EU Awareness and Youth Networks

In the context of Turkey’s accession negotiations to the EU, many programmes enhancing civil society cooperation have flourished in Turkey for the past 3 years. The European Commission is massively supporting communication campaigns about the EU – its policies, legal and institutional system, values and History – in order to prepare the integration of Turkey into the EU, and therefore its participation to EU decision-making process and structural funds.

Besides supporting bilateral agreements between Turkish and Dutch universities to establish dual degree in the field of European studies or policies, NIHA also wants to contribute to raising awareness among Turkish students and researchers about EU – by launching its Thursdays’ seminars on European Union and Turkey every two months, hosting workshops or lectures related to EU, and initiating and participating as partner or associate to EU-granted projects in Turkey.

To bridge together the European Youth, NIHA is also supporting projects in the frame of the Youth in Action Programme of the European Union, and various activities of the Netherlands Alumni Association of Turkey (NAATR). We are also going to apply to the Turkish National Agency (for EU Education and Youth Programmes) for an accreditation to become an EVS (European Volunteer Service) hosting and sending organization.

SEMINARS

25 June 2009: “The Change and Stakeholder Anlysis of Transformation in Health Programme” by R.Murat AYDIN – Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor-Ministry of Health

14 May 2009: “The Importance of the Healthcare Reform with Respect to Fiscal Sustainability” by former President SGK A.Tuncay Toksöz

9 April 2009: “The Role of Think-Tanks in Turkey and EU” by Assoc.Prof.Mehmet Özcan(USAK) European Studies Director

13 November 2008: Lobby Conference on “Influence strategies of Turkey in EU Member States”

16 October 2008: Lecture “The role of European Commission Delegations in candidate countries” – by Holger Schröder, Head of Section D – Financial Cooperation and Coordination of Investment, European Commission Delegation to Turkey

10th of April 2008: Lecture “EU funding opportunities and mechanisms in Turkey”, by Gerbrand van Bork, Manager Business Development, ECORYS Turkey

15th of November 2007: Workshop “2030: The First Turkish Presidency of the EU”, by Karin H.J. van der Ven, Lecturer European Studies, Maastricht University

ONGOING
PROJECTS

Project submitted on the 20th of August 2007: Towards Deeper Understanding of Rural Europe

Project submitted on the 20th of August 2007: Towards Inclusive Universities by Empowering Disabled Students
FINALIZED
PROJECTS

Project submitted on the 1st of April 2008: ESCALA – European Youth Summer Camp a la Turca