The cooperation protocol for the “Young Ideas, Strong Women” project was signed in a ceremony attended by the Minister of Family and Social Policies of the Republic of Turkey, Fatma Şahin, the Head of Intel Turkey, Middle East and Africa, Ayşegül İldeniz, and the Chairman of KAGIDER, Gülden Türktan. One of the most important sources is the young population, to be able to become the owner country of one of the 10 biggest economies in the World by 2023.

In order to be a powerful country in economy and to cover a distance in social field, young people should find ideas and solutions being aware of social subjects which require the use of technology with an eformist point of view. The “Young Ideas, Strong Women” project which is announced under the leadership of Ayşegül İldeniz with Republic of Turkey Ministry of Family and Social Policies, Intel Turkey and KAGIDER, aims to awaken young people to find reformist solutions for improving the role of women in Turkey through the use of technology.

With the Intel Young Entreprenurs Program which will be held under the project, young people between the ages of 18 and 30 are supposed to find technology-enabled solutions or create new social entrepreneurship projects targeting women living in areas where it is not easy to reach available sources. With workshops, young people will also have the chance to improve themselves with information on how to generate ideas and producing applicable and innovative solutions towards problems using technology.

The “Young Ideas, Strong Women” project has 4 stages. In the first stage, the Ministry of Family and Social Policies of the Republic of Turkey and KAGIDER will do a research to identify problems of women considering regional situations and needs. Then applications of participants who want to take part in solving problems will be received. Intel and KAGIDER, will arrange a workshop for 2 days to make the participants produce innovative solutions towards determined problems.

In this workshop, the participants will try to reveal applicable solutions by offering targeted solutions that go through a phase of generating ideas in a process called Intel Young Interpreneurship Programme Idea Camp which has 6 stages. These works will be supported by mentorships under the leadership of KAGIDER and applicable projects will be revealed. The solutions that have been tested with field work in the first stage are presented to the public, and advanced solution projects are tried to be realized within the limits of possibility. In the first year of the 3-year plan of “Young Ideas, Strong Women Project”, an idea camp with 50- 100 participants from İstanbul, Erzurum and Adana is planned. Over 1000 young people around Turkey are aimed to participate in “Young Ideas, Strong Women Project” in 3 years.

Detailed information about the project can be found at www.gencfikirlerguclukadinlar.com. Social media addresses of the project: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GencFikirlerGucluKadinlar Twitter: https://twitter.com/gfgk_Projesi