Opening speeches of the meeting has been done by Mr.Muhammed ADAK, the Head of the Managing Authority and Deputy Director General of Agrarian Reform from the Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock and Mr. Mahmut KARDAŞ, General Coordinator from Agriculture and Rural Development Support Agency of the General Coordinator. Also, Representative of the European Commission, Mrs. Iwona LIZTSWAN and Project Team Leader Mrs. Dilek BATMAZ VURAL have done their speeches.
After the evaluation speeches of the serving in Local Development Guidelines who has worked for the implementation of the projects in the provinces, the representatives of the potential Local Action Group (LAG) association has shared their views on the process.
Provincial Directorates of MoFAL and PCU Coordinators of ARDSI from 10 implementation provinces (Amasya, Ankara, Army, Manisa, Samsun, Kastamonu, Ankara, Izmir, Erzurum, Denizli), the representatives from relevant Ministries, the relevant Regional Development Agencies and the relevant NGOs, Local Development Guides and representatives of potential LAG Associations have participated in the meeting.
By the Project that the implementation began in August, a capacity for the implementation of LEADER measure in the rural areas of the provinces mentioned above and formation of 23 potential LAG Association supported.
In the following period, preparation of the Local Development Strategies for the potential LAGs formed by the project will be supported and the formation of new potential LAGs in the new 10 IPARD provinces will be initiated.