Structure of TÜSİAD
All of TÜSİAD's work is essentially carried out through committees made up of TÜSİAD members. TÜSİAD's positions are formed through the work of 8 committees and 1 platform chaired by members of the TÜSİAD Board of Directors, 33 working groups under the umbrella of these committees, and special purpose ad-hoc "task force" groups, all of which meet regularly.
TÜSİAD employs a professional cadre of 55 administrative staff at the Secretariat General, Representative Offices, and the University Partnership Forums.
TÜSİAD's work is conducted through the structure of the İstanbul-based Secretariat General. Relations with international bodies in which TÜSİAD is a member, relations with members. IT activities, media relations, and TÜSİAD's financial and administrative work are also carried out within the Secretariat General structure.
TÜSİAD Ankara Permanent Representative Office helps influence TÜSİAD's participation in the decision-making process and arranges TÜSİAD's relations with the Turkish Parliament (Turkish Grand National Assembly or TBMM), government and public and private entities and institutions.
TÜSİAD's presence in Europe is realized through its EU-Brussels Representative Office, and its offices in Berlin and Paris. Its membership in the European private sector representative organization BUSINESSEUROOPE contributes to the process of developing the EU acquis, and assists in the smooth progress of the EU harmonization process.
Established to develop relations on the other side of the Atlantic, the TÜSİAD Washington, D.C. Representative Office is active in strengtening bilateral relations between Turkish and American business circles and establishing relations with academicians, international bodies, and the US Congress and government.
Recently TÜSİAD has established a Beijing office in order to develop the Turkish private sector's China-based Asia-Pasific organizational structure and to contribute to the strategic business development process.
TÜSİAD's Representative Offices publish monthly bulletins to keep TÜSİAD members and experts informed on important issues.
TÜSİAD has also established TÜSİAD International as a separate unit within the Association with a view to facilitating a more planned and programmatic approach to activities in the field of "Strategic Business Development". TÜSİAD International is committed to working to increase Turkey's bilateral trade and investment relations with foreign countries by building institutional ties with counterpart organizations and carrying out joint activities through these institutions.
The "TÜSİAD - University Partnership Forums" have been established with the support of academicians in order to achieve more effective cooperation with universities in the research and opinion-shaping process. As well as conducting research projects at international standards, the forums aim to collaborate with counterpart research conters in foreign countries.
The Boğaziçi University - TÜSİAD Foreign Policy Forum (DPF) follows developments and issues in the area of foreign policy.
The Sabanci University - TÜSİAD Competition Forum (REF) conducts research into competitiveness, productivity, technology management and benchmarking in order to enable the Turkish private sector to attain an enduring share in international markets during the process of globalization and EU harmonization.
The Koç University - TÜSİAD Economic Research Forum (EAF) conducts micro- and macro- economic research with a view to facilitating Turkey's sustainable growth.
