1. To discuss and approve the annual working program and submit it to the Ministry of Development for the final approval.
2. To revise the budget within the year if necessary.
3. To approve the annual financial report and the results of the final budget.
4. To decide on purchase, sale and rent of movable and immovable properties and purchase ofservices.
5. To submit the interim report and annual activity report to the Ministry of Development.
6. To approve the budget of the Agency and submit it to the Ministry of Development.
7. To approve the proposals concerning the support of program, project and activities submitted by the secretariat general and the grants to be given to real and legal persons.
8. To accept donations and grants to be made to the Agency.
9. To resolve on matters of recruiting and dismissing the personnel.
10. To approve the Agency units to be determined by the secretary general, and the division of labor among such units.
11. To select the secretary general and submit to the Ministry of Development for the approval.
12. To determine the limits of authority of the secretary-general about the issues concerning purchase, sale and rent of the movable properties and purchase of service, except vehicles.
13. To follow up and coordinate the license and permit procedures and other administrative work and transactions of the private sector investors falling under the tasks and authority of public institutions and organizations in order for such procedures and transactions to be concluded within the period of time set forth in the relevant legislation, if such legislation has not established any period of time, to conclude such procedures and transactions in priority and urgently, and to establish investment support offices in the provinces in the Region to this end.

1. to prepare the agenda of the Board of Director’s meetings, to participate in those meetings and to extend his opinion and proposals.
2. to follow-up and ensure the implementation of the decisions of Board of Directors.
3. to use authorities delegated by Board of Directors.
4. to offer proposals to the Board of Directors in order to put the advice from the Development Committee in use.
5. to prepare annual work plan and budget, and submit them to the Board of Directors, and to ensure the implementation.
6. to take measures to ensure the timely reporting and submission of semi-annual and annual activity reports to the Ministry of Development.
7. to collect revenues of the Agency, to make the expenditures within the framework of the procedures and principles  determined by the relevant legislation, and in accordance with the decisions of the Board of Directors and the budget.
8. to decide on the purchase, sale and rent of moveable properties except for vehicles, and purchase of service according to the limits to be determined by the Board of Directors.
9. to provide the necessary cooperation and coordination with the public, private and non-profit organizations in matters within scope of Agency’s activities.
10. to engage in/organize activities for improving project development and implementation capacity of people, institutions and organisations in the region.
11. to assess project and activity proposals of private sector, nongovernmental organisations and local administrations and make suggestions to Administrative Board to provide financial support.
12. to monitor, evaluate, audit and report the supported projects and activities.
13. to cooperate and develop joint projects with domestic and foreign institutions and agencies related to regional development.
14. to provide technical assistance to planning activities of the local administrations.
15. to perform secretarial activities and other services within the scope of duties of the Agency.
16. to submit proposals to the Board of Directors regarding the settlement of the human resources regime and policy of the Agency.
17. to monitor, implement and improve the human resources policy of the Agency.
18. to prepare an annual report regarding the human resources policy in practice and submit it to the Board of Directors at the end of December each year.
19. to attend the national and international meetings about regional development on behalf of the Secretariat General of the agency and carry out foreign contacts.
20. to determine the performance criteria of the personnel and evaluate their performance.
21. to make proposals to the Administrative Board related to personnel’s recruitment and
22. termination of contracts.

1. Genel Sekreter tarafından tespit edilen hususlar çerçevesinde, Ajans gelir, gider, varlık ve yükümlülüklerinin etkili, ekonomik ve verimli bir şekilde yönetilmesi, Ajansın mevzuata uygun olarak faaliyet göstermesi, her türlü malî karar ve işlemlerde usulsüzlük ve yolsuzluğun önlenmesi, karar oluşturmak ve izlemek için düzenli, zamanında ve güvenilir bilgi edinilmesi amaçlarını gerçekleştirmek üzere hazırlanan ve güncellenen İç Kontrol Sistemi ile ilgili görüş bildirmek.
2. Nesnel risk analizlerine dayanarak Ajansın yönetim ve kontrol yapılarını değerlendirmek.
3. Kaynakların etkili, ekonomik ve verimli kullanılması bakımından incelemeler yapmak ve önerilerde bulunmak.
4. Harcama sonrasında yasal uygunluk denetimi yapmak.
5. Ajansın harcamalarının, mali işlemlere ilişkin karar ve tasarruflarının, amaç ve politikalara, kalkınma planına, programlara, stratejik planlara ve performans programlarına uygunluğunu denetlemek ve değerlendirmek.
6. Mali yönetim ve kontrol süreçlerinin sistem denetimini yapmak ve bu konularda önerilerde bulunmak.
7. Denetim sonuçları çerçevesinde iyileştirmelere yönelik önerilerde bulunmak.
8. Denetim sırasında veya denetim sonuçlarına göre soruşturma açılmasını gerektirecek bir duruma rastlandığında, durumu Genel Sekreterliğe rapor etmek.
9. İç denetim faaliyetinin tüm yönlerini kapsayan ve etkinliğini sürekli gözleyen bir kalite güvencesi ve geliştirme programı hazırlamak ve bunun sürdürülmesini sağlamak.
10. Denetimin, iç denetim meslekî uygulama standartlarına uygun yapıldığını gösterecek şekilde çalışmalar yapmak.
11. Yapılan denetim sonucunda Yönetim Kurulu ve Kalkınma Kuruluna sunulmak üzere rapor hazırlamak.

1. Ajansın taraf olduğu davalarda, icra ve takiplerde Ajansı temsil etmek veya Ajans tarafından hizmet alımı yoluyla temsil ettirilen davaları takip ve koordine etmek.
2. Ajans Genel Sekreteri’nin teklifi ve Ajans Yönetim Kurulu Başkanı’nın onayı ile Ajans adına dava açmak veya davalardan vazgeçmek,
3. Yönetim Kurulu veya Genel Sekreterlik ile diğer birimler tarafından sorulan hukuki konular ile hukuki, mali, cezai sonuçlar doğuracak işlemler hakkında görüş bildirmek.
4. Ajansın menfaatlerini koruyucu, anlaşmazlıkları önleyici hukuki tedbirleri zamanında almak, anlaşma ve sözleşmelerin yapılmasına yardımcı olmak.
5. Kamu kurum ve kuruluşları tarafından hazırlanıp Ajans'a gönderilen kanun, kanun hükmünde kararname, tüzük ve yönetmelik tasarıları hakkında görüş bildirmek.
6. Ajans tarafından düzenlenen yönerge, sözleşme ve protokolleri incelemek ve bunların ilgili mevzuata uygunlukları hakkında görüş bildirmek.
7. Ajans personeli hakkında düzenlenip ilgisi nedeni ile kendisine gönderilen inceleme ve soruşturma raporlarını inceleyerek gerekli işlemleri yapmak.
8. Ajans'a, mahkemelerce tebliğ edilen mahkeme ara kararlarına, icra dairelerinden gönderilen icra emirlerine ve üçüncü şahıs haciz ihbarnamelerine, noterlikler vasıtası ile gönderilen ihtarnamelere karşı gerekli cevapları hazırlamak.
9. Ajans birimlerinin talepleri üzerine kendileriyle iş birliği yaparak anlaşma, protokol, şartname, vekaletname, ibraname ve diğer belgelerin hazırlanmasında yardımcı olmak.
10. 5449 sayılı Kalkınma Ajanslarının Kuruluşu, Koordinasyonu ve Görevleri Hakkında Kanun ve Ajansı ilgilendiren diğer kanunlar, kararlar, tüzükler ve yönetmeliklerle verilen veya Yönetim Kurulu ile Genel Sekreterlik tarafından verilecek diğer görevleri yapmak ve çağrıldığı toplantılarda hazır bulunmak.

Hukuk Müşaviri görevlerinden dolayı Genel Sekreter ve Yönetim Kuruluna karşı sorumludur.

1. To carry out and make third parties carry out research in order to accelerate the economic, social and cultural development and to enhance the competitiveness directed at regional plan and operational programs in the provinces of Diyarbakir-Sanliurfa,
2. To prepare or coordinate the preparation of the regional plan by ensuring the participation of the local actors in compliance with the National Development Plan under the coordination of the Ministry of Development,
3. To prepare regional operational programs targeting the realization of one or more of the goals and priorities defined in the Regional Plan,
4. To create the framework of supports to be provided in line with the regional plan and regional operational programs in cooperation with other units, to plan the timing and budget breakdown of financial supports,
5. To prepare the annual work plan and budget of the Agency in coordination with other units and submit them to the authorities set forth in the legislation,
6. To determine the performance indicators at program and project level for the assessment of regional plan, regional operational programs and support programs in cooperation with other units,
7. To prepare the semiannual and annual activity reports of the Agency and submit to the authorities set forth in the legislation,
8. To conduct research and surveys for developing cooperation and capacity with the relevant local, national and international institutions under the scope of tasks and activities relating to the unit.

1. Constituting and updating outline of the application mechanism of the supports to be provided.
2. Within the scope of grant programmes, determining the terms of application and evaluation criteria within the frame of Development Agencies’ Support Management Guide.
3. Preparing and distributing the guide for proposers for potential beneficiaries.
4. Preparing the guides for proposers for applications of Direct Support for Activities and Technical Support and submitting the up-to-date version of these in the website.
5. Taking measures for making support programmes widely known throughout the region.
6. Planning and performing training programmes devoted to project drafting for potential beneficiaries.
7. Providing everyone with getting information all at once by webifying the questions directed by potential beneficiaries with their answers at Agency’s Web Site under the title of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ).
8. Accepting and enregistering the project applications.
9. Making corrections related to request for proposals when needed.
10. Planning and manipulating the phase of project evaluation.
11. Determining the selection criteria for independent assessors will be charged for evaluation of the proposals and taking an active role in selection period of the independent assessors.
12. Evaluating the performance of the independent assessors.
13. Releasing “the list of projects entitled and not entitled to get a support” which was defined by the ex-post evaluation done by assessment committee and approved by council to the public.
14. Informing the applicants about their application results of evaluation by providing their justification.
15. Revizing the awarded projects’ budgets in the light of evaluations and informing the project owners concerning the issue before signing contracts.
16. Inviting awarded projects’ owners to sign contracts.
17. Providing access to project applications, evaluation phase and basic information for projects entitled to get a support within the data system.
18. Assigning the related information and documets belonging to the projects entitled to get a support to Monitoring and Evaluation Unit.
19. Within the scope of Unit’s duty and actiivities, carrying out studies devoted to cooperation with national and international institutions and capacity building.

1. To monitor, audit, evaluate and report the results of the  activities and projects supported for the implementation of the Regional Development Plan and Programs and submits the monitoring and evaluation reports  to  Administrative Board of the Agency and the Ministry of Development.
2. To contribute to the determination the performance indicators for the evaluation of financial and technical support programs and projects.
3. To evaluate, prepare periodic evaluation reports and to perform impact assesment evaluation about Programs that are carried out by the Agency.
4. To contribute to determination legal and instutional framework for essential rules, responsibilities, and documents that are used for Monitoring and Evaluation of the Agency’s support in coordination with the Ministry of Development.
5. To coordinate Monitoring Information System.
6. To prepare contracts that signed with beneficiaries and participate actively in process of contract signing.
7. To perform pre-monitoring visit to projects that required by the Secretariat General.
8. To prepare and submit a report to the Secretary General about the amount and suitability of advance payments in accordance with the needs analysis.
9. To provide relevant training to beneficiaries about projects’/activities’ procedures on procurement practices and procedures, use of Monitoring Information System, reporting; to prepare an Implementation Guideline  for this goal and to support beneficiaries about problems they might face.
10. To perform monitoring visits to beneficiaries.
11. To assist to the projects and activities to accomplish the goals and targets predicted in the process of project proposal application, to ensure proper proceeding in accordance with the contract, principles, rules and procedures.
12. To take corrective and preventive measures in advance by identifing the risks and if necessary, to initiate the steps such as changes to the contract, termination, irregularities, repayment… and so on.
13. To evaluate the reports submitted by beneficiaries and process requests for payment on time and to audit the conformity of the payments with the procedures.
14. To perform the studies about institutional cooperation at local, national and internatinoal levels and capacity building about the missions and activities of the unit.

1. To conduct researches and analyses regarding bilateral or multilateral international programs (including EU Programs) that Turkey takes part.
2. To organize meetings in order to promote activities of those programmes in the Region; to advertise on the web pages of the Agency and Investment Support Offices’, to inform the stakeholders in the region.
3. To update the “Other Funds” section on the web site of the Agency where the announcements regarding open grant programmes take place as part of those programs.
4. To develop projects for the Agency within the framework of those programs.
5. To cooperate with the people, agencies/organizations and institutions in the Region to set up their projects within the framework of those Programs.
6. To promote the investment opportunities of the cities of Diyarbakir and Sanliurfa in international level in collaboration with Investment Support Offices.
7. To coordinate the role and the position of the Agency’s membership to the international organizations.
8. To organize activities to raise awareness of and promote the Agency in international arena.
9. To organize study visits of the Agency’s and to prepare relevant visit reports.
10. To work through developing cooperation and joint projects with relevant international institutions in collaboration with the Units/Investment Support Offices, within the framework of the tasks and the activities of the Agency.

• Informing and guiding the investors in line with requirements for application and required documents in the related legislations.
• To accept and monitor the applications of the investors in accordance with the clauses taking place in the 4th Part of the Guide Book related to Development Agencies’ establishment, organization and coordination.
• To make a preliminary survey of applications of investors in accordance with the clauses taking place in Guide Book and the decisions of the Agency Council.
• Following up investors’ permissions and/or licence or other administrative service and procedure in accordance with Agency Council’s decisions and the clauses taking place in Guide Book concerned with Development Agencies’ Working Procedures and Principles.
• Taking steps in the direction of solving the problems in the presence of proper authorities by identifying the problems and obstacles faced by investors in Diyarbakır and Şanlıurfa.
• Promote or make others promote Diyarbakır and Şanlıurfa’s business and investment opportunities concertedly with associated companies at an international level.
• To arrange the monthly activity report and submit it to Governorship and Secretary General.
• To define and implement a strategy of investment support and promotion in cooperation with the Prime Ministry’s Investment Support and Promotion Agency of Turkey (ISPAT) and other relevant organizations in Şanlıurfa-Diyarbakır Region.
• To coordinate and promote the investment support and promotion activities conducted by state institutions and organizations and private sector organizations in Diyarbakır and Şanlıurfa at the international level.
• To publish and promote printed and electronic publications that fall into Investment Support Office’s area of responsibility.
• To perform studies devoted to cooperation with relevant local, national and international institutions and to capacity building within the scope of Investment Support Office’s duties and activities.

• Accepting and monitoring applications of investors,
• Transferring investors’ permission, licence applications and/or applications about other business and administrative procedures to the relevant authorities,
• Identifying the obstacles that investors in Diyarbakir may encounter with, and intervene with the relevant authorities to solve these problems,
• Coordinating and supporting investment support and promotion activities of public agencies and private sector,
• Working with local, national and international institutions in order to improve cooperation among them.

Diyarbakir Investment Support Office Contact Information:
Address: Karacadağ Kalkınma Ajansı Selahattini Eyyubi Mah. Urfa Bulvarı No:15/A Kat:3 21080 Bağlar / DİYARBAKIR
Phone : +90 (412) 237 12-16  
(GSM) +90 (530) 664 67 14 
Fax : +90 (412) 237 12 14   
Web : www.investdiyarbakir.com - www.diyarbakirayatirim.com
E-Mail: [email protected]