities. Additionally, potential entrepreneurs meet most successful entrepreneurs of Turkey, sharing their business ideas or models, discuss it through face to face activities and benefit their experiences.
GEW, which will be celebrated 6th times in Turkey, will be celebrated between November 16-22, 2015. 250 partners will realize more than 300 events includes sessions, panels, conferences, workshops, idea competitions, web meetings, study cases!
If you want to be aware what is happening at your city, follow event calendar or Facebook/Twitter pages.
If you want to be part of GEW by hosting an event, you can contact with GEW team: idil.serifoglu@ugmistanbul.org
2015 GGH Turkey Steering Committee Members:
Ashoka Bahçeşehir University, Bilgi University, Entrepreneurs’ Organization, Etohum, Galata Business Angels, Junior Achievement, İstanbul Business Angels, GYIAD, JCI, KAGIDER, Keiretsu Forum, Koç University, Middle East Technical University, Özyeğin University, TEPAV-GEP, TOBB Young Entrepreneurship Council, TOBB Women Entrepreneurship Council.
‘Work for Human Development’
Global launch:
Monday, 14 December 2015. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
11 am Addis Ababa (GMT +3) / 3 am New York (GMT -5)
The global launch ceremony will take place at the United Nations Conference Centre located at the UN Economic Commission of Africa, with H.E. Hailemariam Desalegn, Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Helen Clark, United Nations Development Programme Administrator, and Selim Jahan, Director of the Human Development Report Office.
Work is critical for human development; this is the basic message of the 2015 Human Development Report. Work contributes to the richness of human lives and the richness of economies. However, this positive link is not automatic. The 2015 Report analyses the imbalance in paid and unpaid work and focuses on the changing world of work, driven by globalisation and the digital revolution, which presents opportunities, but at the same time poses risks. The Report includes a series of policy recommendations focused on harnessing work for human development and achieving equitable and sustainable progress.
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ABOUT THIS REPORT:
Human development is about expanding the richness of human life, rather than simply the richness of economies. This idea focuses on people, and their choices and opportunities. The Human Development Reports use this approach to analyze some of the most pressing challenges facing humanity to achieve sustainable progress. More information at http://hdr.undp.org
Contact Information
UNDP Headquarters
Anna Ortubia
Communications Specialist
+1 212 906 5964
Dylan Lowthian
Communications Analyst
+1 212 906 5516
UNDP Regional Service Centre for Africa
Sandra Macharia
Regional Communications Advisor, Africa
+251 929907934
UNDP Ethiopia
Martha Mogus Communications Specialist
+251 11 5 44 43 18
There are two objectives identified for support with the grant scheme. These are:
This call for proposal is open for UN agencies, NGOs and other civil society organizations.
Please see the New World Project Guidelines for more information about the grant scheme and application procedure.
The deadline for project proposals submission is 9 November 2015.
Please submit the proposals to the email address; aybars.demiralp@undp.org
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will bring together key humanitarian and development stakeholders to collectively consider future directions of the response to the protracted crisis in Syria, now well into its fifth year. The Forum will include UN agencies; international financial institutions; donors; representatives of international and national non-governmental organizations; and the private sector, alongside senior representatives of Governments in the countries neighbouring the war-torn country.
Hosted by the Government of Jordan, on 8 and 9 November 2015, in the Dead Sea, under the title, Resilience Development Forum: Integrating Responses, Expanding Partnerships, the event aims to focus on the wide range of resilience-building responses required to address the devastating consequences of the conflict in Syria, and the impact on refugees and host communities in neighbouring countries.
Journalists, photographers and media technical staff wishing to cover the Resilience Development Forum must receive accreditation in advance by completing and submitting the form on the following link: http://www.resilience-forum.org/for-the-media/
What : Resilience Development Forum:Integrating Responses, Expanding Partnerships
When : The Forum comprises three main components (details below):
- Resilience-building Innovation Marketplace, 8-9 November 2015, 09:00 – 17:00
Open to the Media. Featuring a Speakers Corner for Exhibitors to show-case innovative initiatives in response to the Syria crisis
- Topical Roundtable Discussions - 8 November 2015, 09:00 – 17:00
The six roundtables (3 sets of 2 parallel sessions) are open to the Media and will feature press conferences by UN agencies and partners hosting the roundtables to answer media enquiries.
- Resilience Development Forum High Level Panels, 9 November 2015, starting at 09:00
Only inaugural session and subsequent press conference will be open to the media.
Where : King Hussein Convention Centre, the Dead Sea, in Jordan
Who : Panelists and Speakers include:
High-level Government Representatives from the Syria crisis sub-region:
HE Imad Fakhoury, Minister of Planning and International Cooperation, Jordan; HE Reem Abou Hassan, Minister of Social Development, Jordan; and senior government representatives from Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon and Turkey
From the United Nations:
Helen Clark, UNDP Administrator; Antonio Guterres, High Commissioner for Refugees; Anthony Lake, Executive Director UNICEF; Staffan de Mistura, UN Special Envoy for Syria; William Swing, Director-General IOM ; Amir Abdallah, Deputy Executive Director, WFP; Sima Bahous, UNDP Regional Director for Arab States; Kevin Kennedy, Regional Humanitarian Coordinator; and Ferid Belhaj, World Bank Director for the Middle East
From Inter-governmental Organizations:
Johannes Hahn, European Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy, EU NEAR; and Stefan Kapferer, Deputy Secretary General, OECD
From Donor Countries:
Ulrika Modéer, State Secretary for International Development Co-operation, Sweden; Elina Kalkku, Under-Secretary of State for Development Policy, Finland; and Andreas Gies, Director General for Development Cooperation, Germany
From the NGO community:
Jan Egeland, Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council; Andreas Kamm, Secretary-General of Danish Refugee Council; and Neal Keny-Guyer, CEO Mercy Corps
From the Private Sector:
Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, Chairman of Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization and the UN Global Network on Promoting Digital Technologies for Sustainable Urbanization
The Forum comprises three main components:
Resilience-building Innovation Marketplace, on 8-9 November 2015, which will provide a platform for knowledge sharing and networking on innovative approaches to resilience-building employed by stakeholders involved in the Syria crisis response, in the form of 30 exhibition booths.
Topical Roundtable Discussions, on 8 November 2015, hosted by a number of leading UN agencies and partners debating priority challenging topics related to resilience building in the context of the Syria crisis, including, UNICEF’s No Lost Generation initiative, resilience of municipal services, and sustainable livelihoods and employment.
High Level Panels, on 9 November 2015 that will debate and build consensus on specific policy and strategic actions to address main bottlenecks and unresolved challenges in the current approach to the Syria response, including:
Outcomes of the Forum will be captured in a set of key milestones that will form the basis for a Resilience Agenda, which integrates humanitarian and development components of the responses of the international community, national counterparts and development partners, strengthening existing collaboration and expanding partnerships to include new critical actors, such as the private sector.
The Resilience Development Forum is organized within the framework of the Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan (3RP), and the Regional United Nations Development Group. The scope of the RDF includes the six countries that are most affected by the Syria crisis – Syria, Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt.
For further information, please contact:
Dania Darwish, Communication Coordinator for the RDF, UNDP
Mobile Tel: +962 79 680 4793 e-mail: dania.darwish@undp.org
Noeman AlSayyad, Regional Communication Advisor for Arab States, UNDP
Mobile Tel: +962 79 567 2901 e-mail: noeman.alsayyad@undp.org
The country consultation was organized in preparation for the Resilience Development Forum which will be held on 8th and 9th of November in Jordan.
Representatives from Government of Turkey, international donors, UN Agencies, Private Sector and NGOs took part in country discussions in Ankara.
They discussed the impact and perspective of the Syria crisis in relation to making aid architecture fit for resilience, social inclusiveness and private sector engagement.
A series of priority areas and recommendations for actions were developed at the end of the meeting. These include stronger involvement of the private sector in crisis response, the need for tailoring aid architecture for Turkey context while strengthening data availability and the need for addressing the diversity and complexity of the communities.
The results of this exercise will contribute to the Resilience Development Forum in Jordan which will be organized to stimulate long-term visioning in a crisis context and provide a suitable platform to a wide range of partners in the region.
In addition, the key recommendations will be submitted to the Resilience Agenda which will be drafted, agreed on during the Forum; as well as supported and invested for resilience-building work in Syria and neighboring countries.
The Resilience Agenda will reflect the interests and expectations of the participants of the Resilience Development Forum, and include commitments towards the implementation of a scaled-up resilience response across the region.
The sixth annual Social Good Summit in Turkey comes on the heels of the United Nations General Assembly, taking place this year shortly after the Sustainable Development Summit in New York City, where world leaders adopted the 17 new Global Goals.
The aim of the one-day event was to examine the impact of technology and new media on social good initiatives worldwide. The Summit brought together national leaders, new media and technology experts, grassroots activists and voices from around the world to share creative ideas and solutions in regards to the use of new media for social good.
To raise awareness around the new Global Goals, UNDP held Social Good Summits in more than 100 countries and territories, including Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova, Georgia, and Azerbaijan to name just a few in our region.
The Social Good Summit in Istanbul was co-organized by UNDP in Turkey and the Regional Hub with the generous support of Türk Telekom Group. Other speakers included UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Turkey, Kamal Malhotra, Twitter Turkey’s Emine Etili, Facebook Turkey’s Nilay Erdem, who joined activists, civil society members, and artists for vibrant daylong discussions on topics ranging from leveraging new technologies to the role of media in contributing to social good.
The Summit also served as the launch of the new publication, “Innovation in the age of the Sustainable Development Goals” – a review of UNDP’s innovation work in Europe and Central Asia.
The paper was launched by UNDP innovation specialist Milica Begovic, who introduced it in a special panel featuring Georgia Public Service Development Agency’s Naniko Tsiklauri, EPAM Systems’ Shamilka Samarasinha, and co-founder of Montenegro’s Digitalizuj, Vladimir Vulic. The publication was launched on both UNDP’s website and – for the first time in UNDP history – on the online platform, MEDIUM.
“Innovation for us means partnering with unusual suspects and turning ideas into action on the field. It’s about figuring out what works and what doesn’t – and doing so quickly and cheaply. This publication is a story of our experience to date.”
The success stories in the review showcase the experience of countries and territories in the region and aim to demonstrate the impact of UNDP’s innovation work in Europe and Central Asia. The paper examines where and how innovation played a strategic role and concludes by looking forward to analyze common elements that have built programmatic success, brought about positive results, and transformed the way UNDP works in the region – and beyond.
>> See the publication on MEDIUM
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Editör: Faik Uyanık
Asistan: Nazife Ece
Bu sayıya katkıda bulunanlar: Aybars Demiralp, Berna Bayazıt, Birce Albayrak Coşkun, Ceyda Alpay, Deniz Tapan, Gönül Sulargil, Hatice Gökçe, İdil Şerifoğlu
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