The 16th joint meeting was held with the participation of all Chambers / Commodity Exchanges in Mardin and aimed to contribute to regional development activities. The meeting was held online with the organization of Kızıltepe Commodity Exchange.
Participants of the meeting held on February 10, 2020 and mainly composed of Secretaries / Deputies and Quality and Accreditation Officers were as follows: Kızıltepe Commodity Exchange Deputy Secretary General Metin Sert; Kızıltepe Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KTSO) Secretary General Ahmet Aslan, Quality and Accreditation Officer Ferhat Dündar; Chairman of the Board of Mardin Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MTSO) Mehmet Ali Tutaşı, Secretary General Çetin Sasa, Quality and Accreditation Officer Elif İlhan; Nusaybin Commodity Exchange (NTB) Secretary General Abdullah Dal, Quality and Accreditation Officer Ercan Çelik; Nusaybin Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NTSO) President Mahsum Özmen, Secretary General Abdulkadir Güneş, Quality and Accreditation Officer İlhan Özmen; TOBB / TEPAV, Mardin Province / Districts Chamber / Commodity Exchange Academic Advisor and Mardin Artuklu University (MAU) Faculty of Economics Department Assoc. Prof. Mehmet Behzat Ekinci.
The agenda items of the meeting were as follows: General Activities and Good Practices of Chambers / Commodity Exchanges in the Covid-19 Process, Academic Counselling, New Term Expectations, New Term Project Activities.
Mardin Chambers / Commodity Exchanges gave information about the following general activities and good practice examples they carried out during the pandemic:
KTB: Studies on Strategic Plan preparation; Ministry of Commerce Supported ICE Project: Mesopotamian Sun Mardin Bulgur is Opening to New Markets; Guided Support Project Supported by Tigris Development Agency (DİKA): Improving Mardin Food Analysis and Trade Capacity.
KTSO: Innovations in Quality and Accreditation Infrastructure; Successful completion of ISO audit; Kızıltepe Bulgur Sector ICE Project.
MTSO: Project for the Improvement Institutional Capacity in Tourism in cooperation with Granada Chamber of Industry and Commerce; Online provision of Activity documents in the Covid-19 pandemic; Successful completion of development and audit processes.
NTB: In the Covid-19 pandemic, enabling members to all transactions including declaration online without coming to the Exchange with e-signature (being the first Exchange to enter this system); Barcode and verification code attached to the declarations and their confirmation on the website; Successful accreditation of ISO 9001: 2015 QMS and ISO 10002: 2018 MMYS audits and certificate renewal.
NTSO: Preparation studies for audit processes; Project studies for the establishment of Tekstilkent in Nusaybin.
One of the special meeting addendum was the research reports planned to be carried out with Mardin Artuklu University. In this context, negotiations were held to conduct research on the situation of Mardin's foreign trade before and after the pandemic.
One of the special agenda items of the meeting was related to the training needs of the Chambers / Commodity Exchanges in the new period. For this purpose, it was pointed out that studies should be carried out to conduct all joint training programs online.
It was decided that the XVII Joint Meeting would be held in March with the organization of the Nusaybin Commodity Exchange.
