With the transition to the Presidential Government System in our country, the task of reducing regional development disparities was given to the Ministry of Industry and Technology within the scope of Presidential Decrees No. 1 and 4, and within this scope, the Ministry of Industry and Technology was also made responsible for the national coordination of development agencies.
The purpose of establishing development agencies; In Presidential Decree No. 4, it is stated that the goals are to accelerate regional development in line with the policies determined by the President, to ensure the sustainability of development, and to reduce inter-regional and intra-regional development disparities by improving cooperation between the public sector, private sector and civil society organizations, ensuring the efficient and effective use of resources and mobilizing local potential. initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">
To this end, the basic tasks of Development Agencies are:
o To prepare strategies related to regional development,
o To conduct studies aimed at identifying the resources and opportunities of the regions, accelerating economic and social development, and increasing competitiveness, and to support studies conducted in this regard,
o To support cooperation and coordination between public, private sector and civil society organizations in order to achieve regional development
goals,
o To research and promote business and investment opportunities in the regions and to ensure that resources are attracted to the region,
o To support local and rural
development activities,
o To support entrepreneurship and
the entrepreneurial ecosystem,
o To contribute to the development of the technical capacities of local administrations and
organizations in the region,
o To ensure the one-way tracking and coordination of the permit and license processes of
investors coming to the region,
o It can be summarized within the framework of carrying out mediation and coordination activities in the use of international funds by stakeholders in the region.
Institutional Structure of Development Agencies
According to Presidential Decree No. 4, Agencies are legal entities and are subject to private law provisions in all their transactions not regulated by the Decree, and Development The organizational structure of the agencies consists of four main components: the development board, the board of directors, the general secretariat, and the investment support offices. mso-fareast-font-family:"times="" new="" roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"times="" roman";="" color:#303a45;mso-fareast-language:tr"="">Among these, the development board is the agency's
advisory body and consists of boards based on balanced representation of the provinces and composed of representatives from
public institutions and organizations, the private sector, and civil society organizations in the region. Development boards meet at least twice a year to make recommendations to the executive board regarding solutions to the region's problems, the region's potential, priorities, and promotion. mso-fareast-font-family:"times="" new="" roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"times="" roman";="" color:#303a45;mso-fareast-language:tr"="">The agency's decision-making body, the board of directors, consists of the provincial governor, the mayor of the metropolitan municipality, the chairman of the provincial general assembly, the chairmen of the provincial chambers of industry and commerce, and three representatives to be selected from the private sector and/or civil society organizations in regions consisting of a single province. In regions consisting of more than one province, the board is composed of provincial governors, metropolitan mayors or, in provinces without metropolitan areas, provincial center mayors, provincial general assembly chairmen, and the chairmen of the provincial chambers of commerce and industry, with one representative from each province. style="" montserrat",serif;="" mso-fareast-font-family:"times="" new="" roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"times="" roman";="" color:#303a45;mso-fareast-language:tr"="">General Secretariatis the executive body of the agency and is responsible for preparing the agency's annual work program and budget and implementing the decisions taken by the board of directors.
Activities within the general secretariat showing investment support offices, business and business offices of the province in which they are located These are the units that work towards the promotion of the investment environment to domestic and foreign investors, the monitoring of permit and license processes falling within the scope of duties and powers of public institutions and organizations for investors in the province, and the monitoring of investments. background-clip: initial;">
