Cankaya Mah Yasat İshanı
33070 Mediternean /Mersin
Turkey
- Democracy and community development
Innovation Initiative Organization aims to activate the lifelong learning of disadvantaged groups by supporting, especially in education and social area. There are some projects related to this aims.
Innovative Initiative Organization and BArts (Staffordshire, England) were exchanged best practices in using the arts to develop communities, and in building active and sustainable networks to support such work. In Mersin they did a lantern workshop with women from villages, Romans and Syrian immigrants who make arts and crafts to sell them.
In addition, basic training on digital marketing and social media marketing was given by the trainer to villager, Syrian and Roman women. At the end of the training; The products were demonstrated in a practical way and they were marketed on the social media.
The second project which is titled as “Developing attitude and self-efficacy scales toward inclusive education.” supported by Civil Society Development Center which aims to strengthen the cooperation between the civil society organization and academy is carried out in partnership with IIA, Civil Society Develeopment Center and European Union. Aim of the project is to measure attitude and self-efficacy of teachers in Turkey towards inclusive education.
The other project tittled as "Destek ol-SUPPORT", which have been supported by Sabancı Foundation Grant Programmes. This project aims to develop professional competences of teachers who teach in “Resource Rooms” in providing effective teaching to students with special education needs. It will last 12 months, covers various activities such as, training, workshops, and symposium.
Our association aims to increase active citizenship and strengthen social integration of young people including especially disadvantaged people by organizing sportive, social, artistic and cultural events. It is among the subjects of work to organize projects and activities that involve cooperation with associations established for the same purpose in order to enable people to participate more actively in social life. Our association believes that the concept of lifelong learning should become a principle and lifestyle until the end; It will make individuals aware of the importance of knowledge and personal development for individuals who have not adopted this principle for any reason and remained away from education
presented the project titled "Victory is Our" to the Youth Program of the Ministry of Youth and Sports. Within the scope of the EU Erasmus Activity, one of its members was entitled to receive SALTO training and received training on Globalization in Berlin. In 2018, she joined the Civil Society Exchange program with her joint association from the UK and participated in a one-year intensive program on supporting Civil Society Organizations, Sustainability and Capacity Building. Association members from different countries carried out project activities in Berlin, Athens and Mersin. As the project output; we organized a lantern workshop for peasant women from willow with our partner in England, who deal with art. Immigrant women were also trained on the marketing of products and e-commerce.
In our modern world, technology are highly encouraged because countries need people who are equipped with technological skills to better their international relations socially,
politically, and economically.
Working Topics and Forms to be Continued by the Association
1-By conducting research on applicable innovative educational activities at national and international level; ensuring its implementation,
2-Participating in the European Union in-service training funds; participating and organizing training activities such as courses, seminars, conferences and panels,
3-Association members to increase their project management competencies by getting education at National and International level; To benefit from all legal project grants locally, nationally and internationally, aimed at the target audience of the association and which can be a solution to their questions,
4-To any disadvantaged audience for the target audience of the Association; organizing sportive, social, artistic and cultural events; to increase active citizenship and strengthen social integration,
5-Organizing and participating panels, conferences, documentation of events, publication on the official website of the association,
6- To organize projects and activities to ensure the more active participation of individuals with disabilities in social life and to organize activities involving cooperation with associations established for the same purpose,
7- To organize activities that will allow the individuals who have been exposed to migration in our city to adapt to the city culture; To produce precautionary projects to improve the problems experienced by immigrants,
To promote formal and non-formal education
• To raise awareness about defend the rights of our members,
• To influence the teaching politics related to our area as an effective organization.
Our values are:
• Respect for human life, education rights and environment.
• Solidarity, cooperation, transparency, accountability.
• Scientific and evidence based language teaching.
• Coherence to ethical codes of conduct.
Our organisation is only working for local development and take grant from Erasmus + programmes. AS we are getting stronger and make new connections with different institutions we recognize the importance of network.Anna Lindh which has many members of organizaitions; we believe that we have not only give contributions but also take many experiences from the Network