GEFF Türkiye, which started its operations in April and currently carries out its activities with three participating financing institutions (PFIs), was introduced to all stakeholders with a magnificent event held on November 15th.
Francis Malige, EBRD Managing Director of Financial Institutions, made the opening speech of the GEFF Türkiye event, and in his speech, he highlighted the importance given by the EBRD to Türkiye, their supports to Türkiye in the transition to the green economy and the targeted results with GEFF Türkiye.
Afterwards, as GEFF Türkiye donors, from Clean Technology Fund (CTF) Energy Programs Lead Daniel Morris and from Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Treasury and Finance Deputy Director General of Foreign Economic Relations Bengü Aytekin, talked about their strong cooperation with the EBRD and their support for GEFF Türkiye to help Türkiye’s transition to a green economy.
After the opening speeches, “Green Transformation and Opportunities for the Turkish Finance Sector” panel was held. The panel was moderated by EBRD GET, FI Principal Banker, Alevtina Deniz, and panellists were BDDK – Head of Regulations Department, Başak Yetişen Teker, EBRD – Associate Director, Head of GFS, Caucasus, CA & Türkiye, Ksenia Brockmann, TSKB – Deputy General Manager Meral Murathan, Türkiye İş Bankası – Deputy General Manager Gamze Yalçın and Yapi Kredi Leasing Assistant General Manager Burcu Şirin.
Following the panel, the last speaker of the event’s first part was EBRD’s Principal, Gender & Economic Inclusion, Teresa Niederle, with her speech entitled Empowering Women Entrepreneurs in Climate Finance.
In the second part of the event, TurSEFF Award Ceremony was held, with the participation of many institutions from the real sector, finance sector and the public sector. TurSEFF has been successfully carried out for 13 years, and among the 2,556 projects financed by TurSEFF, 8 of them which were implemented in the third phase of the Facility, have won TurSEFF Excellence Awards.
GEFF Türkiye Launch Event and TurSEFF Award Ceremony ended with lunch and networking session with a fruitful atmosphere, where new cooperation opportunities were discussed by participants.
Here are the videos of the award-winning projects, in alphabetical order of the TurSEFF PFIs:
AKLease – Lüks Velvet, Kayseri
https://youtu.be/baQwKiCBg6Y
BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions – Fehmi Eroğlu Food, Malatya
https://youtu.be/_6vIIqSynuk
DenizBank – Biokütle Enerji (LFG), Sinop
https://youtu.be/FA9ML6g7U9A
Garanti BBVA Leasing – Aral Textile, Kahramanmaraş
https://youtu.be/aebadnIUm2E
İş Leasing- RTM Agriculture, Konya
https://youtu.be/qcjdIdp8A1c
QNB Finansleasing – Ekomas (Biomas) Enerji, Kırklareli
https://youtu.be/o94AnGXUZEE
Türkiye İş Bankası – Yeşilçiftlik Irrigation Cooperative, Afyon
https://youtu.be/uREAwNO8vt0
VakıfBank – Electric Transport, Manisa Metropolitan Municipality