Civil Society Sector Workshop Held in İstanbul with the Participation of 150 NGO Representatives

The second of the Civil Society Sector Workshops planned to be organized within the scope of the Project entitled “Technical Assistance for Support to the Preparation and Implementation of the Türkiye Civil Society Sub-Sector Programming 2016-2017” was held on 30 March 2017 in İstanbul with a high level of participation from civil society organizations.

The workshop started with the opening speeches of Ahmet Önal, the Deputy Governor of İstanbul and Provincial EU Contact Point, and by Ambassador Selim Yenel, the Acting Undersecretary of Ministry for EU Affairs. In the opening speeches, the significance of civil society’s having been defined as a sector in the second term of IPA (2014-2020) and the endeavours for enhancing the capacities of civil society organizations were emphasized. Afterwards, detailed information was given to the participants by the representatives of the Ministry for EU Affairs regarding the “civil society sector” and its programming process. The morning session of the workshop ended with the presentation in which the grant opportunities the civil society organizations could benefit in the new term of IPA were explained.

In the afternoon session of the workshop, discussions were made related to how active participation of the Civil Society Organizations to the civil society sector programming process could be ensured; and possibilities of finding answer to the needs of the civil society organizations within the EU financial assistance. In addition to these, comments and recommendations concerning new projects and grant programmes under EU financial assistance were received.

The workshop ended with the presentations made by the civil society organisation representatives providing the opinions and suggestions discussed during the afternoon session.

The presentations used in the workshop could be downloaded from the link below.

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