REC Turkey

Name:REC Turkey
Country: Turkey
Established: 2004
Website: www.rec.org.tr

Current staff

• Sibel Sezer Eralp, Regional Director for Turkey and the Black Sea Region
• Kerem Okumus, Deputy Director
• Gonul Erturer, Senior Project Manager
• Pinar Akpinar, Executive Assistant/Green Pack Project Officer
• Rifat Unal Sayman, Administration and Finance Manager
• Gulnaz Aksahin Cicek, Administration and Finance Officer
• Yesim Caglayan, Project Manager
• Hande Ozut, Project Manager
• Gulcin Ozsoy, Project Officer
• Serhan Demirci, Project Assistant
• Ahmet Eren Ozturk, Project Assistant
• Doruk Tuncer, Project Assistant
• Yaprak Kurtsal, Project Assistant
• Sinan Yilmaz, Driver
• Songul Sokulmez, Clean Clerk

Scope of work

REC Turkey began operations in April 2004 after the signing of the REC Charter in 2002 and the Bilateral Agreement between the Government of Turkey and the REC.

REC Turkey works closely with all major stakeholders, including the government, NGOs, businesses and the financial sector. Thanks to its non-advocacy and non-partisan character, it has an equal working relationship with all sectors and stakeholders. In addition to active work on projects, it also contributes to ongoing national and international initiatives towards achieving the goals of sustainable development through its various support programmes. REC Turkey believes in the importance of the governance approach and multi-stakeholder participation in environmental decision-making processes.

Country office expertise

• Access to environmental information
• Capacity building in the field of environment
• Education for sustainable development
• EU accession and environment
• International cooperation on sustainable development
• The private sector and sustainable development
• Sustainable management and the use of natural resources