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Mehmet Caglar A. Managing Director/BD Expert
Last update: Mar 20, 2025
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Citizenships:
Turkey
Languages:
English, Turkish
Highest Degree:
Masters
Experience:
31 years
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About
- 20 years of professional experience
- More than 8 years of Grant Scheme management experience
- Extensive experience (5 years in Cyprus 4 Years in Turkey) in Drafting Grant Scheme Guidelines, Chairing and managing, Grant Scheme assessment evaluation sessions, drafting grant scheme guidelines and contracts and establishing monitoring and evaluation systems of projects.
- More than 15 years of experience with the private sector, assessment, studies, training needs analysis, business development strategy plans and advisory services (fund raising, financial management, Marketing, HR Management) for SMEs and start-ups).
- Extensive experience with migration and refugee policies and response projects under the EU funded Actions Financed under the Facility for Refugees in the Turkey (FRIT and FRITII)
- Extensive experience on Business Innovation and Incubation Centres, Entrepreneurship development programs, Common Use facilities: Directly involved establishing 4 Business Incubators and drafted strategies and business models of 4 incubators provided business development services and consultancy for 3 common use facilities.
- Strategical Technologies and Innovative Product management mentor certified by Turkish Science and Technology Research Directorate Programs (TUBITAK) supported KOBIMEN e-academy (5150097).
- Over 10 years of working experience at business development services for SMEs, entrepreneurs, start-ups and private & (semi-) public institutions
- More than 8 years of experience monitoring and evaluation of projects and programs for NGOs, CSOs, Municipalities, Chambers and Associations. Vast experience on donor projects, EU PRAG procurement procedures and rules of tenders and assistance to GBs.
- More than 5 years of implementation experience in EU funded Competitive Sectors Program of Turkish Ministry of Industry Science and Technology in different projects.
- More than 2 years of experience working a capacity building and training expert in an International Humanitarian NGO. (British Red Cross).
- Over 15 years of working experience in rural/local economic development/ disaster management projects/programs proven mobilization of Rural development actors NGOs and establishment of positive dialogue with public and private stakeholders, including CSOs and SMEs and donors/clients.
- Expertise on curriculum development for different trainings, interviewing target groups, and training needs analyses, marketing surveys and impact assessment surveys. Several positions in development projects as consultant and evaluator.
- 2 years of experience working with public base dissemination and trainings in a World Bank Funded Project.
- Very good reporting and communication skills and proven ability to work under pressure.
- 5 years of experience as regional team leader and deputy team leader and under EU and World Bank funded programs
- More than 9 years of training experience on several topics as trainer , certified trainer of Turkish red crescent Organization , (entrepreneurship and business planning for startups, financial management ,marketing, PCM and LFM, grant scheme implementation, procurement, , legal frame work trainings(Cooperative Law, Tender Law, EU Prag Rules, International Law of War, Genova Conventions etc ).Trained various target groups like Entrepreneurs, SMEs, Agriculture Cooperatives, Public Organizations, Municipalities, NGOs, University Students. Provided different models of trainings, like on the job trainings awareness raising trainings and services, participatory training
