Second Steering Committee Meeting of “Strengthening Intermodal Transport Services in Turkish Railway Sector (U-IMT)” Project Was Held

The Second Steering Committee Meeting of the "Strengthening Intermodal Transport Services in Turkish Railway Sector" (U-IMT) Project, co-financed by the European Union and the Republic of Türkiye, of which the Strategy Development Directorate is the End Beneficiary and Directorate General for European Union and Foreign Relations of the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure is the Contracting Authority, was successfully completed.

The stakeholders of the project including the Directorate General of Infrastructure Investments, the Directorate General of Transportation Services Regulation and other relevant units of the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, as well as the Turkish State Railways (TCDD), TCDD Taşımacılık A.Ş. and representatives of non-governmental organizations interested in multi-modal transportation activities in Türkiye attended the meeting held in Ankara on October 20, 2023. Representing the Contracting Authority, Ms. Tijen İĞCİ (PhD) the Head of the Department for European Union Investments from Directorate General for European Union Affairs and Foreign Relations, and Contract Manager Mr. Tunç DEMİREL attended the meeting.  

As the representative of the End Beneficiary Ms. Demet CAVCAV (PhD), Head of Planning Department from Strategy Development Directorate chaired the meeting and gave the floor to U-IMT project technical assistance team. Experts of the project made a presentation on the progress made in Component 1, Component 2 and Component 4 since the first steering committee meeting and the planning of Component 3. The meeting ended with a question-and-answer session.