Marmara Group Foundation with intention to ensure women’s participation to the work force markets and to create a model for women employment initiated the ‘Beekeeping and Organic Honey Production in the Rural Areas and Improving Women’s Socio-Economic Status’ project on December 2007 and ended on November 2008 at Demirköy and İğneada Provinces of Kırklareli.

    In the pretext of this project the Marmara Group Foundation has;

    Provided basic beekeeping techniques.

    Provided education for general beekeeping and organic honey production

    Provided theoretical education for entrepreneurship, basic accounting, basic nutrition and honey production technology, marketing and basic management.

    Provided women’s human rights trainings.

    Ensured core beekeeping businesses are established.

    Provided applied training on beekeeping and organic honey production at the 40 core business centers that have established in various places.

    Enabled receiving of certificates from the core centers on organic honey production.

    Provided consultancy for loans and grantees in order to expand business.

    Organized a national seminar on women’s employment.

At the end of the project, a book titled ‘’Beekeeping and Organic Honey Production Handbook, Establishing Business-Marketing’’ has been published, and distributed free of charge to trainees and to the relevant organizations, institutions and individuals.