Technical Assistance Project for “Town Twinning between Turkey and the EU –II (For a Green Future)” aims to strengthen the dialogue between local governments of Turkey and the EU member states through climate change and environment-based actions.

“Technical Assistance for Town Twinning between Turkey and the EU II- (For  a Green Future)”  is implemented by international Eductrade Consortium under the coordination of the Union of Municipalities of Turkey (TBB), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Directorate for European Union Affairs, the Union of Provinces, and the General Directorate of Local Governments of the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change.

Within the scope of this project, a “Mobility and Networking Assistance Programme”  is launched to contribute to the development of sustainable relations and joint projects on climate change between local governments in Turkey and the EU member states. In this context, support will be provided to the staff  and managers of local governments (municipalities and special provincial administrations) and investment monitoring and coordination directorates (YİKOB) in Turkey.

Under the “Mobility and Networking Assistance Programme”, following types of activities are supported;

• Developing joint projects on climate change issues and/or establishing new town twinning relationships/sister city relationships;
• Ensuring information and experience sharing on climate change between local governments in Turkey and the EU member states;
• Strengthening existing collaborations between local governments in Turkey and the EU member states;
• Developing joint project proposals for different grant programmes financed with EU financial resources;
• Ensuring the membership of local governments in Turkey to EU city networks and/or participation in events on climate change organized by these networks.

The call starts on 16 May, 2024 and will remain open until 28 June, 2024 at 17:00. Within the scope of this component, support will be provided until overall programme budget of 300,000 Euros expires.

Applications will be received online only through the project website https://www.towntwinning.eu/mobility1 and https://www.sehireslestirme.eu. Applications will be evaluated in two stages: administrative and technical. In programme applications, the criteria specified in the Application Guide by the Programme Evaluation Committee will be taken into account. Applicants who are qualified to receive support will be announced on the www.towntwinning.eu website around mid March. Additionally, applicants will be sent a letter via e-mail.

The online system for participation in the programme will be open for applications as of  16 May 2024 and applications will close on 28 June 2024.