Regional Environment Officers (REOs) Small Grants Program - Fishing Nets Refurbishment Project

$7K USD

Funder	U.S. Agency for International Development
Recipient Organization	Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation
Country	Turkey
Start Date	Jul 28, 2024
End Date	Jun 03, 2028
Duration	1,406 days
Number of Grantees	3
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	US Foreign Aid
Grant ID	`101071-61`

Grant Description

Collect discarded fishing nets in the Bosporus Strait by Istanbul'sSariyerdistrict municipality and transform the marine litter into park benches and tables to be installed in various parks along the Bosporus boardwalk.Acollaborative effort with the Istanbul-based Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization (BSEC),SariyerMunicipality, Plastics Europe and the Turkish Plastic Industrialists Research Development and Education Foundation (PAGEV).