A programme on "The Qualifications Framework in Türkiye, Practices and Expectations" was held at Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University. Dr. Savaş Yılmaz, Chairman of the MÜSİAD Planning, Education and Culture Commission, attended the programme representing MÜSİAD.

The conference on "Vocational Qualification in Türkiye, Practices and Expectations", organized in cooperation with the European Union Delegation to Türkiye and the Vocational Qualifications Authority and hosted by Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University (ÇOMÜ), was held at the Troia Culture Centre. 

Dr. Savaş Yılmaz represented the Independent Industrialists and Businessmen Association (MÜSİAD) at the programme, which was also attended by ÇOMÜ Rector Prof. Dr. Sedat Murat, Head of the Economic and Social Development Section of the European Union Delegation to Türkiye Angel Gutierrez Hidalgo, Acting President of the Vocational Qualifications Authority Metin Kahraman and Education Sector Coordinator of the European Union Delegation to Türkiye Prof. Dr. Mustafa Balcı.

Making assessments in the field of vocational education, Dr. Savaş Yılmaz made the following statements in his speech:

"MÜSİAD is a non-governmental organization with 12 thousand members, with representative offices everywhere in Türkiye, with 89 branches or representative offices in the world, and providing employment for more than 2 million people. We are an organization that takes a close interest in Türkiye’s problems and tries to follow the agenda. This project is an important undertaking from our point of view. Renewable energy is a project that coincides with our strategies for the coming period. As MÜSİAD we are carrying out serious work on renewable energy. In this sense Türkiye takes a close interest in the projects and studies carried out. As MÜSİAD we want to give support on the employment side of this work."