Mevlana Kalkınma Ajansı | Mevlana Development Agency

Duties and Responsibilities of MEVKA

- Provide technical support to the planning studies of local

authorities

- Support projects ensuring the implementation of regional plans

and programmes and to monitor & evaluate them

- Contribute to the improvement of the capacity of the region

concerning the rural and local development

-Improve cooperation between public sector, private sector

and NGOs

- Ensure effective & efficient utilization of the resources

- Promote business and investment facilities of the region

- Follow and coordinate centrally the permission and licence

transactions and other administrative transactions of the

investors

- Support SMEs and new entrepreneurs in cooperation with other

related institutions

- Promote activities related to bilateral or multilateral

international programmes

Main Activities of MEVKA

- Supporting rural and local development activities

- Supporting the preparation of regional strategies

and plans

- Technical and financial support at project

implementation stage

- Monitoring and evaluation

- Determination and mobilisation of the internal

resources of local/regional economies

- Promotion of investments

- Stimulating entrepreneurship

- Research and database formation

- Intermediary and coordination roles in the use of

national and international funds