VISIT TO THE MAYOR OF BEYKOZ

Mehmet DUMAN, Chairman of the Board of the World Academy for Local Government and Democracy (WALD), paid a courtesy visit to the Mayor of Beykoz Murat AYDIN. In the meeting, evaluations were made about the projects carried out as WALD in cooperation with the United Nations and the European Union, and the possible themes of the new projects that can be done in cooperation with Beykoz Municipality in the coming periods were discussed.

Within this framework, as WALD, the issue of realizing the second of the “E-Parliament” platform, which is established within the WALD Young Leaders Academy in order to raise awareness on current and social issues and contribute to the solution of problems based on the principle of democratic participation, was decided. The e-parliament session is going to be conducted in cooperation with Beykoz Municipality and Turkish-German University with the participation of the United Nations Resident Coordinator and the Representatives of the European Union Delegation to Turkey.

It was decided to hold the II. E-Parliament International Youth Meeting on May 11, 2022, where the topics of "The Perception of Living Space of Youth" and "Sustainable Urban Strategies and Practice Examples for a Green Future" will be discussed. WALD Chairman of the Executive Board Mehmet Duman presented a plaque to Beykoz Mayor Murat AYDIN at the end of the meeting.