Istanbul Young Steps Association

IGAD(Istanbul Young Steps Organization) is a non-governmental organisation, found by young people in the 4th July 2003; in order to carry issue of social responsibility to the agenda of Turkey’s youth. Organisation also aims to instill the idea of youth in interaction with civil society and to configure an active youth role in Turkey and Europe. As IGAD, our first priority is; to promote participation of youth in social responsibility events, active citizenship, and civil society - voluntarily. With contributing to the personal development of young people, we will try to increase their participation in society on a voluntary basis. IGAD, with its target audience – youth - carries out activities on volunteering, social entrepreneurship, international youth actions, and right-based studies. IGAD aims to support the self-developement of young people by enabling youth to take active role in the society. For this purpose, IGAD organises seminars, workshops; local, national, and international training courses with the approach of experimental learning. IGAD, since its establishment (2003), carried out many projects in the local, national, and international level.