A meeting titled "Future Perspective in Collective Agreement Processes, Green Transformation and the Future of Working Life" was held by the Turkish Heavy Industry and Service Sector Public Employers' Union (TÜHİS) in a hotel in Ankara.
Speaking here, Çiftçi stated that special provincial administrations are among the local government organizations that directly deliver state services to citizens in 51 provinces.
Stating that they realize public investments with their own budgets by carrying out the construction, maintenance and repair processes in the investments of special provincial administrations, ministries and other central institutions, Çiftçi said that they also undertake infrastructure and superstructure services, especially roads, drinking water, sewage and zoning in the villages.
Farmer said, "The citizen who receives an ambulance to his patient in a village where the road is opened on a winter day, and the family who receives clean water to their home, know the value of this service." He made his evaluation and stated that under the leadership of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, they are working together with the motto "keep people alive so that the state can live".
Reminding that citizens convey their requests more easily through channels such as CİMER and social media and follow the results of their applications, Çiftçi said, "We must also develop our management approach in accordance with this change. Keeping our doors open, going out to the field and seeing the issue on the spot, and conveying the result of the application to our citizens in an understandable manner shows the close face of our state to our people. In the Turkish Century, we must measure the quality of the service by how efficiently we produce that service and how long we can sustain it. The first step to this is savings." he said.
"We must prevent idle capacity by directing our workforce to areas where it is needed."
Minister Çiftçi pointed out that resources should be used moderately and efficiently in consumption and service production, in line with the Savings Measures Circular prepared by the Presidency, and continued as follows:
"In purchasing goods and services, we must determine the quantity and quality according to the real need of the business. While complying with the limits stipulated by the legislation in personnel employment, we must ensure that our budget can carry this burden in the long term, and prevent idle capacity by directing our workforce to the areas where it is needed. We must ensure energy efficiency in every unit of our administration, from our service buildings to our vehicles and work machines. We must show the same care when using our water, soil and forests. While meeting the needs of our village, it is also our duty to protect the land and water of future generations."
Mustafa Çiftçi stated that the green transformation will begin with the decisions taken in daily work, and said that everyone, from the worker pouring asphalt in the summer heat to the operator plowing a road in the snow, from the engineer who prepared the project to his colleagues at all levels of the institutions, has a responsibility in making these decisions permanent.
Stating that the personnel should be explained why the change is necessary and their experiences in the field should be reflected in the decisions, Çiftçi said:
"We must organize in-service trainings and improve working conditions so that they can safely use new tools and working methods. It is extremely important to keep the dialogue between workers and employers alive and to hold regular consultations with our employees and their representatives. Let's clearly define in our work plans, action plans and strategy documents what we can do, until when and who will take responsibility. Let's regularly monitor the energy consumption of our buildings, the fuel use of our vehicles and the reflection of our trainings on the field. Each administration should determine concrete steps appropriate to its own conditions and follow up on them regularly. "In this way, we should be able to see the reward of this meeting in the service we provide to our citizens and the resources we protect."
