150515 -TR-DE LA CONSULE GENERALE hello tomorrow
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150515 -TR-DE LA CONSULE GENERALE hello tomorrow
INTERVENTION DE LA CONSULE GENERALE PRESENTATION DE LA CONFERENCE HELLO TOMORROW Palais de France, 15 mai 2015 Dear all, chers tous, Değerli konuklar, Fransa ve Türkiye arasındaki 500 (beşyüz) yıllık dostluğu temsil eden bu tarihi mekanda, Fransa Sarayı’nda, yeni misafirler ağırlamak her daim bir zevk : bu akşam ise, zeki, yaratıcı, girişimci gençleri ağırlıyoruz. Fransızcada şöyle denir : kendi aralarında ve bizlerle birlikte bağlantılar kurmak için « birbirine benzeyenleri bir araya toplamak ». C’est toujours un plaisir de recevoir des nouveaux invités dans ce lieu historique, le Palais de France, qui incarne 500 ans d’amitié entre la France et la Turquie : ce soir, des jeunes, intelligents, créatifs, entreprenants. On dit en Français « rassembler ceux qui se ressemblent », pour créer des connections entre eux et avec nous. And it is even more a pleasure when such an event is linking businesses and universities, innovation and technologies like Hello Tomorrow is doing. This type of association of communities of people and topics is one of the key strategic policies of France through the “poles de compétitivité” or French clusters, which were set up to develop exchanges between businessmen and students, researchers and companies, such communities who are not taking together naturally. Those organizations are important to create this environment of bilateral talks and we are happy to hold this conference today at the French Palace. Haziran’da Paris’te yapılacak olan bu etkinliğin sunumunu Sayın Hasan Türk’e bırakacağım- kendisi benden daha iyi bilir. Bu girişimi Dışişleri Bakanımız Sayın Laurent Fabius’ün de desteklediğinin altını çizmek istiyorum. Sizlerin Paris’e gitmenizi sağlamak ve konferansta Paris’te önemli bir türk heyetinin olması için vize de dahil olmak üzere, kendisi işlemleri kolaylaştırmaya bizleri teşvik etmektedir. Je vais laisser Hasan Türk presenter cet événement qui va se tenir à Paris en juin - as he knows it better than me. Je veux souligner combine notre Ministre des Affaires étrangères, Laurent Fabius soutient cette initiative. Il nous encourage à faciliter les procédures, y compris les visas, pour vous permettre d’aller à Paris et d’avoir une délégation turque importante à Paris à la conférence. It is important to show in France that Turkey is full of smart & innovative people like you. Because it is important to remind that our relationships in business are good and increasing, with almost 500 French companies established in Turkey and 70 Turkish ones in France, with an goal of 20 billion € trade. Because, on another hand, our relations in the world of universities are numerous, strong and prestigious. With Galatasaray of course but many other Turkish universities represented today, which have developed quite a number of relationships and exchange programs with French ones, in French or in English. I would like to remind that France is a leader in the world for innovation and research: - We are ranking number 3 for global innovators worldwide (according to the number of new patents we register each year); - France is also number 3 for science Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals; - Paris Saclay is in the top 8 of MIT technology review of the world innovation forum; - France is offering the most generous research tax incentives of OCDE countries to 17 000 business recipient including 2000 foreign companies established in France; - the word ‘entrepreneur’ is originally a French word used by English speaking countries, entrepreneurship is in our DNA, with 540 000 new companies created each year in France, 71 clusters covering all industries and sciences, and the second destination in Europe for private equity (with 215 million $ investments made in start-ups in France last year). I won’t add any more figures; I think it is very clear for you that France is a strategic partner for innovation & technologies and a strategic place in Europe to set up start-ups. I will just finish by saying to the French groups which are present here today with us, that their support is crucial in such events in order to develop new collaboration for innovation between our two countries. I thank them for what they are doing for Hello Tomorrow and I hope they will also support the cooperation service of the French Embassy in Ankara, for their innovation conference in Istanbul and Ankara next November 2015. It is important to have such followups to encourage more partnerships in business and research. I wish you all a very good evening. Hepinize çok güzel bir akşam diliyorum.