The Municipality of Novi Grad Sarajevo yesterday hosted the Summit of Local Authorities of Europe and Asia, which gathered about 150 mayors from 15 countries of Europe and Asia, members of the Union of Municipalities TDBB (The Union of Turkish World Municipalities), which was organized in BiH for the first time.
Summit was attended by mayors from the Republic of Turkey, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Northern Cyprus, Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro, Hungary, BiH, Albania and Kosovo.
Besides mayors of European and Asian countries, the summit was attended by the representatives of TIKA, representatives of the Turkish Cultural Center Yunus Emre in Sarajevo, Vice-President of the FBiH, Melika Mahmutbegovic, representatives of the Canton Sarajevo, mayors of 15 municipalities in BiH and their associates, representatives of the Municipal Council and councilors of the Municipality of Novi Grad Sarajevo and other guests.
The Municipality of Novi Grad Sarajevo is one of 17 members of TDBB from BiH. The cooperation started more than 2 years ago, and Mayor Semir Efendic was elected for one of the co-presidents and member of the Board of the Union in September last year. The aim of the Union is to strengthen the cooperation and exchange experiences between local communities.
President of TDBB Ibrahim Karaosmanoglu said that he believes that the work done on this summit and bilateral meetings will be fruitful and will achieve quality results and new acquaintances.
“We are attending this meeting as a union of municipalities with the aim to exchange experiences in the domain of local authorities. This is a good opportunity to meet each other and to make acquaintances with other municipalities in this region,” said Karaosmanoglu.
TDBB was founded in 2003 and it operates with 28 member countries with more than 1,100 municipalities. BiH is, according to the Secretary General of TDBB Fahri Solak, a country where the TDBB acts most actively.
The guests were hosted by mayors of municipalities Konjic, Travnik and Fojnica, which are members of the Union.
(Source: klix.ba)
