11.09.2018
The textile ateliers in Esenler will be improved through the Esenler Municipalities’ guided project granted by Istanbul Development Agency. With the “Esenler District Improvement of Textile Atelier” project the sectoral capacity and work force will be improved.
The project, which will be realized with the cooperation of Istanbul Development Agency, will bring the textile workshops that are located within the borders of Esenler Municipality, human power and sectoral entrepreneurs, producers together.
The project aims to increase the competitiveness of the sector and to establish a Textile Practicing and Development Center from which the textile and ready-to-wear sector can benefit.
Within the scope of "Esenler District Improvement of Textile Atelier" project, physical and social conditions of the workshops will be improved, market analyzes will be made for textile companies, marketing support will be given to firms and professional and thematic trainings such as design, foreign trade and e-commerce will be organized for company employees.
It is also planned to establish an electronic platform for cooperation among the organizations operating in the textile sector.
It is expected that the production infrastructure in textile ateliers operating in Esenler and the simultaneous increase in the quality of human resources will create a multiplier effect with the project. Thus, not only Esenler textile sector but also all textile firms in Istanbul, academic units related to the sector, domestic and foreign investors, professional organizations and non-governmental organizations are expected to benefit from this project.
The total budget of the project is 8.367.447, 60 Turkish liras and the Istanbul Development Agency will support it with the amount of 6.275.585, 70 TL. The project, to which the Governorship of Istanbul is also a partner, will be completed in 24 months.