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“ı can manage my money”
hıts 10 year mark
The 10th year Coordination Meeting of “I Can Manage My Money” Project held in Kuşadası
Habitat Association’s 10th year Coordination Meeting for the " I Can Manage My Money " project which raised financial awareness in Turkey for the first time by bringing together the private sector and civil society, took place in Kuşadası between September 21st - 23rd, 2018. At the meeting held with the participation of the project partners and volunteers, journalist-writer and futurist Ozan Onat gave a speech on "Digital Transformation and the Future” after the opening remarks. Civan Sözkesen, President of TOBB Denizli Young Entrepreneurs Council, shared his experiences about entrepreneurship with the participants.
During the meeting, a panel on Bin Yaprak which is a digital platform that women in business get inspired and share experiences, has been held. Moderated by Content and Digital Marketing Manager Verda Uçan, in the panel, three volunteer women of I Can Manage My Money Project, have shared their experience on how they have met Habitat Association and how volunteering process affected their lives. After the panel, a Drama Workshop has been held to improve stage experience, communication skills and team works of trainers.
Habitat Association's project which began to be implemented in 2009 with the participation of T.C. Ministry of Development, United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Visa Europe and Turkey and 22 member banks; raises people’s awareness on how to create a healthy financial future. The project involving young people, young entrepreneurs, farmers and blue-collar workers between the ages of 15-30 in Turkey, aims to provide an educational opportunity to support personal financial resources in budgeting and financial services.
I Can Manage My Money Project has reached 1 million people in 10 years’ time with volunteer instructors’ face to face trainings in Turkey's 81 provinces. Online training has also been implemented on www.paramiyonetebiliyorum.net website of the project.