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Table of Contents GAZI UNIVERSITY ...... 2 GAZI UNIVERSITY PROJECT COORDINATION IMPLEMENTATION AND RESEARCH CENTER ...... 3 EUROPEAN VOLUNTARY SERVICE (EVS) - HOSTING ...... 4 Accomodation ...... 4 HOSPITAL (2011-TR-21) ...... 5 SCHOOL (2011-TR-22) ...... 6 KINDERGARDEN (2011-TR-23) ...... 7 PROJECT OFFICE (2011-TR-24) ...... 8 YOUTH CLUB (2011-TR-18) ...... 9 YOUTH NGO (2011-TR-19) ...... 10 Requirements ...... 11 Support for our Volunteers ...... 11 Draft Programme ...... 11 EUROPEAN VOLUNTARY SERVICE (EVS) - SENDING ...... 12 Some of Our Partners ...... 13 Our EVS experiences ...... 14

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GAZI UNIVERSITY

Gazi University is one of the few universities whose history dates back to 1920s. Right after the declaration of the Turkish Republic Mustafa Kemal Atatürk decided to establish an institute. This resulted in the establishment of the 'Teacher Training Institute' in 1926. After that the institute had different names until 1982 when it was named Gazi University

Today Gazi University carries out its educational and research activities with its 18 faculties, 4 colleges, 9 Vocational High Schools, 35 research centers and 6 institutes and it still claims itself a high education institution which is worthy to Atatürk. The university has faculties of Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Engineering and Architecture, Economics and Administrative, Communation, Science and Arts, Law, Fine Arts and Education which is currently considered to be the best in its field in the whole country.

In addition to the our Turkish students Gazi also provides education to more than 1500 students from all over the world. Gazi University carries out its education in different campuses called Besevler, Emek and Maltepe in Ankara.

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GAZI UNIVERSITY PROJECT COORDINATION IMPLEMENTATION AND RESEARCH CENTER

Our Center getting into active on June, 2010 in our university, is established with a view to perform 7th. Framework Programmes, Youth Programmes and Lifelong Learning( Leonardo da Vinci, Grundtving, Comenius), the execution and management of which have been realized by the State Planning Organization - Center for European Union Education and Youth Programmes- National Agency. The execution of international bid technical support is also realized by our center. Besides giving service to consultation and coordination in cooperation of academic and administrative unit of the university, it has also executed activities like a pre-interview for mutual agreement to be likely executed with representatives of university coming from Union European and other foreign countries and to represent the university in the meeting national/ international concerning this programmes. The activities our full-time and part-time employees are engaged with are as follows:

 to promote EU Education and Youth Programmes at the university  to represent the university national and international meetings, congresses, symposiums about education  to provide coordination and information about the teh different programs that EU executes with the aim of support the scientific researches  to contribute to the social life of the community through the meeting of volunteers from different countries and cultural backgrounds  to facilitate European and international mobility and exchange of ideas with a mutual understanding and in a peacefull atmosphere  to promote an educative project (local, national, European, international) by encouraging an active citizenship for a democratic, united and participative society

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EUROPEAN VOLUNTARY SERVICE (EVS) - HOSTING

Accomodation ;

Having a long historical background as a city Ankara is home of many architectural and historical findings in its museums. Ankara is considered as one of the most "serious" cities of Turkey, since it hosts the parliament and many politicians. This brings the mood of stable life into the city. However, by being the capital and having a huge student population Ankara has a very colorful night life as well.

Our volunteers live in a flat next to Gazi campus in a safe district in a very peaceful area. It is in the center of Ankara so it is easy to go everywhere by metro, by bus and also on foot. The volunteers share a big flat with 3 rooms, 1 living room, 1 kitchen, 1 bathroom and 1 toilet. The flat is well equipped, they have all the necessary things to live in comfort

Gazi mahallesi is a safe and peaceful area but also lively because it is the district in which different universities (Gazi University, Ankara University) are located. Most of the faculties of Gazi university are here. There is a big variety of places where you can spend your free time. Nice coffees, restaurants and green parks. Come and enjoy!

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Projects ;

HOSPITAL (2011-TR-21) Gazi University Foundation Hospital is situated in Ankara, in Yenimahalle and within 15 min. of walking distance to the EVS flat.

In this hospital one floor is completely dedicated to the treatment of children, so in additionally to the normal treatment rooms there is also a very nice playroom and a little hospital school. Our volunteers will play a key role in those two rooms, in the playroom they will draw play and have fun with our youngest patients and they are more than welcome to contribute with their own ideas to create new activities for the kids. The hospital school is particularly important, especially for those kids who have to endure long-term stays due to serious illnesses, such as cancer.

Our volunteers will meet the explicit needs of the children giving them Mathematic, Science, Social and especially English lessons according to their level of education. The hospital school is equipped with all the tools that will be needed and there are also two teachers who will support our volunteers in every possible way.Receiving this schooling will make it easier for those kids to find their way back into a normal daily routine after they have completed their treatment.

Also children will enjoy the contact with our foreign volunteers very much as it is a special opportunity for them to be in touch with the big wide world even though most of them are tied to their beds. Another activity in the hospital will be visiting the rooms and in this way not only adding new faces to the dull hospital every-day-life of the kids but also interact with the parents who usually spend just as much time inside those rooms.Cutting it short we want our volunteers to give our patients and their families motivation, make them smile and make them feel positive again.We are open to all new ideas, for example our last volunteers initiated a clown day. One day a week they come dressed up as clowns distribute balloons and joke around – the kids absolutely love it!

Who are we looking for? It would be very good if the applicant is studying or has graduated from any department of health, or has some practical experience concerning hospital work however it is not a must! 5 EURODESK LOCAL CONTACT POINT GAZİ UNIVERSITY (TR066)

SCHOOL (2011-TR-22)

Gazi Foundation Primary school is located in Maltepe, 30 min by walk from EVS flat. EVS volunteers would have a chance to work with a wide age group of pupils – children from nursery school to high school students. Our volunteers would take part in foreign language lessons and patricipate in activities of students' clubs.

There is a wide variety of activities at school that volunteers can both participate in or can initiate and lead; first of all that would be assisting teachers during lessons of foreign language. Aim of this activity is to teach foreign language in a way which is interesting and makes fun for students. Despite of that, volunteers can iniciate and creative activities aimed to promote children's free expression in various art forms and cultural activities, for example: drama classes, music classes, cultural and educational outings, together with students volunteer can organise campaigns regarding healthy living, environmental issues, etc., plan and implement festivities and celebrations. Next to above mentioned cretive activities, our volunteers can take part in fulfilling various administrative tasks: parent contact, helping in fund raising activities, resource building, etc.

During their work at school, our volunteers would have an opportunity to learn about Turkish culture, learn and reflect about the work and educational activities and no movement- and health oriented lifestyle at Gazi school. Our volunteers also can use the chance to introduce their own countries history, culture even to teach their own language to students of Gazi school.

Who are we looking for?

In the selection of our volunteers, we would give our priority to persons studying or graduated from education faculties. The volunteer should be willing to work with children and teenagers and have empathy to them. From our volunteers we estimate fluent knowledge of English and basic knowledge of Turkish language; collaboration skills, ability to work in team; experience of work with children and youngsters would be an advantage.

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KINDERGARDEN (2011-TR-23)

Our volunteers can choose from 3 different kindergardens initiated by Gazi University Education Faculty or Gazi University Foundation. All of them are situated in a place easy to reach in a nice, peaceful and green area. The environment is very friendly providing a big variety of possibilities for the children to spend enjoyable but also effective time. Plays, English workshops, movie minutes, excursions, outdoor activities, special events make the life of the children more colourful.

Our volunteers are working with different age groups in the kindergarden situated in Gazi campus. They take part in various activities which cover different topics, always trying to add an international flair. Through presentations, games, creative and leisure activities they try to promote their cultures, countries and languages and therefore increase the children’s knowledge. In exchange the volunteers can also easily discover Turkish culture and language. Supported by the kindergarden teachers they can get to know the educational system of Turkey and contribute with new learning methods. Our aim is to create awareness for different cultures and also show that there is things we all have got in common, in the majority of the cases using non-formal learning methods. We hope that by doing a good job our volunteers can be valuable members of the local community.

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PROJECT OFFICE (2011-TR-24)

The projects related to Youth, Lifelong Learning and 7.Framework Programmes are written and managed in the office situated in Gazi University Campus. Each NewProject requires the information flow and labour. Gazi University offers a golden oppurtunity for young people who want to write their projects and to implement in their own countries and for you so long as you share the knowlegde gained with the sending organizations. Our volunteers will interest the writing, management and final report the 1.1,1.2,3.1,4.3 and 5.1 active in the field of youth and involve in the Project by establishing a dialogue with adult people in the brain team of the Grundtvig projects. The volunteers participating and making the projects will learn education and working activities, organize various celebrations and seminar and take part in Project team of the production of national and international projects. Besides, the volunteers will gain teamwok and ability to adjust and manage the organization.

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YOUTH CLUB (2011-TR-18)

The volunteers involved in the Project will organize seminar, travel, meeting and festival with the student community at the Gazi University. They will organize information seminar in order to eliminate the cultural differences and to vaccine the European awareness. In this context, they will go to high and middle schools with the college students and young people will gain in this way the awareness of the European. Thanks to the Eurodesk Focal Points, the Office has a lot of possibilites like to bring together the Turkish National Agency experts and the volunteers, to deliver problems, and find the solutions in a short time. In this way, volunteers obtain the oppurtunities to benefit from the experiences of experts about writing project and to have adequate knowledge for projects when they return to their country. The volunteers will raise the recognition of EU by transmission of the EVS, Youth actions and the other European projects to the young generations.

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YOUTH NGO (2011-TR-19)

As it is known, the most important strength of a society is the number and their owned facilities of NGO (non governmental organizations). We want to provide young people become conscious, develop dialogue with the society and and aware that they are individuals in the community. In this context, the volunteers involved in the Project will prepare flier working together with the NGO and take an active role in various festival, games and social projects. They will discuss the social problems of the young people in the study and prepare reports and brochures so as to find solutions. They will take part as a whole for all projects. Among the mains objectives will be to collect material during the studies, to interview with the young people and to raise the awareness by publishing magazines for them.

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Requirements ;

The applicant must be at least 18 years old. It is important for us that the potential volunteer is very positive, full of energy and ready to do things. He or she should be interested in sharing their culture and be ready to take the initiative. Additionally he or she should be able to work under pressure, be self-confident and ready to take on responsibilities.

We are looking forward to hosting volunteers with a sense of humour to life!

Support for our Volunteers ;

EVS volunteers will be supported by the Programme Coordinator and a Mentor in all their tasks. Their Mentor will have experience with the EU Youth in Action Programmes, have advanced English skills and insure that the volunteer is well lodged and happy. Additionally the Mentor will help with all administrative questions which might arise and accompany the volunteer to the hospital or to see a doctor if needed.

During this project in generally, our volunteers have chance to discover Turkish culture from inside, being part of it, living and working in Turkey's capital city. They will learn Turkish language at the Turkish language Teaching Center of Gazi university, or get private lessons from an expert of Turkish language. Our volunteers also would get experience of working with students of various age.

Draft Programme ;

Volunteers will work max. 30 hours per week and are entitled to have 2 free days per month, which can be – on agreement with the tutor – combined to create a longer period.

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EUROPEAN VOLUNTARY SERVICE (EVS) - SENDING

GazıUniversity Project Coordination Implementation and Research Center have sent 420 volunteers to our partner’s organizations yet. We have 33 different partners in 14 countries. We are working with our partners about all Youth in Action Projects. Our aims are that improve to the quality of projects and make a good relationship with partners. When we select our volunteers for sending partner’s organizations, we can make an interview with them. We give information about our partners and collect their Europass CV’s and ML’s. When they are selected for projects , we invite and make a presentation about travelling and another important issues. Every deadline we can write new sending projects for our new partners.

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Some of Our Partners ;

- Compass Európai Ifjúsági Közösségért Egyesület (Hungary)

- Polip Ifjúsági Egyesület (Hungary)

- Orfeas A.M.K.E (Greece)

- DEKTEX- Municipality of Xilokastro (Greece)

- DHKEB Velo (Greece)

- Associação de Amizade Luso-Turca – Lisboa (Portugal)

- Asociación Cultural Ingalicia (Spain)

- YouNet Sicilia (Italy)

- Europejskie Forum Mlodziezy (Poland)

- Centre Culturel TURKUAZ asbl (Luxemburg)

- Urzad Gminy Dobra (Poland)

- Verein 4YOUgend (Austria)

- Jaunimo savanoriðkos veiklos centras ''Deineta'' ( Lithuania)

- Jaunatne par iesaistisanos (Latvia)

- Association des Compagnons Bâtisseurs asbl (Belgium)

- Mission Locale de Villeurbanne (France)

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Our EVS experiences are ; - The Youth Volunteer Bridges for the EU’s Future (S) Reference Number: TR-21-3-2008-R1

- Toward European Identity: Creating Shared-Values Among Youth of Different Cultures (S) Reference Number: TR-21-100-2008-R5

- Active Youth Participation in NGOs (S) Reference Number: TR-21-26-2009-R2

- Learning to live with others (S) Reference Number: TR-21-74-2009-R3

- Common Future (S) Reference Number: TR-21-93-2009-R4

- Come Together (S) Reference Number: TR-21-24-2010-R1

- Cultural Interaction (S) Reference Number: TR-21-40-2010-R2

- Make a Difference (H) Reference Number: TR-21-76-2010-R3

- Sharing EVS Experiences (M) Reference Number: TR-43-219-2010-R4

- Discovering New Culture (H) Reference Number: TR-21-113-2010-R4

- Youth on the Move (H) Reference Number: TR-21-148-2010-R5

-Join Us! (S) Reference Number: TR-21-23-2011-R1

-New Bridges on Volunteerism (H) Reference Number: TR-21-81-2011-R2

-GAZİng at the end of rainbow (S) Reference Number: TR-21-80-2011-R2

(S) ; Sending, (H) ; Hosting, (M) ; Evaluation Meeting

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Project Coordinator

B. Sc. Mustafa Orhan KANSU Research Assistant Youth Programme Supervisor Eurodesk Local Contact Point ------Gazi University Tel :+90 312 202 38 68 Project Coordination Implementation Fax:+90 312 202 38 69 and Research Center ------Rectorship of Gazi University www.project.gazi.edu.tr 06500 Ankara/TURKEY [email protected]

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