The 1^st  National  Coordination Meeting of Local Agenda 21 National Youth Partliamnet

23-25 July 2004

Between 21st and 23rd of July Local Agenda 21 Facilitating Group Meeting was held in Malatya. After this meeting, the 1st National Coordination Meeting of Local Agenda 21 National Youth Parliament gathered and a work plan for the next one year was constituted as  the outcome of these meetings. more

LA-21 National Youth Parliament

Trabzon Summer School

6-12 Semtember 2004

Local Agenda 21 National Youth Parliament Summer School was realized in Trabzon between 6th and 12th of September 2004. Besides panels on local governance and public administration reform, evaluation of implementation of Local Agenda 21s in Turkey, young people from approximately 80 provinces of Turkey participated to several trainings during the summer school.  more

Establishment of the Local Agenda 21 National Youth Parliament

PREPARATION MEETING TO THE 19TH MAY SUMMIT 23-24 April 2004, Tarsus

Between the dates, 23-24 April 2004, 110 youth participants from 63 provinces have gathered in Tarsus for the Preparation Meeting to the Local Agenda 21 National Youth Parliament Summit that is to take place on 19th May in Ankara, the capital of Turkey where the establishment of the Parliament would be declared. Within this preparation meeting, the participants formed the road map of the LA-21 National Youth Parliament. more

The Meeting of LA-21 Youth Parliament and Relevant Public Institutions for the Formation of a Coherent Youth Policy in Turkey

19-22 February, 2004, İzmir

LA-21 Youth Parliament representatives came together with the state officials on the same platform to discuss the future establishment of a National Youth Council and the formation of a national youth policy in February, 2004. The LA-21 youth representatives also had the opportunity to meet with the NGO representatives of the National Youth Council Initiative. The LA-21 youth representatives criticized the idea that there are two rival initiatives for the establishment of a National Youth Council currently in Turkey; stating that; more

Local Agenda 21 Youth Parliament - Strategy Development Meeting

5 - 7 December, 2003 – Eskişehir, Turkey

Strategy Development Meeting of the Local Agenda 21 Youth Parliament is supposed to be an important cornerstone in the sense that it provided the participants to make a situation analysis of the current position of the Parliament at the national and international platforms. more

Contributions of LA-21 Youth Parliament to the Draft Law of Public Administration, 23 – 24 August, 2003, Antalya

The representatives of Local Agenda 21 Youth Parliament gathered between the dates, August 23 – 24; 2003 in Antalya to discuss the Draft Law of Public Administration and its impact on youth together with the relevant state officials such as the Prime Ministry Chief Counselor for the Draft Law and the Ministry of Interior Affairs General Director for Local Administrations. more

Local Agenda 21 Youth Parliament Summer School

7 – 12 September, 2003, Kuşadası, Turkey

The first summer school of the Local Agenda 21 Youth Parliament was organized in August, 2003 in one of the holiday resorts of Turkey, where youth representatives not only got trained on important topics but also had the chance to participate in social, cultural, sports activities together. more

Having Equal Opportunuties in Order to Live in a Sustainable Environment

The Euro-Med Action 1 project entitled “Having Equal Opportunities In Order To Live in a Sustainable Environment”, prepared within the framework of the YOUTH program of the European Union, is realized with the cooperation of Youth Association for Habitat and Agenda 21 in Şanlıurfa, between 3rd and 11th of April 2004. more

Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health in Budapest
The REC’s role in the Healthy Planet Forum and the Ministerial Conference

Budapest, Hungary will be the site for the 4th Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health: The Future for Our Children on June 23-25. The event will run in parallel with the Healthy Planet Forum’s own Civil Society and NGO Conference. more

Youth and Gender Equality

AN EXCHANGE BETWEEN YOUTH ORGANISATIONS 

28-30 May, 2004 ISTANBUL 

To increase the possibilities for cooperation between youth organisations in Sweden and Turkey and to increase awareness in the organisations about gender equality issues “Youth and Gender Equality” exchange was organized by Kvinnoforum (Women Forum) and Youth Association for Habitat and Agenda 21 at Consulate of Sweden in Istanbul. more

Southeast and Europe Cooperation Process (SEECP)

Regional Youth Forum: “Youth-Regional Cooperation and Europe Integration”

 12-14 March 2004, Saraybosna, Bosnia-Herzegovina

Southeast Europe Cooperation Process Good     neighborhood process in European countries started under the name of “stability, security and cooperation” with the proposal of the Turkish government in June 1996 in Sofia in the assembly of Southeast Europe countries foreign ministers. Turkey, Greece, Albania, Romania, Yugoslavia (Serb-Karadağ), Bulgaria, Macedonia were permanent members whereas Bosnia –Herzegovina was the observer member. During the presidency of Romania the name of the enterprise has been changed to “Southeast Europe Cooperation Process” (SEECP). more

Euro-Med Seminar on Youth and Migration

10-13 October 2003, TUNISIA 

  Seminar on Youth and Migration was realised by El-Taller which is an international non-governmental organization situated on south and with the participation of young people from Tunisia, Syria, Palestine,Iraq, Lebanon, Algeria, Maroccco, Egypt, Netherlands, Italy, France, Greece and Turkey. Elif Memiş and Fatma Pelin Sarıkahya from Turkey represented Youth Association for Habitat and Agenda 21.During the seminar, participants discussed their ideas on youth and migration issues and these discussions prepared a base for various partnerships between participant organizations.  more