International Year of Sustainable Mountain Development - Türkiye EventBoğaziçi University South CampusTürkiye
16/12/2022Event Programme 09.30 - 10.00 Welcoming and Registration 10.00 – 10.30 Opening speeches o Boğaziçi Üniversitesi, TUYGAR Director - Duygu Salman Öztürk o Boğaziçi Üniversitesi, UNSDSN Director – Tamer Atabarut o FAO Türkiye, Assistant Representative - Ayşegül Selışık o Mountain Partnership Secretariat, Programme Officer - Rosa Laura Romeo o Special Envoy of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic on mountain issues – Nurlan Aitmurzaev – video greeting o General Directorate of Forestry, Deputy General Director – İbrahim Yüzer o International Mountain Day – Video Screening 10.30 - 11.00 Keynote presentation: The linkage between sustainable development in mountain areas and tourism · Ante Mandic – International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Comission of Protected Areas (WCPA) Tourism and Protected Areas Specialist Group (TAPAS) Knowledge Development Coordinator and Assistant Professor of Sustainable Tourism and University of Split 11.00 - 11.15 Short break 11.15 – 12.30 International Mountain Day Thematic Panel – “Women Move Mountains” Moderator: Duygu Salman Öztürk Bedriye Berber Engin – Bilecik - Gölpazarı, Kurşunlu Village Ecotourism Enterpreneur Fatma Denizci – Founder of Şile Ovacık Village Women’s Association Ayşegül Çoban – Lecturer at Iğdır University & Wildlife Veterinarian at Kuzey Doğa Association Funda Akcan Amca – Assistant Professor at Başkent University Department of Exercise and Sport Sciences 12.30 - 14.00 Lunch Break 14.00 – 15.00 Panel: Conservation and Sustainability of Mountain Ecosystems Moderator: Ekrem Yazıcı – FAO/UNECE Joint Forestry and Timber Section Deputy Chief Ziya Şahin – President of Turkish Association of Beekepers İsmail Menteş – Chair of Küre Mountains Ecotourism Association and Forestry Engineer Erdoğan Özevren – FAO Türkiye Global Environment Fund (GEF) Portfolio Coordinator Sıtkı Eraydın - General Directorate of Forestry, Section Chief of Management of Mountainous Areas Tolga Yücel – WWF Türkiye Project Manager 15.00 – 15.15 Short break 15.15 – 16.15 Panel: Impact of Rural Development and Tourism on Livelihoods in Mountain Areas Moderator: Aliye Ahu Akgün – Istanbul Technical University, Head of Department of City and Regional Planning İlhan Koçulu – Founder of Boğatepe Environment and Life Association Zümre Yıldırım and Büşra Çelik Çelen – Coordinators of Future is in Tourism Programme Orhan Özçatalbaş – Professor at Akdeniz University Faculty of Agriculture Tangör Tan - Agriculture Engineer and Gastronomy Researcher Alp Arısoy – ÇEKÜL Rural Heritage Project Coordinator 16.15 – 17.00 Networking 17.00 Closing |
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