KOSGEB Supports Continuing Increasingly Every Year

KOSGEB President Hasan Basri Kurt: “We have provided grant support of 1.48 billion liras to 55 thousand 400 women entrepreneurs and 1.43 billion liras to 56 thousand 300 young entrepreneurs”
President Hasan Basri Kurt evaluated the support and training provided by KOSGEB to entrepreneurs due to the Entrepreneurship Week.

Number of "Traditional and Advanced Entrepreneurs" Passed 50 Thousand in 2 Years

KOSGEB President Kurt stated that within the scope of the Traditional and Advanced Entrepreneur Support Programs, which were put into use about 3 years ago, 1.4 billion lira grant was paid to 50 thousand 247 enterprises.

Stating that they are working hard to spread the entrepreneurship culture, Kurt said that they apply positive discrimination to young people and women in their entrepreneurship support.

Pointing out that they are trying their best for the said segment to be more involved in the entrepreneurship ecosystem, Kurt said, "KOSGEB support continues to increase every year." said.

Emphasizing that they attach importance to making all processes online for entrepreneurs, Kurt said, "We have provided grant support of 1.48 billion liras to 55 thousand 400 women entrepreneurs and 1.43 billion liras to 56 thousand 300 young entrepreneurs." he said.

Noting that within the scope of KOSGEB's "New Entrepreneur Support", 71 thousand 103 enterprises were paid 2 million 72 thousand liras in support between 2012-2019, Kurt said that as of the end of 2019, this support was closed to applications, and "Traditional Entrepreneur" and "Advanced Entrepreneur" support programs were put into use. reported receipt.

Referring to the support given from the beginning of 2020, when the aforementioned programs started to be implemented, until today, Kurt said, “We have paid 257 million lira to 34 thousand 707 enterprises under the Traditional Entrepreneur Support Program and 1.2 billion lira to 15 thousand 540 enterprises within the scope of the Advanced Entrepreneur Support Program. " gave the information.

Pointing out that the beneficiaries of the new programs introduced about 3 years ago are approaching the 8-year old support application, Kurt said, "Within the scope of the New Entrepreneur Support, we supported 71,103 companies in 8 years, while we supported more than 50 thousand businesses in 2 years with the Traditional and Advanced Entrepreneur Support Programs." said.

"We Provided Grant Support to 55,400 Women Entrepreneurs"

Stating that they have been providing entrepreneurship training online since 2019, Kurt stated that in 2.5 years, 338 thousand people were provided with entrepreneurship training through KOSGEB e-Academy, and awareness about entrepreneurship was created.

Celebrating the "Entrepreneurship Week" of all entrepreneurs, Kurt noted that entrepreneurs are with them today as they were yesterday.