The first of GNAT Joint Working Groups Workshops started with the meetings organized on 25 March 2010 in Ankara and on 15 April 2010 in Istanbul with the subject, “Active Participation of NGOs in Decision Processes.”
Following the two introductory conferences made with the “teleconference” method, 14 chosen NGO representatives gathered once more in the final meeting organized on 27 and 28 May 2010 at Ankara University ATAUM Center.
NGO representatives determined common denominators, debating the outputs of the introductory meetings on the first day of the meetings. On the second day, MPs M.Emin Tutan From AKP Bursa (Human Rights Commission), Yahya Akman from AKP Maraş (Petition Commission Chairman), Mehmet Ekici from MHP Yozgat (Deputy Chair) joined the NGO representatives.