Final Report of International Youth Leadership Academy

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1 Final Report of International Youth Leadership Academy Prepared by Elif Kalan and IYLA team November 2013, Istanbul 1

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3 Content Foreword... 4 IYLA s Approach and Vision... 6 Introduction... 7 Local and National Partnerships... 8 Global Partnerships Training Curriculum National Program International Trainings Comments from trainees International Attention Madam Ban s Visit Dream Photo Results in numbers Results Profiles Information and Communication ONline UGLA Facebook: Uluslararası Genç Liderler Akademisi - Ugla/Iyla Project Partners Habitat Center for Development and Governance (Habitat) Save the Children (Netherlands) UNICEF United Cities and Local Governments, Middle East and West Asia Section (UCLG-MEWA)

4 Foreword The International Youth Leadership Academy (IYLA) was coordinated by Habitat between September September From the very beginning, it has been witnessed thatthe academy waswelcomed by many young people and more importantly owned by them together with continuous support of all partners. As a coordinator, I would like to express my gratitude to all volunteer trainers who have been organizing local trainings all around the country and I am very happy to have met with them. Without their willingness and excitement, none of these activities and trainings could have been done. In addition to our volunteer trainers, I also appreciate the volunteer support of our partners in developing the curriculum of the training topics: Sabancı University CAR Program, Bilgi University Child Studies Department and Center for Research and Implementation of Human Rights Law, BABİL Documentary Movie Association, Başkent University Communication Department Hate Speech Working Group, Lawyer Özlem Kara, and EKO-IQ. Lastly, I also would like to thank the team at Habitat Office: Tunç Karaçay, Dilara Gök, Dilan Kaya, Zeynep Arslan, Ayşe Taşpınar, as well as Anıl Gökrenk, Sait Çetin, İlhan Ermiş, İdil Şerifoğlu, Mustafa Özer, Bora Caldu, Cihan Kaplan, Serdil Demir, Başak Saral and Sezai Hazır. We have believed in this project together and I am very sure that we will keep continuing and expanding our trainings as well as continue cooperating and sharing with today s partners. Last but not least, IYLA had been developed within a partnership between CORIO and Save the Children Netherlands, UCLG-MEWA and WALD, and UNICEF-Turkey. Each partner had a specific role and provided support which contributed to the gradual development of IYLA in its focuscities and regions. Therefore, we would like to congratulate our partners in taking social responsibility by investing in people and more specifically youth. IYLA project aimed to empower young people in Turkey and neighboring regions,(such as South East Europe, Caucasus, MENA and Central Asia) to enable them to be local leaders with equipped knowledge, skills and attitudes they need. Therefore, we proudly say that 147 young volunteer peer trainers have been empowered through national training programs and they accomplished to expand their knowledge to more than 4590 disadvantaged youth in 41 cities. In addition to this, through international trainings, youth organizations and young people themselves from 26 countries have been empowered on youth and child rights and participation, conflict resolution methods and approaches together with UNICEF Turkey and Sabancı University CAR Program leadership. IYLA with growing demand has become a significant venue for young people and youth organizations who believe in youth capacity and leadership. During this academy project, that the student feedback we have received was: - IYLA is my second home - I realized that discrimination is very serious problem. I think this training should be generalized all around Turkey in order to get rid of hate speech, - This training made a contribution to my social and business life. After this training, I decided to improve my attitude towards conflict resolution - The simulation games about negotiation and mediation taught us many significant insights related to conflict resolution. Additionally, I learnt something about active listening and dialogue - After this training I will give more importance to art in my life - I did not care about discrimination and hate speech before. But now I know it is important to think about this topic. This training changed my perspective and motivated me to eradicate my prejudices. 4

5 Many comments and feedbacks from young people all around the world prove that we are on the right way but also remind us that we need to work harder to keep this energy alive. Subsequently, three years of IYLA has finalized by September However, IYLA network both in Turkey and in the region has been growing and expanding with volunteer power and willingness of youth. This final report presents accomplishments and displays activities of IYLA within its period. Elif Kalan Project Coordinator Dilara Gök Project Assistant Tunç Karaçay Project Assistant 5

6 IYLA s Approach and Vision For IYLA young leader is a person who is aware of discrimination and take necessary measures to eliminate discrimination; respects and protects others rights as well as her/his; advocates for those rights; uses peaceful means to resolve conflicts; is environment-friendly; uses right-based approach in his/her activities. 6

7 Introduction The joint project of International Young Leadership Academy (IYLA) began under the coordination of Habitat Centre for Development and Governance (Habitat), with support of United Cities and Local Governments Middle East and the West Asian Regional Section (UCLG-MEWA), CORIO which is a Dutch company, and with the partnership of Save the Children Netherlands office in September World Academy of Local Governments and Democracy (WALD), and UNICEF provided valuable support and technical assistance for the development and improvement of the academy and training curricula. CORIO, as a partner, financially supported IYLA. Save the Children Netherlands office assisted the communication and management of the IYLA and provided training sessions for IYLA students. UCLG-MEWA as an international organization provided the venue for IYLA within the protocol signed among Habitat, WALD, and UCLG-MEWA. UNICEF supported the project to reach young people through its regional offices and to invite international experts on child and youth rights and participation for international and national trainings. IYLA was established with an aim to set up a contemporary youth leadership training center and international training school to provide a suitable environment for non-formal education, capacity building and the enhancement of leadership skills among young people. This center, within the protocol and partnership with UCLG-MEWA, was renovated by the financial support of CORIO. Therefore, before kicking off the trainings, a renovation process took place for 3 months in the center building located in Istanbul. To realize this aim and empower youth, IYLA has provided several trainings on Information and Communication Technologies, Computer Literacy, Communication, Project Management, Good Governance, Participation to Decision-Making Processes, Financial Literacy, Discrimination and Hate Speech on New Media Environment, HIV/AIDS, Documentary Movie Making and Social Responsibility, Negotiation and Mediation and Child and youth Rights and Participation, and Climate Change. Further, the aim of the program was to reach over 3000 youth (between 15 and 30 years old) within 3 years ( ) through IYLA trainings. Trainees invited not only from Turkey but also from the neighboring countries of Turkey (Southeastern Europe, Caucasus, Mediterranean, Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia). Therefore, IYLA has an enormous effort and ambition to serve as a regional training center for young people. Based on peer education methodology, volunteer trainers facilitated the local trainings and workshops in 41 cities. In addition to local trainings, international trainings were held with support of Save the Children and UNICEF. The first international training was organized in September 2011 with the participation of all partners from the Netherlands and Turkey. At this training, the mayor of Istanbul, who is also the head of UCLG Kadir Topbaş and Istanbul governor participated along with the CEO of CORIO, general manager of Save the Children, president of Habitat deputy representative of UNICEF and young participants from South East Europe, Caucasus, MENA and Balkans. 7

8 Local and National Partnerships IYLA aimed to expand its knowledge and skills through developing partnerships with local instutions: schools, municipalities, governorates, local NGOs and public institutions. Having said this, IYLa trainings were organized at high schools, universities, local youth centers and councils. Hereby, you can see the list of institutions and schools which engaged with IYLA activities and hosted IYLA workshops: Şişli Governorate (District of Istanbul) TEGV Turkish Educational Volunteers Foundation (Samsun, Yalova, İstanbul, İzmir, Denizli ) Hayat Sende Akademisi Youth Association- Ankara Korunmaya Muhtaç Çocuklar (KORUNCUK ) Foundation - Bolluca Orphanage Village- İstanbul Türkiye Çocuklarına Yeniden Özgürlük Vakfı Re-Autonomoy Foundation of Turkey Yaşayarak Öğrenme Youth Center (YAŞÖM) Sivas Cem Foundation Sivas Gençlik Kozası Çanakkale Turkish Medicine Students Association - Balçova-İzmir and Ankara Young TEMA - Sivas Aydın Youth Center Bingöl-Solhan Education Association Eskişehir Red Crescent Youth Wings 8

9 Alternatif Youth Association Gaziantep Siirt GAPGENÇ Festival 2012 Adıyaman Youth and Culture House Batman Youth and Culture House Diyarbakır Youth and Culture House Gaziantep Youth and Culture House Şanlıurfa Youth and Culture House Siirt Youth and Culture House Kilis Youth and Culture House Adana Youth Council Van Youth Council Denizli Youth Council Alanya Youth Council Düzce Youth Council İzmir Kent Konseyi Youth Council İzmir Karabağlar Youth Council Denizli Youth Council Diyarbakır Youth Council Adapazarı TES-İş Anadolu High School Ordu Endüstri High School Muş Ağaçlık Secondary School Tavas Anadolu High School Tavas Bekir Güngör High School Kahramanmaraş Baydemirli Boybeyli Secondary School Silifke Taşeli Schools Şişli Yunus Emre High School Şişli Ahi Evran High School İstanbul Açı High School Niğde University İstanbul Bilgi University Galatasaray University Cumhuriyet University Kocaeli University Harran University Özyeğin University 9

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11 Global Partnerships Together with its global partners Save the Children and UNICEF, IYLA accomplished to reach out disadvantageous young people through developing partnerships with local youth and development civil society organizations in neighbouring regions of Turkey. International trainings focused on youth participation/empowerment and conflict resolution with an aim to develop not only the capacities of young people but also the local institutions working on rights and advocacy. Here is the list of organizations that took part in IYLA international trainings: Center for Children's Rights of Montenegro (Montenegro) Save the Children (Libya and Iraq) NGO PEN (Peer Educators Network) / Unicef Innovations Lab (Kosovo) Anima Polis Association (Romania) PARTNERË PËR FËMIJËT (Albania) Association of citizens Sane Childhood (Macedonia) Human Rights and Conflict Research Institute (Armenia) ASDAA association for Deaf (Egypt) Academy for Peace and Development (Georgia) Bina Movement Foundation (Tunisia) Young Leaders Public Union (Azerbaijan) Youth Development AIDA (Jordan) Algerian Red Crescent Association (Algeria) Interkulturni Susreti (Bosnia-Herzegovina) AXIOS-MISION MUJER (Mexico) ALFA GENERATION (Romania) Youth movement REVOLT (Bosnia-Herzegovina) Model Organization of Islamic Cooperation (Egypt) Action Aid Denmark (Jordan) Association of law students and young lawyers Pavel Satev Kocani (Macedonia) Regional youth Office-Uzice (Serbia) Association of culture and art "Pejo Markovic" (Bosnia-Herzegovina) Youth In Action Association (Afghanistan) PIC: Peace International Center (Tunisia) NGO "Public Advocacy" (Georgia) Gjakova Youth Centre (Kosovo) Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports Gençlik ve Spor Bakanlığı (Kosovo) Sri Lanka Islamic Student Movement Sri Lanka. ( Obdusdman for Children (Bosnia-Herzegovina) 11

12 Armenian Community of Georgia (Georgia) Children Charity Club (Kazakhstan) Qiriazi Center (Kosovo) Krik Juravlya (Kyrgyzstan) Day care center for children and youth (Montenegro) "Kamolot" - humanitarian movement of youth (Uzbekistan) "Romaversitas" (Macedonia) Legebitra (Slovenia) Handicap International (Tajikistan) Center for Interethnic Cooperation (Russia) NGO Alternativa (Moldova) Tema, Turmepa and President of Koç University Volunteers Environment Community (Turkey) Alternative Youth Association (Turkey) Şişli Youth Council (Turkey) Kumbara Sanat (Turkey) İzmir Youth Council (Turkey) Red Crescent Eskişehir Youth Wings (Turkey) National Youth Parliament (Turkey) 12

13 Training Curriculum Trainings under IYLA were organized at three levels: training for trainers, local trainings and international trainings. Since the beginning, trainings were organized and coordinated by Habitat. Five main training topics at the national level which are Discrimination and Hate Speech, Negotiation and Mediation, Climate Issues and Environment, Child Rights, Active Volunteerism, and Documentary Movie-making and Social Responsibility have been developed together with our partners and our supporters as well as academia and civil society organizations in the context of a national program. In addition to these topics, ongoing trainings on ICT, Financial Literacy, Entrepreneurship and etc have been organized under the support and coordination of IYLA. Therefore, we managed to empower more young people than targeted. Besides the national program, four international training sessions have been organized to expand knowledge and approach of IYLA in targeted regions. In total all IYLA Trainings conducted within the program have reached 4590 young people through 147 young volunteer peer trainers who have organized local activities and trainings in 41 cities between September In addition to IYLA national training curriculum, IYLA also organized and supported trainings on ICT, financial literacy, and entrepreneurship trainings. Our volunteer trainers from 41 cities as well as from various NGOs facilitated local trainings. With international trainings and our international networking training, 111 young people from 29 countries have also been reached. Trainees Documentary Movie Making and Social Responsibility; 224; 5% ; 542; 12% Volunteerism; 609; 13% Discrimination and Hate Speech on New Media; 508; 11% Child Rights and Youth Participation; 653; 14% Technology and Entrepreneursh ICT Literacy; ip; 53; 1% 28; 1% Financial Literacy; 99; 2% Negotiation and Mediation; 1874; 41% 13

14 National Program National curriculum was developed partnership with academia, NGO and local institutions. Five new training curriculum was developed and applied in 41 cities with volunteer young trainers. Below, you can see the detailed information about the trainings and numbers. Supporters and contributors Reach out Information Active Volunteerism Active Volunteer-ism United Nations Volunteering Program (UNV) 13 cities 609 children and youth beneficiaries 13local trainings and workshops Training of trainers was conducted on Active Volunteer-ism in December 2012 in partnership with UNV Turkey office. A tot was organized in order to raise awareness on volunterism, undertsnading of volunteerism; to increase the capacity of local youth NGOs on volunteer management; to enable youth in advocating volunteer initiatives. Therefore, young people who participated in this training were volunteer or professional youth workers who would contribute to the development of volunteerism culture. Content: Understanding volunteerism Who/what is a volunteer? Volunteerism- as a tool for sustainable development Stakeholder in advocacy Volunteer Management Volunteer Policy 14

15 Child Rights and Participation Supporters and contributors Bilgi University Child Studies Program Reach out 11 cities 653 children and youth beneficiaries 40 local trainings and workshops Information Third Trainer of Trainers (TOT) was conducted on Child Rights and Participation on July 2012 in Istanbul, together with Child Studies Development of Bilgi University, TOT was organized in order to raise awareness on child rights and participation and to implement Child Rights game with years old children. This training was specifically targeted children between years old Content Introduction to Child Rights Child Rights Convention Child Rights Principles Child Rights game 15

16 Documentary Movie Making And Social Responsibility Supporters and contributors Babil Association of Documentary Movie Making Reach out 6 cities 224 children and youth beneficiaries 8 local trainings and workshops Information Training of trainers was conducted on Documentary Movie Making and Social Responsibility on February 2011 in Istanbul, together with Babil Association of Documentary Movie Making. TOT was organized in order to raise awareness on documentary, youth and methods to develop advocacy movies on social responsibility. Content: Art Cinema and Documentary Cinema Verbal History Social Responsibility and Cinema 16

17 Conflict Resolution: Negotiation and Mediation Supporters and contributors Sabancı University Conflict Analysis and Resolution Master s Program: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nimet Beriker, students - Ayşe Taşpınar, Cihan Ak, Nihan Sakarya ve Tunç Karaçay as well as Safiya Nuryyeva, Jubjam Vila, Süheyla Nurlu, Pelin Çiftçi, Arjola Balılaj, Azat Nuriakhmetov, Sena Tek, Hatice Özen, Ismail Aliji, Gülcihan Çiğdem. Reach out 34 cities 1570 youth beneficiaries 79 local trainings and workshops Information Two TOTs were conducted on Negotiation and Mediation. First one is in May 2011 and the second one was held in May The content was developed by the MA students at Sabancı Uni CAR program together with the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Nimet Beriker. The aim of these trainings was to empower youth on negotiation and mediation knowledge and enable them to gain skills on methods through interactive practices. Content: Negotiation: Methods/Types Simulations Mediation: Methods/Types Simulations 17

18 Supporters and contributors Reach out Information Discrimination And Hate Speech On New Media 1 st phase: Attorney Özlem Kara, Prof. Mutlu Binark, Doç. Dr. Günseli Bayraktutan Sütçü (Başkent University), Tuğrul Çomu Ankara University 2 nd phase: Gökçeçiçek Ayata, Burcu Yeşiladalı - İstanbul Bilgi University Human Rights Center, Assistant. Prof. İdil Işıl Gül and Ulaş Karan (PhD) Bilgi University Law Faculty, Assoc. Prof. Kenan Çayır Bilgi University Sociology Department 14 cities 508 youth beneficiaries 24 local trainings and workshops Two TOTs were conducted on Discrimination and Hate Speech topic. First one is in February 2011 and the second one was held in December The aim of these trainings is to empower youth on discrimination and hate speech content, to raise awareness on discrimination practices in daily life, to introduce mechanisms to fight with discrimination and hate speech on media and daily practices and finally to enable the beneficiaries to experience cases through interactive practices. Content 1: Human Rights Themes and Concepts of Discrimination Law National and International Law on Discrimination Precautions to stop Discrimination Content 2: From prejudges to discrimination Discrimination and International Law The role of CSOs in fighting against Discrimination Hate Speech on New Media 18

19 Supporters and contributors Reach out Information Climate Teams EKO-IQ Ayşe Bilge Dicleli / Barış Doğru 11 cities 542 youth beneficiaries 17 local trainings and workshops Training was conducted on focusing Climate and Environment Challenges and Local Youth Initiatives on September 2012 in Istanbul. This TOT was organized in order to raise awareness on local climate and environment problems and issues by youth among local citizens. Hereby, training is planned to establish local youth climate team members who lead local advocacy campaigns, write on offline and online media on issues and increase knowledge on climate change. At the end of the TOT, a blog was established: Content: What is Habitat? Global Climate Change and its effects Solutions at the personal and city level Consumption Behaviors in combating environmental problems 19

20 International Trainings More thoughts from our leaders: Why attend an IYLA training? We are not only young people. We were only 29 youth from 17 different countries. We can now reach hundreds, and thousands of people. And if more youth take part in this training, they can also reach thousands of people. Therefore, we can reach millions of people. More Youth for a Better Future! What is your plan of action? I will organize many meetings within my school and organizations. I will inform the students and youth about their rights, human rights, and the rights of children with disabilities. After the meetings, I will create a group that wants to improve the lives of youth and work on these topics. Then I will organize some campaigns to get support from the local government. -- Ihsan Mercan, Turkey Thousands of applications were received from more than 80 countries in for international trainings of IYLA and only 117 selected for the trainings from 29 countries. Three international trainings were organized with a focus of empowering youth leaders in rights, participation, citizenship and social responsibility. to join All trainees also were informed about youth participation for post We have worked with Ravi Karkara who is a master trainer on youth participation. Ravi is also a person who not only encourages, and supports youth; he is also a strong defender of youth rights at all levels, and in any location. Training on conflict resolution: negotiation and mediation was organized in partnership with Sabancı University CAR program students in supervising of Assoc. Prof. Nimet Beriker. The training aimed at increasing conflict resolution skills and knowledge of the trainees whom from post conflict countries. Therefore, it foreseen that training would empower youth in resolving conflicts in a peaceful way. Participants countries: Afghanistan Albania Algeria Armenia Azerbaijan Bosnia-Herzegovina Croatia Egypt Georgia Iraq Jordan Kyrgyzstan Kazakhstan Kosovo Libya Macedonia Mexico Macedonia Montenegro Moldova Morocco Romania Russia Serbia Sri Lanka Syria Slovenia Tajikistan Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Yemen 20

21 Comments from trainees From international trainings... It was very good training. I ve learned a lot. Programme content was very beneficial for me. I had too much information about the world we want, 2015 guide etc. Trainers were very kind and, creative. They taught many methods to use. I expected some follow up, follow a project. But I ll do my best with my own (25, Male) The training was of a great use to me all the knowledge received will certainly be helpful for me to realize my future initiatives. Thanks to Ravi for the greatest inspiration. I am proud to become a better world agent now. Conflict resolution session was absolutely helpful as this is a part of what I am studying and really interested in (24, Female) If I have another chance I ll not hesitate to participate again (25, Male) Thank you very much for all the work done which is very helpful in our lives. I, became more selfconfident and it was very interesting to hear all these ideas from participants especially when you are coming from different countries. I d like to receive all the materials, presentations because I really want to share them with the people (youth, adults, teenagers) in my home country. Thank you (22, Female) A beautiful experience that has motivated me for further work, to become an even more active citizen and to give back to the world. Made some amazing friends (pampis), learned few words from other languages, and gained a huge knowledge on these topics. Special thanks to Elif. She was our biggest support and she made an amazing workshop. Overall,I enjoyed every second and I hope that we will stay in private and business touch (18, Male) This was my first experience abroad. For this reason I tried to be reserved. But the outcome of this training is incredibly valuable. I gained a lot. I realized my strengths and weakness. Overall, I achieved my goals. This event was a milestone in my life. It helped me to choose my future career. (22, Male) It was a great experience!!! Not only professionally, but also personally (22,Female) I would have liked that we had more time on discussing discrimination. This is a really important thing. I was shocked to realize that I am discriminating people. Thank you a lot for helping me, to know, to explore myself, and have a chance to change! (20 Female) These projects should continue. Focusing on Youth is very important cause we are the future's leaders.ı liked that specially middle east,na,caucas, and Balkan have a lot of similarities in cultures. 21

22 You can organize additional trainings for all participants. I would like to participate in more role plays, they are really effective to understand global issues. the training was great and ı am truly thankful for it. I will use all gained skils and knowledge that ı got here for my future project on HR education. Building a network in the region is a good idea. This is a good training because it brought together people from different cultural and educational backgrounds and from 3 continents. It is one of the best training that I have ever got cause it was international and it was not like going school and attending a class.ı have had fun,learned about human rights (especially children),heard about NGOs. Some comments from national trainings I realized that people who are perceived as not one of us are actually one of us. This training provided me to realize that how much I have contributed to discrimination acts and shared posts including hate-speech on new media and made me to think who I am I become more conscious about who I am and who might I be. 22

23 I realized myself. I found answers to the question of Who am I. I saw that there is no other, but just we. I realized that I have been part of Hate Speech from time to time. We have been informed about how we can fight against discrimination and hate speech. I have noticed that we have not spent time to eliminate discrimination at our work. This training is more than I expected. I have noticed my prejudiges of myself. This is a very important training in the sense that it is the first time such training was held on this very crucial topic. This training provided me to face myself and understand my prejudices. One of very important thing about the training was that participants came from different cultures and cities. It was great to be trained by a disabled trainer. I had a chance to understand and get to know individuals from LGBTT societies, people from different ethnicities and backgrounds. I have seen that how discrimination has naturalized in our daily life. During the training, I have asked myself many times Did we really do such things? Although I have been faced with discrimination many times in my life, with this training, I realized that I have also discriminated people on different basis." Training was more than I expected. I very much liked the idea of internalizing the documentary movie. The most interesting session was Oral History practice. I have very much enjoyed visiting the exhibition of Frida Kahlo. This training seriously changed my point of view about life. The theoretical part of the training was amazing. I have realized that oral history is much powerful than written history. I have realized that it is not only related to the object that is being shot but rather the music, color, and initial idea. 23

24 I can recognise if there is a negotiation happening around me. I can name it if there is a negotiation happening around me. I am a good negotiator. I know lose-win results of the negotiations. I am well aware of the relation between negotiation and mediation. I can easily figure it out if there is a conflict or not. I can easily spot the mediator during a conflict. I can easily name it if there is a mediation happening around me. I can differentiate the mediator around me. I frequently experience mediation. I know the stages of mediation. The trainers from Sabancı University were very successful. This was the most successful training I have ever participated in. At the end of the training, I have felt that this training enabled me to develop my theoretical understanding on the topics. Training topics were very good. It could have been less theortical and more practical. But again, it was very good training. If we could have more time, we could have more practical simulations. It would help us to understand the content. I understood that to be a good mediator, you need time and experience. I realized that negotiation and mediation are the processes that we already have experienced in our daily lives. 24

25 International Attention The academy was opened by the participation of all high-level executives of all partners as well as the mayor and the governor of Istanbul. Together with our Dutch partners, Save the Children and CORIO, the academy was officially opened for young people to benefit. Dutch partners also supported the visibility of the academy in the Netherlands. Within this, one of our trainers with disadvantaged backgrounds opened the Stock Exchange in the Netherlands in October

26 Madam Ban s Visit United Nations General Secretary Ban-ki Moon s wife Madam Ban, visited IYLA on the 6 th of June During her visit, Madam Ban had the opportunity of meeting IYLA s partners CORIO, Habitat, UCLG-MEWA, UNICEF, WALD and the trainees and trainers of IYLA s trainings. In addition, after learning in great detail about IYLA s work, Madam Ban emphasized the importance of young people s participation in such activities. She also congratulated IYLA s partners for their support. Students of the Şişli Nuri Akın High School, Yunus Emre High School and Şişli Ahi Evran Vocational Trade High School participated in the visit of Madam Ban and had the opportunity to discuss a number of topics with her. 26

27 Dream Photo Güven Uyanık is 22 years old and he has been on wheel cheer since he was 14. He has multiple sclerosis disesase. His sister has the same disease. He lives in Ümraniye which is also a district of Istanbul in which immigrants from Turkey live. He is originally from Bitlis. He is at the high school and tries to follow the courses from home. Güven Uyanık is dreaming of connecting to the world with his computer at home. Being aware that he is disabled, he knows that he cant move as he wants due to the lack of environmental and physical regulations around him. However, he thinks that through using internet and social media, he can be where he wants to be. In addition to this, he also thinks that he can make monet out of this. When we look at his photo, we see that he is 27

28 Gizem Büyükduran is 18 years old. She is studying Economics in English at Istanbul University. She is a member of Beşiktaş Youth Council. She is an active volunteer there. Gizem Büyükduran is dreaming of becoming a writer. She is interested in writing poems and essays. She says: When I write poems, essays; I can actually see different worlds, touch nice ideas, and even smell them if I want to. That's my dream! :) I've shared so much together with my poems, essays. I can't live without literature! :) 28

29 Dilan Kaya is 21 years old young woman lives in Istanbul. She is studying urban and regional planning at Istanbul Technical University. She has been volunteering at Habitat for 3 years. She began working as a volunteer at Diyarbakır Youth Council when she was in Diyarbakır. She is originally from Diyarbakır. Dilan Kaya is dreaming of flying. She has been very active and taken part in various projects. However, she said that since she was a kid she wanted to fly. In th photo, she is on the little island called meadien s tower. She tries to fly from there while she admires of birds flying above her. These birds are the symbol of bosphores and they company the ships going around the Bospohores. 29

30 Barış Yılmaz is a high-school student at 17 years old. He is at the last year of high shcool and he has been studying for university exam. He is a volunteer at Sultangazi Youth Council in which Sultangazi district of Istanbul which is mainly populated by domestic migrants from different parts of Turkey. He is one of them. Barış Yılmaz is dreaming of becoming an actor. When he came to trainings at the Academy in summer 2011, he mentioned that he d like to be either a lawyer or actor, yet he is now decided to become an actor. We can see on his picture that he would like to be on the stage and ready with his make-up. 30

31 Sinem Akbulut is 23 years old. She dropped out of the university where she was studying Physics in Muğla. She came to İstanbul to settle and study photography. She is interested in photography professionally. She works part-time jobs to save some money for her education. Results She will take in numbers the university exam this year. Sinem Akbulut is dreaming of being a photographer and seeing different part of the world with only one backpack. Her photo was taken in one of the very crowded streets where you can find people from all over the world. So, for now, she has been lost in this crowd with her camera. 31

32 Results IYLA team conducted trainings on various topics. In addition to IYLA cirriculum, IYLA also supported and operated trainings on following topics. These are the number of the trainings and trainees who attended the trainings. Trainings Volunteerism 14% Documentary Movie Making and Social Responsibility 4% 7% Discrimination and Hate Speech on New Media 11% Child Rights and Youth Participation 18% Technology and Entrepreneurship 1% Trainees ICT Literacy 1% Documentary Movie Making and Social Responsibility; 224; 5% ; 542; 12% Financial Literacy 3% Negotiation and Mediation 41% Discrimination and Hate Speech on New Media; 508; 11% Volunteerism; 609; 13% Child Rights and Youth Participation; 653; 14% Technology and Entrepreneurship ; 53; 1% ICT Literacy; 28; 1% Financial Literacy; 99; 2% Negotiation and Mediation; 1874; 41% 32

33 Profiles IYLA trainings at the local, national and international level mainly reached out to young people between years old. Young people who have disadvantaged background or who live in underserved communities specifically were targeted in the local trainings. In order to do those local trainers develop partnership with education administrations, orphanage houses, local authorities. Therefore, IYLA trainings reached out to the students living in very rural areas such as Bingöl, Solhan, in villages such as in Kahramanmaraş, as well as underserved districts such as Kuştepe in Istanbul. Together with this, many young people who attended IYLA trainings are university students who have lack of opportunities to take part in such non-formal education; therefore, local trainers also focused on universities and cooperated with university clubs. Lastly, as it can be seen, young individuals who either heard from friends or through social media applied to take part in the local trainings. Therefore, IYLA network has increased immensely. Education Gender Graduat High e school 0% 29% Universi ty 71% Male 42% Female 58% Institutional Profile Universi ty Club 13% Youth Council 8% Occupational Profile Unempl oyed 4% Fulltime 7% Part Time 2% Seasona l 1% Youth NGO 16% Individu als 63% Student 86% See impact assessment reports on web: 33

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35 Appendix 1 Project Partners Project Partners Habitat Center for Development and Governance (Habitat) Habitat International Network was established at the Copenhagen Social Development Summit in 1995, and has approximately 300 members in nearly 100 countries, Habitat was founded as an association by engaged youth of the United Nations Human Settlements (Habitat II) Conference, which was held in 1995 in Istanbul. The purpose of the association was to improve the capacities of youth and to support the participation of local and national decision-making processes. Habitat has undertaken various projects and programs, during a 15-year period, with different social groups, including children, youth, women, and disabled people. With the partnership of Women, Youth, Children Councils, and Councils of Disabled People configured all under the umbrella of the National Youth Parliament and City Councils, Habitat contributes to The United Nations Millennium Development Goals with the creation of urban policies on the basis of rights, access to information and effective use of communication technologies, awareness of social gender and sexual health/reproductive health, development of entrepreneurship and financial knowledge and skills, and ensuring environmental sustainability. Habitat s mission is to support children, youth, women, and the disabled in terms of sustainable development and participation in decision-making processes through developing the capacities of young people. CORIO Corio N.V. is a Dutch-based commercial real estate investment company which owns and manages shopping centres. Headquartered in Utrecht, the Netherlands the firm primarily consists of a portfolio of retail properties worth 7.2 billion in the Netherlands, France, Italy, Spain, Germany, and Turkey. [1] The company was formed in 2000 by the merger of the property funds VIB and WBN, [2] initially also investing significantly in office buildingsand other commercial property. These activities have since been scaled back in favour of retail real estate. At the end of 2010 around 4% of Corio's holdings were in properties other than shopping centres, down from 47% in [1] The company is listed on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange and Euronext Paris and is a constituent of the benchmark AEX index since March Save the Children (Netherlands) The Save the Children Fund, [1] commonly known as Save the Children, is the largest internationally active non-governmental organization that promotes children's rights, provides relief and helps support children in developing countries. [2] It was established in the United Kingdom in 1919 in order to improve the lives of children through better education, health care, and protection, as well as providing emergency aid during disasters,. In addition to the UK organisation, there are 29 other national Save the Children organisations who are members of Save the Children International, a global network of nonprofit organisations supporting local partners in over 120 countries around the world. Save the Children promotes policy changes in order to gain more rights for young people [3] especially by enforcing the UN Declaration of the Rights of the Child. Alliance members coordinate 35

36 emergency-relief efforts, helping to protect children from the effects of war and violence. [2] Save the Children has general consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council. UNICEF UNICEF is mandated by the United Nations General Assembly to advocate for the protection of children s rights, to help meet their basic needs and to expand their opportunities to reach their full potential UNICEF is guided by the Convention on the Rignts of the Child (CRC) and strives to establish children s rights as enduring ethical principles and international standards of behaviour towards children. UNICEF insists that the survival, protection and development of children are universal development imperatives that are essential to human progress. UNICEF mobilises political will and material resources to help countries, particularly developing countries, ensure a first call for children and to build their capacity to form appropriate policies and deliver services for children and their families. UNICEF is committed to ensuring special protection for the most disadvantaged children - victims of wars, disasters, extreme poverty, all forms of violence and exploitation, and those with disabilities. UNICEF responds in emergencies to protect the rights of children. In coordination with United Nations partners and humanitarian agencies, UNICEF makes its unique capabilities for rapid response available to its partners to relieve the suffering of children and those who provide their care. UNICEF is non-partisan and its cooperation is free of discrimination. In everything it does, the most disadvantaged children and the countries in greatest need have priority. UNICEF aims, through its country programmes, to promote the equal rights of women and girls and to support their full participation in the political, social and economic development of their communities. UNICEF works with all partners towards the attainment of the sustainable human development goals adopted by the world community and the realisation of the vision of peace and social progress enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations. United Cities and Local Governments, Middle East and West Asia Section (UCLG- MEWA) As one of the eight regional sections of UCLG World Organization, United Cities and Local Governments, Middle East and West Asia Section (UCLG-MEWA) continues its activities from its headquarters in Istanbul. International Union of Local Authorities, Section for the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East Region (IULA-EMME), as the predecessor of UCLG-MEWA, was established in Turkey in 1987 as one of the regional sections of International Union of Local Authorities (IULA). IULA-EMME has been transformed into UCLG-MEWA in 2004, in parallel with the creation and restructuring of the UCLG World Organization. Since its establishment, UCLG-MEWA continues its activities for cities and local governments in the region, from its headquarters in Istanbul, Turkey, serving the main principles of democracy, human rights, local self-government, international solidarity, accountability and transparency, and sustainable development. 36