Civil Society and
Non-Governmental Organizations occupy a significant place
in the agenda of countries, including mainly the USA and the
EU members. They have missions of forming a public interest
in almost every field of life, such as addressing to fallacies,
establishing influence on the decision-makers, bringing problems
to the fore, and finally solving social and institutional problems.
In this context, NGOs are the third dynamic of development and
civilization besides government and private sector.
As poverty recently having social, political
and cultural dimensions in addition to its already economic side
worldwide, it has increasingly been among the top issues
in the global agenda. Overcoming such an issue or making
an effort on this issue is not possible by restricted
resources of governments, private sector or the NGOs single-handedly.
In this regard, the IIIrd International NGOs Conference
with the main theme “NGOs-Private Sector-Government
Interaction” has provided one of the most
important contributions in establishing consciousness and
responsibility through common mind-common initiation understanding.
The results of this conference have proved that NGOs contribute
significantly to the fight against poverty and keeping it
on the global agenda.
While preparing for the IVth International NGOs Conference,
Biga Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences of the Çanakkale
Onsekiz Mart University, which has adopted a special mission on NGOs,
would like to show its awareness on global matters. Contributions of
academics at national and international levels, civil society and NGOs
representatives, and private sector and government managers,
are expected to this year’s conference with the main theme
“Global Poverty” and various other sub-headings.
In this regard, we hope you could honor us with your presence
in our conference on October 19-21, 2007, in Çanakkale.
Prof. Dr. Ali AKDEMIR
Rector
Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University
