Publication: Regional development agencies in Turkey and England: Examplary expriences of England
Abstract
Dünyanın gelişmiş ekonomilerinde, özellikle çoğu Avrupa ülkesinde ve geri kalmış bölgelerin kalkınmasında önemli roller üstlenen kalkınma ajansları, Türkiyede yoğun tartışmalar ile gündeme girmiştir. Tartışmalar kalkınma ajanslarının faaliyete geçmesi ile birlikte biçim ve yön değiştirmiş olsa da kalkınma ajanslarının vizyonu ve gelecekteki rolleri konusundaki kaygılar güncelliğini korumaktadır. Bu çalışmada, Türkiyede yasal zeminini 2006 yılında oluşturulan ve kuruluşları 2010 yılında ülke çapında tamamlanan kalkınma ajanslarının bölgesel kalkınma sürecindeki yeri ve önemi, İngiltere kalkınma ajansı deneyimi de sunularak ele alınacaktır. Akademik yazında benzer başlıkta yürütülmüş çalışmalarda İngiltere örneğinin, genel olarak, Türkiyede kalkınma ajanslarının oluşturulması sürecinde ele alınmış olması nedeniyle tartışmalar daha çok teorik düzeyde kalmıştır. Ajansların Türkiyede faaliyete başlamalarıyla birlikte, artık somut uygulamalar da ortaya çıkmıştır. Bu makale, daha önce benzer başlıklarda yürütülmüş ve teorik düzeyde kalmış çalışmaların yanına uygulama deneyimini eklemeyi ve bu alanda yapılacak çalışmalara katkı sunmayı hedeflemektedir.
Regional Development Agencies (RDAs), embarking on significant roles in the development of both undeveloped regions and developed economies of the world, especially in many European countries, have come to agenda with intense discussions in Turkey. Although forms and directions of these discussions have changed following of RDAs going into action, concerns about their vision and future roles are still up to date. In this study, place and importance of Turkey s RDAs, of which legal basis was formed in 2006 and establishment was completed all over the country in 2010, will be handled by presenting experience of regional development agencies of England. As England model has been generally tackled in the formation process of RDAs in Turkey, discussions have remained mostly theoretical in similarly entitled studies in the literature. There have also existed concrete practices in Turkey with the agencies coming into operation. This paper aims to add the experience of these practices to the previously conducted theoretical studies in the same title and make contribution to studies to be carried out in this area.
Regional Development Agencies (RDAs), embarking on significant roles in the development of both undeveloped regions and developed economies of the world, especially in many European countries, have come to agenda with intense discussions in Turkey. Although forms and directions of these discussions have changed following of RDAs going into action, concerns about their vision and future roles are still up to date. In this study, place and importance of Turkey s RDAs, of which legal basis was formed in 2006 and establishment was completed all over the country in 2010, will be handled by presenting experience of regional development agencies of England. As England model has been generally tackled in the formation process of RDAs in Turkey, discussions have remained mostly theoretical in similarly entitled studies in the literature. There have also existed concrete practices in Turkey with the agencies coming into operation. This paper aims to add the experience of these practices to the previously conducted theoretical studies in the same title and make contribution to studies to be carried out in this area.