Karacadağ Development Agency
Following the appointment of the Secretary-General in August, 2009, Karacadag Development Agency, has completed its institutionalization process quickly en route to reach its main founding rationale, as designated for all development agencies, and has started its activities for regional planning, programming and coordination, programme management, monitoring and evaluation as well as investment support and promotion in a short period of time.
As an institution which will not focus solely on distributing grants, Development Agencies shall pose as a new “good governance” mechanism at local level as they ensure the cooperation and collaboration among public, private and non-profit sectors in management and steering of the regional development. In the agency, which embodies a strong human resources potential, 31 specialists, with diverse backgrounds and linguistic capabilities, are employed.
Karacadag Development Agency has been a member of EURADA (European Association of Regional Development Agencies) since April 26, 2010. As a EURADA member, Karacadag Development Agency was provided with an opportunity to keep track of “best practices” and innovative techniques in regional economic development in order to disseminate them in TRC2 Region (Diyarbakır & Şanlıurfa), to share knowledge and experience with regional development agencies established in other countries, to develop cooperation projects with other development agencies, to get up-to-date information pertaining to the European regional development strategies.
The Investment Support Offices affiliated with Karacadag Development Agency, which provide their services in Diyarbakır and Şanlıurfa respectively, both do promote the business and investment oppotunities of our region and offer consultancy services for investors free-of-charge, as well as attempt to minimize the bureaucratic challenges that the investors face.
Establishment of Development Agencies, has aroused a great deal of excitement and expectation, in both Turkey and in our region. In this process, the mission to actuate the region’s potentials, to realize the regional development and to reduce inter- and intra-regional development disparities falls on to our Agency in TRC2 Region.