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IYACA - INTERNATIONAL YOUTH ACTIVITIES CENTER ASSOCIATION
National Network
Türkiye
Address
Korkutreis Mahallesi, Necatibey Caddesi 26/80 Çankaya/ Ankara, Turkey KORKUTREIS MAHALLESI 06430 Ankara/ TurkeyCountry
TurkeyCity
AnkaraStreet address 2
Korkutreis Mahallesi, Necatibey Caddesi 26/80 Çankaya/ Ankara, Turkey KORKUTREIS MAHALLESITelephone
+90 544 344 2012Website
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2012Contact Person1
Serdar DoburJob Title 1
ChairmanOrganisation Type
Non-Governmental OrganizationFields of Activity
Democracy and community developmentGeneral Information
We have 4 key staff three of them has years experiences on youth field. They implemented so far many youth project on youth field and involved many youngsters to social life and youth project in different countries. We have experienced on youth field from 2008 and we implemented youth in action programme projects. Beside of this we are active in the adult learning, where we are trying to raise awareness of and motivation to participate in adult learning. Our working topics are: social, cultural, artistic, environmental and athletic activities, youth participation, youth policies, active citizenship, fewer opportunities and less employability opportunities people, adaptation of disabled people to social life, adult learning, life-long learning, intercultural dialog, intercultural learning and cultural diversity. Our activities are: local, national and international projects, social responsibility projects, courses (Dance, Music, English, Theatre, etc…), national and international camps/tours and conferences/seminars/concerts, social project for rural area people. We are providing training programs for locals in our association such as project management, volunteerism, entrepreneurship, youth rights, human rights, youth participation, language courses, etc… In addition we are sending youngster to abroad, average 200 youngsters for youth projects. We are actively creating materials about the opportunities for youth and also adult learning.Mission and Objectives
International youth activities center association (IYACA) is a NGO which was founded in 2012 in Kayseri, active in Ankara since 2018. It was founded to arrange activities that support local’s personal development and to contribute to their development, which can generate a solution for the problems around them, to raise their self-confidence, to become promoters and sensitive, also we are also raising the awareness of ecological issues. As organization we are organizing meetings, trainings and seminars for youngs and adults. Learning must be associated with all dimensions of life, life-long, life-wide and life-deep. We believe that adult education within lifelong learning is a key factor in economic, ecologic and social development, as well as being a human right. Adult learning as a broad concept should foster active eco-friendly citizenship, strengthen personal growth and secure social inclusion, and all of these include education and training in a lifelong perspective. We are board member of Turkey Youth Federation which has 29 youth organization member of it. Our objectives: To contribute to social, environmental, cultural, artistic, athletic, scientific and professional development of locals, To increase the participation of youth and adults to social and economic and eco-friendly life actively, To improve the participation in life-long learning about environment, To encourage youth to be involved in environmental protection, To increase the knowledge, understanding and appreciation of nature and the awareness of environmental problems among young people in Europe, To reinforce the empathy, develop cooperation and tolerance, To support the youth to make their own decisions, To improve the sustainable youth policies, To improve the participation of youth in long life learning and labor market, Social integration and support of people belonging to not-privileged groups, Support of people regarding their choice of education, employment and financial independence, To reduce the inequality, which still persists despite policies, legislation and funding arrangements,Main Projects / Activities
Some of our projects are: DON'T BE SHADOW LEARN YOUR RIGHT Grow Up By EVS European Youth Voice European Youth Dream Mediterranean Youth Dream Rhythm of LifEVS CAUCASIAN YOUTH DREAM Non Formal Education for Youth Workers Discover Religious Diversity Democracy VillageHow can you contribute to the Network in your country?
We as IYACA can be part of a reach exchange of practices and knowledge in the field of youth work, projects and policies. Considering our previous projects regarding human rights, non-discrimination, tolerance, against hate speech and so on we strongly believe in our capacity to develop opportunities for youth aim to promote mutual understanding, coexisntence and more openness and active involvement for innovation, sustainability and social development in Turkey. Together with the other partners in Turkey we can reach more young persons and maybe synchronize our efforts for the same cause.Why do you want to join the ALF Network?
As mentioned before, there are two main reasons that motivate us to appy for your network. First, our aim is siminar to your network's objective to empower youth. Through our projects we work continously to increase youth opportunities to develop themselves considering the entire diversity in the world. As part of the network we can ensure a better environment for the Turkish civil society working with vulnerable groups. Second, we can grow our capacity of developping partnerships with NGOs within the network you already qualified as active in the field we also work. This is a win-win strategy for both parties involved, being stronger together for our direct beneficiaries.