SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM

10:00  Opening
10:10  GDSAS Introductory Film
10:15  Protocol Speeches
• Prime Ministry General Directorate of Social Assistance and Solidarity, General Director Mr. Aziz YILDIRIM
• Assistant Secretary-General of Organization of the Islamic Conference Mr. Hameed A. OPELOYERU
• Ministry of State Mr. Hayati YAZICI
• Prime Minister Mr. Recep Tayyip ERDOĞAN

Opening Speeches
• Mr. Prof. Dr. David HULME / Manchester University  Executive Director of The Institute for Development Policy and Management
• Mrs. Prof. Dr. Ayşe BUĞRA / Chair of Social Policy Forum at Boğaziçi University
• Mr. Shahid Najam /United Nations Coordinator in Turkey – UNDP Resident Representative in Turkey

13:00 Registration

SESSION 1:
(13 October 2010, 14:00 - 15:30, SADABAD HALL)
NEW IDEAS AND NEW APPROACHES ON CONCEPTION OF POVERTY -I
Session Moderator: Prof. Dr. Ahmet Hamdi Aydın

• Importance of Long Term Policies in Combating Poverty: Case of Regulation Policies and Education – Ass. Prof. Dr. Harun Yakışık
• An Alternative View to Poverty Perception – Ass. Prof. Dr. Mahmut Bozan
• Involving People in Poverty in Policy Development: Lessons from the UK- Peter Kelly / Director Of The Poverty Alliance
• Household Welfare in the Face of Economic Slowdown: Results from Five Urban City Centers in Turkey - Jesko Hentschel / World Bank

SESSION 2:
(13 October 2010, 16:00 – 17:30, SADABAD HALL)
ROLE OF INFORMATION-COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY IN POVERTY ALLEVIATION
Session Moderator: Dr. Mustafa Sağsan
 
• Strategic Management and Projects on Poverty Alleviation: Evidence from GDSAS - Cemalettin Coğurcu Head of Department/GDSAS
• Map Project on Poverty and Disadvantageous Groups - Soner Karataşoğlu District Governor/Ministry of Interior
• A Local Experiment on Poverty Alleviation: Map Project of Poverty in Elazığ Province – Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ruhat Yaşar
• Old Poverty, New Media: (How) Is New Media Used on Poverty Alleviation? – Ass. Prof. Dr. Hakan Ergül, Ass. Prof. Fr. Emre Gökalp, Assoc. Prof. Dr. İncilay Cangöz

SESSION 3:
(14 October 2010, 09:00 – 10:30, SADABAD HALL)
NEW IDEAS AND NEW APPROACHES ON CONCEPTION OF POVERTY -II
Session Moderator: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Emel Memiş

• Time and Poverty from a Developing Country Perspective – Assoc. Prof. Emel Memiş
• Monitoring Consumption, Luxury Consumption and Consumption Society from the View of Poverty and Deprivation - Dr. Gülay Hız, Ass. Prof. Dr. Koşar Hız
• Importance of Social Assistance Projects of Local Administration on Poverty Alleviation – Ass. Prof. Dr. Serap Fırat
• Role of Social Capital on Relation of Poverty Alleviation and Development - Dr. Nevzat Fırat Kunduracı / GDSAS
• The Role of Vocational Training in Poverty Alleviation – Mehmet Fatih Serenli / SESRIC

SESSION 4:
(14 October 2010, 11:00 – 12:30, SADABAD HALL)
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE, SOCIAL SERVICE AND SOCIAL SECURITY: DISCUSSION ON CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK 
Session Moderator: Assoc. Prof Dr. Muhittin Acar

• How Does Basic Income Model Affect Turkish Social Assistance and Social Services System on Poverty Alleviation? - Prof. Dr. Ali Seyyar
• Effects of Poverty on Education Output and/or Effects of Low Education Level on Poverty: Proposal for a More Integrated Poverty Approach Based on Education – Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sibel Kalaycıoğlu, Ass. Prof. Dr. Kezban Çelik
• Targeting Methods Used in Poverty Determination: Evidence from Turkey - Fatih Ortakaya Expert/GDSAS
• The Expansion of the Green Card Non-Contributory Health Insurance Scheme in Turkey: Changes in Health Insurance Coverage and Impact on Health Care Utilization of the Poor (2003-2008) - Meltem Aran/World Bank
• Developing Specific Employment Services for Social Assistance Beneficiaries  - Sırma Demir Şeker Expert/DPT, Hande Hacımahmutoğlu Expert/DPT

SESSION 5:
(14 October 2010, 14:00 – 15:30, SADABAD HALL)
RURAL POVERTY
Session Moderator: Prof. Dr. Cennet Oğuz
 
• The Analysis Of Effective Factors On Livelihood Poverty Alleviation In Rural Iran - Fatemeh Panahi, Prof. Dr. Iraj Malekmohammadi/İRAN
• Inequality, Growth, Sectoral Employment, And Poverty In Rural Vietnam In The 2000s - Trung Hoang/AUSTRALIA
• Poverty on Rural Areas and Agriculture in Turkey, Causes of Poverty and Solution Offer: Evidence from Konya Province - Prof. Dr. Cennet Oğuz, Hüseyin Ergun, Murat Küçükçongar, Mustafa Kan, Researcher Arzu Kan, Emel Demiröz
• Efficiency of Rural Development Strategies on Poverty Alleviation in Turkey – Assoc. Prof. Dr. İbrahim Örnek
• Project for Improving Labour Standards and Social Lives of Seasonal Agricultural Laborers (METİP) - Gürbüz Erdoğan Advocate/Ministry of Labour and Social Security

SESSION 6:
(14 October 2010, 16:00 – 17:30, SADABAD HALL)
COOPERATION AT LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVEL FOR POVERTY ALLEVIATION-I
Session Moderator: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yusuf Tekin

• Globalization and Poverty: Does Globalization Decrease Poverty? – Ass. Prof. Dr. Rüstem Yanar, Researcher Ahmet Şahbaz
• Some Views on Globalization and Poverty - Prof. Dr. Mahir Fisunoğlu
• Poverty Phenomenon in Developing Countries on Globalization Process and Vays of Struggle Ass. Prof. Dr. Ayfer Gedikli
• The Overall Situation of Poverty in OIC Member Countries - Mazhar Hussain/SESRIC
• Social Assistances in Turkey: A Resolution on Economic, Social and Cultural Structure - Prof. Dr. Gamze Yücesan Özdemir, Researcher Denizcan Kutlu

SESSION 7:
(14 October 2010, 09:00 – 10:30, EYÜP HALL)
WOMAN POVERTY
Session Moderator: Ass. Prof. Dr. Bediz Yılmaz

• An Evaluation on Social Status of Women Who Receive Conditional Cash Transfers in Mersin, Mezitli Province – Ass. Prof. Dr. Bediz Yılmaz
• Capacitating Poor Women: The Indian Way – Ass. Prof. Dr. Pamela Singla/INDIA
• Poverty And Empowerment Of Rural Women In Bangladesh - Shumona Sharmin Salam ICDDR/BANGLADESH
• Poverty and Women: A Theoretical and Practical Study - Researcher Duygu Alptekin, Researcher Gamze Aksan

SESSION 8:
(14 October 2010, 11:00 – 12:30, EYÜP HALL)
POVERTY OF CHILDREN
Session Moderator: Prof. Dr. Recep Seymen

• A Sociological Analysis Of Child Labour In The Context Of Poverty And Social Exclusion- Fighting With Child Poverty - Ayşegül Özbek/KDA
• Exploring Innovative Ways to Educate Pakistan’s Children: Combining Zakat and a School Voucher Program - Asima Shirazi University of Wollongong/THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES-DUBAI
• “Poverty of Children” in Civil Society Initiatives: An Evaluation from Children Who Participate in the Project: Evidence from Gönül Köprüsü Project - A. Aslı Sezgin/Osmaniye Korkut Ata University Public Relations Specialist
• Impact Of Child Poverty On Adult Poverty In Developing Countries: Suggestions For Remedy And Eradication - Alok Kumar Jha/INDIA

SESSION 9: 
(14 October 2010, 14:00 – 15:30, EYÜP HALL)
CCT AND POVERTY OF CHILDREN
Session Moderator: Assoc. Prof. Didem Gürses

• Developing And Implementing Conditional Cash Transfer in A Large Post-Soviet Context -Farkhod Saidulloev BOTA Foundation CCT Director/KAZAKHSTAN
• Impact Assessment of CCT-Evidence from Sivas – Ass. Prof. Dr. Zinet Bahadır, Yılmaz Daşlı/Sivas SAS Foundation Director
• CCT Support Program: Implementations of Conditional Education and Health Assistances in Turkey - Caner Esenyel-Expert, Gamze Torun-Assistant Expert/GDSAS
• Economic Crises And Childhood Poverty: A Review Of The Financial Crises And The Social Policies In Turkey - Assoc. Prof. Dr. Didem Gürses
• A General Assessment on Poverty and Child Labour - Semiha Boybek Expert/GDSAS

SESSION 10:
(14 October 2010, 16:00 – 17:30, EYÜP HALL)
URBAN POVERTY
Session Moderator: Nermin Akyıl – Head of Department/GDSAS

• The Strategy Of Urban Poverty Alleviation Through Empowering The Young Unemployed  People In Municipality Of Semarang, Central Java-Indonesia: Introducing A-B-G-C Collaboration - Indah Susilowati/INDONESIA
• From Rural Poverty to Urban Poverty - Dr. Nazım Kartal, Researcher Yılmaz Demirhan
• Safer and Affordable Housing for Urban Poor in the Kathmandu Valley: A Strategy of Poverty Alleviation - Dr. Bijaya K. Shrestha
• Disasters and Poverty- Prof. Dr. Mikdat Kadıoğlu
• A New Tool to Combat Poverty in Turkey: Development Agencies – Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mustafa Sakal, Dr. Ergüder Can/İZKA

SESSION 11:
(14 October 2010, 09:00 – 10:30, KAĞITHANE HALL)
MICROCREDIT
Session Moderator: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sami Taban
 
• Microcredit Implementation as Social Change Project: Evidence from Mersin Province – Ass. Prof. .Dr. Neriman Açıkalın
• Microcredit Implementation as Poverty Alleviation Strategy: Evidence from Eskişehir Province – Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sami Taban, Reseacher Mehmet Şengür
• Women Poverty and Microcredit Implementation: Evidence from Ankara - Prof. Dr. Gülay Arıkan, Senem E.Korkut, Cem Uluoğlakçı
• Effect of Income Generating Projects on Poverty Alleviation: Evidence from Ankara Province - Berna Şafak Zülfikar, Assoc Prof. Hatice Karaçay, Assoc. Prof. Filiz Kardam

SESSION 12: 
(14 October 2010, 11:00 – 12:30, KAĞITHANE HALL)
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION
Session Moderator: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zeliha Göker
 
• What is the Role of the State in Decreasing Unemployment? A Post-Keynesian Approach – Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zeliha Göker, Researcher Kutlu Dane
• Determining The Perceptions Of Ankara Social Assistance And Solidarity Fund Personnel Regarding The Causes Of Poverty - Researcher Gizem Çelik, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fatih Şahin, Lecturer Gonca Polat Uluocak
• Use of Information and Communication Technologies in the Field of Social Assistances in Turkey: Integrated Social Assistance Services and Social Assistance Information System – Samet Güneş - Expert, Umut İsmail Yeşilırmak – Assistant Expert/ GDSAS
• Poverty Reduction Strategies In The Ottoman Empire, Their Continuity And Change - Esra Demirci Akyol Assistant Expert/GDSAS
• Implications Of Distribution-Oriented Policies For Poverty Allevition: Lessons From Iranian Experience - Dr. Muhammad Ali Qasemi/IRAN

SESSION 13:
(14 October 2010, 14:00 – 15:30, KAĞITHANE HALL)
SHARING POVERTY ALLEVIATION EXPERIENCES –I
Session Moderator: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Muhsin Kar

• Community Participation In Local Development Program For Alleviating Poverty In Rural Area: Case Study In Central Java, Indonesia -  Prof. Dr. Waridin Waridin, Dr. H.M. Chabachib, Dr. Indi Djastuti, Prof. Dr. Indah Susilowati /INDONESIA
• Elimination of Poverty: A Case Study of Pakistan – Assoc. Prof. Dr. Shahzad Iqmal Sham/PAKISTAN
• Effectiveness Of Poverty Alleviation Program: Evidence From Malaysia - Roslan Abdul Hakım/MALAYSIA
• Challenges on Social Assistance Schemes in Central Asia -Sheila Marnie – Economist/ UNDP

SESSION 14:
(14 October 2010, 16:00 – 17:30, KAĞITHANE HALL)
SHARING POVERTY ALLEVIATION EXPERIENCES –II
Session Moderator: Dr. Rania Antonopoulos

• Experience of Turkey on Poverty Alleviation: Social Assistance and Solidarity Fund – Researcher - Yılmaz Demirhan, Dr. Nazım Kartal
• Tackling Poverty And Inequalities In Old Age: Impacts Of An Unconditional Cash Transfer On Nutrition And Food-Related Indicators In Older Persons From Mexico City - Dr. Jose Alberto Rivera Marquez/MEXICO
• Fighting Poverty And Promoting Gender Equality:Employer Guarantee Policies – Lessons Learned From South Africa - Rania Antonopoulos/USA
• Why it is difficult to eradicate chronic poverty? - Dr. Komalsingh Rambaree / SWEDEN
• Homelessness Under Capitalism: Commodifiability & Attachment Contingencies :The Case Of Mulhouse (France) - Fabien Martinez Barcelo/UK

SESSION 15:
(15 October 2010, 09:00 – 10:30, SADABAD HALL)
COOPERATION AT LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVEL FOR POVERTY ALLEVIATION –II
Session Moderator: Prof. Dr. Mustafa Aykaç/Rector of Kırklareli University

• The World Bank's Approach To Fighting Poverty By Way Of Health Policy - Alexandra Kaasch/GERMANY
• Attacking Poverty And International Organizations - Özlem Tosuner, Prof. Dr. Mustafa Aykaç, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Seyfettin Erdoğan
• Change of Perspective in Bretton Woods Institutions about Poverty Issue since 1980s – Şebnem Avşar Kurnaz- Expert/GDSAS - Nazlıhan Özgenç- Assistant Expert/GDSAS
• Lessons Learned from Local Implementations in Poverty Alleviation: Evidence from Kayseri Province – Ass. Prof. Dr. Ali İhsan Özdemir

OVERALL ASSESSMENT:
(15 October 2010, 11:00 – 12:30, SADABAD HALL)

• Mr. Aziz YILDIRIM – Prime Ministry General Director of Social Assistance and Solidarity
• Mrs. Amita SHARMA - Joint Secretary / Ministry of Rural Development, INDIA
• Mr. Fikret TOKSÖZ – Good Governance Program Coordinator / TESEV
• Mr. Peter KELLY - Director Of The Poverty Alliance / UK
• Mr. Hasan CANPOLAT – Deputy Undersecretary of Ministry of Interior

PAPERS INCLUDED INTO EDITED COLLECTIONS OF CONFERENCE:

• Experiencing Poverty and Social Exclusion: Narratives of Women from Şanlıurfa, Turkey –Assoc. Prof. Dr. Şerife Geniş
• Fast track to End Hunger and Poverty: the Family Health Approach - Nira Ramachandran
• Social Capital Approach in Poverty - Researcher Oytun MEÇİK
• Marketing Decisions of Rural Households and Agricultural Development in Mozambique - Vincenzo Salvucci
• Much Pain, Few Gain: Gendered implications of remittances for poverty alleviation and socio-economic sustainability of Ukrainian transnational families – Dr. Alissa V. Tolstokorova
• Grameen Bank Alternative against Poverty - Cemil Hakan Korkmaz
• Decreasing Black Economy in Poverty Alleviation: Evidence from Turkey - Academician Mehmet Şentürk, Yusuf Ekrem Baş
• Obstruction Before Democracy as a Fact Which Thwarts Social Participation of Individual: Poverty – Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ramazan Yelken
• Experience of Woman Cooperatives in Poverty Alleviation – Ass. Prof. Dr.Gülen Özdemir
• Absolute Poverty, Nonabsolute Future: Refugees and Asylum Seekers – Tuğba Kıratlı
• From City to City: Refugees’ Daily Strategies to Deal with Poverty in Turkey - Juliette Tolay
• Importance of Social Entrepreneurship in Poverty Alleviation and Contributions of NGOs - Uğur Duran
• Local Community Based Management as a Good Governance Approach to Rural Poverty Reduction and Sustainable Development in Iran - Rashidpour Loghman
• The New Dimensions of Poverty Alleviation -Roles, Responsibilities and Challenges of Co-operatives - Sudheendra Vedalyas
• Climate Change and Poverty - İnan Keser
• Importance of Innovative Models in EU Perspective about Policy of Fight against Social Exclusion Of Young People in Turkey - Dr. Binhan Berksoy Oğuz, Nebile Korucu Gümüşoğlu
• Poverty Management Strategies of Women - Researcher Esra Işık, Researcher Işılay Göktürk
• Emotional Poverty – Educationalist-Author Alişan Kapaklıkaya
• Poverty, Social Assistance Conception, Social Assistance and Solidarity Foundations - Esin Polat
• Increasing Human Capital in Poverty Alleviation and  Providing Regional Social Development: Evidence from Social Support Program (SODES) - Gökhan Güder Head of Department/DPT
• Integration Of Health Care And Social Welfare Services – A Way To Prevention  Of Poverty And Social Exclusion - Jüri Kõre
• An Efficient and Model Experience of Public, Local Administrations, Civil Society and Citizen Cooperation: Sarmaşık Society - Mehmet Şerif Camcı
• Poverty Dynamics: Literature Review for Assessment and Understanding Poverty Conceptually –Ass. Prof. Dr. Tolga Kabaş
• Social Network-Ties And Poverty: An Evaluation On World Bank’s Strategy Of Struggle Against Poverty - Researcher Hülya Eşki Uğuz