Burcu Gunduz, Koç Holding CSR Specialist

Desire to

be a

responsible busin

ess

Contribution to

youth

employment

Willingness to increase efficiency

EU integration

process

Make use of

demographical

dividend

Why?Why?

! ! Low quality of VET! ! Low enrolment rate to VHS! ! High drop out rates from high schools ! ! 1 out of 3 people has no vocational competence

! ! 1 out of 5 young people is unemployed

Why?Why?

ObjectivesObjectives

1. Educational scholarship

2. Internship opportunity

3. Coaching support

4. Trainings on IT and entrepreneurship

5. Laboratories

6. Teachers’ training

7. Employment priority

Targets and Strategy Targets and Strategy

81 provinces, 264 schools

Internship

Coaches

Partnership Structure (1)Partnership Structure (1)

Students

VOCATIONAL HIGH

SCHOOLS

CR

Vehbi Koç Foundation

COMPANIES

World Bank

Junior Achievment Foundation

KOÇ HOLDING

Ministry of

Education

Youth for Habitat UNDP

Internship

Coaches

Partnership Structure (2)Partnership Structure (2)

Students

VOCATIONAL HIGH

SCHOOLS

CR

Vehbi Koç Foundation

COMPANIES

World Bank

Junior Achievment Foundation

KOÇ HOLDING

Ministry of

Education

Youth for Habitat UNDP

Scholarship and Scholarship and Internship Internship

10,544beneficiaries

80% of the applicants

benefited from internship support

Coaching Coaching

Discovering potentials Developing soft skills Transition to employment

Coaching support by 350 employees in 76 cities

Laboratories Laboratories

28 laboratories in 28 cities

300 teachers were trained

2,461 students were trained by NGOs

Results Results

68% increase in VHS students Increase in the employability of young people Gain of qualified labour force for the

companies Decrease in the in-house training costs

Results Results

Creation of an applicable and repeatable model Increase in PPP Input for government policies and strategies

Modelling

Scale-up

SustainabSustainabiility and Scale-uplity and Scale-up (1)(1)

Dissemination ofSchool/Company

Partnerships

SustainabSustainabiility and Scale-uplity and Scale-up (2)(2)

Dissemination ofSchool/Company

Partnerships

17 Companies developed their own projects in accordance to need assessments5 Companies in 5 different sectors started their projects

1. 1. ProjectsProjects of Koç Group of Koç Group CompaniesCompanies

2. Partnership Guidebook and 2. Partnership Guidebook and PortalPortal

Company

School

1. NEEDS ASSESSMENT

2. PERFECT

MATCH

3. SOFT/TECH SKILLS DEVT

4. INTERNSHIP5. EMPLOYMENT

6. LABS

7. TEACHERS’

TRAINING

8.WORKERS’ TRAINING

6. LABS

7. TEACHERS’

TRAINING

9. COOPERATION WITH OTHER

STAKEHOLDERS

PARTNERSHIP PROTOCOL

Company Rep.

School Rep.

3. Corporate umbrella for 3. Corporate umbrella for VolunteerismVolunteerism

• Transfer the component of volunterism to Private Sector Volunteers Association

• 14 companies outside the Koç Groups are willing to participate

4. Partnership for the Quality of 4. Partnership for the Quality of VETVET

Evidence based policy suggestions

for NGOs, government and

companies

Evidence based policy suggestions

for NGOs, government and

companies