Empowerment of Youth for E-transformation of Turkey

Acronym of the case:

YfH

Web address of the case:

http://www.youthforhab.org.tr

Country of the case:

Turkey

Posting Date:

1 December 2008

Last Edited Date:

08 January 2010

Author:

Basak Saral (Youth Association for Habitat)

Youth | elearning | ecdl

Type of initiative

Network

Case Abstract

Youth Association for Habitat (YfH), the facilitator of the network of 73 local youth councils in Turkey, the National Youth Parliament, aims to increase youth participation in decision making processes for sustainable development. Access to information is an essential requisite for participation in social life and decision making mechanisms. Hence, YfH has been implementing a number of ICT literacy and expertise projects at national and international level since 2005 targeting to increase the capacities of young people who will benefit from e-transformation of Turkey and participate in the process as equal partners. The programme, which covers every geographical region in Turkey, has provided face to face trainings for 50,000 people via 600 volunteer trainers and its ECDL e-learning mechanism, offers standardized e-qualifications in youth related subject areas such as e-resources, promotes web 2.0 technologies to enable to develop knowledge, share experiences, discuss and develop policies and promote democratic development.

Description of the case

Domain

eInclusion

Topic

Digital literacy and competences | ICT and community development | ICT and Marginalised youth

Sector

Education, Science and Research | Local/Regional Community Development

Start date - End date

January 2005 (Ongoing)

Date operational

January 2005

Target Users

Authorities dealing with groups at risk | People with disability | Young people at risk of marginalisation

Target Users Description

Disadvantaged youth and in specific young women are targeted. Yet, as there has been the demand from everyone from the society, the programme has provided services for children, elderly and disabled persons at any age.

Scope

National

Status

Implementation

Language(s)

Greek | Portuguese | Turkish

Other

Arabic, Hebrew

Policy Context and Legal Framework

YfH is part of the Youth for Habitat International Network and is a legal entity in Turkey. It also served as the secretariat of the intenational youth network. For the last 12 years, Youth Association for Habitat facilitates the establishment and the work of local youth councils. The legal framework of local youth councils is established in 2006 within the framework of the Municipality Law in Turkey.

Youth Association for Habitat facilitates the work of the national network of local youth councils, which is the National Youth Parliamnet in Turkey. Empowerment of Youth for E-transformation of Turkey Programme is implemented with the National Youth Councils all over Turkey.

Project Size and Implementation

Type of initiative

Participation

Overall Implementation approach

Partnerships between administration and/or private sector and/or non-profit sector

Technology choice

Not applicable/not available

Funding source

Public funding national | Charity, voluntary contributions

Project size

Implementation: Not applicable/not available

Impact, innovation and results

Track record of sharing

Believing that the efforts for the advancement of ICT for development need to be complemented by the implementation of strategies based on multi-stakeholder approach, Empowerment of Youth for E-transformation of Turkey covers projects implemented in partnership with UNDP, UNICTDAR, Microsoft, Cisco Systems, Vodafone Foundation and Intel.

Lessons learnt

- Multi stake holder aproach is significant.
- Networking is needed.
- Youth volunteerism contributes significantly.

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