Announcements

Oct 21 2026
ASSEMBLY MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT The October Ordinary Assembly Meeting of the Union of Municipalities of Turkiye (UMT), scheduled for October 21, 2026, was adjourned due to a lack of quorum.The October Ordinary Assembly Meeting will be held on October 22, 2026, at 10:00 a.m., at the UMT Headquarters (Atatürk Boulevard No. 183,… read more
Oct 2 2026
EUROPEAN MOBILITY WEEK 2026 AWARDS – CALL FOR APPLICATIONS The Union of Municipalities of Turkiye (UMT) serves as the national coordinator of European Mobility Week (EMW), a European Commission initiative celebrated annually from September 16 to 22 to encourage cities and municipalities to adopt and promote sustainable transport measures.As in previous… read more
Sep 2 2026
UMT ONLINE TRAINING PACKAGE (BASIC TRAINING FOR PROBATIONARY CIVIL SERVANTS) Applications for the 19 training sessions included in the UMT Online Training Package, titled “Basic Training for Probationary Civil Servants,” scheduled to take place from September 21 to October 19, 2026, will be open to all municipal personnel from September 7 to 17, 2026.The dates and times of… read more
Aug 20 2025
LOCALINTERNational 2025 Participants Announced LOCALINTERNational 2025, one of the most important international programmes of the Union of Municipalities of Türkiye, will be held this year with the theme “Participatory Youth: The Floor is Ours.” Since 2012, more than 300 students from around 60 countries have had the opportunity to learn… read more
Jul 16 2025
LOCALINTERNational 2025 Applications Now Open “Participatory Youth: The Floor Is Ours”LOCALINTERNational (International Local Authorities Training Program), an international training program organized annually since 2012 by the Union of Municipalities of Türkiye, provides an international training environment for foreign university students… read more
Jan 22 2024
FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES; MOBILITY AND NETWORKING ASSISTANCE PROGRAMME FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES; MOBILITY AND NETWORKING ASSISTANCE PROGRAMME APPLICATIONS STARTS ON 17 JANUARY 2024 AND ENDS ON 16 FEBRUARY 2024! Technical Assistance Project for “Town Twinning between Turkey and the EU –II (For a Green Future)” aims to strengthen the dialogue… read more
Jul 28 2023
LOCALINTERNational 2023 Participant List Announced LOCALINTERNational is an international program annually organized by Union of Municipalities of Türkiye since 2012 with the aim of providing the participants with theoretical courses, practical examples, field visits and social activities together with trips to various cities in Türkiye.This year,… read more
May 24 2023
Bulgaria-Türkiye Cross-border Cooperation Programme 2021-2027 1st Call for Project Proposals Has Been Launched The First Call for Project Ideas for the 2021-2027 period of the  INTERREG IPA Bulgaria - Türkiye CBC  Programme was launched on May 22, 2023.All institutions and organizations are defined as potential beneficiaries in the programme document are able to submit concept notes of project… read more
May 3 2023
Applications Started for LOCALINTERNational 2023 International Local Authorities Internship Program is an international education program annually organized by Union of Municipalities of Türkiye since 2012 with the aim of providing local governance training to the participants through instructions, practical examples and field visits including… read more
May 3 2023
Webinar on Local Governments in Disasters Local Governments in Disasters and held the first program of the series last month, on April 5, UCLG-MEWA announces the second program of the series. Titled “Sharing Experiences and Lessons Learnt” and organized in collaboration with UCLG Learning, the second webinar will focus on the best… read more
Feb 6 2023
Silk Road Cities Cooperation Conference (Cancellation) The "Silk Road Cities Cooperation Conference" planned to be held in Istanbul on 9-10 February has been canceled due to the earthquake disaster in our country.Further announcement about the event will be made later.We offer our condolences to those who lost their lives and wish a speedy recovery to… read more
Sep 23 2022
Regional Conference on Food Loss and Waste Reduction in Europe and Central Asia Regional Conference on Food Loss and Waste Reduction in Europe and Central Asia “Enabling the change” will be organised in a hybrid format on 5-6 October 2022, in Istanbul, Türkiye, and virtually on Zoom.The conference will focus on identifying essential elements of enabling environments and tools,… read more