Tranings

As a result of the assessments made on the application forms, SME employees who will participate to the pilot trainings were determined. Project outcomes will not only be useful for SME employees but also for students studying foreign trade, thus project partner, Yeditepe University is foreseen the realization of pilot training.

Pilot trainings were carried out in two sessions:

Pilot Trainings

Pilot Training 1: 27 June 2012 (Istanbul Exporters Association)

Pilot Training 2: 5 July 2012 (Yeditepe University)

Following evaluation questionnaires completed by participants during the trainings, necessary revisions and improvements are made into the project outcomes (Foreign Trade Guide, Export Simulation Game). Then an evaluation meeting is done in Brussels and final version of the project outputs are determined. In addition the project and Foreign Trade Animation are presented to the relevant EU institutions in Brussels.

Following an evaluation meeting in Brussels, dissemination meetings are conducted in İzmir, Gaziantep and Rize. In this context, project outputs are presented to SMEs in stated cities and during these meetings, participants played “Foreign Trade Game” which is transfered through this project.

Dissemination Seminars

Dissemination Seminar 1– İzmir: 14 September 2012

Dissemination Seminar 2– Rize: 21 September 2012

Dissemination Seminar 3– Gaziantep: 28 September 2012

Evaluation Conference

Brussels: 7 September 2012

Final Conference

Istanbul: 18 October 2012