First Steering Committee Meeting - 10 September 2019

Technical Assistance for Improving the Detection Capacity of Turkish Customs Enforcement Project, first  Steering Committee Meeting was held on 10 September 2019 in Ankara.

EU Turkey Delegation, Contracting Authority CFCU, General Directorate of Customs Enforcement, members of Contractor Consortium, TÜBİTAK, HAVELSAN and BYS Group and other guidance committee representatives attended the meeting chaired by Mr. Can YILDIZ, Head of Projects and Technical Systems Department of General Directorate of Customs Enforcement. At the meeting, Project Manager Mehmet Zahid BERKTAŞ gave information about the activities carried out during the first quarter of the project, the ongoing and the activities to be carried out in the following three months. With the analysis of the current situation, the expectations of the operation beneficiaries from the technical support project and the contributions and roadmaps that should be given to achieve the project objectives at the end of the project were determined. Stakeholders stated the areas they want to be implemented in order to increase their capacity within the scope of the project, conveyed their expectations about the trainings to be organized and the contents of the activities to be carried out, and presented their contributions.