Kuwait – 12 February 2016: Gulf Bank announced that it is supporting the Benchmark Forum 2016, the 3rd Annual Design Entrepreneurship Forum organized by yourAOK. The Benchmark Forum is set to take place at Al Shaheed Park on 12 – 13 February 2016, with an agenda full of activities that will both inform and inspire entrepreneurs and designers alike.

Benchmark Forum brings together innovative business minds and creative designers to share their experience and inspire young entrepreneurs and to provide them with the mentorship that may guide them down the road of development and success. The event is free of charge.

Benchmark is a non-profit event that aims to educate designers and creative professionals by providing them with a merging skill-set between design and business. The agenda will include lectures by professionals in the industry, mentorships programs for designers wanting to open their own design businesses, an online marketplace will be displayed and sold on behalf of the designers (youraok.net).

YourAOK is a networking platform bringing together creative professionals, design firms and product suppliers together. It offers them a multimedia platform with digital portfolios allowing clients to easily browse through profiles and visual works to hire artists, photographers or designers. YourAOK aims to provide Kuwaiti youth with the skill-set required to create their own, feasible business.

For more details and to register for the event, kindly visit https://youraok.net/benchmark16 or email us at info@youraok.net with your name, contact info, and the title of "MENTORSHIP" and/or "LECTURES".

Gulf Bank is strongly committed to supporting youth initiatives, and doing its part to help empower the next generation. To find out more about Gulf Bank, please see the bank's bilingual website at www.e-gulfbank.com, call the Customer Contact Center on 1805805, visit one of Gulf Bank's 56 branches in Kuwait, or see its social media channel on Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube.