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Trade and Development Board Investment, Enterprise and Development Commission Multi-year expert meeting on international cooperation: South-South cooperation and regional integration Geneva, 4-5 February 2009

PRESENTATION SUBMITTED TO THE EXPERT MEETING∗

Turkish International Cooperation and Development Agency (TIKA) and South-South Cooperation

by

Dr. Mustafa Şahin

Vice-President, TIKA

∗ The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of UNCTAD.

Turkish International Cooperation and Development Agency (TİKA) and South – South

Cooperation

UNCTAD Experts Meeting on South-South Cooperation (Geneva, 4-5 Feb 2009)

Dr. Mustafa Şahin, Vice-President, TIKA

TIKA - Turkish International Cooperation and Development Agency

Turkish Development Co-operation Policy

Provision of development assistance since 1970’sTransition from recipient country to a “net donor”country Disbursement institutionalized in 1992 with the establishment of TIKAUnder affiliation of Prime Minister’s Office Legal framework of Law No. 4668 dated 2002Responsible for collecting and reporting Turkish ODA data to the OECD





Main Operational Activities

Capacity-building assistance Dispatching of expertsEquipment supportFinancing infrastructure & construction projects Extending humanitarian assistance


TİKA implements its development assistancethrough its 22 Coordination Offices in 20 Countries

Recent Offices:

Kosovo

Sudan

Senegal

Montenegro

Afghanistan (3)

Albania

Azerbaijan

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Ethiopia

Georgia

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Macedonia

Mongolia

Moldova

Palestine

Tajikistan

Turkmenistan

Ukraine (Crimea)

Uzbekistan


Guiding Principles of TIKA’s Technical AssistanceRecipient Oriented Approach,

Ownership by Recipient Country,

Capacity Building,

Sustainability,

Cooperation and Coordination with the Donor Community,and international organisations, such as UNDP, OECD, UNIDO, FAO, IDB, etc.

Adaptability to Economic, Social and Political Changes.


Institutional development, capacity building, humanresource development- through the provision and/orexchange of experts and consultants, organise trainingprograms and establish training centres in Turkey/and in partner countries,

Education- great emphasis is put on educational programs, mainly by providing scholarships to students and researchers from the partner countries and organizingseminars on educational systems,

Health- the aim is to contribute to the improvement of the health systems in the partner countries, including theprovision of hospital equipment, training of medicalspecalist, etc

Priority Areas in Development Cooperation


Priority Areas in Development Cooperation (Cont.)Cultural Programs- through projects and programs implemented for the promotion of cultural relations, including the restoration of historical buildings, monuments, etc.Agriculture- help recipient countries improve their agriculture-driven economies, by introducing modern technologies and know-how for the increase of production, self-sufficiency and the development of agro-based industries, etc.Environment- the preservation of the environment is animportant precondition for sustainable development, whichhas been given utmost priority in the planning of TIKA's technical cooperation projectsDissemination of Information- through various publicationsfor providing information for both Turkish and foreign business circles in countries included in co-operation programs.


Private Sector Development

Although capacity development of the national government is veryimportant in providing economic growth and poverty alleviation, webelieve that we need to rely more on the private sector as an engine for economic development.

Therefore, the private sector needs to be supported to play its key role as the economic engine, not only in the developed countries, but moreand more in the developing countries.

TIKA cooperated with the OECD in 1993 to establish and run:> a private sector development centre in Istanbul (1993-2005),> OECD Ankara Multi-lateral Tax Centre (Since 1993)

In the above mentioned two centres, nearly 7000 experts, have beentrained who came from several countries, from Mongolia to Kosovo, from Ukraine to Sudan.


Activities in Asia, Europe, Middle East and Africa(some examples of cooperation relevant to this meeting)

Social infrastructure and services: water supply and sanitation, housing, construction of sports complexes,children parks, etc

Economic infrastructure and services: Construction ofroads, bridges, electrical power lines; development of insurance sector, training programmes in various fields, ToT in banking, establishment of industrial zones,assistance for the participation of experts in international forums in the areas of public administration, business and trade, supply of equipment


Activities in Asia, Europe, Middle East and Africa(cont.)

Production Sector: Training of experts on standardisation, certification and metrology, training and equipment support to institutes on various sectors, training programme for entrepreneurship, preparation of agricultural master plans, including for Africa, seed production and research administration, participation of experts on various workshops in agriculture, animal husbandry and fishing, establishment of laboratories,training on free trade zones, development of modern beekeeping in Macedonia


Developments of Turkey’s Foreign Trade and FDI with the South Countries and

TIKA/UNDP South-South Cooperation Project


Development of Turkey’s foreign trade and FDIwith the South

TURKEY'S FOREIGN TRADE(*)(in billion USD)

Years Exports Imports Total1980 3 8 111990 13 22 352000 28 54 822008 132 201 333

(*)TSI data

* Since 1980, there has been an exponential increase in both exports andimports of Turkey.

* In 2008, about 1/3 of the exports have been made to the neighbouring andsurrounding countries


Main Elements of Turkey’s Regional Strategy Towards Neighbouring And Surrounding Countries

Signing FTA agreements with the countries in the region, which foresee liberalising the flow of goods, services and capital,Harmonisation of the economic infrastructures in the region, particularly the transportation and customs,Harmonisation of regulations on economic matters within the region,Supporting Turkey’s exports with market access and promotion tools,Development of logistical capacities at regional level,Realising the projects which envisage the transport of the petroleum and natural gas, produced in the region to Europe over Turkey,Supporting the contractor companies, which perform construction activities within the region,Creation of favourable environment for accelerating the flow of foreign direct investments into Turkey, from the North countries and from Turkey to South countries


Main Elements of Turkey’s Foreign Trade and FDI

Turkey has a Customs Union with the EU since 1996, making Turkeyapply the same customs rates as the EU to third countiesHas signed FTAs agreements with almost 30 neighbouring andsurrounding countries, which facilitated significant increase in trade as well as in the flow of FDI to those countriesTariff rate is ‘0’ for the LDCs, enabling easy access of goods fromthese countries to Turkey,Relocation of production facilities in low cost neighbouring andsurrounding countries gave significant impetus towards FDI fromTurkey (in CIS, Caucasus,Africa, mainly in Egypt),Establishment of necessary infrastructural and logistical capacities such as banking, insurance, transport, etc., complemented the regionaltrade and developmentConducting agricultural projects, for third markets (fresh grapesproduction in Egypt for early shipments to Europe)


UNDP/TIKA South-South Cooperation Project“Bridging South-South Cooperation and Emerging Donor Roles: Strengthen Turkey’s Participation in International Development

Cooperation”Turkey will contribute to the achievement of MDGs to developing

countries by sharing with other donors the experiences and “bestpractices”, as an emerging donor

UNDP/TIKA SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION PROJECT


The Overall Objective of the Project:

To strengthen national capacities of Turkey,> promote the leadership of Turkey’s emerging donor role,> contribute to the capacity development of TIKA in

line with the “Paris Declaration Principles”



Expected Outcomes of the project

The first outcome:Strengthening Turkey’s emerging donor role,

> in the organising and hosting development knowledgeevents (conferences, international forums, etc.), as well as,

> by promoting its participation in knowledge and action in Global Development Forums and Networks.



Three such events foreseen in the project: The 1st event: Regional

Conferenceon

“Women and Governance in

Eastern Europe and CIS”

1-4December 2008

inIstanbul



Three main outputs from the technical capacity developmentintervention:

> A Development Assistance Strategy (+ its action plan),at the level of aid development bilateral interventions.

> A Talent Bank of Turkish Experts

> A Paris Declaration Implementation Planand three Country Strategy Papers

The project will end in 2011



Various Measures to Increase South-South Cooperation

Political leadership – Trade is never free from politics. Goodneighbourly relations also help the development of traderelations between countries.

Better access- Turkish Airlines (THY) now flies to South Africa, Ethiopia, Sudan, Nijeria. At the end of February, it willstart flying to Kenya and in March to Senegal and Brazil. Wesaw positive increases in bilateral trade in every route opened.

Schoolarship Policy - Giving university schoolarships tostudents coming from South countries increases south – southcooperation in the longrun. Turkey recently increased thenumber and quality of schoolarhips to southern countries. TİKA does also take part in it by providing air tickets to students whodemand it. Opening new Embassies and TİKA Branch Offices in Africa.


VARIOUS PHOTOS RELATED TO SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION


Development of Apiculturein Macedonia


Primitive hives used before the project


Distribution of modern hives to the beekeepers


A beekeeping spot with modernisation completed


Practical training given to the beekeepers


A newly formed bee production spot


A newly formed beekeeping spot


Filtered Honey


Capacity Building in Turkey for East African Cotton Growers



(Izmir Cotton Exchange-Trading Pit)


Capacity Building in Turkey for East African Cotton Growers (Izmir)




Capacity Building in Turkey for East African Cotton Growers (Aydin)


Capacity Building in Turkey for East African Cotton Growers (Adana)



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