25 March 2021
SME Workshop hosted by Ruse Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Stara Zagora Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Ruse Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Bulgaria) in collaboration with Stara Zagora Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Bulgaria) hosted a very interactive and fruitful SME Workshop on “Trade and investment exchange between Bulgaria and Turkey” on 25 March 2021 in the scope of the TEBD Project. The workshop attracted around 45 participants.
The workshop was opened by Mr Milen Dobrev, Executive director of Ruse Chamber of commerce and Industry; Mr Oleg Stoilov, Chairman of Chamber of Commerce and Industry Stara Zagora; Mr Mehmet Ali Erdem, Commercial Attaché to the Consulate General of the Republic of Turkey in city of Plovdiv; and Mr Svetoslav Kirkov, Economic Adviser, Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in Ankara, Turkey sharing words on Turkish and Bulgarian relations.
The workshop was continued by speeches on Trade and investment exchange between Bulgaria and Turkey, and their challenges and opportunities given by Mr Mehmet Ali Erdem and Mr Svetoslav Kirkov. This was followed by Mr Ismet Cavuşoğlu, Coordinator of the Trade department “Direction Turkey” of Stara Zagora Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Manager of Elte Engineering Ltd information on the topic of Assistance for the development of bilateral relations between Bulgaria and Turkey. The workshop was finalized with a discussion panel on Challenges and possible solutions in the bilateral economic relations between Bulgaria and Turkey.
The TEBD project was presented by Ms Ángela Ustárroz Roa, Capacity Building Expert.