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• Gazipaşa Forest Management Plans were presented to stakeholders Sep 26, 2016

  Stakeholders meeting on Gazipaşa Forest Management Plans was held in Gazipaşa on 16 August 2016 in the context of the “Mediterranean Integrated Forest Management Project.’’

• A meeting on the integration of new models and approaches into forest management plans Sep 26, 2016

  In the context of the Mediterranean Integrated Forest Management Project, a meeting on the integration of new models and approaches into forest management plans was held in Gazipaşa on 13 June 2016.

• Newly prepared forest management plans of Gülnar Forest District Directorate Sep 26, 2016

  Newly prepared forest management plans of Gülnar Forest District Directorate were presented in a meeting to respective partners in Gülnar on 18-19 August 2016.

• No forests, no us Sep 26, 2016

  Turkey is no longer a country that is losing its forests, but one that is increasing and enriching its forest land each year with reforestation works. There has been 9 million hectares of land reforested since 1946. This is almost 10% of the country’s total land.

• It is That Time of the Year: Social Good Summit 2016! Sep 22, 2016

  The Social Good Summit, which is being held in many cities across the world, is in Istanbul for the fourth time!

• 3RP 2017-2018 Started at Ankara Sep 20, 2016

  Country Planning Workshop on Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan (3RP) (2017-2018) in response to Syria Crisis has started in Ankara on 20th of September 2016. The Workshop on 3RP was co-hosted by Government of Turkey, UNHCR and UNDP Turkey. The overall strategy of 3RP in response to Syria crisis is to strengthen national capacity to ensure sustainability and national ownership of interventions.

• Game of Thrones Star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau named UNDP Goodwill Ambassador Sep 17, 2016

  The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today appointed globally acclaimed actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, best known for his starring role on HBO’s Game of Thrones, as its newest Goodwill Ambassador.

• The Construction of Turkey's First Sustainable Green Public Buildings is in Progress Aug 12, 2016

  Among the buildings constructed in line with the principles of Integrated Building Design Approach as a part of 'the Project on Improving Energy Efficiency in Buildings of Turkey' are a vocational high school composed of a school building, a workshop premises, a dormitory building and a gym for the Ministry of National Education and a service building for the General Directorate of Land Registry and Cadastre affiliated to the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization.

• In lineu with Improvement of Legal Aid Practices project; Field Visits are conducted at Southern Anatolian Regions where the Syrian Population is high Aug 12, 2016

  Aiming to develop the capacity of attorneys who have provided or will provide legal aid services to disadvantaged groups, thereby ensuring the provision of efficient and quality legal aid service throughout Turkey, field visits under the project entitled “Support to the Improvement of Legal Aid Practices for Access to Justice for All in Turkey” to Southern provinces that host a large number of Syrians has been completed at the end of June.

• Leaders of social media and social good will gather at Social Good Summit 2016 İstanbul meet-up Aug 12, 2016

  People around Turkey and beyond will share their thoughts during Social Good Summit İstanbul meet-up, on how technology and new media can help achieve equality for all by 2030 with the changing dynamics our new world.