DOĞU KARADENİZ BASIN SECTORAL WATER ALLOCATION PLAN STAKEHOLDER MEETING AND STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT SCOPING MEETING HELD IN TRABZON

'Activity 4.3.1 - Improving public and sector representatives’ awareness on water allocation via training programs, workshops and informative meeting' and 'Activity 6.2 - Doğu Karadeniz Basin Stakeholder consultations with central and basin scale institutions for Scoping Environmental Impacts Reports' of the 'Technical Assistance on Preparation of River Basin Management Plans for 6 Basins' project co-financed by the European Union and Türkiye within the scope of the IPA-2 period of the European Union Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance was held on 08 August 2024 at Trabzon Novotel. 

A total of 137 people attended the meeting, including the Deputy Director General of Water Management Mr Mahir ÖZCAN, Contract Manager of the Department of EU Investments of the General Directorate of the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, Ms Nurnisa ELÇİN, regional and provincial directorates, representatives of the General Directorate of Water Management, representatives of stakeholder institutions and organizations in the basin, directors of the consortium consisting of DAI Global, NFB Engineering and Consulting and ACC Consulting and technical assistance team. 

Mr Mahir ÖZCAN, Deputy Director General of Water Management, delivered the opening speech. Acting Team Leader Dr. Emre KÖKEN gave information about the project and introduced the project.

The meeting continued with the presentations of Ms Ruken ARSLAN, Doğu Karadeniz Basin Responsible, on 'Characterization of the Kızılırmak Basin and Hot Spots'. Subsequently, senior non-key expert Dr. Buket MESTA YOLERİ gave presentations on 'Overview of Sectoral Water Allocation Plans (SWAP)' and 'Sectoral Water Demands in the Kızılırmak Basin'. The presentation on 'Socioeconomic Considerations within the Scope of SSTP' was delivered by Ms Aynur TOKEL.

Basin Responsible Ms Oytun CEREN made presentations on 'Overview of Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)', 'Kızılırmak Basin SEA Scoping Report' and 'Next Steps of SEA Process'.

The meeting ended after the closing speech by Mr Güney CAN, Section Manager for the Basin Management Department, General Directorate of Water Management.