International Stakeholder Meeting in Beşiktaş

Beşiktaş Municipality has held the International Stakeholder Meeting as part of the activities organized for the European Local Democracy Week (ELDW). Hosted by Beşiktaş Mayor Rıza Akpolat, the meeting has underlined the joint projects executed up until today, while also emphasizing the central location of Beşiktaş and the value of its deeply rooted international relations.

The Mayor Rıza Akpolat has stated in the meeting that they are working hard for Beşiktaş to gain a stronger position in areas such as culture, arts, sustainability, sharing economy and new collaborations. Akpolat has emphasized that when the stakeholder relationship is realized through strong global themes, it provides added value to each party, and this is directly related to the city’s economy and prosperity.

The representatives of our municipality's international stakeholders such as UN Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment Unit, Coordinator of UN Women HeForShe Türkiye Sinem Aydın, Danish Cultural Institute’s Türkiye Director Füsun Eriksen, U.S. Consulate General’s Public Affairs Officer Allison Lee, Hungarian Consulate General - Liszt Institute Hungarian Cultural Center’s Cultural Officer Agnes Toth, British Consulate General - The British Council’s Art and Culture Department Director Esra Aysun, Consulate General of Sweden - The Section for Turkish-Swedish Cooperation’s Project Coordinator Didem Özalp, Consulate General of the Czech Republic Policy and Press Officer Tolga Çevik, Consulate General of Netherlands - MATRA Social Transformation and Human Rights Program’s Officer Leyla Barlas Arslan, Spanish Consulate General - Istanbul Cervantes Institute’s Head of Culture Javier Vacas Jurado and Consulate General of Italy - Italian Cultural Center’s Cultural Activities Officer Tanju Şahan have attended to the meeting.