activities since project start

2009

  • January: Mid Term Review (MTR) report presented, discussed and finalised.

  • January: Meeting for the Swedish project coordinators about the MTR report.

  • January: Workshops in Stockholm for the managements of SALA IDA and UMT. Steering Committee meeting with decision about the Management Response to the MTR report.

  • February: Meetings/workshops in Turkey or Sweden for the municipal partnerships.   

  • March-April: Organisational Development review of UMT carried out by a Swedish expert team.

  • April: Workshops in Istanbul for the Stockholm – Istanbul partnership.
  • April: Meetings in Malmö and Växjö for the Malmö-Mediterranean partnership.
  • April: Meetings in Gaziantep for the Karlstad – South -East Turkey partnership.
  • May: Meetings in the Black Sea Region for the Kalmar-BSR partnership.
  • May: Seminars in Bursa for the Umeå – Central Turkey partnership.
  • May: Monitoring visits to new Mayors of some of the Turkish municipal partners of tusenet.
  • June: Workshops and study visits in Stockholm for the Stockholm – Istanbul partnership.
  • June: Coordination meeting in Umeå for the Umeå-Central Turkey partnership.
  • June: Meetings in the Izmir region for the Kalmar – Aegean partnership.
  • June: Workshops in Tarsus, Turkey for the Malmö-Mediterranean partnership.
  • July: Progress Report delivered to Sida.
  • Sept: Project Steering Committee meeting in Ankara.
  • Sept: Meetings in Kalmar for the Kalmar-Aegean partnership.
  • Oct: Meetings in Midyat, Turkey for the Karlstad – South-east Turkey partnership.
  • Oct: Meetings in Malmö for the Malmö – Mediterranean partnership.
  • Oct: Meetings in Istanbul for the Stockholm – Marmara partnership.
  • Oct: Meetings in Ankara for the Kalmar – BSR partnership.
  • Oct: Participation of the Swedish project management in an international twinning conference in Selcuk, Turkey, arranged by UMT.
  • Oct: Meeting in Selcuk for the Umeå – Central Turkey partnership.
  • Nov: Meetings in the Aegean region for the Kalmar-Aegean partnership.
  • Nov: Monitoring meetings in Gaziantep for the Karlstad – South-east Turkey partnership.
  • Nov: Meetings in Umeå for the Umeå – Central Turkey partnership.
  • Nov: Meetings in Bursa for the Umeå – Central Turkey partnership.
  • Dec: Meetings in Kalmar for the Kalmar – BSR  partnership.
  • Dec: UMT-SALAR workshop in Ankara on impact of EU membership for local authorities.
  • All 2009: Project coordination and general project planning activities.

 
 

2008

  • January: Conference in Ankara about the project implementation with UMT representatives and mayors and experts of the Turkish project municipalities.

  • February – March: Fourth round of partnership meetings in Turkish or Swedish partner regions

  • April: Newsletter 3 published.

  • April: Monitoring visits by the project management to Osmaniye, Tarsus, Manisa, Karsiyaka and Bornova.   

  • May: Progress Report to Sida. Methodology workshops for the Swedish partnership coordinators.

  • May-June: Fifth round of partnership meetings in Swedish or Turkish partner regions.

  • June: Steering Committee meeting in Ankara.

  • September: Monitoring visits by the project management to all Swedish partner municipalities and to SALAR.

  • September: First round of workshops in Kalmar for representatives of Bornova, Karsiyaka and Manisa about the concept of time travels – a special project emanating from tusenet and financed by the Sida Municipal Partnership Programme.

  • September - October: Sixth round of partnership meetings in Turkish or Swedish partner regions.

  • October: Study visit to organisations in Brussels for a UMT-SALA IDA delegation.

  • October: Workshop in Ankara for the UMT-SALAR partnership about producing a web-based training material for newly elected Turkish local politicians about “The track into politics”.

  • October: Kick off conference in Osmangazi of a EU-funded project (about participatory budgeting) emanating from tusenet – the Tusepart project (Umeå-Central Turkey partnership).

  • November: Second round of workshops in Karsiyaka, Bornova and Manisa about the time travel concept.

  • November: Thematic workshops in Ankara for all Turkish project partners: The Swedish Public Administration system, Gender study of the administrations in the 23 Turkish project municipalities, Sustainable cities, cluster and arena building.

  • November: Monitoring visits by the project management to Antalya and Mugla.

  • November: Tusepart study visit and workshops in Umeå: Taxation system, role of the political parties in the budget process.

  • November: Tusepart training course in Bursa: Participatory budgeting, project cycle management.

  • November – December: Meetings in Turkey for five of the six municipal partnerships.

  • November – December: Mid Term Review of tusenet carried out by an independent evaluator.

  • December: Mid Term Conference in Amasya for all project partners and invited representatives of Swedish and Turkish state authorities (Powerpoint presentations from the Mid Term Conference in Amasya).

  • Running contacts and meetings between representatives of each partnership.

  • Running contacts and several meetings between the Swedish project management and municipal coordinators.

  • Running contacts between the Turkish project management and municipal coordinators.

     

 

2007

  • Partner preparation seminars in Sweden and Turkey  (January).

  • Kick-off  conference in Antalya, Turkey, for all partners (February).

  • Inception  report to Sida (April).

  • First  partnerships meetings in the Turkish partner regions and sum up conference in  Istanbul (end of May).

  • Second  partnerships meetings in the Swedish municipalities/regions and sum up meeting  in Stockholm (end of August).

  • Third partnerships meetings, developing  activity plans for 2008, in the Turkish partner regions (October-November).

  • A UMT  delegation visiting the SALAR Congress for study reasons (November).

  • Monitoring  visits to eight of the participating Turkish municipalities by the project  managers of SALA IDA and UMT  (end of November).

  • Running contacts between representatives  of each partnership.

 


2006

  • Finalising the project set up. Agreement between SALA IDA and UMT of responsibilities for project implementation.

    
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