Within the scope of the technical cooperation agreement signed between The Ministry of Environment and Urbanization of the Republic of Turkey and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) with the financial support provided by the European Union to the EBRD through the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA), the "Turkey: Development of Cumulative Impact Assessment of Geothermal Resources " project was launched with the aim of evaluating cumulative impacts of existing and planned geothermal energy power plants in regional basis, development of strategic plans for the sustainable use of geothermal resources, providing effective use of EIA processes and development of environmental and social policies and assisting the implementation of recommended policies..