South Marmara Development Agency

South Marmara Development Agency is the development agency that operates in the region of Turkey called South Marmara (Balıkesir Province and Çanakkale Province). The institution was established by of Turkey in 2009 and started its operations in 2010.
Services
* Writing and implementing Regional Plans
* Promoting the Region
* Attracting investment to the Region
* Supporting NGOs, Nonprofit Organizations, SMEs and other government institutions by technical and and financial means and calls for projects
Duties and authorities
# to provide technical support to the planning studies of local authorities,
# to support the activities and projects ensuring the implementation of regional plan and programmes; to monitor and evaluate the implementation process of activities and projects supported within this context and to present results to the ,
# to contribute into the improvement of the capacity of the region concerning the rural and local development in accordance with the regional plans and programmes and support the projects within this extent,
# to monitor other projects implemented by public sector, private sector and non-governmental organizations in the region and considered as important in terms of regional plan and programmes,
# to improve cooperation in between public sector, private sector and non-governmental organizations to achieve regional development objectives,
# to use or have them used the resources allocated to agency in conformity with regional plan and programmes,
# to carry out researches, or to have them carried out, concerning the determination of resources and opportunities of the region, acceleration of economic and social development and enhancement of competitiveness, and to support other researches carried out by other persons, organisations and
# institutions,
# to promote, or have them promoted, business and investment facilities of the region at national and international level, in close cooperation with other related institutions,
# to follow and coordinate centrally the permission and licence transactions and other administrative transactions of the investors in regional provinces within the extent of the duties and authorities of public institutions and organisations, in order to finalise them within the time stated in the related legislation,
# to support small and medium-size enterprises and new entrepreneurs in the fields such as management, production, promotion, marketing, technology, financing, organisation and labour force training, by ensuring cooperation with other related institutions,
# to promote activities related to bilateral or multilateral international programmes to which Turkey has participated in the region and to contribute to the development of projects within the context of these programmes,
# To prepare a web-site to broadcast updated activities and financial structure of the agency and other matters concerning the agency.
 
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