the report of 2009-2012 years of the eu affairs commission at istanbul youth assembly
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THE REPORT OF 2009-2012 YEARS ENG
Publ ished in 29.12.2012
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THE YOUTH ASSEMBLY
a non-profit and volunteer organization.
founded by Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality in 2005.
As a model of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Assembly.
The representative of the 2.1 million young people living Istanbul.
2.106.359 people aged between 15-24 living in Istanbul according to last TUIK data in 2011.
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AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
By taking social responsibility;
To create social awareness,
To raise of respect cultural diversity,
To establish inter-cultural relations,
To improve leadership of youth,
To support education and training,
To work on youth employment,
To promote volunteering,
To affect decision making mechanisms. 2
MEMBERSHIP
Members of Istanbul Youth Assembly have the opportunity to express themselves and their opinions and ideas.
Members are required to be;
Aged between 16-25,
Istanbul Citizens,
Eager to be involved in volunteering projects.
Number of full members for 2 years is 301.
There is no limit for number of volunteer members.
Photo taken in Youth Concert ,19 May’11
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WORKING
The members are oriented to 16 different commissions by considering their interests.
Each commission develops and participates local, national and international projects, events, activities about their fields of interest.
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1 President
Board Members
Chairmans of the Commissions
The members of the Comissions 4
The Assembly
Research and
Development
European Union Affairs
Science-Technology
Culture and Arts
Press & Publication and Public Relation
Health
Youth and Sports
Disabled People Rights
Education and
Student’s Problems
Law and Human Rights
Enviroment and Urban Problems
Assembly Monitoring
External Relations
and Tourism
Social Assistance
and Solidarity
Publicity & Organisation
Local Agenda 21
The Assembly
Research and
Development
European Union Affairs
Science-Technology
Culture and Arts
Press & Publication and Public Relation
Health
Youth and Sports
Disabled People Rights
Education and
Student’s Problems
Law and Human Rights
Enviroment and Urban Problems
Assembly Monitoring
External Relations
and Tourism
Social Assistance
and Solidarity
Publicity & Organisation
Local Agenda 21
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To follow the news from the European Union.
To study and prepare the reports about the European Union.
To follow up the negotiation of the Turkey for EU membership.
To develop and be partner to Youth in Action Program projects.
To build network with the youth organizations from the Europe.
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To inform the young people in Istanbul about EU’s opportunities.
To raise awareness of the meaning of volunteering and civil society.
To stay in touch with the local and national government institutions.
To influence the government policies especially on EU and Youth.
To cooperate with the local and national NGOs.
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24 full members within the 301 members.
To join the commission, must fulfill the application form.
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Current Members
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Chairman
İlker Girit
Full Members
Abdulbaki Türkmenoğlu Ahmet Türkyılmaz Ayşegül Nalçacı
Betül Atmaca Betül Nişancıoğlu Bünyamin Topuz
Büşra Yıldız Cengiz Hızıroğlu Ece Özdemir
Faruk Şentürk Halil İbrahim Haldız Hande Söylemez
Hüseyin Koç Muhammet Ömer Murat Mustafa Uğur Özerden
Özge Ceren Ser Salih Diner Selman Günaydın
Serhat Gengönül Sevginur Çatal Şebnem Kaya
Şeyda Nur Ay Zehra Yalçın
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The Working Level
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International
Regional
National
Local
(İstanbul)
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Brief History
The Commission starting to work actively by Mustafa Erdağı in Oct 2009
YiA partnership on cultural marketplaces in Rome in Dec 2009
Hosting Köln University Students and Photo Exhibition in Mar 2010
EU Caricature Competition opened to national level in April 2010
First effective action was Europe Day Activities in May 2010
YiA partnership on Poverty issue in Guildford, UK in May 2010
Contribution for 5th World Youth Congress in August 2010
TC: Training course funded by European Commission
YiA: Youth in Action Program funded and coordinated by European Commission
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Brief History
Chairman election and new active term by İlker Girit in Oct 2010
Hosting Düsseldorf Youth Council members in Nov 2010
Minority group visit from Germany to cooperation in Nov 2010
Participation to TC on society and minorities in Albania in Nov 2010
Official visit to Ankara for EU concerning institutions in Dec 2010
Participation to TC on creative reporting in Albania in Jan 2011
Participation to TC on youth entrepreneurship in Albania in Jan 2011
Participation to TC on ethics in Kosovo in April 2011
Participation to TC on tolerance and religion in Georgia in April 2011
TC: Training course funded by European Commission
YiA: Youth in Action Program funded and coordinated by European Commission
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Brief History
Europe Day Activities and Round Table Meetings in May 2011
Establishing of Syria Crises Desk and publishing Report in June 2011
Participation to Model OIC as Delegation of Turkey in July 2011
First Youth Project funded by European Commission in July 2011
YiA partnership on youth employment in London in Feb 2012
Contribution to International Conference in Malaysia in Feb 2012
YiA partnership on filming democracy in Fethiye, Turkey in Mar 2012
Study visit to Düsseldorf Youth Council in Germany in April 2012
TC: Training course funded by European Commission
YiA: Youth in Action Program funded and coordinated by European Commission
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Brief History
NGO cooperation in on disadvantages young in Graz, Austria in May 2012
Hosting disadvantages young people from Austria in May 2012
YiA partnership on Social Entrepreneurship in Romania in August 2012
YiA partnership on intercultural dialog in Hungary in Oct 2012
Hosting Düsseldorf Youth Council and cooperation in Oct 2012
Realizing Training Course on EU and Non-formal education in Oct 2012
Participation to TC on religion and cultural diversity in Kosovo in Oct 2012
TC: Training course funded by European Commission
YiA: Youth in Action Program funded and coordinated by European Commission
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Major Works
The Caricature Competition Concerning on EU
Original Name: “Karikatürün AB’si”
Deadline: 25.04.2010
Total application: 82
Number of winner: 3
News on Media: 44 different pages
Facebook event: Click
Number of volunteer work: 8
Managed by:
Mustafa Erdağı
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Major Works
9 May Europe Day Activities’2010 in Istanbul
Original Name: “9 Mayıs Avrupa Günü Etkinlikleri”
Date: 17-22 May 2010
Total participants: 145
Number of partner: 3
News on Media: 168 different pages
Event link: Click
Number of volunteer work: 18
Managed by:
Mustafa Erdağı
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Major Works
Ankara Visit to Official Institutions Concerning on EU
Original Name: “Ankara Resmi Ziyaretleri”
Date: 19-21 Dec 2010
Number of Members: 10
Visiting institutions:
EU Delegation of Turkey
Ministry of EU Affairs
Turkish National Agency
Managed by:
Mustafa Erdağı
İlker Girit
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Major Works
9 May Europe Day Activities’2011 in Istanbul
Original Name: “2011 Europe Day Activities”
Date: 7-19 May 2011
Total participants: 460
Number of volunteer work: 45
Facebook link: Click
Photo Albums:
Round Table Meetings, Click
Istanbul Youth Festival, Click
Managed by:
İlker Girit
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Major Works
The Youth in Action Project funded by European Commission
Original Name: “Creativity against to Unemployment”
Date: 18-26 July 2011
Number of Members: 38
Partner Countries:
Turkey, Bulgaria, Italy, Slovakia, Romania
Photo album: Click
Managed by:
Selim Semiz
Halil İbrahim Haldız
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Major Works
Project Partnership concerning on YiA Program
Original Name: “Youth to Work”
Date: September 2011-2012
Meetings: 11-18 Feb 2012, London
Number of Members: 10
Partner Countries:
Turkey, Poland, UK
Photo album: Click
Managed by:
Halil İbrahim Haldız
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Major Works
Düsseldorf Youth Council Study Visit
Date: 8-14 April 2012
Number of members: 10
Hosting institution:
“Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf”
Partnership: Long term
On the website: Click
Managed by:
İlker Girit
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Major Works
Training Course on EU and Non-formal education
Original Name: “Avrupa Birliği Eğitim Kampı”
Date: 4-7 October 2012
Number of participants: 60
Number of volunteer work: 20
On the website: Click
Photo Album: Click
Managed by:
İlker Girit
Mustafa Özerden
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Working Map
More than 20 countries visited by the members with the projects!
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Statistics
Oct 2009 - Dec 2012
Totally 38 full members have been volunteer in this period.
More than 140 young people worked in the commission as a member.
Totally 53 members participated abroad projects and trainings.
1 Youth in Action Project funded by European Commission in Istanbul.
The members participated 12 different training courses in out of Istanbul.
6 Youth in Action Program partnership projects in abroad.
Full members participated the 22 abroad activities by individual initiatives.
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Statistics
Oct 2009 - Dec 2012
More than 8500 young people’s contact information on database.
More than 1130 young people joined the projects and trainings.
We gave 320 signed certificates to projects and trainings’ participants.
Spending for overseas travels 0 Turkish lira from the municipality budget.
80% of spending for all activities funded by European Union Programs.
Total flight time of the members more than 550 hours in the World.
More than 400 meetings realized to develop the projects.
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Working Performance
Jan 2010 - Dec 2012
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Website (in Turkish)
http://abkomisyonu.com/
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43 published articles! 27
Blog Page (in English)
http://eucommission.wordpress.com/
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Social Media (Facebook)
https://www.facebook.com/IstanbulYouthAssembly
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The statistics updated 26 Dec 2012
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Social Media (Facebook)
1262 Facebook likes from Turkey.
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Working Tools (Google Drive)
https://drive.google.com/
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More than 3500 pages documents!
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Working Tools (Google Groups)
https://groups.google.com/avrupabirligikomisyonu
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783 topics discussed!
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Working Tools (Google+ Hangout)
http://www.google.com/hangouts/
It used to few times, for all that the target is making more online meetings
in 2013!
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Visibility (Videos)
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May 2011 - Europe Day Feb 2012 - Youth to Work, London 34
Physical Conditions
Istanbul Youth Assembly Office
Three meeting rooms
Free internet and wi-fi
Projection equipment
Sound system
Printer, fax
Flip chart and markers
Water, tea and coffee
7/24 Security
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Address
Istanbul Youth Assembly Office
Hamidiye Cad. Çelikhan No: 16 Kat: 2 Sirkeci, Fatih – İstanbul
Phone: +90(212) 514 11 76
Fax: +90(212) 514 11 74
Map
Google Maps
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