TURKISH EMPLOYERS' ASSOCIATION OF METAL INDUSTRIES

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Overview

Lobbying Costs

37,500€

Financial year: Jan 2017 - Dec 2017

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

1 Fte (1)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

0

High-level Commission meetings

1

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • 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 legislation,
    • to provide their mutual assistance,
    • to assist in the establishment of a fair wage system and the realization of a better working environment for more productive and harmonized performance of the industry branch,
    • to engage in activities that aim to strengthen the economy of the country in order to provide continuous and long term welfare and social security of workers and to conclude collective agreements accordingly,
    • to establish and maintain labour peace and to engage in activities throughout Turkey with this purpose.

    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
    EQAVET

    Address

    Head Office
    Merkez Mh. Gecit Sokak No 2
    Sisli, İstanbul 34381
    TURKEY
  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    1

    Employment timeLobbyists
    100%1

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    1

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time

    0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 11 Apr 2018

    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

    Mr CAN YILMAZ (EXTERNAL AFFAIRS / PROJECT SPECIALIST)

    Person with legal responsibility

    Mr ÖZGÜR BARUT (SECRETARY GENERAL)

  • Categories

    Category

    II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations

    Subcategory

    Trade and business associations

  • 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

  • Financial Data

    Closed financial year

    Jan 2017 - Dec 2017

    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).

  • 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.

  • 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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