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HISTORIC PERSPECTIVE OF ÇANKAYA MUNICIPALITY ON HEALTHY CITIES PROJECT
Çankaya Municipality has begun works related on Healthy Cities project under Mayor Mr. Doğan TAŞDELEN’ s period in 1994 due to his establishment of bilateral relations with Ankara Office of the United Nations World Health Organization.
On the basis of being involved in this project, the adoption of "Health for All" principles and the implementation of these principles in Çankaya Municipality have been building block. The accession process has been enacted of Çankaya Municipality to the Healthy Cities Project by the decision taken by the Municipal Council dated 09.09.1994 and numbered 268.
The new period that started in 18th of April 1999. Çankaya Municipality has spent effort in order to implement the Project by attempting to consider the "Healthy City" concept, and in this connection Çankaya Municipality made an application for the 3rd Period of the Healthy Cities Project as per its Council’s decision dated 03.08.2001 and numbered 178.
Çankaya District Cooperation Certificate that is requested by the WHO was issued and approved by the Subgovernorship, universities, and several other non-governmental institutions including the professional chambers and organizations and the Application Basis and Principles Works of the Çankaya Urban Health Plan was finally completed.
Çankaya Healthy City project was started to take shape by a participating and scientific understanding in order to acquire a healthy and livable urban context and also for an urbanization process that is respectful to environmental values.
Starting from January 2002, a new and more functional organization has been initiated for the Çankaya Healthy Cities Project. In line with the remarks of the Project National Networks Coordinator that reports to the Ministry of Health the "Çankaya Healthy Cities Project Office" and it started to its investigations.
Starting from January 2002, a new and more functional organization has been initiated for the Çankaya Healthy Cities Project. In line with the remarks of the Project National Networks Coordinator that reports to the Ministry of Health the "Çankaya Healthy Cities Project Office" and it started to its investigations.
The National Network Coordination duty of the Healthy Cities Project in Turkey is currently carried out by the General Directorate of the Basic Health Services that reports to the Ministry of Health. Already, totally 5 cities have made their application for membership process to the Healthy Cities Project Network in addition to Bursa that had completed its said process.
Çankaya Municipality has come to the completion phase to the membership acquisition procedure and it is in the level of preparing the City Health Profile and Urban Health Indicators and to submit to the evaluation of related organizations / institutions.
Under the light of the health indicators that are prepared Çankaya Urban Health Development Plan shall be brought to the implementation level through the contributions of the universities, chambers of professions, associations, and foundation and citizen initiatives on the basis of democratic participation of such institutions.
Çankaya, where the central government of Turkey is located and the processes in national and international context are reflected is the most important district of the capital Ankara. The region where Çankaya Municipality renders service is a focal point where the business and actions that are maintained throughout the entire urban center of Ankara are concentrated.
Çankaya is the capital of culture, science, art and sport. All these factors require that Çankaya Municipality should undertake a pioneer role for initiation and implementation of such said processing in national scale.
Çankaya Municipality is one of the important urban environments where the international relations and projects, the information and experience exchange and sharing, where the local is met with the universal and thereby become enriched. These unique features make implementation of the Healthy Cities Project and the "Health for All" principle that comprises to the basic philosophy of this approach further meaningful.
The need for restructuring and reorganization in order to solve the problems and the understanding for a participative local government as for the decision making processes of the community are important. To determine and alleviate the environmental problems in our urban centers and to plan the urban infrastructure and health investments by seeking to maintain and improve the health conditions of the citizens, particularly the creation of a nature friendly urban system appear as the requirements of the socially oriented municipality understanding.
Çankaya Municipality Healthy Cities Project, as a new success of the "Çankaya being the enlightened face of Ankara" shall open a unique pace in the history of the local governments in Turkey. Starting from the principles of "Humans, health and a healthy living space are the first priorities" Çankaya Municipality is determined and dedicated to create a healthy urban center and a healthy living space enabling to raise healthy future generations.
Çankaya Municipality has been one of the leading municipalities as being membered from Turkey in 2004 to "Healthy Cities Project" under the coordination of the period of The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe. The policies, principles and programs that WHO determines are being implemented in our municipality as "Social Munipalism" applications under Çankaya Healthy Cities Project.
