Agenda
12 November 2020
10.30 – 11.30
Fatma Şahin, President, Union of Municipalities of Turkey; Mayor, Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality
Anders Knape, President, Congress of Local and Regional Authorities – Council of Europe; Vice President, Committee of Regions (CoR) (video message)
Prof. Dr. Şükrü Karatepe, Chairman, Local Administration Policies Council, Presidency of the Republic of Turkey
Nikolaus Meyer-Landrut, Ambassador, Head of Delegation, Delegation of the European Union to Turkey
Faruk Kaymakcı, Ambassador, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Director for EU Affairs
11.30 – 12.00
Town Twinning Between Turkey and the EU Project: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Bülent Özcan, Director General for Financial Cooperation and Project Implementation, Directorate for EU Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
12.00 – 12.30
Taner Alakuş, Miniaturist Artist
12.30 – 13.00
13.00 – 14.00
Moderatör: M.Cemil Arslan, Ph.D. Secretary General, Union of Marmara Municipalities
Frederic Vallier, Secretary General, CEMR – Council of European Municipalities and Regions (video message)
Emil Boc, Mayor, Cluj-Napoca Municipality; Member, National Delegation to the Committee of Regions (CoR)
Hasan Akgün, Ph.D. Mayor, Büyükçekmece Municipality; Member,UCLG World Council; Member, National Delegation to the Congress – CoE
14.00 – 14.30
Jens Christian Gjesing, Chair, EU – Turkey Working Group, Committee of Regions (CoR); Member, Haderslev Municipal Council
14.30 – 15.30
Nature and Green Cities
Güven İslamoğlu, Journalist
15.30 – 17.00
Combating COVID-19: Importance of Cooperation Among Local and Regional Authorities
Moderator: Nuran Talu, Ph.D. Political and Environmental Scientist
Magnus Berntsson, President, AER – Assembly of European Regions; President – Vastra Götaland Region Council
Mehmet Çakın, Mayor, Uşak Municipality (to be confirmed)
Dr.R.Galip Vidinlioğlu, Mayor, Kastamonu Municipality
13 November 2020
10.30 – 11.30
Being a World Citizen
Ayhan Sicimoğlu, Programme Producer, Musician, Gourmet
11.30 – 12.00
Council of Europe: Best Practice Programme for Local Governments
Cezary Trutkowski, Ph.D. Expert, Council of Europe
12.00 – 13.15
Sustainable Cities: Why the International Organizations and Networks Matter?
Moderator: Prof.Dr. Osman Balaban, Middle East Technical University
Ivo Cré, Director, Policy & Projects, POLIS- Cities and Regions Transport Innovation
Peter De Franceschi, Director, ICLEI Europe Brussels Office, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability
Miriam Eisermann, Communications & EU Policy, Energy Cities
13.15 – 14.00
Tuluyhan Uğurlu
14.00 – 15.05
Associations of Local Authorities (LAs) and Collaboration for Future
Moderator: Bülent Boztuğ, Director, Strategy Development Department, Union of Provinces in Turkey
Dubravko Bilić, Mayor, Ludbreg Municipality; Vice-President, Association of Cities in Croatia (AoC)
Cemal Baş, Director, Projects and Finance Department, Union of Municipalities of Turkey (UMT)
Alina Tatarenko, Head of Centre, The Centre of Expertise for Good Governance, Council of Europe
15.05 – 15.10
Time to Message from UCLG
C2C Cooperation and Local Diplomacy
Emilia Saiz Carrancedo , Secretary General – UCLG World Secretariat, United Cities of Local Governments -UCLG
15.10 – 16.30
New Urban Agenda
Moderatör: Eleftheria Pertzinidou, Deputy Head, Delegation of the European Union to Turkey; Minister, Counsellor
Monika Kosinska, Programme Manager, European Healthy Cities Network, World Health Organization (WHO)
Asya Varbanova, Turkey Country Director, UN Women
Ebru Ölmez, Representative of Republic of Turkey Ministry of Environment and Urbanization, United Nations Habitat Executive Board
16.30 – 17.00
A.Hakan Atik, Head of Department, Project Implementation Department, Directorate for EU Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs