My Digital Job Project
Aim: The aim is to increase the literacy and digital vocational competencies of the trainee women who are educated in PECs and Maturation Institutes, and thereby it is aimed to increase their employability.
Schedule: January 2020- June 2021 (18 ay)
Budget: Turkish Vodafone Foundation
Cooperation: Turkish Vodafone Foundation and Turkish Occupation Institution
Planned Activities: Trainings on Digital Education and Digital & Social Media Marketing
The Project for Increasing the Institutional Capacities of Maturation Institutes
Aim: Increasing the institutional capacities of the maturation institutions by supporting the human resources and educational quality among these institutions.
Schedule: 14.01.2015-31.12. 2017 -with an extension for 2018-2020
Budget: 2019: 2 Million TL, 2020: 2 Million TL demanded
Cooperation: Advisory Board for Maturation Institutions (MIs), MoNE Representative, Private Sector Representatives
Actualized Activities:
Developing Digital Literacy for Adults with Limited Access for a Better Life
Aim: Developing Digital Literacy for Adults with Limited Access for a Better Life project provides digital literacy for adults to get integrated into the society effectively.
Schedule: 01.11.2018 – 30.04.2021 (30 Months)
Budget: 60.540,00 Euros (Erasmus Plus)
Cooperation: Macedonia, Greece, Turkey, Latvia, Portugal
Actualized Activities:
Planned Activities:
The Project of Promoting the Integration of Syrian Kids to Turkish Education System PICTES
Aim:
The main purpose of PIKTES Project is to promote the access of children under temporary protection to education in Turkey and to support their social cohesion. In this scope, PIKTES also aims at supporting the efforts of Ministry of National Education on education and social cohesion of children under temporary protection in Turkey.
Schedule: 2016-2018, 2018-2021
Budget: 400 000 000 Euros
Cooperation: UE Turkish Delegation
Coordination:
Actualized Activities:
Syrian refugees hosted by Turkey are to be integrated into Turkish educational system. To this end, in 2016, Ministry of National Education and EU Turkish Delegation have signed the legislation entitled “Financial Support for Syrian Refugees in Turkey”. The following tasks have been carried out to serve the project objectives:
Turkey Resilience Project in response to the Syria Crisis (TRP)
Aim:
Delivering comprehensive and sustainable solutions to the problems of Syrians displaced due to the Syrian crisis and now living in Turkey and of the host communities. Focusing on job creation, strengthening municipal services and Turkish language training, the Project is financed by the EU Trust Fund in Response to the Syrian Crisis (EUTF).
Budget:
50 Million-euro budget focuses on promoting job creation, strengthening local government capacities and municipal services and delivering Turkish language training for Syrians in 11 provinces of Turkey.
Cooperation:
Turkey Resilience Project in Response to the Syria Crisis (TRP) is implemented by UNDP in cooperation with the Ministry of Industry and Technology, Ministry of National Education and Ilbank. Major stakeholders include host communities and Syrians, local and national authorities, local and national NGOs and business entities.
Activities:
The two-year Project will focus on three major areas:
Project activities will be implemented in Gaziantep, Hatay, Şanlıurfa and Kilis as cities most affected by the Syrian crisis as well as such other large cities of Turkey as Istanbul, Izmir, Bursa, Adana, Konya, Mersin and Manisa. The implementation started on 1 February 2018.
Promotion of Economic Prospects for Refugees and Host Community in Turkey (PEP)
Aim
The economic prospects of Syrian refugees and Turkish members of the host community is enhanced.
Schedule: 2019 to 2023
Cooperation:
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
Vice President´s Office of the Republic of Turkey, as leading executive agency
The project PEP focuses on creating employment opportunities through skills development and qualification, supporting small enterprises and entrepreneurship as well as strengthening the private sector. Its measures directly contribute to several Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) of the United Nations (UN) such as: SDG 1: No Poverty, SDG 4: Quality Education, SDG 5: Gender Equality, SDG 8: Decent Work & Economic Growth and SDG 10: Reduced Inequality.
The project is based on the successes and experiences of the two “Cash for Work” projects (2016-2019), implemented by GIZ on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) in Turkey.
Building Tomorrow - Quality Education and Livelihoods Support for Syrian under Temporary Protection in Turkey
Aims:
The overall objective is to increase the resilience of vulnerable Syrian refugees in Turkish host communities and enable them to better integrate through support to education and livelihoods opportunities.
The specific objectives are:
Budget: EU Contribution (EUR) EUR 17,280,000 Contracted under FRIT-EUTF funding.
Schedule: 20 Months (Starting date: 14/12/2017)
Cooperation: Concern Worldwide
Beneficiary(ies): Ministry of National Education (MoNE)
Main Activities:
There are no nation-wide reforms implemented for "Vocational Education and Training and Adult Learning" in this year .
Anatolian Schools- Author Reading Project
Project Objectives:
To have our students read the national authors specifically Mehmet Akif Ersoy who have an important place in Turkish culture, protecting and preserving the national and moral values; to lead the students to evaluate and reflect on the works of those authors and to create opportunities to disseminate the collections of the national authors by means of various panels, competitions, seminars and events.
General Objectives of the Project:
The general objective of the project is to instill in the reading habit for the students of state schools at all levels, to have the students develop culturally and intellectually and at the same time, become diligent, morally accurate, self-confident as well as initiative, consistent and family-oriented individuals.
Duration: Two years. The project will automatically be extended to another two years of project work unless the Ministry of National Education does not exhibit an intention to have it come to an end.
Budget: 1,500,00 Turkish Liras
Although the scope of the budget is not fixed in priori, the project management can establish certain financial mechanisms and support from the civic associations, municipalities, province-level directorates of the Ministry of national education or from other institutions. Except for such budgeting mechanisms, the requirements of the project is to be supported by the general budget of the Ministry.
Project Owner:
Ministry of National Education
Provisions Conducted:
A pilot study in 12 cities “Sakarya, Kocaeli, Bolu, Aksaray, Ankara, Balıkesir, Burdur, Çorum, İstanbul, Kastamonu, Konya ve Nevşehir” was conducted successfully. Following this phase, the studies of the project was conducted in the following cities: Adana, Aksaray, Ankara, Balıkesir, Bolu, Burdur, Çorum, Düzce, Edirne, Erzurum, Gaziantep, Isparta, İstanbul, Kahramanmaraş, Karaman, Kastamonu, Kayseri, Kocaeli, Konya, Malatya, Aydın, Nevşehir, Bursa, Rize, Sakarya, Sivas, Trabzon, Yozgat, Zonguldak, Amasya, and Mardin.
The books to be read in the present project, province-level directorates of the MoNE were sent a circular document and informed that they were to provide the necessary support for the actualization of the project objectives. It is intended to extend the project across the country.
Planned Actions:
By the beginning of the 2017-2018 educational year, the students had completed reading Tarık Buğra’s works and moved to Cengiz Aymatov readings.
National Coordinators for European Adult Learning Agenda Applications – 4
Project Objective: According to the Lifelong Learning Action Plan 2014-2018 of the Ministry of National Education, required institutional cooperation is to be taken to secure the basic skills of all of the adults, with a specific priority of the sentenced citizens, raise awareness about becoming effective individuals throughout their lives, increasing the possibility of employment for the disadvantaged individuals.
General Objectives of the Project: Strengthening the basic skills of all of the adults by offering them solid learning contexts, with a specific priority of the sentenced citizens, raise awareness about becoming effective individuals throughout their lives, increasing the possibility of employment for the disadvantaged individuals. Establishing cooperation among the institutions to increase the likelihood of employment for those groups of individuals.
Duration: 26 Months (01.11.2017 – 31.12.2019)
Budget: 497.490,00 Euros
Process: It is planned to educate the personnel of Public Education Centers in 7 piloting provinces.
Project owner: General Directorate of Lifelong Learning
Project Partners: Ministry of Labor and Social Security, Ministry of Justice, Local Administrations, Universities
Actions Taken:
An introductory meeting was held on 9-10 January 2018 in Istanbul.
Planned Actions:
The piloting provinces are as follows: Hatay, Bursa, Manisa, Malatya, Ordu, Mardin, and Eskişehir
Project meeting concerning project introduction with the shareholder institutions.
Epale – 2 (Electronic Platform for Adult Learning in Europe):
Project Objectives: The platform EPALE, Electronic Platform for Adult Learning in Europe, is introduced to the National Support Services for Adult Education and they are encouraged to take part in the EPALE. In order to help enrich the content of the bilingual, dynamic, interactive and innovative platform, the project helps Central Support Service.
Specific Objective of the Project: The project aims at disseminating the platform EPALE in Turkey, Electronic Platform for Adult Learning in Europe, and introduce to the National Support Services for Adult Education and they are encouraged to take part in the EPALE. In order to help enrich the content of the bilingual, dynamic, interactive and innovative platform, the project helps Central Support Service. In addition, good examples are to be shared in the meetings.
Duration: 2 years (01.01.2017 – 31.12.2018)
Budget: 736.310,00 Euros
Project owner: General Directorate of Lifelong Learning
Project Partners:
Public Education Centers, Maturation Institutions, Adul Education Units of the municipalities, civic organizations, academicians, media representatives
Actions Taken:
An introductory meeting was held on 9-10 January 2018 in Istanbul
Process:
National meetings are being held to introduce the actions of the project by the national support service. In these meetings, while the participation of the platform is increased, the language and appropriacy of the content uploaded to the platform are evaluated. In case of necessity, online services are provided for the users. In addition, social media accounts constantly share project actions and outcomes actively. In this process, the national support service gives visits to the national support service units of different countries to learn about the similarities and differences in these provisions in order to contribute to the local services and the platform. The contents about adult education in Turkey, news and certain contents are shared by the national support service to inform the EU about the developments in our country.
Project Outcomes:
Planned Events:
A total of 22 activities since the inclusion of Turkey EPAL has reached 1,538 people directly. Thanks to these meetings, our country ranks first among 3.933 registered users and 34 member countries of the platform. In this respect, our country has reached a successful position and has reached its target. Although we have not yet reached the desired level in the content uploaded to the platform, we aim to raise our country to the top in terms of content with the contributions of the activities and the national support service. The biggest obstacle to increasing the content on the platform is the lack of Turkish language support. We continue to work on the addition of Turkish to the platform.
The Project of Women First in Entrepreneurship:
In an effort to improve entrepreneurship competence of women who want to turn their handmade products into income through communication technologies, the project aims at increase the number of entrepreneur women who received trainings in Public Education Centers and Maturations Centers, which are affiliated to the Ministry of National Education, General Directorate of Lifelong Learning, by means of digital and mobile technology support. The products of entrepreneur women are purchased from an internet site officially supported by the project.
In order to strengthen the socio-economic power of the women who received training n Public Education Centers and Maturations Centers, which are affiliated to the Ministry of National Education Directorate-General for Lifelong Learning, an online platform was established, www.oncekadin.com; and to offer the necessary infrastructure for the web services to help women sell their products to wider customers. In this context, trainers and participants were educated.
Duration: 1 year (23.12.2016 – 23.12.2017)
Budget: 650,000 TL
Project owner: General Directorate of Lifelong Learning
Project Partners: Vodafone Turkey Foundation and Turkish Informatics Foundation
Actions Taken:
As a critical action, “Women First in Entrepreneurship” project is implemented with the objective to increase women’s participation in the economy and improve their entrepreneurship capabilities. More than 26.000 women have been trained in information and communication technologies, and entrepreneurship in 20 provinces in the last two years thanks to this project. Women who received the training can turn their handicrafts into income by putting their products up for sale on oncekadin.gov.tr, a website specially created for them. Nearly 32.000 posts have been put up, and 200.000 TL worth of sales have been made on the digital store. The project reached 10.000 women in the first year and created an economic value of more than 15 million TL. In the second year, 16.000 more women have been reached, and nearly 43 million TL worth of economic value has been created with more than 26.000 female entrepreneurs.
In the second period of the project, 138 counselor teachers were determined from Adana, Kayseri, Denizli, Trabzon, Gaziantep, Erzincan, Mersin, Mugla, Kocaeli, and Sivas. 24-hour content including digital and mobile technologies, marketing, financial liabilities, communication skills, and entrepreneurship were prepared and 16 thousand 500 women were reached in 10 provinces by providing consultant teachers and students/trainees with training.
Planned Actions:
Distance Education for Lifelong Learning Project
The project aims at providing channels for lifelong learning beyond borders and time concerning general, vocational and technical courses and seminars in distance education. To this end, the required infrastructure is to be constructed, the official framework and technological structure are to be organized. The sole purpose is to reach all strata of society by means of distance education programs to increase awareness regarding lifelong learning.
Specific Objectives of the Project:
Duration: 5 years (2016 – 2020)
Budget: 5 million TL
Project owner: General Directorate of Lifelong Learning
Project Partners: None
Project Pace:
Activities Performed:
Project Outcomes:
The project of Accelerated Education Program for Protected Syrian Children Non-Formel Education
The aim of the project is to provide accelerated education programs for the protected Syrian children (3-6 ages) who are left outside the formal education to integrate them into the educational system in Turkey.
Duration: 2 years (2017 – 2019)
Budget: 7 Million Dollars
Project owner: General Directorate of Lifelong Learning
Project Partners: UNICEF
Actions Taken:
Planned Activities:
Fighting against Addictions Training Program
TBM (TR: Türkiye Bağımlılıkla Mücadele), is a community that is based on a global training program model, by Green Crescent. The program aims to increase awareness throughout society particularly among children and teenagers about various types of addiction, such as tobacco, alcohol, substance, technology and prevent those addiction types by informing the target audience about the healthy way of living.
The specific objective of the project: To provide preventive and protective services to people of different ages and status with the help of addictions and addictions to human life.
Duration: 8 years (03 January 2014 - 23 June 2022)
Budget: 3.130.000 TL
Project Owner: General Directorate of Lifelong Learning
Project Partners: Turkey Green Crescent Society
Activities Performed:
Activity Outcomes:
Planned Activities:
Literacy Campaign
This project was designed for illiterate citizens. The target group is intended to be reached by means of I. Level Adult Literacy Courses and have them to receive education up to primary school education. The literacy campaign is carried out by the General Directorate of Lifelong Learning, under the auspices of the Ministry of National Education, and in the cities, the governor’s offices take the responsibility to sustain the project. The campaign commenced on 5 February 2018.