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Energy Sector Reform Round Table: Where Are We? What Should Be Done?
17/01/2006- 1560 Energy Sector Working Group of the TEPAV|EPRI Governance Studies Progamme aims at monitoring and evaluating the implementation of the reform as well as forewarning decision makers and public opinion  of  the possible risks to be confronted in the sec [More]
Energy, Regulation,
An Important Milestone for the Industry-for-Peace Initiative
05/01/2006- 1897 The Industry for Peace Initiative, being executed by TEPAV, bore a very important fruit with the signing of two key political documents in Ramallah and Jerusalem on 4-5 January, 2006. Thanks to the support of the Palestinian, Israeli, and Turkish Gov [More]
Industrial Estate (OIZ), Middle East, Ankara Forum,
"The Transformation in FMCG Retail and the Future of the Sector"
29/12/2005- 2442 Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, the chairman of TOBB and Mustafa Parlak, the chairman of Competition Board made the opening speeches of the meeting. Güven Sak, the director of TEPAV | EPRI made a presentation about "Turkey's Structural Transformation and Retai [More]
TOBB, Retailing Sector, Chambers, Publication,
Mobilizing Industrial Parks as Instruments for Growth in Gaza
13/12/2005- 1642 TEPAV | EPRI's Managing Director Güven Sak spoke at World Bank's Conference entitled "Promoting Economic Growth in West Bank and Gaza through Private Sector." The conference was held in London on December 13, 2005. Sak's presentation focused on the r [More]
Private Sector, Industrial Estate (OIZ),
Lobbying at the EU: Methods and Implications for the Turkish Business World
05/12/2005- 2258 TEPAV|EPRI in cooperation with the Regional Environmental Center in Turkey (REC), organized a training program on lobbying in the European Union for the Turkish business world. The Vice President of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of T [More]
European Union, Private Sector,
Developments in Azerbaijan After the Parliamentary Elections
15/11/2005- 1484 Neslihan Kaptanoglu, research associate at the Foreign Policy Studies Department of the Economic Policy Research Institute is evaluating why the prospects of a revolution in Azerbaijan are low, at least in the near future, just like it had happened i [More]
Elections, Central Asia,
Turkish-American Relations in the New Era
14/10/2005- 2195 Marc Grossman, who served in important positions within the U.S. Department of State such as the Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs (2001-2005), Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs (1997-2000) and U.S. Ambassador to Turkey (1 [More]
United States, TOBB, European Union, Cyprus, Chambers,
"Turkey at a Glance"
11/10/2005- 1444 Tepav|Epri organized an event called "Turkey at a Glance" on October 10th, 2005 at TOBB Economy and Technology University for Sacramento Seminar Group. Experts on different fields made presentations to the group to provide a general perspective abo [More]
Economic Integration of Eurasia: Opportunities and Challenges of Global Significance
29/09/2005- 1886 Mr. Johannes F. Linn, the Executive Director of the Wolfensohn Initiative at the Brookings Institution and the Former Vice-President of the World Bank, came to Ankara on September 29-30, 2005 upon the invitation of the Union of Chambers and Commodity [More]
TOBB, Central Asia, Chambers,
Iraqi Constitution: What is the Meaning Of Federalism?
27/09/2005- 1579 Discussion Points:The pending Iraqi constitution:- Does the constitution provide domestic and regional stability? Does the constitution exacerbate sectarian divisions in Iraq? Is there really a possibility of a civil war?A federal constitution:- What [More]