Visit to Bağcılar District

World Academy of Local Government and Democracy (WALD) Chairman of the Executive Board Mehmet Duman and accompanying delegation; Bağcılar District Governor paid a courtesy visit to Mustafa Eldivan on 14 September 2021.

During the visit, the services offered at the Social Protection Desks were discussed. District Governor Eldivan gave information about the works carried out in the Bağcılar district and stated that a more holistic service should be provided in terms of the efficiency of the works.

WALD Chairman of the  Executive Board Mehmet Duman emphasized the importance of encouraging partnerships between public institutions and civil society.

Duman also drew attention to education and stated that social activities and awareness activities were carried out for the prevention of child labor and early marriage.

It was decided to hold a District Coordination Meeting at the first opportunity to make the meeting more inclusive and sustainable.

District Level Coordination Meeting and Public Personnel Training was held in Bağcılar

The proper and effective use of public resources is among the priority issues for successful migration management. For this reason, the existence of strong communication and coordination between public and non-governmental organizations operating at the local level plays an important role in preventing waste of both resources and time.

From this point of view, WALD works closely with local public institutions, especially district governorships and municipalities, and organizes district coordination meetings in the relevant districts where the general situation of refugees is evaluated. In this context, a district-level coordination meeting was held with the Bağcılar District Governorate on 20 September 2021.

In the event, which was held with the participation of 15 representatives from Bağcılar Municipality and Bağcılar District Governorate, the general situation of foreigners in Bağcılar was discussed. At the event, it was emphasized that unregistered immigrants increase the burden on all institutions. The lack of interpreters speaking Arabic in public institutions, appointment problems at the Provincial Directorate of Migration Management, difficulties faced by unregistered refugees in accessing health services, and the need for Turkish language courses were some of the other problems highlighted.

At the beginning of the meeting, a training titled “False Facts About Refugees” was held. In this training, which was carried out based on the importance of accessing accurate information in the better management of migration, the importance of accessing reliable information on a sensitive issue such as social inclusion was highlighted. Emphasizing the importance of accessing reliable information on every platform, in a time when information distortion and information pollution increase with the proliferation of sources of access to information, WALD will continue to deliver the False Facts About Refugees Trainings.