The Common Vision for Kocaeli Was Determined by the Votes of Stakeholders and Citizens Within the Scope of Kocaeli Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan

The next step after the Thematic Workshops, which were held within the scope of Kocaeli Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan Project and based on the participatory process in planning, was the Common Vision Meeting. Many public institutions, organizations and NGOs participated in the meeting held at Kocaeli Congress Center on June 14, 2023.

Mr. Ahmet Çelebi, Head of Transportation Department of Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality, who made the opening speech of the project at the meeting, conveyed the general objectives and the expectations from the project.

Then, the team leader of the project, Philippe Calvie, emphasized the importance of the project and the participatory process and explained the next steps after the determination of the common vision.

In the presentations made by the project experts, detailed information was given about the project and the participation process. Project coordinator Ms. Melike Sarım Boynuyoğun; gave information about the work done during the 10-month project period, Mr. Murat Çağatay, the communication and participation expert, shared the results of 12 thematic workshops.

During the determination of the Common Vision, as a result of the thematic workshops, the 15 most emphasized terms and 3 different vision sentences created with these terms were revealed. With the voting attended by 150 people, the 3^rd vision sentence was chosen by the stakeholders and citizens as the Common Vision of Kocaeli.