President Erdem stated that they organized a seminar to introduce KOSGEB’s new support program, KOBIGEL – SME Development Program, which serves for the development, growth and competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises. Erdem said that, ‘’We believe that our cooperation with KOSGEB on KOSGEB-supported international business trips and fairs will make a significant contribution to our region.”
ERDEM LISTED HIS DEMANDS
“First of all, we think that SME supports should contribute more to the tourism sector. We demand the reopening of some loans given with the employment of personnel for the development of micro and small-scale enterprises that have contributed to our region in the past, before the tourism season. We see that the limits of some of KOSGEB’s existing supports for enterprises are still not updated and lag far behind the needs. We believe that these limits should be increased and some of the supports that were previously in force but cancelled should be updated and re-introduced. It is also of great importance to improve the support amounts and to determine the call topics without ignoring the needs of the enterprises in our region in the calls to be issued if the new programme will continue on a call basis.’’
THANKS TO PRESIDENT ERDEM FROM ERKIŞ
KOSGEB Provincial Director İbrahim Uğur Erkış drew attention to the importance of the meeting they organized in cooperation with ALTSO and conveyed important information to the participants about the KOBIGEL – SME Development Program.
Emphasising the importance of small and medium-sized manufacturers, Erkış said that supplier and producing enterprises are supported more for the continuity of sectoral developments. Erkış also stated that Alanya had a large share in the 2022 KOSGEB grant distribution. Erkış said, “We are happy that Alanya has an important share in the distribution of grants. We love Alanya, and we will continue to work in cooperation with Alanya Chamber of Commerce and Industry to increase this segment.” Director Erkış thanked ALTSO President Eray Erdem for his cooperation and hosting.
