Afire Sever
General Director of Water Management, Ministry Agriculture and Forestry
Ms. Afire SEVER, Director General of Water Management, was born in Çorum in 1968. She graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Agriculture as an Agricultural Engineer. In 1993, she completed her Master's Degree in Molecular Biology at Ankara University Institute of Science and Technology. She studied at Elite College /London and Birbeck University/London in England. She worked as Head of Marine and Coastal Management Department, Head of Research and Registration Department and Advisor to the Minister at the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change. During the accession process to the European Union, she served as "Deputy EU Water Sector Coordinator". She received a certificate of appreciation for her work and achievements in the EU Environment Chapter Screening Process and for her contributions to the "SULH 2007 International DELTA Exercise". She prepared the twinning project on "Capacity Building for the Water Sector in Turkey", which was initiated for the first time in Turkey within the scope of harmonization with the European Union water sector.
In addition, she has been involved in the transposition of EU legislation, including the EU Water Framework Directive and other directives under the "Water Sector" into Turkish legislation, project and implementation works. She has worked on legislation and project preparation and implementation works on protection and development of water resources, protection of marine and coastal waters and prevention of pollution, discharge of hazardous substances into water; ship-borne pollution, waste collection from ships, preparedness and emergency response in ship-borne accidents, discharge into the sea, fish farms, sea dredging, marine litter; prevention of soil pollution and protection of agricultural lands; effects of climate change on biodiversity; ecosystem-based planning; environmental impact assessment permit/license procedures, identification and registration of natural assets and marine protected areas. Afire SEVER was appointed as the General Manager of Water Management on 09/08/2022.