Support to Development of a Policy Framework for Total Factor Productivity in Turkey Project (TFP), which has been implemented to define the obstacles in front of economic efficiency and to determine the solutions is completed successfully after three years of intensive and meticulous studies. The closing meeting of the project was held on November 1, 2018 with the participation of Naci Ağbal, Director of Presidency of Strategy and Budget Angel Guiterrez, First Counselor of the EU Delegation to Turkey, and Claudio Tomasi, UNDP Turkey Country Director.

At the closing meeting, the “White Paper”, which is the outcome of the project and includes the final policy framework, was shared with the public. The meeting brought together the leading public, university, private sector and civil society representatives in the field of economic productivity.

White Paper will contribute to upper scale policy documents

The White Paper has been emerged with the reflections of the views of the stakeholders and members of the Scientific Committee on the Green Paper, which was developed as a consultative document, within the context of the project. The White Paper is intended to contribute to policy documents, such as the Medium-Term Economic Program, the Annual Program, as well as sectoral and thematic strategy documents and the upper-scale policy documents, such as the Development Plan.

Product of three years of intensive and meticulous work

The White Paper was the result of three years of intensive and detailed project work. Throughout the project, the literature on Total Factor Productivity, similar studies at the local and global scale, and input from field studies were synthesized and a policy framework was designed to enable the triggering of efficiency. Also; based on the results of negotiations with 100 large-scale manufacturers, 400 (mostly) medium-sized suppliers and up to 2.500 end-to-end SMEs and benchmarking results, a synthesis study was conducted for public policies.

The project was concentrated on the four major manufacturing industry sectors, automotive, food, garment and electrical equipment sectors, which are considered as the major contributors to increasing Total Factor Productivity.

Four pilot projects accompanied

Within the scope of the project, four different pilot projects were also realized. In this context, “Digital Supply Chain Conceptual Design” “Apparel Digital Value Prototype Study”, “Road Map on Carbon Fiber and “Quality Measures Priorities and Self-Assessment Tool Developing for SMEs” studies received great support in the related sectors. As a result of the negotiations with stakeholder groups in the sectors, the needs were determined and the policy recommendations supporting the appropriate strategies were developed and included in the White Paper.

Policy recommendations for productivity

As a result of numerous activities such as meetings, workshops, consultation meetings, committee meetings and technical visits to Germany & South Korea, the project was completed successfully. As the outcome of the project, White Paper aims to provide a policy framework to public and to contribute to policies aimed at increasing productivity in Turkey.

About the project:

“Support to Development of a Policy Framework for Total Factor Productivity in Turkey Project” is a technical assistance project co-financed by the EU and the Republic of Turkey and implemented by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). Presidency of the Republic of Turkey Directorate of Strategy and Budget is the beneficiary of the Project.