The 4th Actions Plan Awards Ceremony was held in Turkish Japanese Foundation in Ankara on March 3, 2018, incollaboration with JICA Alumni and the Japan International Cooperation Agency.
Before the Awards Ceremony the opening speeches were presented by Takehiro Yasui, Chief Representative in JICA’s Turkey office, Prof. Dr. Hasan H. Atar , President of our Association, Cafer Tayyar Sadıklar, President of the Turkish Japanese Foundation, Akio Miyajima, Ambassador of Japan in Ankara, Niğde Deputy Alparslan Kavaklıoğlu.
Besides our Association’s Board and Supervisory Board Members and association members, representatives of the JICA Turkey Office and friends from Japan were also present at the ceremony.
We invited our 2017 trainees to participate in the “2017 Action Plan Awards”. A jury that comprised of our Turkish and Japanese friends have studiously assessed six applications.
Mehmet Aslan Coşkun from Tekirdağ Provincial Directorate of Disaster and Emergency Management (AFAD) received the first prize.
Serkan Demirel from Konya Provincial Department of Fire Brigade received the second prize.
Kayseri Ferahiye District Governor Nazlı Demir and Kilis Polateli District Governor Bayram Ürker shared the third prize.
After the awards were presented by members of the protocol, souvenir photographs were taken to immortalize the ceremony.