Kocaeli Sustainable Urban Transportation Plan (Kocaeli SUMP) Project's 1st Stakeholder Engagement Meeting Was Held
Kocaeli
Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (Kocaeli SUMP) Project, financed by the
European Union (EU), aims to contribute to the achievement of local and
high-level targets for environmental, social and economic development while
solving urban transportation problems. Kocaeli SUMP project, which started in
August 2022, is planned to be completed in August 2024.
Sustainable
Urban Mobility Plan is a strategic planning tool that aims to develop
sustainable alternatives in the balance of development and integration of all
modes of transport. Developing this plan involves an integrated planning
process that requires intense collaboration, exchange of information and
consultation between planners, politicians, institutions, local and regional
actors and citizens. Therefore, stakeholder engagement is one of the important
steps of the Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan.
In this context,
this process was initiated with the 1st Stakeholder Engagement
Meeting held at Kocaeli Congress Center on March 16, 2023. Approximately 200 representatives
from ministries, local administrations, industrialists, private sector
transport service providers, professional chambers, universities,
non-governmental organizations such as organizations representing vulnerable
groups, associations working on sustainable transportation, environment,
energy, active living, sports, etc. attended the meeting.
In the event,
the activities carried out within the scope of Kocaeli Sustainable Urban
Transportation Plan (Kocaeli SUMP) Project, the next stakeholder participation
process and 12 urban mobility themes determined before the meeting were
introduced. At the end of the meeting, the participants met at the theme tables
for the thematic workshops to be held at the next stage and made their
registrations.
During the
project, detailed information about stakeholder meetings and workshops will be
available on the https://sumpkocaeli.org/
website and social media accounts of sumpkocaeli.