Kocaeli Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (Kocaeli SUMP) 5th Project Steering Committee Meeting Was Held

Fifth Project Steering Committee Meeting for Kocaeli Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP) Project was held on 2 February 2024 at Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality (KMM) Department for Transport in order to follow up the progress in accordance with the project schedule, plan objectives and contract requirements within the scope of Kocaeli Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan.

The meeting was hosted by Mr. Ali Bilgi, Head of the Transportation Department of Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality and his team, with the participation of Mrs. Tijen İğci (PhD.), Head of Department for EU Investments, Mr. Adem Koç, Contract Manager and Mr. Alper Kaya, Publicity and Visibility Officer on behalf of the Contracting Authority.

Following the opening speech by Mr. Ali Bilgi on the general progress of the project, Project Team Leader, Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan Expert, Financing Expert, Project Coordinator and Communication and Visibility Expert, on behalf of the contractor EGIS & Boğaziçi Proje consortium, presented the progress of the project phases in the last 3 months and the ongoing, completed and planned works.

In the presentation, the stages of the project were discussed in detail. The reports submitted, trainings carried out within the scope of capacity-building activities, the results of the completed model studies, target year forecasts, online surveys conducted within the scope of stakeholder participation and the results of the stakeholder meeting with wide participation were conveyed. Preliminary information was also provided on the financial plan and monitoring and evaluation plan to be prepared in the following period. Additional information on the project process was provided by Cüneyt Çetintaş, KMM Transport Planning Branch Manager, representing the End Beneficiary.

After all this information, Mrs. Tijen İğci (PhD.), as the contracting authority, stated that all processes related to the project were completed on time, in accordance with the specifications and guidelines, and that the ongoing work is progressing in accordance with the schedule and finally expressed their satisfaction with this progress.