9 May Europe Day NGO Network Event

Beşiktaş Municipality gathered together with non-governmental organisations in a networking event on the occasion of 9 May Europe Day. Representatives from Foundation for Children with Leukemia (LÖSEV), Association for the Support of Contemporary Life Beşiktaş Branch, Rural Schools Transformation Network (KODA), Teacher Saadet’s Fight Against Child Abuse Association (UCIM), New Generation Development Association, IDEA Universal (International Association for Development and Environment), Good4Trust, Prosumer Economy Society, Corporate Social Responsibility Association of Turkey (CSR Turkey), Boğaziçi Association for Supporting Education, Culture and Development, Young Future Association, Turkish German Cultural Affairs Association, Internal Relations Unit of Beşiktaş Gymnastics Club (BJK) attended the event.

During the meeting, the activities and services of Beşiktaş Municipality were shared with the participants and the associations presented their past experiences, good practices and future plans. Potential collaborations between the associations and the municipality were evaluated during the meeting. New project and workshop ideas were developed for civil society organisations working in the same field. The event ended with a family photo taken with the hope of meeting again at the project writing workshop to be hosted by Beşiktaş Municipality.

9 May - Europe Day

On 9 May 1950, Robert Schuman, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of France at the time, stated that it was essential to establish peaceful relations in Europe on a permanent basis and announced a proposal for a law with the aim of establishing a more systematic and organised Europe. After the 1985 Summit in Milan, it was decided that every 9th of May would be celebrated as "Europe Day". Since then, 9 May Europe Day is celebrated every year with various activities in both member states and candidate and potential candidate countries. Türkiye has started to celebrate Europe Day since 1999, when it was accepted as a candidate for the European Union.