Overview
Lobbying Costs
37,500€
Financial year: Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.25 Fte (1)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
1
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
TURKISH EMPLOYERS' ASSOCIATION OF METAL INDUSTRIES (MESS)
EU Transparency Register
627608714685-42 First registered on 30 Oct 2014
Goals / Remit
Turkish Employers’ Association of Metal Industries (MESS) was established in İstanbul on 14 October 1959 by eleven farsighted and modern entrepreneurs-men of principle who committed themselves to the industrialization of the country.
Our Vision
In cooperation and solidarity with the employers in the metal and electronic industries, MESS aims to develop well-balanced, reliable, and stable industrial relations, while increasing the competitiveness and the productivity of industry.
The target of MESS is to provide sustainable and extensive peaceful working conditions, based on mutual trust and dialogue, in cohesion with the common interests of our country, of our members and employees
The objectives of MESS are,
• to bring together the employers carrying out activities in the metal industry,
• to represent its members,
• to protect and promote their common economic and social rights and interests in their labour relations within the scope of existing legis (...)Main EU files targeted
Working Time Directive
Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)
Pensions (IORP2)
Information and consultation of Workers
Review of Posting of workers directive
CSR
EQF
EQAVETAddress
Head Office
Ferko Signature, Büyükdere Caddesi No:175
Levent İstanbul
Sisli, İstanbul 34394
TURKEY -
People
Total lobbyists declared
1
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 19 Mar 2021
Name Start date End Date Mr Fatih TOKATLI 02 Feb 2017 02 Feb 2018 Mr Kudret ÖNEN 02 Feb 2017 02 Feb 2018 Ms Ebru DEMİREL GÜRSEL 02 Feb 2017 02 Feb 2018 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
MESS is a member of CEEMET (Council of European Employers of Metal, Engineering and Technology Industries) established in Brussels.
MESS is also involved in the work of BUSINESSEUROPE through its membership in Turkish Confederation of Employer Associations (TİSK), which is a member of BUSINESSEUROPE.Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
37,500€
Other financial info
MESS's costs concerning acitivities of interest to the Transparency register involves travels to Brussels, human resources costs for staff carrying out EU level advocacy work and annual fees for MESS's membership dues in CEEMET (Council of European Employers for Metal and Technology Based Industries).
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
European Manufacturing Forum
Communication activities
None
Other activities
1. Mobility Through ECVET in Automotive Sector: EU Grant Project financed by LLL Program and implemented with partners from Germany, Italy and Turkey.
2. Organization of a joint seminar with CEEMET in Istanbul on EU Health & Safety Acquis and its implementation in Turkey.
3. SMART-COMET: Structural Methods and relevant Training for Competence Management in Metal Sector. A Project focused on improving competence management in metal companies and promoting school-enterprise cooperation.
4. VOC2DEAF: Project aims to reach these steps:
Providing Technical Sign Language to literature
Developing an e-book integrated with Augmented Reality (AR)
Developing Technical Skills of hearing-impaired employees
Ensuring the Sustainability in hearing impaired employees’ Employment
Providing them Career Opportunities by developing their technical and behavioral skills
Extention activities to all Metal Industry both in Turkey and EU- Meetings
Meetings
1 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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