NUMBER OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS PREPARED AGAINST EARTHQUAKE UNDER ISMEP

0000
School Buildings
000
Health Buildings
00
Dormitories
00
Administrative Buildings
00
Social Service Building

İSMEP LogoIstanbul Seismic Risk Mitigation and Emergency Preparedness Project (ISMEP) is implemented by the Istanbul Project Coordination Unit which is established in 2006 under the Governorship of Istanbul. ISMEP is the first risk mitigation project of Türkiye with its studies on what to do before, during and after a potential earthquake in Istanbul.

Component

Enhancing Emergency Preparedness Capacity

Component

Seismic Risk Mitigation for Priority Public Buildings

 

Component

Building Code Enforcement

422 school buildings reconstructed and 968 school buildings retrofitted against earthquake under ISMEP.

17 school buildings being reconstructed and 47 school buildings being retrofitted.

8 health buildings reconstructed and 107 health buildings retrofitted against earthquake under ISMEP.

1.7 Million people have been trained under public awareness program.

265,134 citizens have been volunteers with the “Safe Life Training Program”

The German Development Bank (KfW) Delegation Visited İPCU.

The German Development Bank (KfW) Delegation Visited İPCU.

The German Development Bank (KfW) Delegation Visited İPCU. As part of the visit held on October 16–17, the delegation examined the Erenköy Girls’ High School, which has been completely reconstructed with KfW financing, and the Zeytinburnu Trisad Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School, which is currently under reconstruction. On the first day of the visit, …
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THE LOAN FACILITY UNDER THE AGREEMENT MADE WITH THE SAUDI FUND FOR DEVELOPMENT HAS STARTED TO BE UTILIZED!

THE LOAN FACILITY UNDER THE AGREEMENT MADE WITH THE SAUDI FUND FOR DEVELOPMENT HAS STARTED TO BE UTILIZED!

The ISMEP Project was initiated by the Istanbul Governorship Istanbul Project Coordination Unit (IPCU) in 2006 with the first loan of 310 million Euro obtained from the World Bank, and it has now reached a total volume of 2.5 billion Euro with the facilities obtained from other multinational development banks and financial institutions participating in …
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Director's Message

We are Strengthening Our Future

As the director of Istanbul Seismic Risk Mitigation and Emergency Preparedness Project (ISMEP), it is an honour for me to share this message with you. ISMEP, which is the first risk mitigation project conducted in our country, is one of the most successful examples of its kind not only in Turkey but also worldwide. Our project involves three main components; enhancing emergency preparedness, seismic risk mitigation for priority public buildings and building code enforcement.

Yalçın Kaya
Director of IPKB

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