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TCMA
2016
Annual Report
Collaboration with the Spinal Cord Paralytics Association
of Turkey
On 2 June 2016, the Association’s Training Director Gökhan
Büyükşengür, Ph.D., offered “Personal Budget Management”
training to the Spinal Cord Paralytics Association of Turkey
(TOFD) employees, care center employees and handicapped
members. During the program that was attentively followed
by the participants, questions concentrated particularly in
credit card and debit card use.
Services Project, Points of Single Contact and National
Assistance Center with the T.R. Ministry for EU Affairs
During 2016, efforts continued in “Institutional Capacity
Building”, the last component of the Services Project. Topics
addressed within this scope were how to build the Points of
Single Contact and National Assistance Center structures
in Turkey, which are required to be set up pursuant to EU
acquis in relation to right of establishment and freedom to
provide services. Also tackled were mutual recognition of
professional qualifications headings, and model creation
for determining the roles of project stakeholder institutions
within the structure planned to be set up.
TCMA Training Director Gökhan Büyükşengür, Ph.D., took
part in the workshop held on 4‑5 April 2016 for deliberating
on the Draft Action Plan for introducing the Points of Single
Contact and National Assistance Center structures in our
country.
Within the scope of the technical assistance project
(Services Project) carried out by the Ministry for EU
Affairs for the purpose of drafting the National Strategy,
which is the technical benchmark of Chapter 3, i.e. Right
of Establishment and Freedom to Provide Services,
work continued to analyze the current situation in
Turkey with respect to services sectors in the country,
mutual recognition of professional qualifications and
administrative capability, and to determine the necessary
steps to be taken for harmonization with the acquis.
As a result of this work, a separate “Investment Need
Analysis Report” was prepared for each of the services
and professional qualifications components. Professional
qualifications workshops were organized to exchange
opinions about the findings in these reports and suggested
projects for improving administrative capability.
The final workshop of the project was held on
4‑5 August 2016 in İstanbul to exchange information and
opinions with “Stakeholders from the Business Community
and Non-Governmental Organizations” about the initiatives
carried out since 17 September 2014 to date and the work
planned to be carried out in the period ahead within the
scope of the Services Project conducted by the Ministry for
EU Affairs.
In the workshops, our Association was represented
by Gökhan Büyükşengür, Ph.D., Director of Training
Department.
The Services Project that lasted two years ended with
the official closing ceremony organized in Ankara on
1 September 2016. In the closing ceremony attended by
Gökhan Büyükşengür, Ph.D., Training Director, and Tuğba
Oğan, Corporate Communications Director, a plaque was
presented to our Association for its contributions and
support to the project.
Training