Tepebaşı Belediyesi 19 Mayıs Gençlik Merkezi

19 May Youth Center is one of the social establishments of Eskisehir Tepebasi Municipality that became operational in July 2011. The Youth Center, is a non-profit local organization, established for the young people from 17-30, and aims to serve primarily underprivileged young population of the city. For this objective, many activities and trainings in different fields are presented in the center, such as education, culture, arts, and sports, which are all free of charge. In a city, where the total population is 720.000 and approximately 300.000 of this population are young people between 15-30 years old, The 19 May Youth Center is located very close to the center of the Anatolian University, which is one of the two universities in Eskisehir. Thanks to its central location, the center is generally used by the university students, and the numbers of users reach 2.500 people in each month. Along with its young and professional staff, the center has already many voluntary workmates, who are mostly university students. The volunteers at the center are regularly organizing many activities, alongside helping the center’s own projects. As the center of the young population our biggest motivation about Erasmus+ Projects comes from these voluntary acts, in which young people plays important roles and makes great contributions both themselves and the other youngsters. In our Youth Center, along with the personal development courses, which are conducted by the volunteer college students and volunteer teachers, in order to contribute to the employment of young people, we organize meetings in cooperation with the Provincial Directorate of Eskisehir, Turkey Business Association, Business and Professional Counseling and provide the Ministry of Education certified courses The Youth Center has also become a center of communication and a place where the different ideas and opinions are shared. The overall aim of our Center is encourage the personal, social development of the young people, increasing social participation among them and provide the best service for them as a center The center also became one of the Eurodesk Contract Points in Eskisehir, in 2012. Accordingly, the center provides high quality information and advice concerning Europe to young people and those who work with them, organizes trainings and seminars in order to popularize the information about youth programs.