Turizm Folklor Arastirma Kurumu Dernegi

TUFAK Youth Club will take place as the coordinator in this project with immigration content. Established in 1958 with the aim of researching, collecting and transferring our folk dances, folk music and cultural values ​​to new generations, introducing our country abroad and contributing to the culture and tourism of the country, TUFAK has been continuing its activities completely amateurishly and continuously for these purposes for 55 years. TUFAK is justified to fulfill his duties in the best way in line with its goals by winning the title of "World First" in all three international competitions it was assigned on behalf of our country, in Tunisia "Carthage Festival" in 1968, in France "Dijon Festival" in 1981, in Czechoslovakia "Zwollen Festival" in 1983. Our club, which has started to implement the European Union Youth in Action Program, Life Long Learning Program Projects and Erasmus+, EVS, ESC projects intensively and very successfully both in many different regions of our country and abroad and still continues with great momentum. TUFAK has received success plaques and written praises from many official and private institutions about youth work. As TUFAK Youth Club, we organize board of directors and members meeting and volunteer meeting every Saturday. Apart from these, we provide free folk dance training in two terms, fall and summer, in parallel with the school terms. TUFAK use folk dances, one of the most fundamental elements of the intangible cultural heritage, as a way of social inclusion. Moreover our association also works on children's rights. Especially the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, working against child labor, developing child rights-based youth work constitute another point of our rights-based youth work. The association has more than 100 active members apart from the board of directors. In addition, it employs full-time personnel for projects. TUFAK, an institution accredited by the Turkish National Agency for European Voluntary Service as the Sending, Hosting and Coordinator, has implemented more than 30 projects under the youth in action programs and lifelong learning programs, Erasmus+ and ESC programs so far. In addition to these, it has taken part in hundreds of projects abroad as a partner institution. Our basic principles and values ​​as TUFAK Youth Club; - We are based on Atatürk's Principles and Revolutions. - We believe in child and student centered education. - We know that change is inevitable and we develop ourselves in this direction. - We are based on teamwork. - We believe that effective communication will reduce problems and increase solutions. - We know that not being part of the solution will be part of the problem. - We adopt the philosophy of continuous improvement. - We follow technology and cultural developments and reflect them to the institution. - We believe quality is not a coincidence. - We follow the needs of children and young people; we reflect these on their competences. Our association's target groups are children and youth and we are working; - To raise awareness of EU citizenship, EU awareness and democracy among children and young people - To promote children rights - To close the intercultural, intergenerational and social gap - To reach disadvantaged children and young people in our province (Ankara), - To ensure the development of their dialogues - To protect our historical and artistic cultural heritage - To support the new generation digital works of young people and increasing their competencies - To create positive effects in the future and employment plans of disadvantaged young people is the main goal of our association.