E&F ÖZŞAKACI YABANCI DİL VE SANAT KURSU

E&F ÖZŞAKACI YABANCI DİL VE SANAT KURSU (E&F OZSAKACI) invests on the young people and we pay attention to their voices, as an essential source of new ideas, creativity and artistic expression. Over national boundaries and stereotypes, we want to promote interculturality that is a key value of our work. Moreover, we strongly want to enrich ourselves with our diversity. It caters to children, youths and adults. E&F OZSAKACI mainly works on organizing workshops, local initiatives, seminars on art and language education, training courses, foreign language camps, volunteer actions and art exhibitions, art competitions and other activities for young people. E&F OZSAKACI actively works on national level; and it is also involved in implementation of international projects. One of our main aims is to promote and encourage intercultural cooperation between the young people from Turkey and European countries. The work of E&F OZSAKACI is based on the principles of non-formal education, learning-by-experience and intercultural learning. It tends to contribute to the development of civil society in Turkey, with a special importance to young people’s place in the social events and processes. We expect that the activities of E&F OZSAKACI will result in the development of creative young people involved in the process of decision – making in their local communities. * Involvement of the young people in non-formal education on a variety of topics; through organization of national, workshops, art exhibitions, art competitions, seminars, training courses, camps, volunteer actions, festivals and other activities. * Support of young people as active citizens of the society. * Support and encouragement of the creativity of youngsters. * Promotion and implementation of the principles of non-formal education, learning-by-experience and intercultural learning. * Development of the civil society and encouragement of the active involvement of young people in the social processes and events. * Organization of the free time and leisure activities of young people * Promotion of the young people to deal with art * Promotion, orientation and encouragement of the young people who are interested in art and language education, * organizing language camps to promote intercultural learning * Providing guidance on national and international language exams