The Council of Higher Education (YÖK) and the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) have signed the "Vocational Schools Education Collaboration Protocol" to strengthen university-private sector cooperation and improve the quality of vocational education. Rector Prof. Dr. Rana Kibar participated in the signing ceremony, which was held at the TOBB Twin Towers with the participation of YÖK President Prof. Dr. Erol Özvar and TOBB President Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu. The aim of the Vocational Schools Education Collaboration Protocol is to initiate a multi-stakeholder and multidimensional transformation process in selected vocational schools across Turkey, in collaboration with chambers and commodity exchanges.