Turkey

Le programme, réalisé en partenariat avec la BEI, vise à accompagner les autorités turques dans la lutte contre le changement climatique en appuyant la politique forestière nationale. Le prêt permettra de soutenir les réalisations de la Direction Générale de la Foresterie (DGF) turque dans les domaines de la gestion forestière, principalement la lutte contre les feux, l’afforestation et la lutte contre l’érosion. La subvention permettra la mise en place d’un partenariat entre la DGF et l’Office National des Forêts français pour développer des échanges d’expérience, d’outils et de savoir-faire entre les deux institutions. Ce programme vise à améliorer la gestion et la protection des forêts ainsi qu’à augmenter le couvert forestier et à réhabiliter certaines forêts et pâturages. Les interventions permettront également de lutter contre l’érosion des sols et auront un impact positif sur la biodiversité.

Les PME turques représentent 77% de l’emploi et 38% du PIB. Le potentiel d’économies d’énergie dans les PME est très important. L’électricité représente 80 à 85% de leur consommation énergétique : des investissements ciblés dans des équipements à haute performance énergétique pourraient amener à réduire significativement leur facture et contribuer directement à améliorer leur productivité. Dans le cadre de la mise en œuvre de la loi sur l’efficacité énergétique de 2007, le KOSGEB s’était vu confier la responsabilité de la promotion de l’efficacité énergétique auprès des PME.

Ce projet d’un montant total de 3 millions d’Euros - dont une contribution d’environ 1,3 millions d’Euros de la part de KOSGEB - vise à renforcer le cadre institutionnel et incitatif de promotion de l’efficacité énergétique auprès des PME ainsi qu’à contribuer au développement d’un marché de l’efficacité énergétique dans le secteur des PME.

Pour répondre à ces objectifs, le projet prévoit les composantes suivantes :

• Au sein du KOSGEB : actions de sensibilisation, formation du personnel, formalisation d’un plan d’action à moyen terme,
• Sensibilisation, information et développement des services auprès des PME
• Soutien à des projets pilotes dans les PME,

Pour l’Agence Française de Développement, ce programme d’appui à une institution publique vient compléter ses actions de soutien à l’investissement des PME contribuant à réduire les émissions de gaz à effet de serre. Bailleur de fond bilatéral de référence sur la thématique du climat, l’AFD a octroyé près de 50% de ses financements à des projets d’investissements liés aux énergies renouvelables, l’efficacité énergétique, le transport urbain répondant à l’agenda international de la lutte contre le changement climatique.

This particularly innovating study in Turkey was presented to an audience of approximatively 50 people among whom elected representatives, academcians, representatives of various public institutions, and firms, and the UNDP were present. The final result of the study will allow the city to define its priorities to struggle climate change and to build an action and investment plan for a sustainable urban development with the outcome of the discussions during the work-shop.

The study was entrusted to a group composed by the french firm ICE, the turkish office Mavi, and the University of Gaziantep in the context of the partnership signed between Gaziantep and AFD in 2010. By moving to the next step in the implementation of the local climate change action plan, Gaziantep’s ambition is to become a model for other turkish cities and for the region carrying out voluntarist policies in tackling climate change on a local level. Thus Gaziantep will take part in the international panel of cities which will present their experiences on this topic on the occasion of the Seminar about the Sustainable City organized by AFD in Istanbul in November 2011.

Gaziantep as a pioneer metropolitan municipality in the field of urban sustainable development took the initiative to realize a climate plan on its territory. Following the first phase of the study, the city has presented its environmental policy at the international summit for climate change in Cancun, Mexico in November 2010. The final results of the study will allow the city to define its priorities in terms of fight against climate change for the coming years. The MMG also wishes to play a role model so that other cities in Turkey and in the broader region start implementing planned policies tackling climate change at a local scale.
 

¹ Referring to the methodology of the French Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME)

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2010: a new year of growth to support development

With €832 million of budget resources allocated by the State, AFD provided €6.8 billion of project financing in 2010, i.e. an 11% rise on 2009. Its activity accounted for 28% of France’s official development assistance. AFD also paid back €104 million of dividends to the State.

Africa remains the priority with €2.1 billion of financing in 2010.

Two-thirds of the financing break down between infrastructure, urban development, productive sectors and agriculture.

In 2010, AFD’s financing will contribute to:

• Improving drinking water supply systems for 33 million people
• Getting 13.4 million children into primary school
• Upgrading or building transport hubs that will be used by 85.8 million passengers a year
• Supporting energy efficiency by saving 5 million tons of CO2 a year
• Providing access to electrification for 3 million people
• Allocating microfinance loans that will benefit just over 700 000 people
• Supporting agricultural or irrigation projects that will benefit 1.4 million people

2011: consolidation of economic model

Dov ZERAH, Chief Executive Officer of AFD: “AFD has experienced a veritable revolution over the past few years. It has become a key player in development with an activity that has tripled in five years. Today, a new phase is beginning with the consolidation of our model.”

In the coming years, AFD will be focusing its activity on three priority areas:

• Sub-Saharan Africa:  60% of resources allocated to AFD by the State will be earmarked for this region, particularly for the sectors of agriculture and agro-industries, infrastructure, education and health.
• The Mediterranean: AFD will be supporting the recent developments in the region by scaling up its operations in Mediterranean Basin countries, particularly in the productive and vocational training sectors.
• Emerging countries: AFD will be supporting these countries via loans with a low level of concessionality in order to encourage them to set out on a growth path that respects the environment more and is more inclusive.

Consolidating the model requires stabilizing AFD’s level of activity, which is expected to reach €8 billion by 2013. AFD set up a Risk Department in 2011 in order to improve risk management. It has also reinforced its human capital with 125 recruitments in 2010.

Dov ZERAH: “Beyond financing, it is our expertise that our partners are seeking. AFD will also be continuing to actively provide input to international debates through its knowledge production. We will, at the same time, be forging an increasing number of partnerships with other development players such as NGOs, local authorities, private foundations, or again multilateral banks. They help increase the outreach and effectiveness of our actions. In a globalized world, the only winning strategies are cooperation strategies.”

In 2011, AFD will be celebrating the 70th anniversary of its creation in 1941 by General de Gaulle. AFD will be marking the occasion by organizing events to meet the French public in order to raise their awareness of North-South issues and allow them to learn more about development results. A travelling open-air exhibition called “Objectif Développement”, designed in partnership with Magnum Photos, will be launched in Bordeaux on 21 May 2011. It will be travelling to all the major cities in France throughout the year.

 
Agence Française de Développement (AFD) is a public development finance institution that has been working to fight poverty and support economic growth in developing countries and the French Overseas Communities for 70 years. It implements the development policy defined by the French Government.
With agencies in over 50 countries, AFD finances and supports projects that improve people’s living conditions, promote economic growth and protect the planet: getting children into school, support for farmers and small businesses, water supply, tropical forest preservation, fight against climate change…