Kick-off Meeting for “Strengthening Intermodal Transport Services in Turkish Railway Sector” Project Was Held
The kick-off
meeting of the “Strengthening Intermodal Transport Services in the Turkish
Railway Sector Project”, which will be carried out under the Sectoral
Operational Program for Transport (USOP), was held on 18 October 2022 with the
participation of senior officials from the Ministry of Transport and
Infrastructure, the Delegation of the EU to Türkiye and the Contractor
Consortium. The opening speeches of the meeting, hosted by the Strategy
Development of the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, were made by Burak
AYKAN, Director General of EU and Foreign Relations, Yunus Emre AYÖZEN (PhD), Director
of the Strategy Development Directorate and Göktuğ KARA, Delegation of the EU
to Türkiye Transport Sector Manager.
At the meeting
where the details about the implementation of the project were shared, Mr Levent
ERGEN, General Manager of the consortium leader, Team Leader Mr Salvatore D'ALFONSO
and transportation economist Mr Tom KENNEDY made their presentations on behalf
of the Consortium. The commencement date of the project was set as October 24th
2022.
Tijen İĞCI (PhD), the Head of Department for EU Investments and Demet CAVCAV (PhD), the Head of Transport Planning Department also participated the meeting.
