The 2nd Meeting of the 2026 Provincial Coordination Board Was Held
The 2026 Provincial Coordination Board meeting was held at the Governorship's Divan Meeting Hall No. 12 under the chairmanship of Dr. Nurtaç Arslan, Governor of Bartın.
The meeting, organised to monitor the investments of public institutions, coordinate their activities and ensure that investments at the provincial level are carried out more effectively, was attended by the Mayor of Bartın, the Acting Rector of Bartın University, the Acting Deputy Governor, the District Governors, the Provincial Gendarmerie Commander, the Provincial Director of Security, the Commander of the Western Black Sea Group of the Coast Guard, the Chairman of the Provincial General Assembly, the Mayors of the districts and towns, the Acting Secretary General of the Special Provincial Administration, the Regional Directors of investing institutions, the Acting Director of Provincial Planning and Coordination, the Provincial Directors, the President of the Bartın Union of Chambers of Tradesmen and Craftsmen, and representatives of private companies providing public services.
Halil Balık, Chairman of the Board of the Bartın Chamber of Commerce and Industry, also attended the meeting and followed on site the assessments of public investments carried out across the province, ongoing projects and planned investments.
At the meeting, where investments and socio-economic developments were monitored and coordinated and assessments were made in terms of local and regional development, Governor Arslan gave a general assessment of the investments carried out in our province. He stated that in the first three months of 2026, 223 projects worth 45 billion TL were carried out in the province; that the appropriation allocated to these projects was 5 billion 484 million TL; that 463 million TL of this appropriation was spent, resulting in a cash realisation rate of 8.46%; that during this period 7 of the 223 projects were completed, activities continue in 76 projects, 34 projects are at the tender stage, and work will begin on 106 projects.
Governor Arslan stated that, apart from these projects, 11 projects worth 139 million TL are being carried out by our municipalities, of which 3 have been completed and work continues on 7. He said, "When we assess the investments by sector according to the amounts spent from the allocated appropriations, the Agriculture-Forestry sector ranks first with 290 million TL, followed by Other Public Services with 139 million TL, Education-Culture-Sports with 20 million TL, and the Transport sector with 13 million TL," and thanked the institutions responsible for implementing, coordinating and monitoring investment programmes for their work.
After the briefing presentations on the status of the 2026 investments and the discussion of issues requiring coordination, the meeting concluded with opinions and suggestions.
