Women & Young Entrepreneurship Center Association

Woman and Young Enterpreneurship Centre Association is a non-profit organization and founded on March 2008, since 10 years, we are non-political organisation, and working which aims at empowering youth, woman, democrasy, promoting peace and integration among people with different backgrounds, through assisting them in acquiring knowledge about different traditions and cultures, developing their tolerance and acceptance. Activities: Decentralised cooperation in various sectors: local-regional-national democracy, environment, local economic development, social care, social, educational, cultural activities, with special attention given to women, youth and human rights protection -Support and assistance to local-regional-national initiatives for fighting domestic violence -Activities of awareness raising in local-regional-national communities about human rights, equal participation of women in politics with mencitizens participation and promotion of European integrations -Activities of mediation and support to building of active civil society on the local level -Research, analysis and publication of documents about the conditions of the society and social needs. Our organisation is a member of ALDA, European association for local democracy, a European network which gathers more than 150 members, including local authorities, authorities associations, NGOs, and individuals from more than 30 countries. Basic characteristic of ALDA and her members is promotion of good governance and citizen's participation on a local level. Our main aim is to provide and/or increase the opportunities for students, womans and workers with migration origins or local persons; train teachers, parents and leaders committed to the education and the integration, democracy and inclusion; contribute to nonviolent processes of conflict transformation in Europe by providing competences, skills development. Our vision is providing non-formal educational based opportunities for not-integrated youngsters, students, workers, womans and to give them a chance to be included, to learn better and to be guided along a career path and social and vocational life. It cooperates with social and educational sector organizations to promote policy changes and improvements to services. The scope of the association is to provide flexible non-formal education programs in various fields within the framework of lifelong learning. It has oriented its services toward the main guidelines and priorities stressed out by the European Commission. Main focus is given to innovative learning and teaching skills, which will enable students to be active in social-educational and future vocational life. Woman and Young Enterpreneurship Centre Association provides services within a framework of sustainable development of the addresses. 1. Education: Non-formal training courses and seminars. 2. Consultations on social projects 3. Establish a dialogue network between policy makers, youth and womens 4. Social development programs and initiatives targeting social inclusion of the youth groups. 5. Social services, consultations. 6. Academic researches to improve and to exchange new pedagogic experiences. Our non-profit association including around 50 Representative Office spread all over Turkey is a part of it. Our Association Team organizes research and case studies with white papers to improve the knowledge of the reality can facilitate the social inclusion, Women Integration to Policy Life and the active citizenship. Research activities are focus on social and cognitive development, people’s experiences for promoting social and academic functioning. Organization topics: Access for disadvantaged, creativity & culture, disabilities (special needs), early school leaving, economic & financial affairs, enhance social inclusion, equal opportunities, entrepreneurial learning, EU awareness & democracy, healthy lifestyle, ICT (digital competences), inclusion, integration of immigrants-refugee and asylum seekers, open & distance learning, recognition – transparency – certification, social dialogue, support the mobility of volunteers, volunteering. Topics of provided trainings: Human right, women right, youth right, democracy, constitution, management, leadership skills, continuous improvement, time management, entrepreneurship, customer service, performance and reward, organizational development, career path planning, preparing resume and cover letter, job search techniques, financial literacy, financial maths, research methods, social media marketing, social networking, workplace safety, social development, communication, memory and cognition, coaching techniques, healthy living, patient care & hygiene, understanding dyslexia, care giving, project management, capacity building on fund monitoring, proposal writing, budget preparation, risk management.