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Regional development has become a phenomenon that requires a multi-actor cooperation and governance process. Since 2006 Development Agencies have been coordinating cooperation among actors in the region with regional development policy instruments to accelerate regional development. One of these tools is to grant projects for different developmental issues. It is important for different institutions and organizations to establish cooperation networks in the region in order to ensure the regional development in accordance with the regional governance. The aim of this study is to reveal the network of inter-agency cooperation established with social development projects in the example of TR33 region (Afyonkarahisar, Kütahya, Manisa and Uşak). In this study, the cooperation network of institutions that granted projects for social development and the calls made by Zafer Development Agency between 2010-2018 were analyzed with social network analysis. The aim of this study is to reveal the cooperation network established with social development projects. The data which acquired from Zafer Development Agency was analyzed and mapped in the Node XL Pro program which is one of the social network analysis programs. As a result of the study, it was found that there is no cooperation among the provinces; the public sector and local governments are dominant in the networks established within the province. The density of the networks is very low and few institutions have high centrality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research proposes a way of systemically analyzing the footwear sector that integrates the Prospective Scenarios approach and System Dynamics. In doing so the objective is to suggest alternatives that make it possible to analyze, describe and simulate market trends for a period of up to five years. The method described by Grumbach was used for constructing the scenarios, which were subsequently integrated with the 'hard' modeling approach of System Dynamics. The results indicate that the proposed approach may contribute when it comes to indicating the opportunities and threats from the external environment and the strengths and weaknesses in the internal environment. The approach also helps when taking strategic decisions and adopting suitable procedures to protect the footwear market in which the research was carried out. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]