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Akdeniz University EuroMed Youth Center

EuroMed Youth Centre

January 1st 2014 to December 31

st 2014

Annual Report


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Summary

This report covers the activities carried out by the EuroMed Youth Centre

between January 1st 2014 and November 30

th 2014, as well as activities which

are being planned for the forthcoming year.


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Contents

Summary 1

Contents 2

I. Activities in 2014 3

II. Submitted Projects 16

III. Planned Activities 19


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I. Activities in 2014

December, 2013

Since being awarded the European Quality Label by the Council of Europe, our

Centre has continued to work on the recommendations made in the report

submitted by the expert team. Rabia Vezne, the EU Project Expert in the

International Relations Office, was appointed as Educational Advisor to the

EuroMed Youth Centre.

Educational Advisor Rabia Vezne has submitted a project with a budget of

248,031.35 Euros entitled; “Make a Difference, Add a Value to the Local” under

the terms of the grant scheme ‘Promoting Youth Employment in Sectoral

Investment Areas (PYE II)’ which was initiated by the Ministry of Labour and

Social Security on December 12th 2013. The results have yet to be announced.

January, 2014

Eurodesk is a European network of information service providers in 27 countries

which offer a unique level of access to information about Europe for the benefit

of young people and those who work with them. It makes available details about

education for youth, European opportunities in the youth field, and the

participation of young people in European activities. One of the aims of our

Centre is to encourage vocational and personal development among young

people, to support their aspirations to be active citizens, and to provide greater

opportunities to young people and adults through cooperation with the Council

of Europe, the European Commission, the Turkish National Agency, and the


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National Agencies of other countries. There is also involvement from NGOs at

the local, regional, national and international levels, universities, young people,

and youth clubs. In pursuit of this aim our centre cooperates with Akdeniz

University International Relations Office, which is a Eurodesk Contact Point.

Our Educational Advisor, Rabia Vezne, also submitted a project entitled

Euro(Mobilecafe)Desk with a budget of 9,585 TL on January 31st 2014. The

Project, which included a contribution from Serap Yeter, responsible for Youth

Programmes in the Akdeniz University International Relations Office, has the

aim of giving information about EU opportunities to young people in Adrasan,

Kumluca, and other districts of Antalya. The Project was approved, and the

activities will start in September, 2014.

Prof. Dr. Burhan Özkan, Advisor to the Rector and Head of the International

Relations Office, and Serap Yeter also attended a Youth Work Meeting which

was held by the Ministry of Youth and Sport on January 16th

2014.


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February, 2014

An annual meeting of the 5th Platform of European Youth Centres was held on

February 4th

and 5th

2014 in Kokkola, Finland, where Educational Advisor Rabia

Vezne represented Akdeniz University. During the event, activities dealing with

subjects such as Engaging Volunteers and Interns, and Examples of Good

Practices for Social Work in Youth Centres were presented and introduced.


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Educational Advisor Rabia Vezne presented information to members of the

academic staff of Akdeniz University about how to include young people in

projects at an information meeting dealing with the Erasmus+ KA2: Strategic

Partnership Project held on February 13th 2014. During the meeting, it was made

clear that our Centre was willing to work with the academic units of the


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university and provide cooperation with regard to Erasmus+ KA2: Strategic

Partnership Projects, and to support any relevant activities.

March, 2014

The “Youth are Here” Project, created under the terms of the Youth in Action

Program Action 5.1, entitled ‘Meetings of Youth Workers and Those

Responsible for Youth Policy’, was initiated in 2013 by the Akdeniz University

EuroMed Youth Centre with funding from the Turkish National Agency. A

document entitled “Youth are Here! A Handbook for the Inclusion of Young

People in Youth Work”, which is an outcome of this project, was produced first

in Turkish, and then translated into English by Rabia Vezne. This book is the

first Turkish-English publication released by our Centre.

Educational Advisor Rabia Vezne gave information to members of the academic

staff of Akdeniz University about how to include young people in projects at an

information meeting dealing with the Erasmus+ KA1: Mobility Project held on

March 13th 2014. During the meeting, it was made clear that our Centre was

willing to work and cooperate with the faculties and vocational schools of

Akdeniz University.

April, 2014

Educational Advisor Rabia Vezne submitted a project entitled “Power for the

Future” under the terms of the ‘KA1 Mobility for Youth and Youth Workers’,

and the “Educate+” KA2 Strategic Partnership Project.

Educational Advisor Rabia Vezne took part in cooperative meetings with

VisMedNet, and as a result our Centre will take on a partnership role in the


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“reCreative Youths” Project. We will also be a partner in the “Start Up Your

Future” Project with the EuRomanian Association.

May, 2014

A study visit with the title “Youth Work Good Practices Exchange and

Network” was held in our Centre with the participation of 29 youth worker from

the UK, Lithuania and Norway between May 17th

and 24th

2014. Educational

Advisor Rabia Vezne made a presentation called “Practical Examples of Youth

Work; the Situation in Turkey” to introduce good examples of youth work

carried at Akdeniz University and in Turkey.

June, 2014


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News about EU projects and EuroMed Youth training activities are now being

announced on the EuroMed official twitter and Facebook pages to draw the

attention of young people to our activities and training courses.

25 Training courses were held in our Centre between January 1st and June 30

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2014. Of these courses, 7 were international and 18 national training courses,

while 9 of the courses were entirely self-financed.

July, 2014

The E-Journal “Power of Sharing” has been published in both Turkish and in

English. In this magazine, young people who have participated in the Erasmus,

Mevlana and Farabi Exchange Programmes, as well as EVS and Youth in Action

Programmes, have the opportunity to share their European experiences. We have

also included short informative paragraphs about all of these programmes. The

E-Journal will be published twice a year in order to record the experiences of the

young people who have attended these programmes.


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August, 2014

Permission was granted by the Finnish National Agency to hold a Partnership

Building Seminar entitled “Power for the Future” under the terms of ‘KA1

Mobility for Youth and Youth Workers’ at the Villa Elba Youth Centre.

Educational Advisor Rabia Vezne, and Serap Yeter, our youth trainer, attended

the Seminar between August 28th

and 31st 2014. Together they made a

presentation of our activities, and were also able to establish a number of

contacts which would be useful when applying for the ‘Erasmus+ KA2 Strategic

Partnership Project’ for the third round of Erasmus+, for which the deadline will

be October 1st 2014.


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September, 2014

After our attendance at the “Power for the Future” Partnership Building

Seminar, we went on to compose “SOLIDARITY; Strategies to Organize

Learning, Internationalize Development, and Recommend Improvements

Together for Youth in Europe” which we submitted under the terms of the

‘Erasmus+ KA2 Strategic Partnership in Youth Field’ project.

We also submitted 12 more projects before October 1st 2014. A list of the

projects can be found in Part II; Submitted Projects.

As a result of our cooperation with the Akdeniz University International

Relations Office, which is a Eurodesk Contact Point, our Educational Advisor,

Rabia Vezne, submitted the Euro(Mobilecafe)Desk Project with a budget of

9,585 TL on January 31st 2014. This project was created with the help of Serap

Yeter, who is responsible for Youth Programmes at both the EuroMed Youth

Centre, and in the Akdeniz University International Relations Office. The aim

of the project is to give information to young people in Adrasan, Kumluca, and

other districts of Antalya about EU opportunities, and it has been approved by

the Turkish National Agency. Preparations for the activities associated with this

Project have already started.

Our trainers, Rabia Vezne and Serap Yeter, have been engaged in the

preparation of the content for a series of Info Days with the title “Erasmus+ and

EU Opportunities”, as well as taking responsibility for the design and

distribution of promotional materials.


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The first Info Day for the Euro(Mobilecafe)Desk Project was held in the Ayşe

Sak Vocational School of Applied Science in the Döşemealtı district of Antalya

on September 29th 2014, followed by the second Info Day held in the Alanya

Faculty at Alanya district of Antalya on September 30th 2014.


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October, 2014

The third and fourth Info Days for the Euro(Mobilecafe)Desk Project were held

in the Kumluca district and the Finike district of Antalya on October 24th

2014.

An exhibition was held with the support of the European Youth Centre in

Budapest and the Portuguese Institute of Youth and Sport. We were able to

make use of brochures provided by the Ninjas Project of the Portuguese Institute

of Youth and Sport for the exhibition, which contributed to the ‘No Hate

Speech’ movement. The exhibition was open to visitors for the whole of

October.


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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mehmet Canbulat was appointed as the new director of the

EuroMed Youth Centre.

Final preparations were also made to welcome the Expert Team from the

Council of Europe Quality Label for Youth Centres.

November, 2014

The fifth to eighth Info Days for the Euro(Mobilecafe)Desk Project were held in

the following locations;

The Akseki district of Antalya on November 6th 2014.

The Akdeniz University Campus in Antalya on November 7th 2014.

The Elmalı district of Antalya on November 11th

2014.

The Korkuteli district of Antalya on November 11th

2014.


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More than 750 young people attended these Info Days, and benefited from the

chance to learn about Erasmus+ and EU Opportunities.

The Expert Team from the Council of Europe Quality Label for Youth Centres

visited our Centre, and over the course of their two-day stay they made a range

of recommendations to improve our activities, and to meet the criteria required

for the Quality Label.

December, 2014

The EuroMed Youth Centre applied to be a partner in the project; “Activation

Policy and Youth Employment: competences in our hands”, submitted under the

terms of ‘Erasmus+ KA1 Training Course for Youth’. The project was

subsequently approved by the Slovakian National Agency. Two youth workers

from our Centre will attend the training course, which will be held in Kosice

between April 12th and 19

th 2015.


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II. Projects Submitted on October 1st 2014

1. Project: ROCKINeu

Programme: Creative Europe

Coordinator: Akdeniz University EuroMed Youth Centre

The main tasks of the coordinator:

2. Project: SOLIDARITY- Strategies to Organize Learning, Internationalize

Development, and Recommend Improvements Together for Youth in

Europe

Programme: Erasmus+ KA2 Strategic Partnership in Youth Field

Coordinator: Akdeniz University EuroMed Youth Centre

Partners: Germany, Poland, Croatia, Malta, Slovakia, Australia, Italy

3. Project: GIT- Get Involved Tourism Field

Programme: Erasmus+ KA2 Strategic Partnership in Youth Field

Coordinator: Alfa Forma, Spain

Partners: Turkey, Bulgaria, Spain, Italy.

4. Project: RIGHTangles

Programme: Erasmus+ KA1 Capacity Building in Youth Field

Coordinator: VisMedNet, Malta

Partners: Turkey, Italy, Hungary, Croatia, Lithuania, Romania, Spain.


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5. Project: Be Together Be Strong- Working for Children Who have

Leukaemia Programme: Erasmus+ KA1 European Voluntary Service-

EVS

Coordinator: Akdeniz University

6. Project: Activation Policy and Youth Employment: competences in our

hands Programme: Erasmus+ KA1 Training Course for Youth

Coordinator: Slovakia

7. Project: Social Inclusion

Programme: Erasmus+ KA1 Training Course for Youth

Coordinator: Italy

8. Project: More Inclusion


Coordinator: Italy

9. Project: I feel free-Creative legality

Programme: Erasmus+ KA1 Youth Exchange

Coordinator: Italy

10. Project: Youth Entrepreneurship – Start Up Here


Coordinator: Poland


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11. Project: Time for a great story


Coordinator: Poland

12. Project: Photography as a different perspective of the world


Coordinator: Poland

13. Project: Feel yourself in Europe


Coordinator: Poland


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III. Planned Activities

The Executive Board Meeting was held in December, and will include

discussions about the midterm report of the Expert Team for the Quality Label,

and ways to meet the established criteria.

After the Executive Board Meeting, the Advisory Board Members will be

invited to the Centre to take part in the fourth Advisory Board Meeting in

January.

The second edition of the E-Journal “Power of Sharing” will be published in

January.

In the first round of applications for 2015 Erasmus+ projects, we will submit

proposals for new projects on February 4th

2015.

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