تركيا

Platform is a not-for-profit institution of which the operating costs, and partial program support are met by Garanti Bank Turkey. Additional programme support is diversified including a wide range of foundation and public money, governmental or otherwise mainly from Western Europe and the United States. All funding accrued through these sources is directly spent on programs. It has 4 full-time staff, interns and volunteers. PR, press, design, maintenance and services are outsourced.

Reaserch +academy reaserch +human rise

Based in Ankara, Puruli Culture&Art is a cultural operator that realizes long-lasting projects which add values to the cultural memory and accumulation in the long term.

Renaissance Institute is established by a group of young people in a town named Kazan, a country side part of Ankara. There is a Board with 7 members who are manageing the NGO in order to produce service for young people who lives out of city center. There are 15 active volunteers working in the office as assistants and a group of volunteer cordinators. Altouhgt, the NGO is new, there aren't any paid workers in the office. The NGO's expected bugdet is likely 10.000 € per year for first two years. It gets financal support from membership fees and donates from businessmen from Kazan town. Also there are many supports from Public Bodies for those NGOs who produce service for people living in country side. So far, the Renaissance Institute, supported three youth initative projects (No-Visa, EVS & Erasmus Explorers, EuroVideoDesk); two youth exchanges (Let's Play Together, We Are Young Active Employable); become partner of six projects which will be held in abroad. The board set the strategy mostly depending on Anna Lindh Foundation's 4D strategy. So our activities focuses on developing Democracy in country side, taking attention on Environmental problems and sustainable development, rising soical statue of women, preventing voilence related with gender issues, developing human rights approach, develoing an approach on intercultural/international dialogue and promoting peace, using media as a tool for democracy and participation, making researches about demands of people who lives in country side, non-formal education for young people. Mostly, EU Affairs Ministry, Governorship of Kazan, Municipality of Kazan, Universities from Ankara, Local Youth and Sport Office are our potential partners in activities that we carry out in local. What is more, there are many other NGOs from Euro-Med countries which involves our projects as partners.

EDROM is the first officially established Roma NGO in Turkey and active in Edirne since its establishment in 2004 (first under the name of EDÇİNKAY) and it’s a leader in motivating and supporting the Roma communities in the area and in Turkey in general to get organized and work towards bettering their situation; in this sense EDROM has been also the leader of the Roma Associations Federation (ROMDEF) with 13 member associations acting together for designing and influencing policies related to or “affecting” the Roma people.