Osmaniye Governor and DOĞAKA Chairman Ömer Faruk COŞKUN, who made the opening speech of the meeting, said "I would like to welcome you to the 83rd Board of Directors Meeting of the Eastern Mediterranean Development Agency in Hatay and I wish this meeting to be beneficial for our region. Our agency is continuing its activities under the 2018 Annual Program. In this context, the application process for the 2018 Annual Financial Support Programs announced on January 15, 2018 was finalized. The evaluation process for the applications to the programs has been started as of April 16, 2018 and is still going on."
Osmaniye Governor and DOĞAKA Chairman Ömer Faruk COŞKUN said, "As it is known, three support programs were announced within the scope of the 2018 Financial Support Programs. A total of 180 applications were received from the Hatay province 81, Kahramanmaraş province 71 and Osmaniye province, totaling 180 applications for the Sustainable Production Improvement and Innovation Financial Support Program, which is aimed at the profit-oriented dauntless enterprises and for the development of the region's manufacturing industry. Although the total budget of the program is 15 Million TL, the total demand of the project applications is 62 Million TL

Development of Tourism Infrastructure announced to improve the infrastructures of tourism resources in our region Small scale Infrastructure Financial Support Program received 45 applications, 20 from Hatay, 18 from Kahramanmaraş and 7 from Osmaniye. The support budget announced in the tourism program, which public institutions and NGOs can apply for, is 10 Million TL and the amount of support requested for the projects received is 28 Million 600 Thousand TL.

A total of 20 applications were received from 14 of the provinces of Hatay, 4 of Kahramanmaraş and 2 of Osmaniye in the Green housing Development Financial Support Program, which was announced for the first time by our Agency and registered with the Farmer Registration System. The support budget of the greenhouse program announced to support the increasing greenhouse investments in our region is 5 Million TL and the amount of support requested for the projects received is 5 Million 960 Thousand TL. Accordingly, 115 applications from Hatay province, 93 from Kahramanmaraş province and 37 from Osmaniye province were applied to three support programs. The total amount of support announced is 30 Million TL and the amount of support requested in the received project applications is 96 Million 673 Thousand TL.

The evaluation work on the program started on April 16, 2018. It is planned that the evaluation studies consisting of Preliminary Investigation, Independent Evaluation, Evaluation Committee and Board of Directors will be completed in July and successful projects will be shared with the public in the second half of July.

In addition to this, applications are still being received under the 2018 Technical Support Program. The Technical Assistance Program is open to applicants throughout the year, offering training, consultancy and provisional advisor appointments for public institutions and organizations, public institutions and professional organizations. Our Agency, which provides organizational support such as workshops, conferences and fair support for the promotion of sectors and companies in our region, continued with the AYMOD International Shoe Fashion Fair held in Istanbul between April 4-7, 2018 in this context. Olivtech Olive, Olive Oil, Milk and Milk Products Fair will be held in Izmir between 9-12 May 2018.

Within the scope of organization activities, the Institutionalization Panel in Family Companies in İskenderun and the Hatay Culture and Tourism Symposium in Antakya were realized. On the other hand, Entrepreneurship Trainings organized every year for the development of the entrepreneurial culture in our region continue this year. Hatay and Kahramanmaraş in the provinces of Osmaniye. In addition to these, an analysis study is carried out on the investment potentials of our ills in cooperation with Development Bank.

The work to lay out the Report of Potential Investment Areas for each of the three sciences has been completed as a draft. Within the scope of feasibility studies, the feasibility studies of photovoltaic solar electricity in Hatay, Kahramanmaraş and Osmaniye have been completed and printed. Pre-Feasibility Study of Fruit Ice Cream and Fruit Juice Concentration Plant with TR63 Regional Labor Market Report have been completed and will be printed shortly. In addition, preparations have been started for the studies of Tourism Master Plan for Kahramanmaraş and Osmaniye provinces. Before moving on to the agenda, Mr. Hatay Governor, who hosted my meeting, I thank Erdal ATA. I say to all of our Board members that you are welcome again and I hope that the meeting will bring good luck to my region. "

Following the opening speech, the meeting was ended with the meeting of the Board of Directors by evaluating the agenda items and discussing the monthly other agenda items.

It will be publicly honored.