SUMP Türkiye

EU Support for Promoting Sustainable Urban Mobility in Turkish Cities

SUMP Türkiye is a 3-year project co-financed by the European Union and the Republic of Türkiye. The main aim of the SUMP Türkiye project is to promote the transition from individual transport modes to sustainable, accessible and inclusive transport modes at national and urban levels.

Accomplishing the project includes the following objectives:

• Support policy dialogue between national and European stakeholders on sustainable urban mobility,
• Strengthening the capacities of municipalities on sustainable urban mobility and related issues, in consideration of European Union principles and best practice examples,
• Coordinating the national side of the European Mobility Week (EMW) campaign by working to encourage municipalities to achieve high participation.

SUMP Türkiye proceeds with a three-stage approach for the Turkish government and municipalities to adopt sustainable urban mobility practices.

The first stage focuses on identifying barriers to sustainable urban mobility implementation and provides recommendations to stakeholders on how to overcome these barriers.

In the second stage, the sustainable urban mobility planning process is systematized by identifying effective tools and methods.

In the third stage, municipalities are supported to create long-term SUMPs and the adoption of sustainable urban mobility practices is accelerated.

Contracting Authority: Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, Directorate General for European Union Affairs and Foreign Relations, Department of European Union Investments

Beneficiary Institution: Union of Municipalities of Türkiye

Contractor: Rupprecht Consult (Consortium Leader - Germany), POLIS Network (Belgium), Panteia (Netherlands) and BNN Consulting and Engineering (Türkiye)

Work Start Date: 19.08.2022

Work Completion Date: 19.08.2025

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