The Board of Women Entrepreneurs was founded by the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) in order to increase the potential of women entrepreneurs  and make them more well-equipped  to pioneer to the improvement of entrepreneurial culture.

What is the purpose of Board of Women Entrepreneurs?

• To organize trainings that will aid to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the specialities for entrepreneurial women who want to start businesses and to keep helping them by giving information in the ensuing processes.

• To organize panels and seminars, mainly including teachings about worklife and innovations for entrepreneurs.
• To help entrepreneurs to overcome the problems they are facing by sharing their experiences and information with each other.
• To support entrepreneurs at both founding step of starting a business and afterwards.
• To organize trainings and social activities for entrepreneurs in order to increase the awareness regarding social responsibilities.
• To determine the precautions for entrepreneurs entering high potential sectors that will benefit the Turkish economy and guide them at both entering process and afterwards.
• To encourage the entrepreneurs to take parts in local governments and civil society organizations.

Who can be a member ?

The entrepreneurs who want to be a member have to be registered in the trade registry and have to be either a board member, an administrator, a general menager or an executive director of either a legal entity partner or only her own company. (?)

In addition, university and junior collage students  or collage students who are working on entrepreneurship subject in the city, lecturers or people respected in the society can also be a member of the provincial board. The number of members of the board cannot exceed twenty per cent of the total number of members which can be determined by the TOBB.

Application forms for TOBB Provincial Women Entrepreneurs Board by member categories are given below. To apply for any category given, you have to download the application form of your chosen category and fill them COMPLETELY on the electronic environment, then print your form and send it to the related Chamber/Commodity.

Click for the application form of TOBB Provincial Women Entrepreneurs Board if you are a Chamber/Commodity member

Click for the application form of TOBB Provincial Women Entrepreneurs Board if you are a Student

Click for the application form of TOBB Provincial Women Entrepreneurs Board if you are an Academician

BOARD of WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS