The 9th Official Monitoring Committee Meeting of IPARD II Programme held within the context of the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance-Rural Development (IPARD) of the European Union was held in Trabzon on 07 November 2019.

The representatives of the institutions and organizations along with the EU Commission attended the meeting which was chaired by Vice Chairman Mr. Hasan ÖZLÜ, General Director of Agriculture Reform, Deputy General Director of Agriculture Reform and the Head of IPARD Managing Authority Mr. Dr. Muhammed ADAK, Mr. Liam BRESLIN and Mrs. Iwona LISZTWAN from EU Commission, Deputy Head of Department from Delegation of the EU to Turkey Giulio GENTİLE, and Leyla ALMA, Head of Department of Managing Authority for EU Structural Adjustment Haluk ÇAĞLAR and experts from Managing Authority. General Coordinator of ARDSI, Şerife KONTOĞLU and experts from ARDSI. National Authorizing Officer, representatives of Audit Authority and the members of Monitoring Committee participated the meeting.

During the meeting, presentations concerning applications and implementations under IPARD II, results of Call for Applications, IPARD II modification, publicity and information activities, on-going evaluation, Agri-Environment measure, LEADER and Rural Network proceedings, Technical Assistance activities and Action Plans, Monitoring Report, NAO presentations were delivered. The meeting was closed with greetings and good wishes.

Before the Monitoring Committee, IPARD projects were visited by EU Commission in Trabzon.