Human Rights Cities Project Workshop was Held in Antalya
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Human Rights City Project Workshop, organized cooperatively by Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB) and Raoul Wallenberg Institute (RWI) and carried out with the member municipalities, was held between the dates of 30-31 March 2018 in Antalya with the participation of member municipalities,
Human Rights City Project Workshop, organized cooperatively by Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB) and Raoul Wallenberg Institute (RWI) and carried out with the member municipalities, was held between the dates of 30-31 March 2018 in Antalya with the participation of member municipalities, non-governmental organizations and academics hosted by Muratpaşa Municipality.
The meeting was attended by Mayor of Muratpaşa Ümit Uysal, TDBB Secretary General Fahri Solak, Counselor of Raoul Wallenberg Institute Turkey Program İlhami Alkan Olsson, official personals from Mersin Metropolitan Municipality, Altındağ Municipality, Zeytinburnu Municipality, Maltepe Municipality, Muratpaşa and Çankaya Municipality, faculty members Prof. Dr. Gülay Günlük Şenesen from Istanbul University, Dr. Sevgi Usta from Özyeğin University, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yelda Yücel from Bilgi University, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Özgür Arun from Akdeniz University and city planner M. Sinan Özden.
The meeting started with an opening speech of Mayor of Muratpaşa Ümit Uysal. Uysal stated that “We are pleased to host the Human Rights Cities Project Workshop which we think is necessary as well as precious in the aspect of feelings, thoughts and actions”. Uysal pointed out that the quality of cities is measured with the lower class’s condition and he expressed that while assessing local governments, the base of necessities should be taken into consideration. Mayor Uysal, thanked all participants, especially TDBB.
Opening speeches continued with TDBB Secretary Genral Fahri Solak’s speech. Solak firstly informed about the activities of TDBB. Moreover, he told about how RWI and TDBB set up their collaboration and then he informed about how the project developed. Fahri Solak lastly thanked to RWI and Muratpaşa Municipality and he added that he hoped the workshop will end with beneficial results.
Counselor of Raoul Wallenberg Institute Turkey Program İlhami Alkan Olsson also informed about RWI activities. Alkan said that “We hope that Human Rights Cities Project will be carried out with the aim of developing cities concerning woman, children, elderly, disabled and refugees’ rights perspectives and we think that this project can make an international influence as well”. Alkan also posited that this project’s another aim is to make municipalities work cooperatively with non-governmental organizations and universities. Finally, Alkan thanked TDBB for its contributions to the project and the participant municipalities for their participation.
Workshop continued with thematic presentations after the opening session. In this session, presentations were made on children, woman, elderly, disabled and refugees themes which are the project’s working areas, with moderator Prof. Dr. Gülay Günlük Şenesen from Istanbul University, and the panelists were faculty members who were Dr. Sevgi Usta from Özyeğin University, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yelda Yücel from Bilgi University, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Özgür Arun from Akdeniz University and city planner M. Sinan Özden. In the afternoon sessions, participant municipalities Altındağ, Çankaya, Maltepe, Mersin Metropolitan, Muratpaşa and Zeytinburnu Municipalities made their presentations about their working areas within the project.
Workshop’s second day continued with a group work. Five working groups were created from the five themes of the project - children, women, elderly, disabled and refugees and then, firstly the general problems about each theme were determined. Then, possible solutions were proposed and expectations from the project were expressed. Workshop ended with evaluation of the program at the end of the second day and with the discussion of the steps to be taken at the next stages.
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