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International Meeting on ‘Local Government Ombudsman’ took place in Düzce 27.04.2012

International Meeting on ‘Local Government Ombudsman’ took place in Düzce

International Meeting on ‘Local Government Ombudsman’ took place in Düzce.

International Meeting on ‘Local Government Ombudsman’ took place in Düzce at the kind invitation of İsmail Bayram, Mayor of Düzce on 20 October 2011 in partnership of United Cities and Local Governments Middle East and West Asia Section (UCLG-MEWA) and Düzce Municipality. MARKA-East Marmara Development Agency also made contribution to the meeting.

250 participants gathered in Düzce including governors, mayors, local goverment representatives, academicians and jurists. In the opening session UCLG-MEWA Secretary General Mehmet Duman, Mayor of Düzce İsmail Bayram, Governor of Düzce Vasip Şahin, Mr. Aydın Gülan from İstanbul University and on behalf of Dr. Kadir Topbaş Mayor of İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality and President of UCLG Mr. Ahmet Selamet deliverd speeches.

The meeting had three sessions: ‘Local Governments and Control Procedures’ chaired by M. Nihat ÖMEROĞLU, Member of the Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit; ‘Local Government Ombudsman’ chaired by Governor Enver Salihoğlu and ‘Examples from the World and UCLG-MEWA Ombudsman’ chaired by Bülent Tanık, Mayor of Çankaya.  

Foreign participants who had presentations were: Manuel Aguilar (Deputy Ombudsman of Spain), Vasilis Karydis (Deputy Ombudsman for Human Rights of Greece), Mostafa Feizi (Municipal Ombudsman, Tehran), Jordi Sanchez (Deputy Ombudsman of Catalonia, Spain), Anne SEEX (Local Government Ombudsman of England), Ulco VAN DE POL (Amsterdam Municipal Ombudsman, Netherlands)

Local participants who had presentations were: Mr. Vahdettin ÖZCAN (Governor of Çankırı), Mr. Hasan ÜNVER (Mayor of Nevşehir), Mr. Musa EKEN (Sakarya University), Mr. İbrahim Kapaklıkaya (Head of Inspection Board of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality) and Mr. Cemil Kaya (İstanbul University). The reporter of the meeting was Mr. Aydın GÜLAN from İstanbul University.

The meetings were translated into English, Turhish, Persian and Spanish.

Mr. Vasip Şahin, Governor of Düzce hosted a dinner for the participants on 19 October 2011.