Gençlik Çalışmaları Ağı
With the inclusion of Turkey to Erasmus Plus Programme in 2004, civil youth actions have started rapidly and continued to grow day by day since then. Owing to the great number of youth population and their potential, our country has become one of the countries where Erasmus Plus Programme is implemented most intensively and actively. Yet, the future looks brighter because the overall budget of Erasmus Plus Programme has been doubled by increasing from €14 billion to €28 billion with the European Union Commission’s resolution. This means that, in the following 7-year process, youth work in our country and Europe will grow more.
Despite the developments above and the past 15 years’ positive experience, youth associations in our country are still active in a quite limited area and prefer to benefit just from the Erasmus Plus Programme. Youth associations do not put the necessary effort in the area of youth rights and issues. However, along with offering opportunities abroad, youth associations must create solutions to the problems of young population they represent, and to be able to do that they must take a long-term supportive step and strive to advocate youth rights. For this reason, more than 30 youth organizations from Turkey which’s are motivated to be active in youth rights and problems issues, created a new national network on January 1, 2021 which includes the whole country of Turkey and takes the first steps to found “Local Youth Associations Network (Yerel Gençlik Dernekleri Ağı)”. As of April 1, 2024, our network continues its work as the “Youth Works Network”.
Anna Lindh Foundation
Established by the 44 members of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership, the foundation aims to bring people together to enhance cooperation in the Mediterranean and support civil society for the region’s common future. The goal is to foster closer ties and joint projects among communities and individuals on both shores of the Mediterranean
European Youth Foundation
The European Youth Foundation (EYF) is a fund established in 1972 by the Council of Europe to provide financial and educational support for European youth activities. Only youth NGOs from the 46 Council of Europe member states, as well as the European Cultural Convention Signatories: Belarus, Kazakhstan, the Holy See, and the Russian Federation, can apply to the Foundation. The EYF is part of the Youth Department of the Council of Europe’s Directorate for Democracy, Directorate General of Democracy and Human Dignity. The Foundation has an annual budget of approximately 4 million Euros, which is mainly made up of obligatory contributions from each Council of Europe member state.
The EYF offices are in the European Youth Centre (EYC) of the Council of Europe (30 Rue Pierre de Coubertin, 67000 Strasbourg, France).
LOOM Network
It represents the coming together of different cultural ties, creates a unique and rich collaboration platform focused on Intercultural Learning by bringing together the diversity of knowledge and perspectives, and strong partnership knots.
AMSED Network
Members of the network working on youth participation and inclusion carry out volunteering and information activities with the aim of strengthening social harmony and democratic participation in the community, as well as promoting active citizenship, intercultural understanding, solidarity, youth empowerment, and their participation in community life.
https://www.informa-giovani.net/en/chi-siamo/ignet-network/membri/
IGNet. European network
Members of the network working on youth participation and inclusion carry out volunteering and information activities with the aim of strengthening social harmony and democratic participation in the community, as well as promoting active citizenship, intercultural understanding, solidarity, youth empowerment, and their participation in community life.
https://www.informa-giovani.net/en/chi-siamo/ignet-network/membri/
3EforYouth
The 3EforYouth network works to support young people, youth workers, and all stakeholders in the sector who want to develop initiatives across Europe to amplify the voice of youth and strengthen their participation in society.
DYPALL
Yerel düzeyde karar alma süreçlerine gençlerin katılımına odaklanan sivil toplum örgütleri, yerel yönetimler ve araştırma kurumlarının Avrupa platformu. Yerel yönetimlerle iş birliği yaparak gençlerin yerel demokrasilerde aktif ve anlamlı katılımını savunuyoruz ve üyelerimiz arasında kapasite geliştirme ve iyi uygulamaların paylaşımı için alan ve kaynaklar sağlıyoruz.
https://dypall.com/about-dypall-network/discover-the-member/
ICYE
ICYE provides intercultural learning experiences and opportunities in more than 40 countries, especially supporting young people in building personal and professional competencies through international volunteering. Together with the volunteers and the communities, we promote global solidarity, social justice, gender equality, peace and environmental sustainability.
Youth and Environment Europe
YEE aims to unite environmental youth non-profit organisations in Europe in order to enhance international cooperation, increase knowledge about the climate crisis, raise awareness of environmental problems and to strengthen participation of youth in environmental decision-making.