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2.13 Corporate Social Responsibility Activities
In addition to fulfilling its obligations and exercising its powers under Law No. 1211, the CBRT also engages in social responsibility activities.
The Financial Support Program for Academic Studies, which has been in place since 2006 to support academic and/or policy-making conferences in the fields of economics and finance, along with other academic and policymaking studies organized in and outside the country, continued in 2019. In this regard, financial support was provided to 36 academic programs that had applied for it.
Founded by the contributions of the CBRT and the Bank of Greece after the 1999 earthquake, the Central Bank Derince Anatolian High School, which had opened its doors to students in the 2001-2002 academic year, had its 18th graduation ceremony on 24 May 2019. During the ceremony, students graduating with honors were awarded with plaques and various presents. The ceremony was attended by CBRT officials, along with provincial dignitaries and students’ families. Since 2002, 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 2019, the number of scholarship recipients reached 112.
To foster a love of trees and forests, raise environmental awareness and ensure a greener future for the next generation, 65 volunteers from the CBRT joined the nation-wide tree-planting campaign, “Breath to the Future”, organized by the General Directorate of Forestry across 81 provinces on 11 November 2019, and planted more than 1,200 saplings.
Lastly, in the context of corporate social responsibility activities, the CBRT donated 1,938 miscellaneous furniture items to 53 public institutions.
