Türkiye

Leonarda da Vinci(LDV ) project- Mobbing
Ministry of youth and sports - Photography

We're currently in the preparation of a Project.56 disabled people have just started working in National Education Department of Mersin. Four of them working in our department and 10 of them working in our local schools.
We have meeting with them per month.
We are planning to choose 15 disabled workers and 3 companions
By that way;our workers will be able to work and live in Europe during 10 weeks. They will have the chance to analyze working conditions in Europe
- They will be able to have the chance to know the accessibility to their work and home in European Countries.
will meet new people and learn a lot of things about their job, will have more active social life and practice their language skills.
They will meet people who are workers or members of associations which are working with disabled people

Yıldız Palace Foundation Activities are; 
to organise exibitions, conferences and concerts
to organise educational programs for general target auidence about traditional arts
to publicate bulletins 
 
 

Once Upon a Time in My Street is a research project on oral history which is executed in 10 districts of Istanbul from October 2009 to December 2010. The project is prepared for students who live and receive high school education in these districts in order to enable them understand their identities, states of belonging and differences through Istanbul.
Correct Communication Project is executed in seven distinct high schools in Istanbul in order to help youth develop their identities strengthen their relationships with their surroundings, learn to respect all human rights and to increase their ability to live together with their differences.
Service, Activity and Solidarity Project he adolescents acquire and develop the consciousness of civil society, social responsibility and volunteerism; that the significance of social activities in terms of human development is communicated; and that fundamental skills such as communication and cohabitation with the differences are enhanced for students.

-Intercultural Exchanges
-Yearplan Projects (Conferences, publications, actions on the yearly themes.)
-Action Days
-Case Study Trips
-Trainings: We offer to our members a professional Internal Education System. Trainings are based on a balanced combination between theory and practice in the formula of lectures followed by casework. Trainings helps members to develop their personal skills and complement education with lifetime experiences.

-Trains trainers who implement peer to peer trainings on subjects such as volunteerism, project management, human rights, social rights, reproductive health, health literacy and organizational management.
-Empower children and young people to develop their creativity and innovative.
-Facilitate self-determined and self organised ways of living for children and young people with special consideration for the socially disadvantaged.
-Promote in the democratic participation of young people in the decision making process
-Encourage young people to get involved in activities of the civil society and promote in building a tolerant, democratic and non-violent society.
-Offers face to face support to university student clubs according to their needs.
-Creates a learning environment that increases youth mobility, which in turn supports learning from other young people and youth organizations.
-Supports young people’s ideas on social problems specific to their projects and helps them find financing for these projects.

 Main activities of the association are Conducting research and working together with other institutions and foundations for the purpose of protecting the democratic rights of youth without any discrimination on the basis of language, race, religion, sex, working and cooperating with international youth organizations and foundations in order to strengthen the bonds and relations outside of the country through the methods of youth exchange, youth enterprise and inter-cultural dialogue, contributing to prepare adequate ground for more active youth and women in political platform, being included in international activities through membership to external and international organizations and partnership on the basis of projects and association, working for preserving and extending democratic rights and freedoms of youth and taking place in joint projects with other organizations for the issues and problems existing in youth agenda.
Youth Agenda, as an association working mainly on EU projects, has selected its main target group as young people in local, national and international level, between 18-30 years old, similar to the definition of European Union.
Specific projects that Youth-Agenda Association has been working on are various. First of them is “Facestaj” project, which is awarded in World Bank “Creative Development Ideas Competition” among 791 competing projects and is funded by World Bank. This project aims to solve the unemployment problems of Turkish youth. Through this project, it is established a network where unemployed young people are given necessary personal development trainings and are provided employment opportunities. www.facestaj.com website has been established in the scope of this project and through this website, university and vocational high school students can find convenient internship positions as well as they can open their own groups to discuss relevant topics.
Moreover, one of the biggest problems of Turkish youth is not to speak English in an advanced level. Thus, Youth Agenda Association has organized and International English Speaking Camp in Turkey in August 2009 ( Antalya ), February 2010 (  İstanbul ) ,June 2010 ( Kuşadası ) , September 2010 ( Bodrum ).With the participation of foreign trainers and participants, Turkish youngsters find the opportunity to practice English.Main activities of the association are Conducting research and working together with other institutions and foundations for the purpose of protecting the democratic rights of youth without any discrimination on the basis of language, race, religion, sex, working and cooperating with international youth organizations and foundations in order to strengthen the bonds and relations outside of the country through the methods of youth exchange, youth enterprise and inter-cultural dialogue, contributing to prepare adequate ground for more active youth and women in political platform, being included in international activities through membership to external and international organizations and partnership on the basis of projects and association, working for preserving and extending democratic rights and freedoms of youth and taking place in joint projects with other organizations for the issues and problems existing in youth agenda.
Youth Agenda, as an association working mainly on EU projects, has selected its main target group as young people in local, national and international level, between 18-30 years old, similar to the definition of European Union.
Specific projects that Youth-Agenda Association has been working on are various. First of them is “Facestaj” project, which is awarded in World Bank “Creative Development Ideas Competition” among 791 competing projects and is funded by World Bank. This project aims to solve the unemployment problems of Turkish youth. Through this project, it is established a network where unemployed young people are given necessary personal development trainings and are provided employment opportunities. www.facestaj.com website has been established in the scope of this project and through this website, university and vocational high school students can find convenient internship positions as well as they can open their own groups to discuss relevant topics.
Moreover, one of the biggest problems of Turkish youth is not to speak English in an advanced level. Thus, Youth Agenda Association has organized and International English Speaking Camp in Turkey in August 2009 ( Antalya ), February 2010 (  İstanbul ) ,June 2010 ( Kuşadası ) , September 2010 ( Bodrum ).With the participation of foreign trainers and participants, Turkish youngsters find the opportunity to practice English.

Activities that our team has conducted till now
- Encouraging young people in the development of creativity and innovation
- Facilitating self-determined way of life for young people with fewer opportunities
- Promoting democratic participation of young people in the decision making process
- Encouraging young people to participate in the activities of civil society and encouraging the construction of a tolerant, democratic and non-violent society
- Creating a learning environment that increases the mobility of young people and supports learning from other young people and youth organizations.
Our team organizes and has experience at local, national and international level.
1) Personal Development & Leadership: We are providing and creating opportunities for Conferences, Seminars, Workshops and Trainings for young people in our local communities. We want to support future leaders and change makers from now and give opportunities to our target group to become one of them.
2) International cooperation and Networking: Trainings, support and promotion, along with other national or international organizations and associations, mobility projects, internships, European integration and international relations, cooperation in European level.
3) European projects: As an organization we are working on different types of projects funded by European Union. Mostly, we have experience on KA1 (Learning Mobility of Individuals). We are providing opportunities for individuals to improve their soft skills and competences, enhance their employability, leadership and gain cultural awareness. Under the Youth in Action programme
framework, we made or participate more than 20 youth exchanges and trainings with our team.
Some of our previous projects;
- YE Ecologival Reverse (Krusevo, Macedonia)
- TC EVS What you get is what you give (Vlore, Albania)
- TC Motivated-Activited - Fit for the Future! (Kljuc, BiH)
- YE RurALL (Craiova, Romania)
- TC Movie ( Bucharest, Romania)
- YE Rural Reaction ( Kemes, Hungary)
- YE Dialogue in Art Village (Antalya, Turkey)
- PBA FEDI Network (Cognac, France)
- TC SHELTER-Sharing and Learning Culture (Tsahgazor, Armenia)
- TC We Can Change ( Antalya, Turkey)
- TC Sustainability, Odrzlivost and Youth in Europe (Ponikva, Macedonia)
- YE Re-creating Europe: Creativity is fighting racism and xenophobia! (Prijedor, BiH)
-TC Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation (Baku, Azerbaijan)
- TC Heart Puzzle (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
- YE You(th) and Water(land) (Dojran, Macedonia)
- YE EU is your Right ( Caltanisetta, Italy)
- YE Fashioned 4 Equilibrium: Empower Women for Future (Krusevo, Macedonia)
- YE Our Vision (Kobuleti, Georgia)
- TC Be Healthy, Feel Wealthy (Indjija, Serbia)
- YE Keep Europe Clean – GO GREEN! (Sajan, Serbia)
- TC LETS ACT: Culture of Peace and Social Entrepreneurship in EUROMED(Caltanisetta,Italy)
Besides international projects, we are organizing local events, info-meetings, courses etc. The main purposes of such events are making awareness among youngsters, encouraging them to be more active citizens and make use of opportunities which European and Turkish organizations offer for them.
 

1)Youth Education Centre-Social support for children who are at risk
2)Innocent Inmates: “Social and Psychological Support for mothers who are stayed in their children in the Prison
3)post-release program
4)Social Support for children who are in the prison