Project overview:

Forests in Turkey are mostly located in the Mediterranean region, which is prone to forest fires. Turkey has acquired significant experience in combating forest fires, including fire management. In order to strengthen these efforts, and share technical experience and knowledge, the International Forest Fires Training Centre was established in Antalya in 2011, and transformed into the International Forestry Training Centre in 2015.

The project under the FAO-Turkey Forestry Partnership Programme will seek to apply FAO’s sub-regional experience in Central Asia to enhance the capacity of the International Forestry Training Centre.

The project will aim to:

• identify the capacity, technical and technology needs of the Centre;

• address the capacity, technical and technology needs of the Centre; and

• provide technical capacity-building activities for mainly FAOSEC countries.