Main activities of the association are Conducting research and working together with other institutions and foundations for the purpose of protecting the democratic rights of youth without any discrimination on the basis of language, race, religion, sex, working and cooperating with international youth organizations and foundations in order to strengthen the bonds and relations outside of the country through the methods of youth exchange, youth enterprise and inter-cultural dialogue, contributing to prepare adequate ground for more active youth and women in political platform, being included in international activities through membership to external and international organizations and partnership on the basis of projects and association, working for preserving and extending democratic rights and freedoms of youth and taking place in joint projects with other organizations for the issues and problems existing in youth agenda.
Youth Agenda, as an association working mainly on EU projects, has selected its main target group as young people in local, national and international level, between 18-30 years old, similar to the definition of European Union.
Specific projects that Youth-Agenda Association has been working on are various. First of them is “Facestaj” project, which is awarded in World Bank “Creative Development Ideas Competition” among 791 competing projects and is funded by World Bank. This project aims to solve the unemployment problems of Turkish youth. Through this project, it is established a network where unemployed young people are given necessary personal development trainings and are provided employment opportunities. www.facestaj.com website has been established in the scope of this project and through this website, university and vocational high school students can find convenient internship positions as well as they can open their own groups to discuss relevant topics.
Moreover, one of the biggest problems of Turkish youth is not to speak English in an advanced level. Thus, Youth Agenda Association has organized and International English Speaking Camp in Turkey in August 2009 ( Antalya ), February 2010 ( İstanbul ) ,June 2010 ( Kuşadası ) , September 2010 ( Bodrum ).With the participation of foreign trainers and participants, Turkish youngsters find the opportunity to practice English.Main activities of the association are Conducting research and working together with other institutions and foundations for the purpose of protecting the democratic rights of youth without any discrimination on the basis of language, race, religion, sex, working and cooperating with international youth organizations and foundations in order to strengthen the bonds and relations outside of the country through the methods of youth exchange, youth enterprise and inter-cultural dialogue, contributing to prepare adequate ground for more active youth and women in political platform, being included in international activities through membership to external and international organizations and partnership on the basis of projects and association, working for preserving and extending democratic rights and freedoms of youth and taking place in joint projects with other organizations for the issues and problems existing in youth agenda.
Youth Agenda, as an association working mainly on EU projects, has selected its main target group as young people in local, national and international level, between 18-30 years old, similar to the definition of European Union.
Specific projects that Youth-Agenda Association has been working on are various. First of them is “Facestaj” project, which is awarded in World Bank “Creative Development Ideas Competition” among 791 competing projects and is funded by World Bank. This project aims to solve the unemployment problems of Turkish youth. Through this project, it is established a network where unemployed young people are given necessary personal development trainings and are provided employment opportunities. www.facestaj.com website has been established in the scope of this project and through this website, university and vocational high school students can find convenient internship positions as well as they can open their own groups to discuss relevant topics.
Moreover, one of the biggest problems of Turkish youth is not to speak English in an advanced level. Thus, Youth Agenda Association has organized and International English Speaking Camp in Turkey in August 2009 ( Antalya ), February 2010 ( İstanbul ) ,June 2010 ( Kuşadası ) , September 2010 ( Bodrum ).With the participation of foreign trainers and participants, Turkish youngsters find the opportunity to practice English.