MITAGED gathers municipal officials and experts at "Local Administrations and Additional Financial Means"  Organized by MITAGED a meeting entitled "Local Administrations and Additional Financial Means" was held at Ankara Esenboga Airport Hotel with participation of municipal officials and experts.  The meeting took place between June 28 and July 1 was the first leg of educational seminars of MITAGED.  Ankara Chamber of Commerce (ATO) Chairman Sinan Aygün and Prime Ministry Undersecreteriat of Treasury Controllers Committee Head Hikmet Esen were delivered the opening speeches of the meeting.  Esen stated in his speech that municipalities face various difficulties as they don't have enough information about international financing. "I would like to thank to the MITAGED though their efforts. By organizing such a meeting, the association became very helpful," Esen noted. He also added that the acceptance of the Treasury should be sought in foreign credits.   Underlining the importance of the meeting, ATO Chairman Aygün stated that discussing problems with experts is a golden opportunity. "Due to the conditions, our municipalities face some problems. Sharing and discussing these problems with experts is a very important opportunity. Therefore, we appreciate the efforts of MITAGED officials," he said adding that local administrations should be the supportive elements of economic activities.   İlham Hüseynli, Socio- Strategic Researches and Analytical Investigations Association (SSTAA) Head, stated that Azerbaijan faces the same problems pointed out during the meeting. Hüseynli also said that MITAGED may contribute to developments of local administrations in Azerbaijan.    Taking the floor, MITAGED head Müfit Şekerci underlined the importance of domestic potential power in regional development. "Foreign credit opportunities and national potential power should be merged and organized. MITAGED aims to initialize Local Actors Project (YAS) with the help of municipalities. We are ready to have contact and establish cooperation with municipalities that are interested in this project," he said.     Dealing with foreign credits, Malatya Mayor Cemal Akın warned the audience to the usage of credits taken from foreign institutions. "Various municipalities are in trouble due to credits they took without questioning," he noted.   During the meeting İrfan Tokgöz, deputy head of Treasury Controller Committee of Prime Ministry, presented detailed information about the announcement regarding deduction and clearing in public bodies.   Upon the invitation of Çubuk Mayor Adem Tuğluca, participants of the meeting visited Çubuk neighborhood.  Among the speakers of the meeting were: Sinan Aygün - Ankara Chamber of Commerce (ATO) Chairman İham Huseynli - Socio- Strategic Researches and Analytical Investigations Association (SSTAA) Head Hikmet Esen - Prime Ministry Undersecreteriat of Treasury Controllers Committee Head İrfan Tokgöz - Prime Ministry Undersecreteriat of Treasury Controllers Committee Deputy Head A. Erkan Şahmali – Association of Turkish Consulting Engineers and Architects Vice Chairman Cihan Şimşek – Expert from İller Bank H. Cemal Akin – Malatya Mayor Sedat Çal – Prime Ministry Foreign Economic Relations Board Aslı Özar - Prime Ministry Foreign Economic Relations Board Erdal Karabaş – MITAGED Vice Chairman Nelin Lyons – Expert from World Bank Hayri Güven - Iller Bank Development and Reconstruction Department Head Prof. Dr. Toros Özbek – Geothermal Association Second Chairman Mehmet Gürel – Fund Coordinator of the Altindag Municipality and European Union Project  Adem Tuğluca – Cubuk Mayor Bülent Özcan – EU Expert from European Union General Secretariat