DIYARBAKIR - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan introduced "Southeast Anatolia Project (GAP) Action Plan" in southeastern province of Diyarbakir on Tuesday.
The plan, which is envisioned to be completed in 2012, includes four pillars.
The project needs 26.7 billion YTL of financing (one dollar equals 1.24 YTL). The government aims to allocate 14.5 billion YTL in additional resource from central budget between 2008 and 2012.
The biggest fund --20 billion YTL, will be spent for the infrastructural works. The government will also spend 1.3 billion YTL for economic development and 5.1 billion YTL for social development.
Additional financing required for economic development is 1.1 billion YTL, for social development 2.7 billion YTL, and for development of infrastructure is 15.4 billion YTL.
GAP Action Plan is comprised of four main parts: Under "economic development" part, there are sub-topics such as construction of attraction centers, incentive policies, support for small & medium sized enterprises, technoparks, culture- tourism, natural resources, renewable energy and agriculture.
Under "social development" part, sub-topics are: education, employment, health, social services and assistance, culture, art and sports.
Under "development of infrastructure" part, irrigation, energy, transportation and social & physical infrastructure are the sub-topics.
The fourth part which is "development of institutional capacity" is comprised of expenses for local administrations and regional institutions.
According to GAP Action Plan, the highest financing is needed for "irrigation" under "development of infrastructure" part with 10.3 billion YTL.
(GC-ULG)