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Issue: 119 November 2015 Argande brings local and global quality together SGS in Turkey brings together new partners Sweet Entrepreneurial November! HDR 2015 to be launched in Addis Ababa Use of energy efficient electric motors among SMEs Women’s brand Argande brings local and global quality together Argande’s new Autumn/Winter collection, which is inspired from Anatolia, creates a harmony like steppes and the sun. Ankara, November 2015 Argande, which attracts a great attention from national and international markets since 2008 with its striking collections, is created with the power of Southeastern women in Turkey. Designs of Argande products are each time prepared by different renowned designers. This time, the 2015/2016 Autumn/Winter collection is prepared by Tuba Ergin and Gülçin Çengel. The collection leaps out with its military mood and sharp geometric patterns. It is based on the nature, which uses earthly colors and comes to life with the amber yellow. Photo shooting for the collection which embodies the magnificence and secrets of Göbeklitepe was done in Göbeklitepe by famous photographer Jerry Stolwijk, in which Duygu Akdeniz, model and actor, presented the collection. Argande’s 2015 Spring/Summer collection can be reached from Mudo stores* and www.mudo.com.tr. *** *Argande products are available in Mudo stores, which are listed below : İstanbul: Akbatı Mudo City, Akmerkez Mudo City, Carousel Mudo City, Cevahir Mudo City, Göztepe Optimum Mudo City, İçerenköy Carrefour Mudo City, İstinye Park Mudo City, Maltepe Carrefour Mudo City, Nişantaşı Mudo Store Ankara: Ankamall Mudo City, Panora Mudo City Bursa: Korupark Mudo City İzmir: Agora Mudo City Muğla: Bodrum Midtown Mudo City Mersin: Mersin Forum Mudo City Mudo internet sitesi: www.mudo.com.tr *** About Argande: Argande is the beautiful goddess of the Kingdom of Commagene, who in the ancient times, ruled the territory of Mesopotamia. Her name has been resuscitated today by the Southeastern women of Turkey. “Innovations for Women’s Empowerment in the GAP Region” gathers its products under the Argande brand in a joint project launched in May 2008 by the GAP Regional Development Administration and the UNDP with financing from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency to socially and economically empower women. The project supports women’s participation in labour markets, re-branding of Southeast Anatolia, and creation of innovative sales and marketing opportunities. In the emergence of Argande brand, all institutions and individuals gave their volunteer support with s sense of social responsibility. One of Turkey’s biggest and most innovative retail companies MUDO has established sale stands for Argande products in their most important 20 stores. In the creation process of Argande brand, Mudo who worked in coordination with the project team, present the collection – prepared by the famous designers under the name of this non-profit project – in specially designed sections and showcases. Mudo contributes to provide a sustainable resource for Southeast Anatolian women who work in the Argande ateliers. Demir Tasarım has volunteered to prepare printed and visual documents for the emergence of Argande brand. ITKIB provided training support in the ateliers established in Batman and Mardin Ömerli ÇATOM for the production of collection. Bilge Tuğsuz has been the advisor for brand view and artistic working during the catalogue shooting and Ahu Yağtu, Beril Kayar and lastly Sema Şimşek have been the face of the brand. Gencer Beybek, Tamer Yılmaz and Jerry Stolwijk has been the photographer of the collection. In the design coordination of Hatice Gökçe, more than the best 20 fashion designers in Turkey have given volunteer support to the ARGANDE project. How can we promote the use of energy efficient electric motors among SMEs? Large amount of electric motors used in Turkish industr y is energy inefficient. There are 15 million working electric motors in the market, right now. Ankara, November 2015 According to the estimates of Turkish Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology, if all industrial electric motors sold in Turkey over the next 10 years were of high energy efficiency, the energy saved would be equivalent to 3 years of power generation capacity of a big hydropower plant. In order to address this important and key issue in energy efficiency, Turkish Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology took action together with UNDP, within the framework of ‘Improving Energy Efficiency’ programme, which is one of the transformational programmes in Turkey’s the National Development Plan. Hence, a project was born for promoting energy efficient electric motors in SMEs and presented to Global Environment Facility (GEF). Detailed consultations and partnership meetings were held in Istanbul and Ankara in September and October for the preparation phase of ‘Promoting Energy Efficient Motors in Small and Medium-size Enterprises’ project. Project aims to promote significant additional investment in industrial energy efficiency in Turkey by transforming the market for energy efficient motors used in SMEs. Following the preparation phase, Project is expected to have five components: Strengthened legislative and regulatory and policy framework for energy efficient motors in Turkey. Development of governance and information structure in electric motors industry Upgraded Turkish Standard Institute test laboratory and strengthened monitoring, verification and enforcement One-Stop-Shop Financial Support Mechanism Training, Public Awareness and PR Campaign for EE Motors GAP Energy Efficiency Incubation Center enters a new era GAP Energy Efficiency Incubation Center will now continue its activities under an umbrella consultancy firm established with the par tnership of Gaziantep Chamber of Industr y and Gaziantep University. Ankara, November 2015 The Center – its building, refurbishment and audit devices - was handed over to Gaziantep Chamber of Industry and Gaziantep University with the additional protocol signed on 14th of October. The GAP Energy Efficiency Incubation Center was established with partnership of GAP Regional Development Agency, Gaziantep Chamber of Industry, Gaziantep University and technical assistance of UNDP. The protocol was signed by Sadrettin Karahocagil, the President of Southeast Anatolia Project Regional Development Administration (GAP RDA), Adil Konukoğlu, the President of Gaziantep Chamber of Industry and Prof. Dr. Mehmet Yavuz Coşkun, the Rector of Gaziantep University with attendance of Ali Yerlikaya, the Governor of Gaziantep. GAP Energy Efficiency Incubation Center had opened on 22th of April with the participation of Cevdet Yılmaz, the then Minister of Development, and Helen Clark, UNDP Administrator. Since then for the certification of the center, cooling-heating system testing activities have been conducted. Until now GAP RDA invested more than 1 million TL for building renovations, refurbishment, the supply of energy audit devices and training activities under this project. The Energy Efficiency Incubation Center is set up in a building provided by Gaziantep Chamber of Industry. The building has energy efficient features and is renovated according to German Passive House Institute’s EnerPHit criteria. The architectural, mechanical and electrical design concepts were applied; the Energy Efficiency Incubator building is the first renovated building to have the EnerPHit certification in Turkey. Sweet Entrepreneurial November! Global Entrepreneurship Week is celebrated in Turkey between 16-22 November this year, simultaneously with 157 countries around the world. Ankara, November 2015 International Entrepreneurship Initiative, realized with the partnership of UNDP Turkey, and Endeavor Turkey are the coordinators of the week in Turkey. They encourage more than 250 partners in 50 cities around Turkey, aiming to foster entrepreneurship as an alternative career for young people. During this week each November, GEW inspires people everywhere through local, national and global activities designed to help them explore their potential as self-starters and innovators. These activities, from large-scale competitions and events to intimate networking gatherings, connect participants to potential collaborators, mentors and even investors—introducing them to new possibilities and exciting opportunities. Additionally, potential entrepreneurs meet most successful entrepreneurs of Turkey, sharing their business ideas or models, discuss it through face to face activities and benefit their experiences. GEW, which will be celebrated 6th times in Turkey, will be celebrated between November 16-22, 2015. 250 partners will realize more than 300 events includes sessions, panels, conferences, workshops, idea competitions, web meetings, study cases! If you want to be aware what is happening at your city, follow event calendar or Facebook/Twitter pages. If you want to be part of GEW by hosting an event, you can contact with GEW team: [email protected] 2015 GGH Turkey Steering Committee Members: Ashoka Bahçeşehir University, Bilgi University, Entrepreneurs’ Organization, Etohum, Galata Business Angels, Junior Achievement, İstanbul Business Angels, GYIAD, JCI, KAGIDER, Keiretsu Forum, Koç University, Middle East Technical University, Öz yeğin University, TEPAV-GEP, TOBB Young Entrepreneurship Council, TOBB Women Entrepreneurship Council. Human Development Report 2015 to be launched in Addis Ababa The 2015 Human Development Repor t ‘ Work for Human Development’ will be launched on 14 December in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Ankara, November 2015 ‘ Work for Human Development’ Global launch: Monday, 14 December 2015. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 11 am Addis Ababa (GMT +3) / 3 am New York (GMT -5) The global launch ceremony will take place at the United Nations Conference Centre located at the UN Economic Commission of Africa, with H.E. Hailemariam Desalegn, Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Helen Clark, United Nations Development Programme Administrator, and Selim Jahan, Director of the Human Development Report Office. Work is critical for human development; this is the basic message of the 2015 Human Development Report. Work contributes to the richness of human lives and the richness of economies. However, this positive link is not automatic. The 2015 Report analyses the imbalance in paid and unpaid work and focuses on the changing world of work, driven by globalisation and the digital revolution, which presents opportunities, but at the same time poses risks. The Report includes a series of policy recommendations focused on harnessing work for human development and achieving equitable and sustainable progress. ***** ABOUT THIS REPORT: Human development is about expanding the richness of human life, rather than simply the richness of economies. This idea focuses on people, and their choices and opportunities. The Human Development Reports use this approach to analyze some of the most pressing challenges facing humanity to achieve sustainable progress. More information at http://hdr.undp.org Contact Information UNDP Headquar ters Anna Ortubia Communications Specialist [email protected] +1 212 906 5964 Dylan Lowthian Communications Analyst [email protected] +1 212 906 5516 UNDP Regional Ser vice Centre for Africa Sandra Macharia Regional Communications Advisor, Africa +251 929907934 [email protected] UNDP Ethiopia Martha Mogus Communications Specialist +251 11 5 44 43 18 [email protected] [email protected] Call for inclusive sustainable human development initiatives “New World: Inclusive Sustainable Human Development Initiatives” Project which is a par tnership between Coca-Cola and UNDP calls for proposals to its grant scheme mechanism which will suppor t projects in two focal areas on sustainable human development. Ankara, November 2015 There are two objectives identified for support with the grant scheme. These are: To increase access to safe drinking water and sanitation services and to improve water resources management through community based approaches To empower women and youth, improve education and generate job opportunities to build resilient communities This call for proposal is open for UN agencies, NGOs and other civil society organizations. Please see the New World Project Guidelines for more information about the grant scheme and application procedure. The deadline for project proposals submission is 9 November 2015. Please submit the proposals to the email address; [email protected] Regional Resilience Development Forum to be held in Amman UN and Par tners convene Forum to envision future directions of a comprehensive resilience-building response to the continuing Syria crisis. Ankara, November 2015 The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will bring together key humanitarian and development stakeholders to collectively consider future directions of the response to the protracted crisis in Syria, now well into its fifth year. The Forum will include UN agencies; international financial institutions; donors; representatives of international and national non-governmental organizations; and the private sector, alongside senior representatives of Governments in the countries neighbouring the war-torn country. Hosted by the Government of Jordan, on 8 and 9 November 2015, in the Dead Sea, under the title, Resilience Development Forum: Integrating Responses, Expanding Par tnerships tnerships, the event aims to focus on the wide range of resilience-building responses required to address the devastating consequences of the conflict in Syria, and the impact on refugees and host communities in neighbouring countries. Journalists, photographers and media technical staff wishing to cover the Resilience Development Forum must receive accreditation in advance by completing and submitting the form on the following link: http://www.resilienceforum.org/for-the-media/ What : Resilience Development Forum:Integrating Responses, Expanding Partnerships When : The Forum comprises three main components (details below): - Resilience-building Innovation Marketplace Marketplace, 8-9 November 2015, 09:00 – 17:00 Open to the Media. Featuring a Speakers Corner for Exhibitors to show-case innovative initiatives in response to the Syria crisis - Topical Roundtable Discussions - 8 November 2015, 09:00 – 17:00 The six roundtables (3 sets of 2 parallel sessions) are open to the Media and will feature press conferences by UN agencies and partners hosting the roundtables to answer media enquiries. - Resilience Development Forum High Level Panels Panels, 9 November 2015, starting at 09:00 Only inaugural session and subsequent press conference will be open to the media. Where : King Hussein Convention Centre, the Dead Sea, in Jordan Who : Panelists and Speakers include: High-level Government Representatives from the Syria crisis sub-region: HE Imad Fakhoury, Minister of Planning and International Cooperation, Jordan Jordan; HE Reem Abou Hassan, Minister of Social Development, Jordan Jordan; and senior government representatives from Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon and Turkey From the United Nations: Helen Clark, UNDP Administrator; Antonio Guterres, High Commissioner for Refugees; Anthony Lake, Executive Director UNICEF UNICEF; Staffan de Mistura, UN Special Envoy for Syria Syria; William Swing, Director-General IOM ; Amir Abdallah, Deputy Executive Director, WFP WFP; Sima Bahous, UNDP Regional Director for Arab States; Kevin Kennedy, Regional Humanitarian Coordinator Coordinator; and Ferid Belhaj, World Bank Director for the Middle East From Inter-governmental Organizations: Johannes Hahn, European Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy Policy, EU NEAR; and Stefan Kapferer, Deputy Secretary General, OECD From Donor Countries: Ulrika Modéer, State Secretary for International Development Co-operation, Sweden Sweden; Elina Kalkku, Under-Secretary of State for Development Policy, Finland Finland; and Andreas Gies, Director General for Development Cooperation, Germany From the NGO community: Jan Egeland, Secretary General of the Nor wegian Refugee Council Council; Andreas Kamm, Secretary-General of Danish Refugee Council Council; and Neal Keny-Guyer, CEO Mercy Corps From the Private Sector: Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, Chairman of Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization and the UN Global Network on Promoting Digital Technologies for Sustainable Urbanization The Forum comprises three main components: Resilience-building Innovation Marketplace, on 8-9 November 2015 2015, which will provide a platform for knowledge sharing and networking on innovative approaches to resilience-building employed by stakeholders involved in the Syria crisis response, in the form of 30 exhibition booths. Topical Roundtable Discussions, on 8 November 2015 2015, hosted by a number of leading UN agencies and partners debating priority challenging topics related to resilience building in the context of the Syria crisis, including, UNICEF’s No Lost Generation initiative, resilience of municipal services, and sustainable livelihoods and employment. High Level Panels, on 9 November 2015 that will debate and build consensus on specific policy and strategic actions to address main bottlenecks and unresolved challenges in the current approach to the Syria response, including: Changes required to design and implement aid architecture fit for resilience; Inclusive means to maintain stability and social cohesion in communities hosting refugees ; Increased private sector engagement in the response; and Tools to strengthen resilience inside Syria during the continuing conflict. Outcomes of the Forum will be captured in a set of key milestones that will form the basis for a Resilience Agenda Agenda, which integrates humanitarian and development components of the responses of the international community, national counterparts and development partners, strengthening existing collaboration and expanding partnerships to include new critical actors, such as the private sector. The Resilience Development Forum is organized within the framework of the Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan (3RP), and the Regional United Nations Development Group. The scope of the RDF includes the six countries that are most affected by the Syria crisis – Syria, Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt. For further information, please contact: Dania Dar wish, Communication Coordinator for the RDF, UNDP Mobile Tel: +962 79 680 4793 e-mail: [email protected] Noeman AlSayyad, Regional Communication Advisor for Arab States, UNDP Mobile Tel: +962 79 567 2901 e-mail: [email protected] Contribution from Turkey for a wider Development and Resilience response in the region Turkey Resilience and Development Countr y Consultation was held on 7th October in Ankara where key recommendations were prepared to scale up the resilience response to the Syria crisis. Ankara, November 2015 The country consultation was organized in preparation for the Resilience Development Forum which will be held on 8th and 9th of November in Jordan. Representatives from Government of Turkey, international donors, UN Agencies, Private Sector and NGOs took part in country discussions in Ankara. They discussed the impact and perspective of the Syria crisis in relation to making aid architecture fit for resilience, social inclusiveness and private sector engagement. A series of priority areas and recommendations for actions were developed at the end of the meeting. These include stronger involvement of the private sector in crisis response, the need for tailoring aid architecture for Turkey context while strengthening data availability and the need for addressing the diversity and complexity of the communities. The results of this exercise will contribute to the Resilience Development Forum in Jordan which will be organized to stimulate long-term visioning in a crisis context and provide a suitable platform to a wide range of partners in the region. In addition, the key recommendations will be submitted to the Resilience Agenda which will be drafted, agreed on during the Forum; as well as supported and invested for resilience-building work in Syria and neighboring countries. The Resilience Agenda will reflect the interests and expectations of the participants of the Resilience Development Forum, and include commitments towards the implementation of a scaled-up resilience response across the region. Social Good Summit in Turkey brings together new partners from around the world Singer-songwriter Harun Tekin, BBC journalist Selin Girit, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Gulsin Onay, and actor Mer t Firat were just a handful of the incredible speakers to join this year ’s 2015 Social Good Summit opening in Istanbul on Wednesday. Ankara, November 2015 The sixth annual Social Good Summit in Turkey comes on the heels of the United Nations General Assembly, taking place this year shortly after the Sustainable Development Summit in New York City, where world leaders adopted the 17 new Global Goals. The aim of the one-day event was to examine the impact of technology and new media on social good initiatives worldwide. The Summit brought together national leaders, new media and technology experts, grassroots activists and voices from around the world to share creative ideas and solutions in regards to the use of new media for social good. To raise awareness around the new Global Goals, UNDP held Social Good Summits in more than 100 countries and territories, including Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova, Georgia, and Azerbaijan to name just a few in our region. The Social Good Summit in Istanbul was co-organized by UNDP in Turkey and the Regional Hub with the generous support of Türk Telekom Group. Other speakers included UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Turkey, Kamal Malhotra, Twitter Turkey’s Emine Etili, Facebook Turkey’s Nilay Erdem, who joined activists, civil society members, and artists for vibrant daylong discussions on topics ranging from leveraging new technologies to the role of media in contributing to social good. The Summit also served as the launch of the new publication, “Innovation in the age of the Sustainable Development Goals” – a review of UNDP’s innovation work in Europe and Central Asia. The paper was launched by UNDP innovation specialist Milica Begovic, who introduced it in a special panel featuring Georgia Public Service Development Agency’s Naniko Tsiklauri, EPAM Systems’ Shamilka Samarasinha, and cofounder of Montenegro’s Digitalizuj, Vladimir Vulic. The publication was launched on both UNDP’s website and – for the first time in UNDP history – on the online platform, MEDIUM. “Innovation for us means partnering with unusual suspects and turning ideas into action on the field. It’s about figuring out what works and what doesn’t – and doing so quickly and cheaply. This publication is a story of our experience to date.” The success stories in the review showcase the experience of countries and territories in the region and aim to demonstrate the impact of UNDP’s innovation work in Europe and Central Asia. The paper examines where and how innovation played a strategic role and concludes by looking forward to analyze common elements that have built programmatic success, brought about positive results, and transformed the way UNDP works in the region – and beyond. >> See the publication on MEDIUM PODCAST 137 02.11.2015 Now, it is time to talk about 2030 UNDP Turkey : This is the New Horizons Podcasts prepared by United Nations Development Programme in Turkey. We are together again in this New Horizons podcasts after a long break, and after the summer break. In this episode, we will convey some parts from the Social Good Summit Istanbul meet-up organized in 7th of October. The Social Good Summit has been a unique platform for 6 years during which global citizens around the world have united to unlock the potential of technology to make the world a better place. The sixth annual Social Good Summit in Turkey comes on the heels of the United Nations General Assembly, taking place this year shortly after the Sustainable Development Summit in New York City, where world leaders adopted the 17 new Global Goals. To raise awareness around the new Global Goals, UNDP held Social Good Summits in more than 100 countries and territories, including Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova, Georgia, and Azerbaijan. Kamal Malhotra, UNDP Resident Representative in Turkey, delivered the welcome speech of the event and talked about the Global Goals: Kamal Malhotra: Starting from 1 January 2016, we will then enter a new 15 year period with a new global development agenda. The new post-2015 development agenda builds on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), eight anti-poverty targets that the world committed to achieving by 2015. Enormous progress has been made on the MDGs, showing the value of a unifying agenda underpinned by goals and targets. Yet despite this success, the indignity of poverty has not been ended for all. Moreover, this was not a universal agenda. The 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, on the other hand, will be both universal and much more ambitious. Issues of governance and inequality have been given considerable prominence. The SDGs will be the UN’s Global Goals for Sustainable Development, which have been identified after an unprecedented global consultation process involving a diverse set of stakeholders, including vulnerable groups, women, young people, people with disabilities and the private sector, as well as all levels of the government around the world. UNDP Türkiye: Kamal Malhotra, UNDP Resident Representative in Turkey. The aim of the one-day event was to examine the impact of technology and new media on social good initiatives worldwide. The Summit brought together national leaders, new media and technology experts, grassroots Dr. Coşkun Şahin, Chief Technology Officer, Türk Telekom Grubu George Bouma, Team Leader, Sustainable Development Cluster, UNDP Istanbul Regional Hub for Europe and the CIS Kamal Malhotra, UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Turkey Emine Etili, Twitter Head of Public Policy, Turkey Mert Fırat, Actor, founder of www.ihtiyacharitasi.org Gülsin Onay, Pianist, UNICEF Good Will Ambassador Nilay Erdem, Facebook Head of Public Policy, Turkey Harun Tekin, Musician – Mor ve Ötesi activists and voices from around the world to share creative ideas and solutions in regards to the use of new media for social good. The Social Good Summit in Istanbul was co-organized by UNDP in Turkey and UNDP’s Istanbul Regional Hub with the generous support of Türk Telekom Group. Dr. Coşkun Şahin, Chief Technology Officer of Türk Telekom Grubu, talked about why this event is important for them while delivering his opening speech: Coşkun Şahin: As here, we would like to exchange projects, ideas and opportunities with your and our contribution and as we would like to develop methods building on these, we would like to contribute more to our country. That is why it is so important and we are so happy that we are the main supporter of this event and we are the leader of this subject in Turkey. With Turk Telekom’s structure and its growing services and investments to the telekom infrastructure, we think the development of the country is affected positively. We think this impact and the purposes of this meeting goes in parallel. We talk about sustainable development. Turk Telekom represents one of the areas of technology that makes sustainable development possible. Hence, we think we are one of the important actors that changes the faith of Turkey in a positive direction both with our investments and leadership in the area, as well as contributing to people’s life with actually supporting innovation, R&D and new ideas. UNDP Turkey : George Bouma, Team Leader of Sustainable Development Cluster in UNDP Istanbul Regional Hub for Europe and the CIS, talked about what will make the 2030 Agenda successful during his speech: George Bouma: So much of this is about education. It is not me saying this. This was part of the outcomes of 8 million people consultations for the World We Want. It was part of a support to 70 countries in the lead up to Rio+20. I think education is a foundation of fore real ideals for the sustainable development. Why do I say this? I think because education, educated societies are more technologically advanced. Educated societies are more engaged in media and social media. Educated societies are more innovative. And certainly this leads to educated societies to a more equal one. More importantly, equal societies are much more sustainable. UNDP Turkey : Singer-songwriter Harun Tekin, BBC journalist Selin Girit, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Gulsin Onay, and actor Mert Firat were just a handful of the incredible speakers to join this year’s 2015 Social Good Summit opening in Istanbul. Gulsin Onay, world-renowned pianist, said that her vision is to popularize the classical music and lists the Global Goals that is close to her heart: Gülsin Onay : I would definitely choose Quality Education. It is very important because education is about everything. Everything that builds up to the future is education. Then, I would say Decent Jobs and Economic Growth because this also encompasses many things. Lastly I would choose Peace and Justice. UNDP Turkey : Emine Etili, Twitter Head of Public Policy for Turkey, talked about how Twitter users, which are in total 316 million, is so closely engaged with the social good world in the platform: Emine Etili: Our users are very charitable. I wanted to share some statistics here as we are talking about social good and development. First of all, almost all Twitter users have donated somehow to an NGO within 12 months and half of our users are following at least one NGO on Twitter. The content of course is important. Hence, most of the users following an NGO retweeted a tweet of an NGO. 68% of them have visited an NGO website and almost half of them donated afterwards. These are of course very high numbers. Hence, it shows the potential role and power of Twitter in development and to create social good. UNDP Turkey : Actor Mert Fırat talked about their newly established initiative called ihtiyacharitasi.org which brings people who have different needs together with people who can meet these needs in the same platform. The main objective of the initiative is to contribute to the improvement of volunteerism and development of social good and synergy. Mert Fırat: Mer t Fırat: We cannot create a situation where people meet their needs when we don’t create the time and situation for people in need can have an easy access to. This was our starting point. There are many social responsibility projects. There are many people in need. Even in a small disaster situation, our society is so sensitive and they contribute. But we cannot really organize the right need in the right manner. Either there are abundancy with respect to needs in one place. For example, Van Earthquake. In Van Earthquake, there were more assistance sent there than the need. Then the food sent there spoils or the assistance sent there is not distributed in the right manner. Hence, we aim to reach to the persons in need with an approach where we are constantly engaged with local administrations and local NGOs and we constantly update the needs. In addition, we don’t just want to leave the person in need as she is. We want them not passive but active contributors to the society. We want them to be able to meet another needs in place. From here, we would like to start with neighborhoods, smallest organizational form. We want everyone in the neighborhood to understand what the needs are. We have an approach here that starts with the local up to the universal. UNDP Turkey : Nilay Erdem, Facebook Head of Public Policy for Turkey, talked about how individuals create social good together on social media and how they create important and very big changes: Nilay Erdem: Facebook’s most important aim is to make the world open and more connected. We call it the community, Facebook community. The community creates many things for social good without our interventions as the Facebook. I think you remember. A while ago, people were dumping a bucket of ice water on their heads. ALS is a very serious illness that harshly impacts the central nervous system. In 2014, an awareness raising campaign for ALS started. And then, as you know, a lot of people around the world, including many artists, singers joined in. And also a lot of politicians. Many people in Turkey too were involved. Although it sounded like fun to all of us, when we look at the numbers we see that an important amount of awareness and donation was raised. 220 million dollars were raised for the fight against ALS with this campaign. And these donations were not only for on ALS foundation but for many of them. During that period, this topic was the second most talked issue on Facebook. 440 million people from 159 countries participated to ALS ice bucket challenge and there were 10 billion views. Super Bowl and Oscars are very famous in the USA. This campaign attracted the attention equivalent to these events combined. Hence, this campaign on ALS gives inspiration about the power of the platform to Facebook’s own teams. UNDP Turkey : Singer and song writer Harun Tekin told his own story of social good: Harun Tekin: The earthquake in 1999 has changed my life. No one should expect a tragic story here but I witnessed Turkey after the earthquake in August 1999 and I tried hard to be a part of it. I first started working as a translator for the rescue operations in Adapazarı. Then, I participated to the rehabilitation work in a tent city in Yalova, as a psychology student for a couple of months. The thing that impressed me most during this period was the Earthquake Communication Center of Open Radio. This was the period when the Open Radio turned into an earthquake communication center. Our slogan there was to bring possibilities and needs together. Because things like this were happening: People were saying I have a helicopter but I don’t know what to do with it. We knew what it could be used for. We can talk more about that period but we have to be aware that after the earthquake in 1999, Istanbul expects another big earthquake within 30 years. And this is not a low likelihood. It will 66% of probability that there will be a big earthquake in Istanbul. But we act like there no such thing. Hence if there is something you can do about this, like to software developers, social media experts, do it. UNDP Turkey : We have come to the end of this episode with singer and songwriter Harun Tekin. In this episode, we conveyed some parts from the Social Good Summit Istanbul meet-up organized in 7th of October. You can tell your opinions about the issues discussed in Social Good Summit İstanbul meet-up on Twitter via #2030Şimdi or #yeniufuklar hashtag. This program has been recorded at the studio of Yodiviki in İstanbul. You can follow our program on FM frequency in İstanbul, on Açık Radyo (Open Radio) on Internet, on university radios in our broadcasting network, on iTunes, Soundcloud, TuneIn, Pure Connect, Yodiviki, Audioboo and TTNET Müzik in podcast format, and also on tr.undp.org. Our user name for social media is undpturkiye. Hope to see you soon, good-bye! PODCAST 133 04.05.2015 GAP Energy Efficiency Incubation Center Cevdet Yılmaz, Minister of Development Helen Clark, UNDP Administrator play audio pause audio UNDP Turkey : This is the New Horizons Podcasts prepared by United Nations Development Programme in Turkey. In this episode, we will talk about GAP Energy Efficiency Incubation Center which was established in April in Gaziantep. Energy Efficiency Incubation Center, which is established to improve the energy efficiency sustainably in Southeast Anatolia Region, was inaugurated by Cevdet Yılmaz, Minister of Development of the Republic of Turkey and Helen Clark, UNDP Administrator. The ceremony was hosted by President of Southeast Anatolia Project Regional Development Administration (GAP RDA). The incubation center is established within the framework of "Utilization of Renewable Energy Resources and Increasing Energy Efficiency in Southeast Anatolia Region" project. Project is being implemented by the Southeast Anatolia Regional Development Administration of Turkish Ministry of Development (GAP RDA), with the technical support of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Establishment of an Energy Efficiency Incubation Center, which will be used by the Energy Efficiency Audit Companies, is one of the key project activities and it is established with the cooperation of Gaziantep Chamber of Industry and Gaziantep University. Helen Clark, UNDP Administrator, made a speech at the opening ceremony on 22 April and talked about the cooperation of UNDP with its stakeholders in Southeast Anatolia Region: Helen Clark: UNDP has been working with partners in this part of Turkey for more than 15 years, and we have valued the very strong partnership with the Southeast Anatolia Regional Development Administration, GAP, since the mid-1990s. It has been one of the key partnerships in Turkey. We share the vision of the Competitiveness Agenda, which has been developed for the region, that vision for transforming part of the region known as the Fertile Crescent, or the Cradle of Civilization, into a Cradle of Sustainable Civilizations. Over the years, we have been part of a number of projects and support of the competitiveness agenda. So, together with the Southeast Anatolia Project Regional Development Administration and other partners, we have been pleased to be a part of promoting organic agriculture and rural competitiveness, capitalizing on the fertile land of the region. We have also been a part of showcasing how “greening” the local economy by tapping into the energy from the sun can help boost competitiveness, and we are supporting now the use of more renewable energy across all sectors, following the adoption in the region of its first-ever regional energy efficiency and renewable energy strategy and action plan in recent years. We have also been jointly supporting women’s economic empowerment, by promoting locally produced, traditional fabrics at the national markets. UNDP Turkey : We listened to Helen Clark, UNDP Administrator. In her speech, Ms. Clark highlighted that she considers GAP Energy Efficient Incubation Center as a part of significant efforts made to support sustainable and inclusive development in the region. Cevdet Yılmaz, Minister of Development, also made a speech at the opening ceremony, underlined that energy efficiency is one of 25 critical areas identified in the tenth 5 year Development Plan and explained why the Center was established: Cevdet Yılmaz: We give such an importance to energy efficiency and renewable energy in the GAP region. In the upcoming period, as we pay attention to renewable energy in the upcoming action plan, we want GAP region to be examplary as well in terms of energy efficiency. In this scope, Second Phase of Energy Efficiency project, whose first phase started in 2009 by GAP Regional Development Administration, kicked off in 2012 and it continues this year. We expect here to increase energy efficiency especially in industry and buildings. In this respect, Gaziantep again is a significant city; it is a city where industry is intensively situated. With the realization of these energy efficiency projects especially in Gaziantep, both the competitiveness of our industries will increase and we will pollute the environment less and we will decrease foreign dependency[on energy]. However, for all these to happen, improvement of energy efficiency audit companies at the local level are significant. That is why this Incubator is so valuable. Thanks to this Incubator, we both expect the improvement of energy efficiency audit companies at the local level and to come up with important benefits for all industry. UNDP Turkey : Cevdet Yılmaz, Minister of Development. The Energy Efficiency Incubation Center will contain technical and modern testing and measurement equipment and laboratory which are necessary for conducting energy efficiency audits in the industry and building sectors. Helen Clark talked about the features of the Incubation Center: Helen Clark: This Incubation Centre’s business model and its services are absolutely designed so that they are in line with the local needs and local realities and a fully owned by the main local stakeholders: the Chamber of Industry and the University. The Centre will be providing technical capacity for energy efficiency consultancy services and audits and so will be contributing to making the region’s industries more energy efficient. UNDP Turkey : Helen Clark, UNDP Administrator. The building of the center which is provided by Gaziantep Chamber of Industry is designed and renovated according to the German Passive House Institute’s EnerPHit criteria. The Energy Efficiency Incubation Center building will be the first and the only renovated energy efficient building to have the EnerPHit certification in Turkey. Passive House is an internationally recognized energy efficient building standard provided by German Passive House Institute. Passive Houses make efficient use of the sun, internal heat sources and heat recovery, rendering conventional heating systems unnecessary throughout even the coldest of winters. Cevdet Yılmaz, Minister of Development: Cevdet Yılmaz: In the building, especially in this building, we expect a 74 percent of energy saving on annual basis. I thank everyone for their efforts in this pilot project. On this opportunity, I want to reemphasize that these projects are significant in all respects. UNDP Turkey : We listen to Cevdet Yılmaz, Minister of Development. Helen Clark, UNDP Administrator, in her speech also emphasized that this center is a sample and thanked all stakeholders for their contributions: Helen Clark: This is a great example to me of how UNDP can support partners which want to move towards greener and sustainable growth. And we will be sharing experiences of being a part of this project of the Energy Efficiency Incubator with other areas of not only this country but in other regions in which we work and other countries in which we work. I would like to thank all the partners who have been so closed to us on this project and indeed in this region of Turkey; the Chamber of Industry, the University, many other local partners, and of course the engineers who have made this Centre possible. And we thank the Southeast Anatolia Project Regional Development Administration for the longstanding partnership with you, and wish you well as you continue to implement the regional development action plan. I believe that the path to a better future for all of us – one where people have better life prospects, higher incomes, both sustainable economy and environment always begins with thinking and acting locally. And here in Gaziantep, we see you walking along that path acting locally also thinking globally. UNDP Turkey : We have come to the end of New Horizons prepared by UNDP in Turkey this week with the words of Helen Clark, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator. In this episode, we talked about GAP Energy Efficiency Incubation Center, which was established in April in Gaziantep. This program has been recorded at the studio of Radyo İlef of Ankara University Communications Department. You can follow our program on FM frequency in İstanbul, on Açık Radyo (Open Radio) on Internet, on university radios in our broadcasting network, on iTunes, Soundcloud, TuneIn, Pure Connect, Yodiviki and Audioboo in podcast format, and also on tr.undp.org. Our user name for social media is undpturkiye. Hope to see you soon, good-bye! PODCAST 132 20.04.2015 Regional Competitiveness Pelin Rodoplu, Regional Competitiveness Specialist for UNDP in Turkey play audio pause audio UNDP Turkey : This is the New Horizons Podcasts prepared by United Nations Development Programme in Turkey. In this episode, we will talk about UNDP’s view point on regional competitiveness and UNDP’s efforts, made with its stakeholders, on this issue in Turkey. Our contributor is Pelin Rodoplu, Regional Competitiveness Specialist for UNDP in Turkey. Welcome. Pelin Rodoplu: I am glad to be here, thank you. UNDP Turkey : Ms Rodoplu, UNDP works on regional competitiveness. How does UNDP define regional competitiveness and why does UNDP work on this issue? Pelin Rodoplu: Rodoplu:Thank you. UNDP, of course as a development organization, works for necessary steps for economic growth and economic development to be taken. It is necessary to consider regional competitiveness in this framework. Behind this, an increase in the economic growth performance of countries, elimination of regional income inequalities and basic preparation of both infrastructure and necessary steps and tools to provide sustainable human development and continuation of this in a systematic and healthy way are aimed. UNDP designs its activity field as a more focused, more result oriented and higher level with its new strategic plan. And sustainable human development is the most important pillar among these and economic growth is one of its important elements and increasing and strengthening regional competitiveness in their own regions and globally is one of the most important elements in economic growth. UNDP Turkey : Then briefly, when we say regional competitiveness, we mean the elimination of regional inequalities and economic growth. Could you please talk about the differences in regional competitiveness policies in Turkey? Pelin Rodoplu: Regional development policies.. Of course, many changes occur recently in Turkey. Turkey take part in the higher economy league and development programme should also renew it in the framework of these priorities. Turkey renews itself and tries to take part in the higher economy league, it also arrange these by supportive policies. Updating regional competitiveness strategies, planning and implementing both local development and general planning in accordance to this is recently one of the most important elements. As you know, as our 10th Development Plan projects, both elimination of regional inequalities and designing programmatic and policy tools for economic development, more integrated policies for local activities are supported and implemented. Establishment of development agencies, more contribution of local actors to growth process, improvement and implementation of regional development programmes by development agencies are some of the elements, which recently motivate and form development agenda. We can call it as the most prominent element. In parallel, primary transformation programmes, which are published with the new development plan, will totally enable development and provide a very important base for the design of all policy tools and activities both in the highest level and in the medium level and in local level. UNDP Turkey : Then, what are the efforts of UNDP in Turkey on this issue? Could you please talk about that? Pelin Rodoplu: UNDP tries to be more focused and programmatic in compliance to Turkey’s changing priorities and globally developing and changing priorities of UNDP and one of the most important pillars of this is our current restructuring process. From now on, regional competitiveness will be aimed to be realized with the programmes and projects under the sustainable and inclusive growth portfolio. As a result, we want our projects to contribute to the economic growth in a higher level and the increase of economic competitiveness of our country and we work for this. At the same time, we aimed the spread of pilot schemes, which we try to implement under our local economic development programme, and their turn into development initiatives to reason strong results in national level. In addition to this, when we say inclusive growth, sustainable growth, its social policy pillar, and social services have also a different importance. We act mostly with our local economic development projects in this portfolio but at the same time we design significant initiatives in national level, which support both economic growth and competitiveness and we are in the phase of starting them. One of them is the development of policy framework for improvement of total factor efficiency. At the same time, renewable energy that aims to develop pilots and prototypes, energy efficiency projects, organic agriculture projects that aim to strengthen regional development models, again we have many projects on the increase of energy efficiency that we implemented with the General Directorate of Renewable Energy of Ministry of Energy. All in all, all these try to contribute sustainable and inclusive growth in an integrated manner. In the upcoming period, our efforts to develop project and program on social policies and social services will increasingly continue. UNDP Turkey : When we talk about future efforts, we also want to talk about future steps to be taken.What kind of steps should be taken to accelerate these efforts,what kind of attempts to be made? Pelin Rodoplu Rodoplu: We, as UNDP in Turkey, actually should be more brave because the goal we set are not easy to achieve and they are demanding. We should be always taking risks in many areas to achieve an inclusive sustainable human development. We should be thinking what will be the results of our efforts in the next step and we both need to consider all related actors in an inclusive way for the negotiation process and coordinate field works in a strong way, we need to enable the sustainability and continuity of both data gathered and efforts done, and establish mechanisms to strengthen them in an increasing manner. And for this, we need to think what is not thought before, we need to do what is not done before and for this, we need to benefit both related and strong human source and include all actors in the work. Our job is not easy, we are ambitious but we need to take some risk and some challenges. To create demanding things, we need to look away, we try to predict the future. Therefore, we are enthusiastic about it and we make efforts. In the end, 2023 goals of Turkey are there. We want and believe that we will nicely draw strong conclusions with all related actors. UNDP Turkey : Thank you so much Ms Rodoplu for your contributions. Our audience can achieve detailed information on the works of UNDP in Turkey on our web site, tr.undp.org. Thank you for your contribution. Pelin Rodoplu Rodoplu: I thank you so much. UNDP Turkey : In this episode, we talked about UNDP’s view point on regional competitiveness and UNDP’s efforts, made with its stakeholders, on this issue in Turkey. This program has been recorded at the studio of Radyo İlef of Ankara University Communications Department. You can follow our program on FM frequency in İstanbul, on Açık Radyo (Open Radio) on Internet, on university radios in our broadcasting network, on iTunes, Soundcloud, TuneIn, Pure Connect, Yodiviki and Audioboo in podcast format, and also on tr.undp.org. Our user name for social media is undpturkiye. Hope to see you soon, good-bye! PODCAST 113 01.12.2014 Ankara Research Center of Energy Efficiency in Electrical Household Appliances Prof. Dr. Hakkı Gökhan İlk, Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department in Faculty of Engineering, Ankara University Işıl Şirin Selçuk, Ankara University play audio pause audio UNDP Turkey : This is the New Horizons podcasts prepared by United Nations Development Programme in Turkey. In this episode, we talk about a project which aims to build a basis for academic research on energy efficient household appliances and to contribute to public awareness on energy efficiency and hence where a research center has been built with this project. Our contributor is from Ankara University. He is the Head of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department in Faculty of Engineering. Prof. Dr. Hakkı Gökhan İlk. Welcome. Hakkı Gökhan İlk: I am glad to be here. UNDP Turkey : I should say that this project has been supported by grant programme of Market Transformation of Energy Efficient Appliances which is implemented by the General Directorate for Renewable Energy (GDRE) of the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) with the financial assistance of the Global Environment Facility (GEF). The grant programme was started for universities in 2014 and we also announced it. 5 university projects on energy efficiency of electrical household appliances was supported. And one of them is yours from Ankara University. You have a project named ‘Ankara Research Center of Energy Efficiency in Electrical Household Appliances’. This is the full name of your project. What is the purpose of this? How did the idea come up? Hakkı Gökhan İlk: First, I would like to wish a good day for everyone. The main theme of our project was to establish an energy efficiency laboratory within Ankara University, in Ankara. This constituted the academic and scientific side of our project. According to the project proposal prepared for UNDP, we were required to prepare and open a course about the topic. This course could be either undergraduate or a graduate course. We preferred to open this course as an elective undergraduate course. The course is not only for students of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department, but for all the students in Faculty of Engineering. The course code is ELE311 and it is titled Introduction to Energy Efficiency. UNDP Turkey : So now engineering students can take this elective course. Hakkı Gökhan İlk: Starting from this semester, from September 2014 Fall Semester on, this course has started. It is 2 hours of theory and 2 hours of practice. The practical part is held in the laboratory that I just mentioned. The aim of the course is to raise awareness on importance of energy efficiency and train new generations on the significance of energy efficiency. Because, as you know, the appliances can be made energy efficient and consumptionsensitive with the right design. Actually, to pass this awareness to next generations and to educate conscious engineers who will make designs on this subject is extremely important. UNDP Turkey : So it has a long name, I have said it in the beginning. ‘Ankara Research Center of Energy Efficiency in Electrical Household Appliances’. There is a website called http://evatev.com for this center. If interested, you can visit the website. It was a 9-month project. You started at the beginning of 2014, I guess on February. Until today, what did you do with this project? The project ended in October and you still receive results. Could you talk about this process? Hakkı Gökhan İlk: Well, actually 9 months was a very short period of time for a project like this. So we realized we made some commitments that are very ambitious. I should say the establishment of the laboratory literally overwhelmed us because we established it and naturally it was in an isolated place. This is very important for replicability of tests and experiments. The laboratory is heat, light and sound-proof. So we have built an structure in which you can repeat the experiments and get the same results if you follow the standards. Then we completed a machine and equipment park to be used in this structure, with the support of the institutions we have just named. And the laboratory was all set before September because, as you know, in September we started the energy efficiency course. UNDP Turkey : In this episode, we are talking about a project on Market Transformation of Energy Efficient Appliances. You can share your thoughts and make contributions to this episode by using #YeniUfuklar hashtag on Twitter. We are together with Hakkı Gökhan İlk, from Ankara University. It was important to establish the center. Let us talk more about the Center, what is being done and what will be done in there? Hakkı Gökhan İlk: Of course, we have provided the necessary conditions by establishing its basic structure and supplying the machines and equipment, however there is still a lot of work to do beyond this point. So what are these? As you know, there is so called wet group in electrical household appliances, including equipments like washing machine, dishwasher. Except this wet group, we can measure energy efficiency of all electrical household appliances that comes to your mind. In our laboratory, we have the structure to measure energy efficiency of all electrical household appliances that you can think of, such as refrigerator, lighting group, iron, teacoffee machines. We measure the energy efficiency of these appliances with the consideration of certain standards and also with the consideration of other parameters which are not among the standard parameters and which we work on in our scientific studies and we think they are important for measuring energy efficiency performance of an appliance. UNDP Turkey : Now let us talk about the elective course more. We have mentioned that it is in the course list from this semester on. What do we teach to students? What is the situation in academic world on this matter? Is energy efficiency really getting a place in Faculty of Engineering curricula? What is your observation? Hakkı Gökhan İlk: Traditionally, we do not teach energy efficiency in Electrical and Electronical Engineering Departments. However, as you know topics of sustainable energy, clean energy, energy efficiency which can be also defined as conscious consumption of energy have recently become very important. Energy efficiency is very popular and these topics appeared to be very important in the agenda. So within the scope of our project, we opened a course on this. I suppose this course would be opened eventually. However the laboratory would always be a problem in the sense of lack of financial resources and lack of putting into implementation as soon as possible. In this sense, I believe the project was very beneficial in this sense. UNDP Turkey : To observe the field, the market, and the habits must be quite significant in the implementation process of the project. You were a five people working in the project. And we have Işıl Şirin Selçuk from the project team. Thank you for being here. You are a PhD candidate in the same department. Let’s talk about the consumption side in Turkey. What were your observations during the process? Işıl Şirin Selçuk: When we look at the demand side of the story in Turkey, we see that small appliances are consumed by households. When we have a close look at the households, we see that the device that causes electrical consumption most is the refrigerator. There are a lot of reasons behind this. To begin with, 98% of all houses, meaning almost in all houses, there is a refrigerator. In addition, refrigerator is a device that constantly works and opening and closing the door increases energy consumption. So we see that the refrigerator is important in this sense. However, when we look at the recent trends, air conditioners also draw our attention. In 2000s there weren’t air conditioners in most of the houses, whereas now we observe a massive increase in the demand. So we believe there are serious opportunities and facts that worth paying attention in cooling and heating. UNDP Turkey : We can say that especially devices like refrigerators and air conditioners consume more energy. And you developed the project based on these observations. I will again ask Prof. Dr. Hakkı Gökhan İlk. Project has come to an end. What do you think is the impact of this grant programme on your work, given by Market Transformation of Energy Efficient Appliances project? Hakkı Gökhan İlk: GEF, Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources General Directorate of Renewable Energy and UNDP, as you know, these are very important institutions. I believe it was very important that our project was implemented with the support of these honorable institutions. Maybe, in some way we would be able to establish this laboratory with private or public resources; however the project certainly would not be this effective and this popular. Also as I said, these academic or scientific projects can take years to be completed. We would not have accomplished this in 9 months without the support. Of course another aspect of the project is industrial. It is true that we have established the laboratory for educational reasons. However, since we have established it in proper standards, SMEs or big producers can use our center for energy labeling, measuring and evaluations. So this is the concrete aspect of the project. Therefore, during the design phase before production, if there is a request to benefit from our scientific and academic ideas, our laboratory is open. UNDP Turkey : There is information available on http://evatev.com. Your center studies on production as much as consumption. Of course policies have an impact for achieving the market transformation of energy efficient appliances. Presumably, decision makers will receive these messages. Last question, what you have told us is good until now, however sustainability is also important. What are you planning, how will you ensure to sustain your outcomes and to get better results? Hakkı Gökhan İlk: For me, the most important step was the opening of the introductory course because we do not teach only scientific subjects to our engineers. We teach the social, economical and cultural importance of energy efficiency because if they work on energy efficient products, make the designs accordingly, and promote the energy efficient products, we will contribute to carbon emissions at the leastwise. We have a serious contribution to the environment. So this is not a subject just to be observed by electrical electronical engineering point of view. This is actually a phenomenon affecting the ecosystem, the natural environment we live in. This course will be given every fall semester. I believe next generation engineers will be more sensitive on the subject. Plus, the laboratory will be there as long as the department exists. So if there are any institutions or persons who would like to make measurements or evaluations, they can use the laboratory. Therefore, I do not think that this is a temporary project. I clearly see that this is sustainable. UNDP Turkey : A very important center for Turkey, a country who does not have abundant energy resources. Thank you very much for joining us today. Congratulations again on your success! Hakkı Gökhan İlk: Thank you very much. Have a nice day. UNDP Turkey : This week our guests were Prof Dr.Hakkı Gökhan İlk from Ankara University and Işıl Şirin Selçuk from the project team. We come to the end of New Horizons podcasts prepared by UNDP in Turkey. This program has been recorded at the studio of Radyo İlef of Ankara University Communications Department. You can follow our program on iTunes, Soundcloud, TuneIn, Pure Connect and Audioboo in podcast format, on FM frequency in İstanbul, on Açık Radyo (Open Radio) on internet, on nearly fifty Police radios, on MYCY radio from Cyprus and also on university radios in our broadcasting network and on tr.undp.org. Our user name for social media is undpturkiye. Hope to see you soon, good bye! 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