TÜBİTAK 3005 Funding Awarded to SDU Project on Green Public Procurement

“Green Public Procurement for Sustainable Cities,” a research project led by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Süleyman Dikmen of Süleyman Demirel University, has been awarded funding under TÜBİTAK’s 3005 Research Projects Support Programme for Innovative Solutions in Social Sciences and Humanities.

The research team includes Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hülya Ağcasulu of SDU and Asst. Prof. Dr. Seda Yurtcanlı Duymaz of Istanbul University as researchers, with Prof. Dr. Volkan Göçoğlu of Afyon Kocatepe University serving as an adviser.

Conducted in cooperation with the Mediterranean Municipalities Union, the 18-month project will examine how global climate objectives can be integrated into local government procurement and tendering. More than 500 employees from 103 municipalities will participate in an assessment of current practices, implementation barriers and training needs.

Planned outputs include Türkiye’s first Local Government Green Public Procurement Dataset, a policy roadmap and a regulatory compliance report. Training activities for at least 300 municipal employees are also envisaged to strengthen institutional capacity for environmental sustainability.