About Project
​'Youth in the E-commerce Ecosystem' is a strategic partnership project on e-commerce accepted in the 2nd call period of Erasmus+ 2021 with the contract number 2021-2-TR01-KA220-YOU-000048793. The project is coordinated by the Tradesmen and Craftsmen Association (headquarters). The project partners are; Yunus Emre Institute Skopje representative from Macedonia, 'Tradesmen' Businessmen and Craftsmen Association from Kosovo and Ankara Ostim Technical University from Turkey. In summary, the project includes an e-commerce platform, entrepreneurship book, entrepreneurship ideas competition, entrepreneurship ideas promotional film, e-commerce workshop, e-commerce training and gala program. In addition, transnational project meetings and e-commerce activities will be held in the countries where the project partner institutions are located with the participation of two representatives from each partner.
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Activities carried out;
1. Transnational Project Meeting Macedonia: was held in the country hosted by Yunus Emre Institute Skopje representative. In the two-day work; project meeting, decision on project poster and logo, inter-institutional introduction, introduction of institutions' activities, current status of e-commerce and presentation of general commercial information, visits to public and private institutions related to trade and press were held.
2. Transnational Project Meeting Kosovo: was held in the country hosted by the 'Tradesmen' Businessmen and Tradesmen Association. In the two-day work; project meeting, planning of future activities, announcement of entrepreneurship ideas competition, consultation on e-commerce platform, visits to public and private institutions related to trade and press, visit and review of sample e-commerce companies were held.
E-Commerce Platform: Designed as a B2B marketplace. This activity was carried out by ESDER under the coordination of project coordinator Ahmed Cihad ÇELÄ°KUS. The platform is open to companies from all over the world, especially project partner countries and members of partner institutions. There are no membership or commission fees on the platform. The website address is collectivebazaar.net.
Short Film Shooting: This activity was planned as a promotional film where the winners of the ‘Entrepreneurial Ideas’ competition explained their ideas. As a result of the low number of applications for the competition, a promotional film was shot for innovative ideas selected from Ostim Technical University students for this promotion. The aim of this film was to bring the students’ ideas together with investors. The ideas of the 8 people in the film will be voted on and the top three will be selected and awards will be given at the gala. You can watch the film at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ELSmsmpoPw.
Entrepreneurship Handbook: Prepared under the editorship of project partner Ostim Technical University faculty member Dr. DoÄŸuÅŸ YÜKSEL and faculty member Bahattin Gökan TOPAL. This book was prepared for young people who want to start a business, move their business to digital and develop their e-commerce. The digital version of the book can be downloaded free of charge from the websites of the project center institutions.
E-commerce training camp: A one-week training camp was held for young people in this activity. This activity was organized by ESDER in Ankara/Turkey. A total of 25 young participants, 15 from Turkey and 10 from abroad, received an accelerated 10-course training by experts in e-commerce. Cultural and sports activities were also included in the training. The participants were given a Youthpass certificate.
Workshop: 4 topics related to e-commerce were studied by senior students of Ulus Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School and the prepared text was read by the students. The workshop, organized at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, started with the opening speeches, the presentation of plaques of appreciation was made after the reading of the declaration texts and ended after dinner. The text of the workshop can be downloaded in Turkish and English from the project website.
Activities to be carried out;
The gala program will be held in Ankara at the end of the project. At the gala; e-commerce platform, entrepreneurship book and entrepreneurship ideas introduction film, information about the project, entrepreneurship ideas awards will be given. E-commerce software, cargo, finance and related companies will set up stands at the entrance of the program.
