CO-OPERATION, DISCUSSIONS AND SUSTAINABLE DIALOGUE BETWEEN LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND CSOsIN TURKEY AND SPAIN

Withinthescope of ourprojectactivitiesWP1.2.4 and WP1.2.6,in ordertofacilitatecontactsanddiscussionsbetweenTurkeyandSpainand establish co-operation and sustainable dialogue between two countries with the contribution of CSOs in Turkey and Spain, representatives of Konya Ereğli Municipality, representatives of our project partners Provincial Government of Teruel, International Youth Solidarity Association and Ereğli Women Entrepreneurs Association came together during the Study Visit to Teruel, Spain, which was held between 23-28 June 2019.Inthiscontext, roundtablemeetingsand NGO visitswereheld.Duringstudyvisit,institutionsandorganizationssuch as Vıllarquemado City Council,EmpresaDfDistribucion(Distribution Company),CepaimFoundation, CaritasFoundation, Cpifb San Blas (Public Training Center), CeeiAragon (The Center of DevelopingEntrepreneurship), InaemProvincialDelegation (EmploymentInstitute), FundacionSanta Maria Albarracin (Al BarracinFoundatıon), Diario De Teruel (TeruelLocalPressandNewspaper), AragoneseWomanInstitute (AragonWomenInstitute)werevisitedandtalkedtotheauthorities, andinformationabouttheactivitiescarriedoutbytheinstitutionswasobtained. Itwaslearnedthattheseinstitutionsandorganizationsengaged in activities on vocationaleducation, entrepreneurship, womenentrepreneurship, employment, theintegration of immigrantsanddisadvantagedgroupsintosociety, socialactivities, professionalandsocialawarenessandgenderequality.Thus, cooperation, discussionanddialoguewereestablishedbetweentheseNGOsandlocalauthoritiesvisitedduringtheStudyVisittoSpainandthepartners in Turkey, International YouthSolidarityAssociationand Ereğli WomenEntrepreneursAssociation.

Inaddition, duringthestudyvisit, theopinionson goodpracticesandentrepreneurshipbetweentwocountrieswereexchangedandmutualcooperation, communicationanddiscussionswereprovided.

Inordertofactthatgoodpractices on theissuessuch aswomenentrepreneurship, employementandvocationaleducationwereimplemented in Turkey, necessaryquestionswereaskedandnotesweretaken. Inaddition, in ordertofactthatSpainalsobenefitsfromgoodpractices in Turkey, thedeficiencies in Spainweresharedwiththepartnersduringthevisit. Inthiscontext, thedraft ofgoodwillprotocolto be signedbetweenthetwocountrieswasalsodiscussedandit wasdecidedthatthegoodwillprotocolwassignedduringtheStudyVisittoTurkey.Inaddition, discussionsandco-operationwithourprojectpartners, theCSOsandLocalAuthoritiesdiscussedduringstudyvisitcontinuethroughmutualsharingandfollowing of activitiesin electronicmediasuch asFacebook and Instagram, allresearchesand  activitiescarriedout in SpainandTurkeyareshared, andthecapacities of individualsandinstitutionsthroughthesesharingsaredeveloped.