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2.13 Corporate Social Responsibility Activities
In addition to fulfilling the duties and responsibilities entrusted to it by the CBRT Law, the CBRT also undertakes a variety of corporate social responsibilities and provides financial support for the conduct of academic studies. In the scope of the Financial Support Program for Academic Studies, which has been in place since 2006, the Bank continued to provide support for conferences on economics and finance as well as for other academic and policy-making studies in these fields both at national and international levels. In 2017, financial support was provided to 27 academic programs that had applied for it.
The CBRT granted the seventh in the series of “Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey Research Awards” in 2017 to support academic studies in the fields of the Turkish economy, emerging market economies, and/or central banking and to make these studies accessible to a larger audience. At the end of the evaluation process, in addition to the awards granted to the top three entries, encouragement awards were granted to another four.
Founded by the contributions of the CBRT in Izmit’s Derince township, the Central Bank Derince Anatolian High School, which had first opened its doors to students in the 2001-2002 academic year, had its 16th graduation ceremony on 26 May 2017. During the ceremony, the highest ranking graduates were awarded with plaquets and various presents. The ceremony was attended by CBRT officials from the Head Office and Izmit Branch, along with Derince township dignitaries, and students’ families. Since the 2002-2003 academic year, the CBRT has been awarding scholarships to graduates of this high school who have enrolled in a university and who satisfy specific criteria. As of 2017, the number of such scholarship recipients reached 96. The CBRT also donated laboratory equipment and supplies for use in support of the school’s chemistry, biology, and physics programs.
As part of the 97th April 23rd National Sovereignty and Children’s Day celebrations in 2017, an exhibition of children’s art was hosted by the CBRT at its Atrium Art Center from 20 April to 18 May. The works on display in the show, the 19th in the series since its inception, were provided by students of the privately-owned Sudecan Special Education & Rehabilitation Center in Ankara’s Kahramankazan township as well as by the CBRT employees’ children in the 6-12 age group. The participants from Sudecan Special Education & Rehabilitation Center were also given art supplies and gifts.
