The World Bank (WB) and the Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV), hosted the Turkey Urbanization Review Workshop in order to discuss the experiences of Turkey, as a country that has experienced rapid urbanization, and the policies connected to the topic of “Urbanization in Turkey.” The KRIHS attended the workshop in order to share its experience regarding how it achieved rapid urbanization based on economic development. It also hosted a workshop with related government agencies and universities in order to expand its partnership network through this visit to Turkey, which is a strategic partnership country of Korea.
■ Date January 10, 2012 (Tue.) ~ January 14 (Sat.)
■ Place Ankara and Istanbul, Turkey
■ Organizations visited Turkey’s Ministry of Environment and Urbanization (MEU), Ministry of Finance, TEPAV, Istanbul Development Agency, Department of Urban and Regional Planning of the Istanbul Technical University
■ Participants
KRIHS Sakong Ho-sang Director Moon Jeong-ho Research Fellow Jo Jin-cheol Research Fellow Lee Eui-jin Assistant Research Fellow Seminar Guven Sak Director of TEPAV
Elvan Ongun Vice Minister of Finace Martin Raiser Director of World Bank Turkey Edward Glaeser Professor of Harvard University
Ilker Akbay Development Manager of Turkey’s Ministry of Environment and Urbanization
Abha Joshi Ghani Urban Anchor Manager of World Bank MEU Mehmet Ali Kahraman Secretariat of Space Planning
Ilker Akbay Manager of Urban Development MOF Elvan Ongun Vice Minister of Finance
Emre Balibek Deputy Director TEPAV Tunga Koroglu Research Fellow
Selcuk Sertesen Research Fellow Department of Urban
and Regional Planning of the Istanbul Technical University
Handan Turkoglu Dean of the Department Ferhan Gezici Associate Professor Elif Alkay Associate Professor Sinem Metin Assistant Research Fellow
■ Purpose To participate in the Turkey Urbanization Review Workshop co-hosted by the World Bank (WB), and the Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV), and build a partnership for developing Turkey. To deliver the national territorial planning and development experience which the KRIHS accumulated for years, to Turkey, and to introduce the roles, organizations, and major projects of the KRIHS through the special sessions assigned to the KRIHS in the seminar
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Turkey Urbanization Review Seminar
The seminar was begun with a welcoming address by Deputy Director General Elvan Ongun, Undersecretariat of the Treasury, in Turkey. The participants were officials of Turkey’s Ministry of Environment and Urbanization, Ministry of Economic Development, Ministry of Finance, TEPAV, members of the academia, the chamber of commerce, local authorities, the KRIHS, and the World Bank Turkey. After welcoming remarks, there were keynote addresses and presentations given by the World Bank, Harvard University, Ministry of Environment and Urbanization of Turkey, and KRIHS, in that order. At the final session of the workshop, a panel discussion and Q and A session followed to solve topic-related issues, and finish the workshop.
Ministry of Environment and Urbanization (MEU)
The delegates of the KRIHS visited Turkey and discussed shared common issues of interest and mutual cooperation measures with Turkey’s Ministry of Environment and Urbanization (MEU) and the World Bank. The MEU hoped to develop a partnership with the KRIHS in the future, mentioning that the expertise the KRIHS has accumulated during the past three decades would be helpful for the development direction that the MEU follows. The World Bank hopes to share the knowledge and financing, if necessary, and develop and promote joint projects in the fields of environment, land use, and construction with the MEU.
Topical lecture schedule in a seminar
Topics Content Presented by
Turkey: Importance of urbanization
Urbanization is important to Turkey. In order to relieve disaster risk and proceed with urbanization, effective urban development and preparation against disaster are required.
Elvan Ongun
(Deputy Director General, Ministry of Finance, Turkey) World Bank: Paradigm
shift of urbanization
The cities that focus on long-term sustainability and take proactive measures have economic benefits while they can resolve side effects of urbanization.
Martin Raiser
(Director of the World Bank Turkey)
Keynote speech: Victory of cities
Although cities contribute to national economy by concentrating technology, production, consumer market, innovation, and knowledge, it is required to prepare against adverse effects of ineffective and improper management and unplanned urban expansion.
Edward Glaeser (Professor of Harvard University)
Past and future of Turkey’s
urban development It is important to promote urbanization based on sound economic, social, and environmental policies.
Ilker Akbay (Director of MEU, Republic of Turkey)
Korea’s urbanization
experience Sharing Korea’s urbanization experience
Moon Jeong-ho
(Research Fellow of National Territorial Planning and Research Division, KRIHS) Challenges in urbanization
of the world and urban strategies of the World Bank
Challenging tasks of urbanization in the world and urban development and local government strategies of the World Bank
Abha Joshi Ghani
(Anchor Manager of the World Bank)
Ministry of Finance (MOF)
The delegates of the KRIHS met with the vice director of the Turkey Ministry of Finance (MOF) and officials from the World Bank to discuss housing and urban development-related issues. The discussion issues concerned legislation on urbanization, building housings for the low income class, urban redevelopment in disaster areas, and cultural heritage preservation policies. The delegates sought for cooperative measures for the related projects that the MOF is promoting, and introduced the accomplishments of the KRIHS.
Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV)
The delegates of the KRIHS and the TEPAV officials discussed the issues of common interest and mutual cooperative measures under the theme of national territorial planning, urban policy and housing policy. In particular, the TEPAV showed great interest in Korean policies and experience, and how it related to the housing supply in the major cities of Turkey. In the short run, the KRIHS hoped to promote academic exchanges, such as joint workshops related to the Turkey Urbanization Review Project of the World Bank, and in the long run, to expand official exchanges between the KRIHS and the TEPAV.
Department of Urban and Regional Planning (DURP)
The KRIHS visited the Department of Urban and Regional Planning of the Istanbul Technical University to discuss common interests and mutual cooperative measures. During this meeting, Korea’s and Turkey’s pending issues related to urban and regional development fields were discussed. They discussed signing an MOU between the KRIHS and the DURP in the short run, and the expanding of the official partnership, which would include academic exchanges such as joint workshops in the long run.
Participating in the seminar Visiting Turkey’s MEU
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The GDPC hosted a series of five special lectures about Official Development Assistance (ODA) by Senior Research Fellow, Lee Ryun-joo, on Mondays from January 30 (Mon.) to February 27 (Mon.), 2012. The objective of this special lecture series was to understand the concept of ODA, and learn about international cooperation and the national territorial development projects taking place in developing countries.
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The main topics consisted of relevant ODA issues including: Concept of ODA; Status about ODA;
Progress and Procedures of Projects; Integrated Evaluation of ODA; and Improvement Policies.
The special lecture series received great attention from inside and outside the KRIHS. After each of these special lectures, active question and answer sessions and discussion followed, which showed great interest in ODA businesses in the public and private sectors, and the international development projects.
■ Date January 30, 2012 (Mon.), February 6 (Mon.),
February 13 (Mon.), February 20 (Mon.), February 27 (Mon.)
■ Place Ecole Room on the 4th floor of KRIHS
■ Participants Officials from public organizations, private enterprises and staff of the KRIHS
■ Purpose To increase understanding about the concept of Official Development Assistance, international partnership projects, and the national territorial development projects of developing countries
Date Topics Content
Jan. 30 (Mon.) ODA concepts and discussion
trends in international society Basic concepts, characteristics and the necessity for ODA Feb. 6 (Mon.) Status on Korea’s ODA and policy
directions Presentation and discussion about the current status regarding the development of partnerships and the advancement policy of Korea
Feb. 13 (Mon.) Consulting on development and package-type assistance models
Learning the types of consulting on development and major projects of ODA and understanding the package-type assistance models: "New Towns Development," "maternal and children’s health," and "vocational training"
Feb. 20 (Mon.) Status and tasks connected to
Korea’s entrusted funds Status about the operation and improvement policies of Korea’s entrusted funds
Feb. 27 (Mon.) Assessment of the major issues of Korea’s ODA policies
Assessment results and improvement directions regarding the ICT area, and the combined paid and free assistance given to Cambodia and other countries
Special lecture about ODA
Date Topics Content Jan. 30 (Mon.) ODA concepts and discussion
trends in international society Basic concepts, characteristics and the necessity for ODA Feb. 6 (Mon.) Status on Korea’s ODA and policy
directions Presentation and discussion about the current status regarding the development of partnerships and the advancement policy of Korea
Feb. 13 (Mon.) Consulting on development and package-type assistance models
Learning the types of consulting on development and major projects of ODA and understanding the package-type assistance models: "New Towns Development," "maternal and children’s health," and "vocational training"
Feb. 20 (Mon.) Status and tasks connected to
Korea’s entrusted funds Status about the operation and improvement policies of Korea’s entrusted funds
Feb. 27 (Mon.) Assessment of the major issues of Korea’s ODA policies
Assessment results and improvement directions regarding the ICT area, and the combined paid and free assistance given to Cambodia and other countries