"TÜBİTAK MAM Environment and Cleaner Production Institute Cleaner Production Studies Methods and Strategies Determination Workshop" was organized by TÜBİTAK MAM Environment and Cleaner Production Institute on March 03, 2014 in order to determine the needs and possible measures on Cleaner Production in our country, to better understand the priorities, and to contribute to the establishment of the working model in this field at the Environment and Cleaner Production Institute. The workshop was held with a group of approximately 90 participants consisting of representatives of relevant ministries and institutions affiliated to ministries, universities, organized industrial zones, sectoral federations, associations, development agencies, chambers of industry and commerce, which are the stakeholders of the institute.
Following the opening speeches by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ertan Durmuşoğlu, V. Director of TÜBİTAK MAM Environment and Cleaner Production Institute and Dr. Mustafa Çöpoğlu, Deputy Undersecretary of the Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology, the workshop continued with a presentation on the activities of TÜBİTAK MAM and the Environment and Cleaner Production Institute by Işıl Ataçoğlu, Senior Researcher in charge of the Cleaner Production Unit of the Institute. In the following session, presentations on "National Strategies and Policies on Productivity and Cleaner Production" by Anıl Yılmaz, Director General of Productivity, Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology, "Cleaner Production Technologies and Turkey" by Prof. Dr. Filiz Karaosmanoğlu from ITU Department of Chemical Engineering, and "Sustainable Green Growth and Productivity in Turkish Manufacturing Industry" by Prof. Dr. Alp Erinç Yeldan from Yaşar University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences.
Following the presentations, the workshop continued with the "Determination of Cleaner Production Activities Methods and Strategies" round table idea generation activities organized in three different sessions. In the round table studies, especially the opinions of the participants on the priority studies, needs, collaborations and measures expected to be realized in the field of Cleaner Production in our country were taken under the leadership of the meeting moderator. The outputs of the workshop will be evaluated as a contributing factor in determining the priorities of TÜBİTAK MAM Environment and Cleaner Production Institute in terms of its working model, collaborations and studies in the field of Cleaner Production.
In Turkey, the concept of "cleaner production" was first brought to the agenda in 1999 by TÜBİTAK and the Technology Development Foundation of Turkey (TTGV) with the Industry Sector Report of the Science Technology Industry Discussions Platform, Cleaner Production Cleaner Products Environment Friendly Technologies Working Group and the establishment of a "cleaner production center" was proposed. However, although various plans have been made over time for the establishment of a center in this scope, they have not been implemented. Finally, in April last year, the name of the TÜBİTAK MAM Environment Institute was changed to the Environment and Cleaner Production Institute in accordance with the decision of TÜBİTAK Science Board No. 218 and it was decided that the Institute would also function as a Cleaner Production Center.
March 3, 2014 TÜBİTAK MAM MTUE Workshop Presentations
