I’m starting this year’s first article with news of a wonderful event. Congratulations.
As TİDER, we continue to break new ground. We founded TİDER, the umbrella organization for food banking, in 2010 under the name Food Banking Association. You can find my article summarizing our work at TİDER at https://www.serhansuzer.com/tr/temel-ihtiyac-dernegi-tideri-anlamak.
Previously, in 2012, we brought together food banks across Türkiye for the first time at a dinner. In 2017, TİDER won the inaugural innovation award from the Global Foodbanking Network, headquartered in Chicago. This is a significant achievement for the Turkish civil society community. Moreover, we achieved this with our model that integrates vocational training with food banking. Our model is being emulated by many international NGOs. You can find the blog post I wrote about the innovation award we won at https://www.serhansuzer.com/tr/global-bir-stk-olma-yolundaki-tidere-buyuk-odul.
This time, we will be organizing a Food Banking Summit for the first time in the history of the Republic of Türkiye. This event, which will bring together all food banks in Türkiye on 21 February 2019, will be attended by all relevant public officials and all private sector representatives contributing to food banking. The summit will begin with opening remarks at 10 a.m. at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, and registration will begin at 9 a.m. I would like to share our goals with you at this summit:
- To connect food banks with the private sector to ensure they receive more regular donations.
- To ensure that food banks embrace our principles of impartiality, transparency, honesty, and sustainability.
- To ensure that the public is accurately informed and that relevant laws and regulations are adopted in line with international standards in the near future.
- To explain to private sector representatives contributing to the system that this work not only has moral implications but also legal benefits, such as a “reduction in tax base,” and to encourage them to donate more.
- To explain how food banking is done globally and to demonstrate different models, practices, and technologies to food banks in Türkiye.
- To honor and thank the food banking organizations, private sector representatives, and public officials who have contributed greatly to this work.
- To bring together those who contribute to aid efforts and share in everyone’s shared efforts.
You can find our program below:
Date: Thursday, 21 February
Time: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Location: The Ritz Carlton Istanbul
Program Schedule:
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM: Registration
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM: Opening Remarks:
TİDER, Chairperson of the Board, Hande Tibuk
TİDER, Founding President, H.Serhan Süzer
Republic of Türkiye, Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Services, Deputy Minister, Ayşe Kardaş Ergezen
Main Sponsor’s Speech, Denizbank
10:30 AM – 11:15 AM: How Is Food Banking Done Around the World?
Moderator: Serhan Süzer
Global Food Banking Network (GFN), Craig Nemitz
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Ayşegül Selışık
11:15-11:30 Coffee Break
11:30-11:45: Break: Support Cloud: TİDER General Manager, Nil Tibukoğlu
11:45-12:00: Break: Integrating food banking with vocational training: TİDER Support HR Manager, Duygu Bekiroğlu
12:00-13:00: Legislation, Legal Regulations, and Practices in Food Banking in Türkiye
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Aziz Akgül
President of the Turkish Waste Reduction Foundation, Prof. Dr. Aziz Akgül
Deputy Minister, Ayşe Kardaş Ergezen, Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Services, Republic of Türkiye
Dr. Yakup Güzel
T.R. Ministry of Environment and Urbanization, Zero Waste Inventory and Education Branch Manager, Hülya Çakır
Republic of Türkiye, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Lunch
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM: Supporters of Food Banking
Moderator: Talat Yeşiloğlu
CarrefourSA, Official
Barilla Gıda, Customer Services and Demand Planning Manager, Buket Yıldırım
CHEP, Corporate Communications Manager, Serhat Enyüce
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM: Food Banking Models
Moderator: Dilara Koçak
Destek Market, TİDER
Embrace Life Association, Ayşe Tükrükçü
Crazy and Parents Association, Ali Denizci
Needs Map Official
4:00 PM – 4:15 PM: Coffee Break
4:15 PM – 5:15 PM: Zero Waste Vision
Moderator: Murat Sungur Bursa
Basic Needs Association, Chairman of the Board, Hande Tibuk
Boğaziçi University Sustainable Development and Cleaner Production Center Coordinator, Prof. Dr. Nilgün Cılız
Biyoder, Board Member, Mehmet Ali Nalcacıoğlu
Haykonfed Official
5:15 PM – 6:00 PM Awards and Closing
We invite all interested friends to our summit.
Let’s continue to work together for a more beautiful and livable world. The important thing is to set our intention and then act. You can start by attending our summit. We welcome everyone who is interested and wants to contribute with good intentions.
For more information, please visit our official event website: http://www.gidabankaciligizirvesi.org/
Stay healthy.
