Serra TİTİZ

Overview

Serra Titiz has been working on sustainable development since 2003. She worked with youth with women and vocational groups at large NGOs at managerial levels has participated to international programs on NGOs and Civic Activism. Her work has always been a reflection of social innovation.Today Serra Titiz is the founder and the managing director of a social enterprise Mikado Sustainable Development Consulting in Istanbul Turkey. Mikado is a social enterprise that crafts models for sustainable development. Mikado develops models through viable partnerships among private sector civil society educational institutions and public organizations and through mobilizing and matching existing resources with the needs of the society. (www.mikadoconsulting.com). Mikado is one of the first B Corp Companies in Turkey and honored as Best for the World and Best for the Community four year in a row for creating most overall positive social and environmental impact.One example is the Future is Brighter Youth Platform (www.gelecekdaha.net) which is an online platform creating social impact through use of technology. The Platform is targeting youth unemployment and enables knowledge and experience sharing without any time and space restriction for youth to make more informed decisions about their education career and life. The e mentoring module is a prominent tool developed to enable volunteers (1400 today) to meet and share professional expertise with students (10000 today).Besides her work at Mikado Consulting Serra serves as senior expert at various UNDP projects.Serra has been named Ashoka Fellow in 2013. She is an Eisenhower Fellow.Serra obtained her bachelor's degree in Sociology from Bosphorus University Istanbul then obtained her masters degree in Business Administration from Aston University Birmingham England. Serra has various certificates on sustainability management impact measurement and social entrepreneurship.