The Union of Municipalities of Turkey Collective work... Hayrettin GÜNGÖR Secretary General

1. The Union of Municipalities of Turkey Collective work... Hayrettin GÜNGÖR Secretary General

2. History • Municipal Association of Turkey • 1945 • Founded as an association Union of Municipalities of Turkey 2005 Gained Local Government Assosiation status and established on national level to represent all municipalities.

3. Our Philosophy • Our Mission • To represent municipalities, protect their rights and interests and to assist them with their development within the frame of Local Governance Principles. Our Vision To be the voice for the municipalities as a local government union inside and outside Turkey. Our Values Trustworthy, Impartial, Connective, Proactive,Enterprising, Participative, Facilitative, Sensitive to the Gender Mainstreaming

4. Our Duties Lobby Legal Support Representation Training Cooperation&Assistance Guidiance

5. Union Bodies • General Assembly • Composed of 802 Mayors and Municipal Council Members • Executive Board • Formed of Union President and 14 Mayors • President • Elected by General Assembly Members

6. Our Union President

7. Legal Support and Lobby MAIN PRINCIPLES Our Union carries out its works within the frame of these principles and with the support and initiatives of our Union President Dr.Kadir TOPBAŞ along with our executive board members and also with the positive approach from related institutions, important achivemets have been obtained as a result of these works. Administrative tutelage Compliance with the law Subsidiarity Source of Income Propotional to duty Quality of the Service European Charter of Local Self Government

8. Additional Sources Provided Approximately 4.5Billion €of additional source has been provided within 6 years.

9. Legal Support and Lobbying Our Union is mentioned in 23 titles of the 64th Government Action Plan

10. Board Memberships Energy Efficency Board Elevator Board Highway Safety Board Consumer Board Wholesales Market Commission National Board of GIS İLBANK General Assembly Elections Rural DevelopmenCommittee

11. Trainings A C B A1.Construction Planning A2.Building License A3.Business License A4.Land- Housing Production A5.Urban Transformation A6.Urban Design A7.Thematic Parks and Gardens A8.Transportation and Traffic A9.Water and Sewerage A10.Sanitation and Solid Waste A11. Environmet and Health A12. Municipal Police Service A13. Firefighting and Disaster A14.Burial and Cemetery A16.Social Aid A17.Marriage Services A18.Youth Services A19.Sports Services A20.Educational Services A21.Health Services A22.Wholesales Markets A23. Slaughterhuose A24. Agriculture and Livestock A25.Culture, Art and Tourism 26.E-Municipal Services A27. Economics and Trade B1. Municipal Law B2.Construction Law B3.Financial Management B4.Municipal Revenues B5.Borrowing B6.Procurement Law B7.Editorial Law B8.Vehicle Law B9.Labour and Social Security B10. Autonomy of Local Governments and Administrative Tutelage C1.Human Resourcess C2.Institutional Development C3. Urban Vision C4.Participation and Democracy C5.Project Preparation C6.Diplomacy Academy C7.Foreign Relations C8. Gender Mainstreaming C9.Foreign Language Training

12. Trainings Municipal Academy Our Union carries out training activities under the corporate identity of «Municipal Academy» providing trainings and briefings, sharing examples of good practices, organizing congresses, workshops and seminarsfor mayors, council members, officials and employees of our municipalities.

13. Municipal Academy First campus for local government training in the world

14. Vehicle Support 360 Vehicles

15. Additional Source to Municipalities with host-communities

16. E-Municipality System Municipal administration Information management Data tracking

17. Foreign Relations

18. Our Secretariat Services Organisational Support Translation Support Agenda Follow-up Informative Meetings Information Notes

19. UCLG Disaster Taskforce

20. International Local Governments Internship Program

21. Cooperations

22. TUSENET Project Project Budget 2.970.000 € Project Objective Forming cooperations between municipalities of Turkey and Sweden Project Results Cooperations formed between 22 Turkish municiplities and 6 Swedish municipalities.

23. TUSELOG PROJECT Project Budget 3.800.000 € Project Objective Sustaining the partnerships formed and developing projects Project Results Joint Projects, Municipalities signing CEMR Charter, capacity development

24. Safe Cities Project Project Budget 1.990.000 € Project Objective Provide experience for municipalities in the field of city peace. Project Results Police and municipal police joint works, peace perception surveys, policies

25. LOGO-EAST Project Project Budget 1.900.000 € Project Objective Forming cooperations between municipalities of Turkey and Netherlands Project Results Sister City relations, joint projects, experience share

26. Project «Municipalities Prepare for EU» Project Budget 2.850.000 TL Project Objective Preparation of our municipalities for EU Acquis with EU Ministry Project Results Works of our municipalities for EU Acquis, trainings, fund based project development

27. LAR Project Project Budget 2.800.000 € Project Objective Improving the institutional capacity of our municipalities Project Results Our municipalities received leadership trainings, high level officials visited sister municipalities, joint projects carried out

28. Turkey – Tunisia Project Project Budget 450.000 € Project Objective Strenghtening the cooperations between municipalites of Turkey and Tunisia and developing new projects Project Results Sister Cities Protocol was signed among 27 municipalities from each country, trainings provided for high level Tunisian local government officals.

29. Turkey – Yemen Project Project Budget 450.000 € Project Objective Strenghtening the cooperations between municipalites of Turkey and Yemen and developing new projects Project Results Tranings for Yemeni high level local government officals, technical visits organized

30. Turkey – Bulgaria Project Project Budget 620.000 € Project Objective Supporting local governments and other local administrations in Bulgaria Project Results 18 Offices of Mufti were granted funeral vehicle

31. Turkey – Bosnia Herzegovina Project Project Budget 1.900.000 € Project Objective Meeting the needs of local governments after the fload in Bosnia Herzegovina Project Results 600 damaged houses repaired

32. Turkey – Macedonia Project Project Budget 530.000 € Project Objective Improving cooperations with Macedonian local governments. Project Results Vehicle granted to Gostivar municipality, Our Union undertook the refurbishment work of a school