Circular economy workshops for public and private sectors were held in Ankara within the scope of Technical Assistance for Assessment of Turkey’s Potential on Transition to Circular Economy (DEEP Project) carried out by the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization, and Climate Change to encourage Turkey's transition to a circular economy and to strengthen Turkey's institutional and technical capacity in transition to a circular economy in line with the EU Circular Economy Model. The workshops were opened by Mr. Dr. İsmail Raci Bayer, Head of Department & IPA Director, EU Investments Department; Ms. Özge Gökçe Aktaş, Sustainable Development and Climate Change Sector Manager, European Union Delegation to Turkey and Mr. Recep Akdeniz, Deputy Director General of Environmental Management, Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change.
The circular economy workshops were held for the private sector on 3-4 October 2022 and for the public sector on 5-6 October 2022; it was aimed to receive the evaluations and feedback of the stakeholders, exchange ideas with the stakeholders, and contribute to the preparation of the "National Circular Economy Strategy and Action Plan" roadmap.
Through the workshops, EU good practice examples were shared with stakeholders, financing opportunities and inter-institutional cooperation opportunities were evaluated; another step has been taken to assess the differences between EU and national circular economy policies and practices.
The Circular Economy Workshop, organized for the Private Sector and lasted for two days; "Circular Business Models," "Sustainable/Circular Standards and Certification & End-of-waste and By-Products," "Financing Circular Economy," "Good Practices" sessions were held. In addition to these interactive sessions, a parallel session was held, which provided opportunities for business-to-business (B2B) meetings. In these meetings, 12 companies from Austria, the Netherlands, and Finland meet with 5 Turkish companies for possible circular economy partnership opportunities.
The Circular Economy Workshop, organized for the Public Sector and lasted for two days; “National Circular Economy Strategy Development,” “Country Practices,” “Financing Circular Economy,” “Monitoring the Progress in Circular Economy,” “Local Governments” “Good Practices” sessions were held.
In the last session of both Workshops, information was given on the "Results of Market Research and Institutional Visits" carried out within the scope of the Project. An interactive group study was conducted with the participation of central governments, local governments, and private sector representatives. Opinions were received.
198 physical and 175 online participants attend to the workshops, which lasted four days in total.
