Speakers

FARUK KAYMAKCI
Ambassador, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Director for EU Affairs
NIkolaus Meyer-Landrut
Ambassador, Head of Delegation, Delegation of the European Union to Turkey
PROF. DR. ŞÜKRÜ KARATEPE
Chairman, Local Administration Policies Council, Presidency of the Republic of Turkey
Anders Knape
President, Congress of Local and Regional Authorities – Council of Europe; Vice President, Committee of Regions (CoR)
FATMA ŞAHİN
President, Union of Municipalities of Turkey; Mayor, Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality
JENS CHRISTIAN GJESING
Chair, EU – Turkey Working Group, Committee of Regions (CoR); Member, Haderslev Municipal Council
Eleftheria Pertzinidou
Deputy Head, Delegation of the European Union to Turkey; Minister, Counsellor
Magnus Berntsson
President, AER – Assembly of European Regions; President - Vastra Götaland Region Council
TUNÇ SOYER
Mayor, İzmir Metropolitan Municipality; Vice President, CittaSlow International; Vice President, Congress of Local and Regional Authorities – CoE; Executive Board Member, UCLG World Council
Emil Boc
Mayor, Cluj-Napoca Municipality; Member, National Delegation to the Committee of Regions (CoR)
ASSOC. PROF. DR. TAHİR BÜYÜKAKIN
Mayor, Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality; President, Union of Marmara Municipalities
Emilia Saiz  Carrancedo
Secretary General – UCLG World Secretariat, United Cities of Local Governments – UCLG
Dubravko Bilić
Mayor, Ludbreg Municipality; Vice-President, Association of Cities in Croatia (AoC)
BÜLENT ÖZCAN
Director General for Financial Cooperation and Project Implementation, Directorate for EU Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Frederic Vallier
Secretary General, CEMR-Council of European Municipalities and Regions
R. GALİP VİDİNLİOĞLU
Mayor, Kastamonu Municipality
DR. HASAN AKGÜN
Mayor, Büyükçekmece Municipality; Member of UCLG World Council; Member, National Delegation to the Congress - CoE
Dr. M. CEMİL ARSLAN
Secretary General, Union of Marmara Municipalities
A. HAKAN ATİK
Head of Department, Project Implementation Department, Directorate for EU Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
PROF. DR. OSMAN BALABAN
Middle East Technical University
MONIKA KOSINSKA
Programme Manager, European Healthy Cities Network, World Health Organization (WHO)
Ivo Cré
Director, Policy & Projects, POLIS- Cities and Regions Transport Innovation
NURAN TALU, Ph.D.
Political and Environmental Scientist
Peter Defranceschi
Director, ICLEI Europe Brussels Office, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability
Asya Varbanova
Turkey Country Director, UN Women
MIRIAM EISERMANN
Communications & EU Policy, Energy Cities
Cezary Trutkowski, Ph.D.
Expert, Council of Europe
ALINA Tatarenko
Head of Centre, The Centre of Expertise for Good Governance, Council of Europe
BÜLENT BOZTUĞ
Director, Strategy Development Department, Union of Provinces in Turkey
CEMAL BAŞ
Director, Projects and Finance Department, Union of Municipalities of Turkey (UMT)
AYHAN SİCİMOĞLU
Programme Producer, Musician, Gourmet
GÜVEN İSLAMOĞLU
Journalist
 
 

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