Clean World Conference tookplace in Bursa

“Let’s do it” is a movementlaunched in 2008, in Estonia of 50.000 people’scollectively cleaning upandaiming to cleanup a givencountryentirely, in justoneday. A globalmovement on cleaningreachedupto 11 millionparticipants in 112 countriestoday, “Let’s do it” is an accreditedmember of the United Nations Environment Programme.

Startingwith 4 citiesand 1222 volunteers in Turkey as from 2012, themovementwassupportedbymanymunicipalities in alloverTurkey, overthelastyear.

The “Clean World” conferencethattakesplace in differentcountriesannualy, washeldbetween 28^thand 31^stJanuary 2016, in Bursa. OrganizedbyCivil Life Association, supportedbyMeropolitanMunicipality of Bursa, Development Agency of Bilecik-Eskişehir-Bursa, HealthyCitiesAssociation, City Council of Bursa andthenewspaper ‘Ekometre’, theconferencehostedapproximately 200 peoplefrominternationalnon-governmentalorganizations.

Alongwiththerepresentatives of ouraffiliatedmembersMetropolitanMunicipality of Antalya, Karesi Municipality, Pendik Municipality, Karşıyaka Municipality, Osmancık Municipality, members of theAdvisory Board attendedthisactivitythatlastedfor 3 days.

Theopeningspeeches of the 3 dayconferencethemed “A Strategyfor Global Cleaning”, weregivenbyHead of theEnvironmentalProtectionand Development Department of Bursa Metropolitanand Project Coordinator of HealthyCities – Nalan Fidan anddeputygovernor of Bursa – İbrahim Avcı.

Director of HealthyCitiesAssociation – Murat Ar made a presentation on activities of theAssociation, at thesecondday of theconferencewhichwasrealizedundertheguidance of theLet’s Do Itmovementleaders.