The trainings to be held in 10 pilot provinces will be in the areas of “Project Cycle Management, Voluntary Management and Mobilization of the Community.”

The grant implementation training conducted within the scope of Town Twinning between Turkey and the EU Grant Scheme was completed on 25 January 2019.

Implemented by the Agriculture and Rural Development Support Institution (ARDSI), Technical Assistance for Improving the Awareness of Food Processing Sector and Farmers in Terms of EU Environmental and Hygiene Standards and IPARD Support funded by the EU and the Republic of Turkey, started with a press conference held on 17 January 2019 in Ankara. 

II. Steering Meeting Committee was held on 15 January 2019, with the participation of Directorate for European Union Affairs (DEUA), Central Finance and Contracts Unit (CFCU), Union of Municipalities of Turkey (UMT), Union of Provinces (UP) and Ministry of Environment and Urbanisation, Directorate-General of Local Authorities (MeEU-DGLA, as well as Delegation of the European Union to Turkey (observer).

Grant Monitoring, Risk Assessment, PRAG Rules and Management Information System (MIS) Training was organized in Ankara on December 18-21, 2018 in the premises of Union of Municipalities of Turkey (UMT) within the scope of “Town Twinning between Turkey and the EU Project”.