ISMEK is the education organization of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. They have more than 200 centres all over Istanbul and they provide several kinds of training. Besides, they do not train only Turkish citizens, but they are also providing Turkish language courses especially for Syrian Refugees. Officers of ISMEK visited our
Mr Emre Eren Korkmaz from Oxford University paid a visit to our office to discuss with our General Manager Enis Kösem of the working conditions of the refugees in the garment sector and asked questions concerning his new research.
Richard Thomas, Global Sourcing Director of the Shop Direct visited their Turkey offices and requested to meet us in person during his travel. We were happy to greet him and his team at our office and discuss the refugee agenda in the textile sector in detail.
We now have a long-lasting and strong relationship with Inditex. As a year ended, we came together with their compliance team to support each other with valuable feedbacks of the previous year and brainstorm on how we can improve our collaboration. Additionally, we have renewed the MoU, signed for another
Kipas is a well-known reputable group of companies in the international markets, with more than 8.000 employees, the annual turnover of nearly 1 billion US dollars, and embracing corporate values. After finding a place in the Top 1000 Turkish Industrial Enterprises List published by Istanbul Chamber of Industry for the
We had a meeting with Mr Hayri Volkan Korkmaz from Küçükçekmece Municipality in our Şişli Office. In the meeting, we agreed to work together and develop new projects, particularly on women refugee employment. After the municipal elections, we will decide the date and events. Moreover, we agreed that the resumes
We held a meeting with the Shangri-La Hotel on their needs. For the first recruitment process, they opened positions for 10 employees. United Work will be presenting candidates for these positions in the upcoming days.
Varner is one of Scandinavia’s leading textile companies, having more than 11000 employees. They have retail stores in eight countries: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Poland, Germany and Austria. Varner also has a significant supply chain located in Turkey. While the refugee employment rising in their supply chain, Varner has
We had meetings with INGEV on the management of the incentives that INGEV received from ILO as Employment and Entrepreneur Incentives. In the upcoming days, the subject and scope of the project will become formed.
We visited Mr Murat Türkyılmaz the Deputy Vice President of the Council of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. We requested their support particularly about information about the refugees who are in training in Turkish classes at ISMEK Courses. Their interest was remarkable, and they introduced us to Mr Ali Koca, the Manager
