About Us
Güney Marmara Kalkınma Ajansı (GMKA) (South Marmara Development Agency) was established in 2009 following the decision number 2009/15236 by the Board of Ministers and it operates in TR22 Level-2 region, consisting of Balıkesir and Çanakkale provinces. The organization is a public legal entity.
GMKA aims to:
- Discover local-regional potential, dynamics and uniqueness and utilise these in the best possible way;
- Turn the potential and dynamics into economic, social, cultural values which could activate the region in a competitive, participative, flexible way to contribute its value in both national and international markets;
- Create a development awareness and momentum in entrepreneurs being first all parts of the society through administrative, financial and technical supports provided to institutions, organizations and persons;
- Develop application capacity of the development plans, regional improvement plans and programs through competitionbased source allocation, effective monitoring and evaluation;
- Contribute positively to welfare and stability of the country by improving economic and social parameters (employment and income being first), reducing interregional and intra-regional development differences both on national and regional-local level.