YOUR SOLUTION PARTNER IN TRADE
WITH CANADA

Trakya Development Agency Sectoral Delegation and Trade Delegation Study Visit

The study visit of the 30-person delegation, consisting of the members of the board of directors, the mayors of Edirne, Kırklareli and Tekirdağ, the rectors of Namık Kemal University and Trakya University, the presidents of the chamber of commerce and industry, and businessmen by the Trakya Development Agency, to Canada between 22-29 June 2014 was organized by us as the Turkish Canada Business Centre. Our delegation, which started its programs by visiting educational institutions such as the University of Toronto and Ryerson University in Toronto, which are among the most prestigious universities in the world, held meetings on inter-university cooperation and made examinations at universities and entrepreneurship centers. Our delegation introduced the Thrace region to Canadian investors and exchanged views on cooperation potentials at the informative meetings organized in the cities of Montreal and Toronto, to which Turkish business people, Canadian and Turkish government officials and Canadian investors were invited. Visiting the City of Toronto, our delegation met with the members of the City's Economic and Social Affairs Committee and got information about the municipality's work and the technologies used. At the end of the negotiations conducted under the chairmanship of Trakya Development Agency General Secretary Mahmut Şahin, a cooperation protocol was signed between the Toronto Municipality and the agency.

Our delegation, which conducted studies at educational institutions that have an important place in the world in entrepreneurship and technological research such as the University of Western Ontario, Waterloo and Guelph universities, later came together with mayors and officials in the cities of Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec City, science centers, industry and In addition to chambers of commerce, they visited the most prestigious universities in Canada and the world such as Mc Gill, Concordia University, University of Montreal and University of Laval and made examinations. During the 7-day working visit of our delegation consisting of 30 people, appointments, meeting venues, communication and PR activities for all official meetings held with municipalities, chambers of commerce and industry, universities, government institutions and businessmen were organized by the Turkish Canada Business Centre. During the study visit of our delegation, all accommodation, transportation and translation services were organized by our experienced staff.

WEST MEDITERRANEAN EXPORTERS ASSOCIATION Western Mediterranean Natural Stone Cluster URGE Project Canada Overseas Marketing Program

The commercial delegation organized by the Western Mediterranean Exporters Association to Canada within the scope of the Western Mediterranean Natural Stone Cluster URGE Project was organized by us as the Turkish Canada Business Centre. Our delegation, consisting of eight natural stone export companies and the officials of the Western Mediterranean Exporters Association, participated in the "Construct Canada- The Buildings Show", the largest construction fair of Canada, held between November 30, 2016 - December 2, 2016 and exhibited their products at the stand of the Western Mediterranean Exporters Association. They established important business contacts.

Within the scope of the Retail Tour organized by the expert staff of the Turkish Canada Business Centre, our delegation, which we brought together with the purchasing officials of Lowes, Rona, Stone Tile and Ciot construction markets, closely examined the product range in the Canadian market, the brands and prices in the market, and got information about Canadian consumer trends. As part of the meetings we organized with wholesaler and importer companies, we visited Toronto's largest companies operating on building materials such as Olympia Tile, Marble Granite Depot, Crystal Tile, Ceragres and Anatolian Tile and held information meetings with the authorities. Our delegation members, who gave information about Western Mediterranean natural stones to Toronto construction companies, exhibited their products and introduced their companies, established important business connections.

As the Turkish Canada Business Centre, we have successfully organized the Western Mediterranean Exporters Association Canadian Trade Delegation and the fair participation organization with all the details. Before the visit of our delegation, we prepared our sector research, which was prepared by our experts and included detailed information about the Canadian construction sector, in order to introduce the Canadian market and delivered it to our exporting companies. Thanks to the close relations of the Turkish Canada Business Centre in the sector, we contacted Canadian companies and purchasing authorities in line with the demands of our exporting companies and organized successful business meetings during the fair, before and after the fair. We determined the companies to be visited within the scope of the retail company tour and the wholesale and importer companies tour, and we organized information meetings with the purchasing authorities. .

Expert staff of the Turkish Canada Business Centre for services including accommodation, interpreting, fair stand organization, stand staff supply, city transfers, airport and hotel transfers, including a well-attended reception and information meeting where our Trade Committee met with the sector representatives and our Toronto Consul General. It was successfully organized by taking into account that all details should be perfect.

Confectionery Promotion Group SIAL FOOD FAIR

In order to promote the Turkish confectionery and chocolate industry effectively in the world markets and to support its branding, the Confectionary Products Promotion Group (ŞTG), which determined Canada as one of the target markets, participated in the SIAL Canada Fair, which is considered one of the largest and most important food fairs in North America, 2014 ( Montreal), 2015 (Toronto) and 2016 (Montreal) participation was organized by us as the Turkish Canada Business Centre.

Within the scope of SIAL Canada Fair, which is considered as one of the largest and most important food fairs in North America, contact with hundreds of purchasing officials and hundreds of bilateral business meetings were organized by the Turkish Canada Business Centre's specialized staff in the Canadian FMCG sector. Brochures introducing the Turkish confectionery and chocolate industry, Turkish coffee, Turkish delight and baklava were offered to the visitors, consisting of the purchasing authorities of Canada's leading food companies, and they were allowed to taste our products. .

During the SIAL fairs that our Promotion Group participated in in 2014, 2015 and 2016, in addition to the meetings with Canadian purchasing authorities, retail tour and meetings with the purchasing officials of retail companies, meetings with wholesalers and importers, in addition to the activities of stand hostess arrangement, assistant staff arrangement, Support services such as translation, accommodation, transportation, PR and marketing are also organized by the Turkish Canada Business Centre staff specialized in the Canadian market.

Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality Terroir Gastronomy Symposium Delegation

With the inclusion of Gaziantep in the UNESCO "Creative Cities Network" in the Gastronomy branch, all the organizations of the Canadian delegation to the Terroir Gastronomy Symposium, attended by Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality, which represents the culinary culture abroad, between April 22, 2016 - April 28, 2016, were organized by us as the Turkish Canada Business Centre.

World-class cooks and gastronomy writers attended the Terroir Symposium, one of the most important events in the field of Gastronomy in North America. A feast of taste was experienced in the symposium, where presentations of different flavors were made and new cuisines and flavors were discovered. During the intense Symposium, various seminars were given to introduce Gaziantep cuisine to new talents and detailed information was given to veteran chefs. In addition, at the reception held at the end of the seminars held at the Art Gallery of Ontario, the most important art center of Canada, Gaziantep delicacies were presented to the participants by the Culinary Arts Education Center affiliated to Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality Culture and Social Affairs Department. Participants who tasted the flavors offered at the reception attended by more than 600 world-renowned chefs and gastronomy writers,

Representing Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality, Deputy Secretary General Fikret Murat Tural and Head of Foreign Relations Department Ahmet Ertürk accompanied the delegation, which also included Consul Erdeniz Şen, Cultural Attaché Derya Acar, Culinary Arts Education Center Coordinator Gurme Ragıp Güzelbey. During the visit of our delegation, all organizations, seminars, meetings, marketing and PR studies, accommodation, transportation, supply of assistants and translation services were organized by the expert staff of the Turkish Canada Business Centre.