NSCEP Steering Committee Meeting was carried out in Istanbul on 28^th of September with the participation of partnering National Societies and its Steering Committee members; Alper Küçük, David Peppiatt, and Nadezhda Todorovska and the management team; Georgia Walker, Siana Metodieva, Onur Kutay Özertürk, Demirhan Özdemir, Nihan Ünal and Zaklina Ninkovic. The steering committee of the Project evaluated the progress and made decisions on the next phases of the NSCEP.