KARŞIYAKA MUNICIPALITY
On October 2 and 16, 2024, we held “Reducing Carbon Footprint for the Business World & New Habits for a Carbon-Free Future” training seminars with the participation of 100 public and private sector staff members.
Within the scope of the “Sustainable Urban Future Project through Drought Management and Wetland Conservation” Project supported under the Town Twinning-II (Green Future Town Twinning) Program between Turkey and the EU with grant number TR2020/DG/01/A2-01/068, a conference and field studies on Tackling Drought and Wetland Conservation were held in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, from September 5-6, 2024. Following these events, İzmir Metropolitan Municipality, Doga Dernegi, S.S. Izmir Agricultural Development Cooperatives Union (Köy-KOOP) Izmir Birligi, DOPPS-BirdLife Slovenia, Ljubljana Municipality, and the Ljubljana Urban Region Development Agency (RRA-LUR) gathered in Izmir on October 3-4, 2024, to develop measures against drought and to work on wetland conservation.
On the first day of the meeting, experts exchanged ideas on the importance of İzmir’s wetlands, ongoing efforts in the Gediz Delta, drought scenarios, and possible countermeasures. In various sessions, academics, local government, and civil society representatives shared experiences on combating drought in urban environments, national challenges in wetland conservation, and crop selection for sustainable livestock farming in rural areas. The program continued with the Challenges and Solutions for Tackling Drought and Conserving Wetlands Panel.
On the second day, a field study and bird-watching activity were conducted in the southern part of the Gediz Delta and Çiğli coastal marshes. This was followed by a briefing on the ongoing studies in the Gediz Delta conducted by Turkey’s Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the International Agricultural Research and Training Center (UTAEM).
The exchange of experiences between the two cities will contribute to the development of an action plan for adapting to drought and conserving wetlands, which is expected to be completed by the end of 2024.
Project Activity Date: 25 ve 27 September 2024
Location: İzmir
Time: 11:00-16:00
Event Name/Announcement Subject: Partnership for a Twin Transition to a Green Future” project Green and Digital Transformation Training
Partnership for a Twin Transition to a Green Future” project Green and Digital Transformation Training
Another important activity of the “Partnership for Twin Transition to a Green Future” project, funded by the European Union under the Town Twinning for a Green Future Grant Agreement, has been completed.
Within the framework of the project, “Green and Digital (Twin) Transition Training” was organized for 160 students and 40 adults from Ali Kaya Secondary School in Karşıyaka with cooperation of EOV and Karşıyaka Municipality.
With the activities organized, the participants were trained under the topics of climate change, digitalization and twin transformation. During the trainings, the participants were informed about the negative effects of climate change and how to combat it, the importance of digitalization in the modern age, and the importance of carrying out green and digital transformation together.
Project Activity Date: 2,3,4 JULY 2024
Location: Gdynia, Polonya
Time: 09:00-17:00
Event Name/Announcement Subject: The Gdynia Workshop of the EU Grant Project implemented by Karşıyaka Municipality was held on July 2024
The GdynIa Workshop of the EU Grant Project Implemented by Karşıyaka Municipality was held on July 2024
Gdynia Visit and Workshop was successfully held as part of the “Partnership for a Twin Transition to a Green Future” project under the Town Twinning – II program between Turkey and the EU! The event, which was one of the project activities and focused on Gdynia Municipality’s sustainable energy and climate change adaptation efforts, took place at the Technology Park facilities in Gdynia.
During the workshop, presentations were made on the digital applications of Gdynia Municipality. From city mapping applications to 3D city planning; from urban heat maps to electric bus systems and recyclable waste container systems with remotely monitored sensors, many topics were discussed. The Turkish team, consisting of representatives from the Aegean Forest Foundation, academics and Karşıyaka Municipality, had the opportunity to see and learn about the technologies being implemented in Gdynia. They also shared information about the Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plan (SECAP) reports that Gdynia Municipality is preparing.
The 3-day workshop, which aimed to transfer knowledge between the two municipalities, was successfully completed and recommendations were made by Karşıyaka Municipality based on the SECAP 2021 report.
A visit to the municipality of GDYNIA, İzmir, was held on 23 January 2024 for the EU Grants Project, run by the Municipality of Karşıyaka.
On 23 January 2024, we held the technical meetings of our “Partnership for a Twin Transition to a Green Future” project, which we coordinated under Town Twinning– II (Twinning for the Green Future) Grant Programme between Turkey and the EU. The meetings were attended by technical and managerial staff from the Municipality of Karşıyaka and the Polish Municipalities of Gdynia and the Aegean Forest Foundation, which are partners in our project. The meetings were held in a group of about 25 people.
Among the topics of the meetings, which lasted almost the whole day, the projects implemented by the Municipality of Gdynia in their cities related to smart urbanization and digitization were discussed in detail. Among their creative and award-winning projects and practices, the work they have done to combat the adverse effects of climate change has included practices that have both facilitated and accelerated communication between their municipalities and citizens, as well as improved people’s quality of life. The Municipality of Karşıyaka gave detailed information on the ESDA platform software that we have developed in collaboration with the Department of Climate Change and Zero Waste and our Directorate of Information Processing, which is a major part of the reduction and compliance measures of our Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plan report we issued in 2021.
The EU Grant Project Opening Meeting, carried out by Karşıyaka
Municipality, was held on 23 January 2024.
On 23 January 2024, we held the opening meeting of our “Partnership for a Twin Transition to a Green Future” project, which we coordinated under Town Twinning– II (Twinning for the Green Future) Grant Programme between Turkey and the EU. During the event, held at the Culture Centre of Karşıyaka from 09:30 to 11:30, the Vice-President of the Municipality of Karşıyaka, Saadet ÇAĞLIN, the Deputy President of the municipality of Gdynia, Poland, Bartosz BARTOSZEWIC, Deputy Director-General of the Egean Forest Foundation, Yasemen BİLGİLİ, the Ministry of Environment, Urbanism and Climate Change, Vice-Chairman, Climate Changes, Dr. Abdulkadir BEKTAŞ, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the President, the European Union, the EU affairs expert, Ceyhan ÇİÇEK, gave opening speeches. Yasemin SENTURK, Project Coordinator of Karşıyaka Municipality, and our project and project stakeholders gave an informative presentation about the Municipality of Gdynia and the Aegean Forest Foundation. Piotr WISNIEWSKI, President of the Communications Centre of the Municipality of Gdynia in Poland, introduced the city and gave examples of various projects they have implemented in their own cities. The opening meeting resulted in great interest and success, with the participation of some 120 people.
