MESRUTIYET STREET NR 17/10 KIZILAY CANKAYA ANKARA
06420 CANKAYA/Ankara
Turkey
- Youth and education
Non-Formal Education center established by active youth workers and trainers in Ankara. By becoming a legal entity in 2012, our association has started to its studies and projects with its dynamic and young team. Our association, its members, administrative body and consultative body have generous experiences by participating youth projects from all over the world.Our team’s main objective is to share their experiences with youth people. Main purpose of the Non-Formal Education Center is to thrive and to increase the abilities/skills of youth people by using peer method on youth volunteers. Mission of the Non-formal Education Center is the active citizenship of the youth people therefore our association opened up its doors to all participants from all over the world.
Non-Formal education can be explained as learning by doing. It contains many tools and methods in accordance with the field of education subject. Teaching is not just possible by teachers but also possible by trainers and facilitators.Participants are having a chance to experience both formal learning and active learning methods. Instead of using classing classroom system for the education process, by non formal education, more comfortable and physically active classroom systems are being used. Under the frame of non-education system, in accordance with learning by doing theme, simulations, games, activities, debates and sharing tools are being used by trainers and facilitators for the education method. Non-Formal education is active learning and internalization based on experiencing by learning by doing.
Non-Formal Education Center is a contact point in Eurodesk. We are working in youth information field because of that we are using really actively Eurodesk and we are organizing youth meeting, training,seminars, etc. in the universities for the young people as Eurodesk Contact Point.
To increase the capacity of young people with the Non-Formal Education Center and to direct them to projects within the scope of European Citizenship voluntarily.
Turkey in the last decade started to be heard name "NON-FORMAL EDUCATION" is to introduce young people to the concept and produce new training modules is our association's mission.
Our other objectives are:
- young people have developed key competences;
- young people make career decisions based on their competences and experiences;
- young people have developed intercultural competence and use opportunities of international experience both on local and international level.
- English Access Microscholarship Programs for 13-30 students in Ankara
- Receiving, sending and coordinating EVS volunteers , supporting voluntary work on local level, running international workcamps, hosting English Teaching Assistants
- Supporting young people’s participation in international projects - youth exchanges, European Voluntary Service, international workcamps
- Youth meetings projects between Turkish and English speaking youngsters
- Training courses for young people (13-30 y.o) on project writing and management
- Communication in English courses for youngsters
- Weekly language cafes: English for youngsters, adults and children,
- Activities of Open Learning Space for youth, supporting youth initiatives
- Providing young people with an opportunity to get working and volunteering experience in Non-formal Education Center
- Day camps for children and teenagers
Our most important target group are young people from 13 to 30 years old, as well as youth leaders and workers. The institutions we work with: schools, hobby-schools, youth open
centres, youth organisations and municipalities. We have partners on regional, state, European and global level. We also support local youth associations, organisations and different
activities of informal groups represented by young people by offering them free counselling service, and supporting in doing their activities through projects.
As a youth non-governmental organization of our country, which is a bridge between Europe and Mediterranean countries, we will contribute to the network with our youth work.
Our association, which was established in 2005 by experienced youth workers who have been involved in EuroMed youth work, has known the network for many years. Especially after the Covid-19, our institution prioritized cooperation. Therefore, we can contribute to the network in online youth work.
Within the scope of Erasmus +, we can include our contributions to youth work in the field by realizing many projects specific to Euromed.
To implement both long-term as well as multinational projects among Turkey and EU countries. To create an effective link between non-governmental organizations and cultural institutions. by including Turkey in many areas of cultural and intercultural dialogue among EU countries carry out projects and studies amplifiers.
The Non-Formal Education Center's charter includes the aim of ensuring the activation and development of civil society activities in the European Union countries and the Mediterranean coast and to support organizations working on this issue. It aims to use non-formal education methods in education and activities, to apply and produce various education methods.
To promote intercultural dialogue and also to reflect the diversity and diversity of our own civil society network together with the Anna Ladinth Foundation, which brings together more than 4,000 non-governmental organizations in the region.
As there are many fields of work, topics such as youth, education, community development have been the part where we can meet at a common point.
We recognize the importance of active citizenship and support the development of youth-led dialogue with the impact of your programs. In addition, our target audience being partners and working in the same field has increased our motivation to join the Anna Lindh Foundation network.
Spreading to more countries / NGOs with this network, especially with the activities we have carried out before in the field of youth work.