Issue: 120
Mother Child Education Foundation (AÇEV), The Association of Private Sector Volunteers (ÖSGD), The Turkish Foundation of Combating Soil Erosion, for Reforestation and the Protection of Natural Habitats (TEMA), Community Volunteers Foundation (TOG), National Volunteering Committee (UGK) AND United Nations Volunteers (UNV) will celebrate International Volunteer Day in Kadir Has University.
Hundreds of volunteers working on different areas will be sharing their experiences and discuss the importance of volunteerism in order to mobilize more volunteers.
Where: Kadir Has University Cibali Congress Centre D Block Great Hall
When: 5th of December on Saturday, 10.00 am
Contact: Burcu Morel, UNV, burcu.morel@undp.org
In the context of Integrated Forest Management Project, it is aimed to establish a Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) system for forestry sector under LULUCF in order to estimate the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions and increasing carbon stock more detailed and consistent with international standards.
Transparent, accurate and consistent Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) system has an aimportant role in protection of forest carbon stocks of countries, prevention of deforestation and degredation of forests, ensuring sustainable management of forests, and production of comparative data.
Through this workshop not only current situation of LULUCF sector with a focus on forest areas was analyzed, but also the position in forestry sector was determined.
Integrated Forest Manageneet Project is implementing by General Directorate of Forestry in cooperation with UNDP with the financial support of GEF.
Energy Efficiency Strategy Document has various objectives and activities for reducing energy intensity in industry and development of additional financial mechanisms that ensure investment incentive for energy efficiency.
In the context of Improving Energy Efficiency in Industry Project that is implemented by General Directorate of Renewable Energy in cooperation with UNDP, UNIDO, TTGV, KOSGEB and TSE with the financial support of GEF works were done for analyzing the effectiveness of the current financial supports and developing more appropriate methods and mechanisms to improve energy efficiency in industry.
Through this project the effectiveness of current incentive mechanisms were analyzed and a proposal for financial mechanism to increase energy efficiency investments in industry was developed. A workshop on “Financial Mechanisms for Energy Efficiency in Industry” was organized in 19 November 2015 in Ankara to assess the proposed financial mechanism. In the workshop the expectations from the financial mechanism proposal were discussed by the representatives of respective finance institutions, government institutions, and international organizations.
The approach that was presented at the workshop proposes an integrated financial mechanism that coordinates the majority of the energy efficiency supports provided by the government within a well-organized structure. This model also foresees various pay-back guarantees to international finance institutions that inject credits into the market. The new mechanism is expected to be discussed further in the upcoming days.
The photo contest, “Four Seasons in Turkey’s Forests”, is organized in the context of Integrated Forest Management project implemented by General Directorate of Forestry in cooperation with UNDP Turkey with the financial support of the GEF.
Contestants can only apply with digital and colored photos that are taken in 2014 and in 2015 in Turkey. The photos can be uploaded to http://tfsfonayliyarismalar.org
The jury of the photo contest is composed of Atila Uras, UNDP Turkey Assistant Resident Represantative (Programme); Fikret Özkaplan, AFIAP; Kemal Okumuş, General Directorate of Forestry Forest Engineer; Sezgin Kara, General Directorate of Forestry Branch Manager of Publication and Promotion; Prof. Dr. Taner Kıral; Tansu Gürpınar, Wildlife Expert; İlker Şahin, AFIAP.
For application and further information: www.tfsf.org.tr and http://tfsfonayliyarismalar.org
These financial support programs are first of their kinds and it will be implemented in 9 provinces with partnership of Southeast Anatolia Project Regional Development Agency (GAP RDA), Ipekyolu, Karacadağ, Dicle Development Agencies and technical assistance of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
GAP Energy Efficiency Pilot Projects Financial Support Program will be implemented in 2016 with the budget of 9.000.000 TL. Program priorities are;
- Increasing the awareness of energy efficiency in industrial enterprises in the GAP region,
- Identifying and implementing energy efficiency measures for the industry companies which operate in the region,
- Promoting and disseminating centers in the region such as GAP Energy Efficiency Incubation Center and GAP Renewable Energy Center which are supported by GAP RDA.
GAP Organic Agriculture Value Chain Pilot Projects Financial Support Program will be implemented in 2016 with the budget of 5.750.000 TL. Program priorities are;
- Encouraging organization and supporting institutionalization for organic agricultural production.
- Increasing the added value and quality of products that are produced/processed in the region,
- Ensuring sustainable market access for organic products that are produced and processed in the region via development of regional, national and international cooperation.
Photo: Hüseyin Avcı
Future is in Tourism which is implemented with the partnership of Ministry of Culture and Tourism, UNDP and Anadolu Efes supports local development by creating sustainable tourism models. Within the scope of the project, three sustainable tourism ideas are chosen and supported every year.
Keciborlu Develops by Lavender
The project aims to stimulate rural tourism in Isparta which produces major part of the national lavender output. The project will both enhance the product diversity of lavender and activate the employment and entrepreneurial potential in Keciborlu district and villages thus create significant added value to the regional economy.
Explore Your Own Butterfly
The project aimed to highlight the butterfly diversity in Turkey through the so-called “Saimbeyli Blue” (a.k.a. “teressa blue”) in Saimbeyli district of Adana noted as one of the 10 important butterfly zones in Turkey, create a visitor reception center in this tourism niche, and initiate the infrastructure works for the nature park status intended for declaration in the district. The project will help Saimbeyli publicize both to our country and the world her unblemished natural beauty and rich biological diversity.
Edremit’s local flavours with Nar Kadın
The project aimed to bring forth and brand the local flavors made by olive oil, and promote gourmet tourism in Edremit district of Balikesir. It intended to serve as an example in tourism sustainability through providing personal and occupational development training to local women, and transforming their products into tourism items. The offering of such products reflecting the traditional culture of Edremit will strengthen local women economically.
Totally 43 industrial companies were volunteered to improve their capacity in energy management. Most of the companies applied to the program to acquire ISO 50001 certificates. The ones which already had this certificate aimed to learn how to make their energy management systems work better and deliver bigger energy savings.
The targeted sectorial diversity was also provided: There are several SMEs whose annual consumption is around 500-1,000 toe (tonne of oil equivalent) whereas there are two big cement companies (250,000 and 450,000 toe annual energy consumption, respectively), the biggest petrochemical company (750,000 toe) of the region, iron-steel, brick, casting, automotive, ceramics, plaster, metal, plastic, white goods, electro-mechanics, chemical, food, wood and textile companies.
As the numbers of companies are too much to manage simultaneously, they were divided into three groups.
The program was initiated by the training of first group in Ankara on 8-10 September 2015. Totally 10 consultants and 20 representatives from 13 industrial companies participated in the meeting.
All companies were trained and matched with selected local consultants, who were previously trained and passed the written exam. The consultants were assigned to work with matched companies and report the progress in a monthly basis.
All participants were linked to each other by Basecamp program in order to monitor company-based progress as well as to enhance local capacity by common file sharing.
After the training program, 4 selected companies - Ankara Seramik, producer of porcelain insulators for electricity distribution; Yiğit Akü, producer of automotive batteries; ERSA, producer of office furniture; and Termikel, producer of kitchen white goods - cookers, dishwashers, and microwaves - were visited by the international experts and the Project team.
Training was attended by 20 local consultants and 17 representatives from 12 industrial companies. One of the companies already has ISO 50001 but is looking to optimise its value. The other 11 companies are looking to implement ISO 50001 and several of them already have existing ISO management systems which they hope to integrate with ISO 50001.
After the training program, 2 selected companies – Korkmaz Mutfak Eşyaları, producer of kitchen cooking devices and Baymak, producer of ow pressure hot water boilers, water heaters, solar thermal panels - were visited by the international experts and the Project team.
156 countries including Turkey have shared their INDC’s with UNFCCC Secretariat as well. In their INDCs, the countries specify their national commitments on combating climate change.
The IINDC Launch Conference has been arranged in the context of the Biennial Report Project being executed by the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization and implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to present Turkey’s INDC officially. Representatives of Non-Governmental Organizations, Public Institutions, International Organizations, Private Sector, Universities and Embassies have participated to the referred Conference.
Turkey committed to reduce up to 21 percent of its GHG emissions from the BAU level by 2030.
Please kindly click here to read the full text of Turkey’s INDC.
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Editor: Faik Uyanık
Assistant: Nazife Ece
Intern: Gülce İpci
Contributors to this issue: Arzu Karaarslan, Burcu Morel, Deniz Tapan