European SME Week - Youth Start-Up Competition

Dear Member,
With reference to the letter sent to our Chamber by the Department of EU and Foreign Relations of the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Organization (KOSGEB) of the Ministry of Industry and Technology of the Republic of Türkiye, our Presidency is responsible for the national coordination of the European Union Single Market Programme - SME (COSME) Component (2021-2027), in which our country participates pursuant to the agreement signed with the European Commission on 31 March 2023 and the decision published in the Official Gazette dated 12 May 2023. Within this framework, the activities of our Presidency aimed at enabling our country to benefit from the said Programme at the highest level continue.
Our Presidency also serves as the national coordinator of the European
SME Week, an initiative of the European Commission under COSME. The European SME Week aims to support and disseminate the activities of the EU, national authorities and other relevant organizations for supporting SMEs, to support entrepreneurship and to encourage young people towards entrepreneurship. In this context, our country has ranked first in terms of the number of events held annually since 2011.
Within the scope of the European Union SME Week, this year the
“2024 Youth Start-Up Competition” (YSC-2024 Youth Start-Up Competition) is being organized for young entrepreneurs aged 18-25, and
young visionaries from our country with transformative start-up ideas will be able to participate in the competition by applying to the European Commission. Detailed information about the competition can be accessed via the link below:
https://futurium.ec.europa.eu/en/promoting-enterprise/european-sme-week/2024-youth-startcompetition-ysc-encouraging-young-entrepreneurs-shape-future
The Youth Start-Up Competition offers young entrepreneurs
a platform to showcase their ideas on sustainability, social inclusion and technological progress
in order to overcome global challenges. Participation in the competition will be carried out by the candidates. Candidates will be able to apply
by preparing three-minute videos presenting their innovative ideas, until 20 September 2024, to the European
Commission via the link below:
https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/d0a48f3e-3648-8fe9-304c-ea1a224c51fb

Kind regards,
Elazığ Chamber of Commerce and Industry