THE 13th BLUE FLAG LOCAL OFFICIALS’ TRAINING HAS BEEN ORGANIZED IN ANTALYA
THE 13th BLUE FLAG LOCAL OFFICIALS’ TRAINING HAS BEEN ORGANIZED IN ANTALYA
The Alanya Municipality has participated in the Blue Flag Local Officials’ Training organized for the 13th time in Antalya on December 18-20th. Barrier-Free Beach Elevator Device implemented by the Alanya Municipality has attracted great attention.
The Turkey Environment Education Foundation (TURÇEV) in recent years has been periodically organizing, this year for the 13th time, the local Blue Flag Officials’ Training at the national level, this year it was held in Antalya. It was aimed to increase the efficiency and standard of blue flagged beach practices by sharing the topics and best practice examples during the training seminar held on December 18-20th. Being implemented in Turkey since 1993 within the scope of the Blue Flag beaches program by the year 2019 the Blue Flag award has been given to 463 beaches, 22 marinas and 15 yacht ports. With a number of award-winning beaches Turkey managed to enter the top three of 45 countries this year.
REPRESENTATIVES ARE CERTIFIED
The seminar program attended by the representatives of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization and local authorities, the institutions supporting the Blue Flag Program, has started with the opening speeches of Antalya Deputy Governor Tayyar Şaşmaz and (TURÇEV) President Rıza Tevfik Epikmen. The training continued with presentations of the representatives of the institutions carrying out studies on the subject, and continued with the best practice examples of local authorities. At the end of three-day seminar program, “Local Blue Flag Official Training Certificate” was given to participants representing the municipalities, tourism associations and local associations, who served as local officials.
THE ALANYA MUNICIPALITY CONTINUES CARRYING OUT ITS LOCAL RESPONSIBILITY
The Alanya Municipality participated in the training seminar with the awareness of the mission of the Blue Flag Local Official, which has been carried out in Alanya city since 2017. Stating that they participated in the training seminar with their responsible technical team, the Environment Protection and Control Department Head Sevda Erdoğmuş stated that they are partners in the blue flag works at the national and international scale carried out throughout the year, by participating in the training program organized every year. Sevda Erdoğmuş stated that the best practice examples included in the program have contributed to the development of the environmental vision, and accelerated the studies on environmental protection.
THE BEACH ELEVATOR FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES ON THE SEMINAR PROGRAM ATTRACTED GREAT INTEREST
At the 13th Blue Flag Local Officials Training held this year, the Alanya Municipality has taken its place among the best practices with the “Barrier Free Beach Elevator Device” that it has recently implemented at one of its beaches. The Alanya Municipality Social Assistance Affairs Department Head Bilal Nurgül, who made a presentation on the subject within the scope of the training seminar, shared his knowledge and project stages with the participants of the training seminar about the implementation of the “Barrier Free Beach Elevator Device”. After the presentation, the participants were given information was given about the feasibility studies and technical details of the project, which was met with great interest and appreciation.
“THEY DO NOT NEED HELP”
In his presentation, the Social Assistance Affairs Department Head Bilal Nurgül stated that the project launched at the Cleopatra Beach of Alanya in line with the understanding of the Municipality of Alanya as “Social Municipality”, offers people with disabilities the services they need, and an unrestricted beach elevator allows people with disabilities to enter the sea individually without any support or help of anyone. It is open for the use of people with disabilities, designed to be disassembled to have no interference with the natural environment of the beach and it is also stressed that it bears the distinction of being one of the first projects implemented in Turkey. Within the scope of the training program, technical details and application details related to the barrier-free beach elevator were explained to the participants with the prepared visuals.