<< Objectives >>To develop intercultural sensitivity of preservice teachers through children's picture books on migration. Accordingly, we aim • To raise awareness on migration, by interactive read aloud practices,• To provide a new way and perspective for the social integration of migrants and thus to serve social cohesion.• Contribute in developing a pluralistic perspective on intercultural sensitivity, struggles for groups excluded and make multicultural education approach more widespread<< Implementation >>• Organizing online trainings on intercultural sensitivity, children's picture books on migration and interactive read aloud,• Conducting workshops covering interactive read aloud practices,• Creating 15 original children's picture books on migration• To carry out workshops covering interactive read aloud practices for the created original children's picture books on migration,• Assessments regarding the practices made in the project.<< Results >>• Increasing awareness on migration, intercultural sensitivity, children's picture books on migration and interactive read aloud,• Production of similar projects in other countries by using the practices of the project,• Contribution of partner countries to the social integration of immigrants in their own countries with similar projects that may be conducted in the future.• Providing a new perspective for the social integration of migrants and thus to serve social cohesion.

Scince&Future is a collaborative initiative that seeks to blend scientific research on climate change and natural disasters conducted by leading universities (Sakarya University, Kocaeli University, and Düzce University) with the involvement of local authorities (Sakarya Governorship and various participating organizations) from three neighboring provinces, all while engaging the broader public. Within the framework of this two-year project, the plan involves the orchestration of educational events such as competitions, workshops, presentations, and science nights, each hosted by our project partners. The goal is to foster a connection between scientists and the general public, encouraging young individuals to actively engage in scientific endeavors and pursue careers in these critical fields as a direct outcome of the year-long activities. Throughout all these activities, the project also aims to disseminate the European Union's science policies, with a particular focus on climate change and environmental policies, to the diverse layers of the local community.

<< Objectives >>The general aim of this project is to support individual with intellectual disability students’ (ID) education through supporting teachers candidates competencies in special education. Proje kapsamında, bir yüksek öğretim müfredatı ve e-learning module hazırlanacaktır. Proje sonucunda ID students “disabilities and health problems”e bağlı eğitim ortamında karşılaştıkları potansiyel barrierlerin etkilerinin azaltılmasına katkı sunulacaktır.<< Implementation >>Two main results will be prepared in the project. These are the higher education curriculum and the e-learning module. Curriculum and e-learning module will be prepared collaboratively. During the project development process, five transnational meetings will be held with the participation of all partners. Four local panels and an international conference will be held to get feedback on the project and disseminate results. The effectiveness of the project results will be tested through piloting<< Results >>As a result of this project, special education teachers' knowledge of health protection and health promotion and their ability to serve the group (students withID) will increase. Students with ID, who work with teachers who are qualified on the subject, will also be competent using health resources and showing health protection behaviors. In addition, basic and advanced digital skills of teacher candidates will improve through technology-based teaching materials (e-learning mod.) in this project

<< Background >>Autism affects the life of the individual and his / her family in a very serious way. In recent years, the number of individuals with autism in the world has increased. Although only one out of every 2500 children in 1985, one in every 150 children in 2000, one of every 88 children in 2008 was diagnosed with autism, today one out of every 55 children is born with the risk of autism.Even we do not know the cause of autism, it is possible with effective educational methods to minimize the developmental disabilities of these children by early intervention and to prevent difference between their peers. It has been proved with the trainings on autistic individuals in Europe and Turkey that sport is very effective in the development of autistic individuals. However, the insufficiency and lack of studies for sports education is also noteworthy. With this project, firstly, educators will be taught how to use sports as a tool to develop self-care skills, play, socialization and communication skills of autistic children and good practices in this area will be shared in different countries in order to increase institutional competencies.In order for children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder in common institutions and regions to integrate with the society, to socialize, to develop their communication skills, to develop their own self-care skills, families and educators who have been trained in these areas are needed. In this context, families and educators will be taught how to contribute to the development of these children by providing sports skills by experts in their field, and their teaching stages and forms.During the preparation phase of the project, the deficiencies identified in the development of social and psycho-motor skills of mild autistic children between the ages of 3-10 will be eliminated, both in institutional terms, in terms of teachers and families. As a result of the trainings, practices, observation of good practices and joint studies, teaching the methods of gaining self-care skills to mild autistic children between the ages of 3-10 through sports, using the techniques of gaining play, socialization and communication skills for mild autistic children between the ages of 3-10. will focus on competence enhancement.<< Objectives >>Individuals with ASD feel love, happiness, sadness and pain like all people, but have difficulty expressing themselves. Like everyone else, they have the right to feelings, thoughts and legal rights. Children with ASD expect to be noticed, understood and accepted by the society both in education and social life within the framework of equal opportunity. Their only remedy is an approach kneaded with love, patience, and understanding, and backed by a well-planned education. With this project, educators will be taught how to use sports as a tool in order to improve the self-care skills, psychomotor, interpersonal relations and communication skills of children with ASD, and good practices in this field will be shared in different countries in order to increase institutional competencies.It has been proven in the trainings for individuals with ASD that sports are very effective in the development of individuals with autism. However, the scarcity and insufficiency of the studies on sports education draws attention. With this project, the coordinative sports training program prepared for children with autism will be taught to the trainers.In this context, the overall aim of the project is to increase the competencies of educators working with mildly autistic children in order to develop the social and psycho-motor skills of these children aged between 3 and10 years.Our specific objectives are:-To teach the trainers the methods of self-care skills to mildly autistic children aged 3 to 10 years by means of sport.-To teach educators the techniques of gaming, socializing and communication skills for mildly autistic children aged 3 to 10 years.-To promote good practices in partner countries among partner institutions.<< Implementation >>A social networking site will be created for dissemination, a bulletin will be prepared, posters and brochures will be printed and the handbook will be printed at the end of the project. The materials will be prepared by the team of relevant institutions through a workshop. Two spot films will be prepared; first at the beginning of the project and second at the end of the project. In order to measure the success, a questionnaire will be conducted for families and joint institution staff, and periodic meetings will be held with the parents and institution staff. After the review of the good practices, a joint action plan will be prepared, followed by a joint trainer training and then practical studies will be carried out for autistic children and families. Four activities were planned to be done with the families of ADS children. At the end of the project, a workshop was planned to transfer the good practices to the institutions.The project participants are educators working for autistic children, parents of autistic children and autistic children aged 3-10. Except the institutions’ own staff 10 autistic children and their parents will be involved in the practices.<< Results >>With the help of our project, the competencies of the trainers working with mildly autistic children will be increased in order to develop the social and psycho-motor skills of these children aged between 3 and 10 years. In order to achieve this, the trainers will learn the techniques of teaching self-care skills, psychomotor, interpersonal relations and communication skills mildly ASD children aged between 3 and 10 years. Good practices for ADS children in the partner countries will become widespread with the examinations, meetings and workshops to be carried out.In this project, by using individual special teaching methods, it will be provided to educate ADS children based on movement rather than class. As a result of the program, ADS children will get the learning outcomes earlier.The program with the help of sportive skills, which is applied in this project, will enable the ADS children to be included in the social life with their family, minimizing their typical and obsessive behaviors and behavior problems.Local Peoples have a negative view of the problematic behaviors of ADS children. With this project, prejudices of local people regarding autism and ADS children will be destroyed. It will accelerate the integration of ADS children with the society at the local level, which will contribute to the development of the society and social health.In addition to intercultural interaction, learning environments in the field will be provided with a uniform functional education model for ADS children in the partner countries participating in the project. As a result of the targeted outputs of the implemented project, it will be an example to the process of educating autistic children based on movement, by providing education in different areas rather than classroom. With the increase of these applications, the number of institutions willing to cooperate will increase.This project will contribute to the education of ADS children, who are a bleeding wound not only in Europe but also in the world, to the integration of these children into social life at a micro level.Our project also promotes solidarity between the public and private sectors. New collaborations to be encouraged in the field of education of autistic children will also contribute to the increase of civil society dialogue in this field.

"<< Background >>Marginalized social groups are the ones that mean the biggest social and labour market problem in Europe and all over the world. Those especially staying in a marginal position are the people living in extreme poverty, the people living in extreme poverty, people having low scholar qualification, and people, who come from unemployed families of several generations. They are characterized by a long persisting economic and social crisis that still entails deterioration of their social relationships and personal abilities, lack of vision for the future, and total lack of motivation. In 2019, 92.4 million people in the EU-27 were at risk of poverty or social exclusion; this was equivalent to 21.1 % of the EU-27 population.Year 2020 presented a new challenge to the world. Territorial and personal quarantines introduced for the protection against coronavirus, the restriction of mobility of people, the reduction of possibilities of further exposure have made a serious impact on the economy in each of the countries of Europe, but in practice, globally as well. The situation has adversely affected the lives of people living on the margins of society. Marginalized social groups will not be able to represent their interests in the mitigation of economic crisis caused by the virus; they will be the ones, who will get from a hopeless situation to an even more hopeless one. Therefore, every effort needs to be made to promote their social inclusion, in particular by involving them in the non-formal learning process using innovative solutions. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, there have been changes in education, employment but also in the required skills. The sustainability of economy can only be ensured by active participation in social life, the right lifestyle and acquiring the necessary skills for life and labour market in the 21st century. It is essential that disadvantaged and vulnerable groups can also participate in addressing the issues of their future by utilizing their skills, knowledge and competences.Global, transnational solutions have to be sought, because isolated solutions staying within the borders of the country will be less efficient. This is the situation, when it is really necessary that we learn from each other, that we use human resources of each other, and that we apply innovative solutions.The aim of the project is to motivate disadvantaged social groups, to increase their chances for a widest possible range of social inclusion.Main target groups of the project are:-Disadvantaged groups on the labour market (low-income working groups, marginalized groups, groups without regular income)-Vulnerable groups (e.g. persons who for some reason do not have financial security for quality life, social benefit recipients, people living in deep poverty, long-term unemployed, multi-generational unemployed people) Main objectives of the project are:-Prevention: Partners will prevent disadvantaged and vulnerable group of the threat of social exclusion.-Education: training all target groups with by educational, sociological and psychological training modules and motivational videos.-Developing personalities, life and labour market skills for the 21st century among disadvantaged and vulnerable group. -Motivation: engaging disadvantaged and vulnerable group in motivational activities aimed at increasing the social adaptability of the target group. Main project results are: 1.PROSID Educational Modules “Employability Skills in the 21st Century”2.PROSID Blended-Learning Training Programme with Motivational Videos for Social Inclusion „Sustainable Life in 21st Century”3.Interactive On-line Platform 4.PROSID Guideline The project involves 6 partners; 2 universities, 2 non-profit association from Turkey and Slovakia; 1 association from Hungary, 1 consulting and research company from Germany. Partners were selected with respect to their experience, types of organization, excellence of the staff.<< Objectives >>Main objectives of the PROSID project are:-Prevention: Partners will prevent disadvantaged and vulnerable group of the threat of social exclusion.-Education: training all target groups with by educational, sociological and psychological training modules and motivational videos.-Developing personalities, life and labour market skills for the 21st century among disadvantaged and vulnerable group. -Motivation: engaging disadvantaged and vulnerable group in motivational activities aimed at increasing the social adaptability of the target group. Specific objectives of the project are:-to organise workshops and conferences at the national level attended by experts, relevant stakeholders and target groups in order to present motivation strategies and importance of lifelong learning for disadvantaged and vulnerable groups,-to contribute to the professionalization of organisations, increase the knowledge and develop professional and digital competencies of experts by participation on the short staff training event – C1,-to support social inclusion and preparation for the labour market, -to support preparation of the target groups for the societal challenges and for sustainable life in the 21st century by Educational Modules “Employability Skills in the 21st Century” and PROSID Blended-Learning Training Programme with Motivational Videos for Social Inclusion „Sustainable Life in 21st Century”,-to develop a blended-learning training programme to increase their professional and digital competences, -to develop and carry out the pilot testing of the PROSID Educational Modules and Blended-Learning Training Programme with Motivational Videos and Interactive On-line Platform,-to support informal education and improving IT skills of professionals by preparation of Interactive On-line Platform and motivational videos,-to develop the PROSID Guideline,-to create information materials (leaflet, newsletter) and website, -to create an E-learning and communication platform for the disadvantaged and vulnerable groups, -to promote the cooperation between the stakeholders from different sectors (state, public, for-profit, non-profit) at the local, regional, national and international level to support social inclusion of marginalized and vulnerable groups.<< Implementation >>The planned activities are listed in relation to the planned results:R1 - PROSID Educational Modules “Employability Skills in the 21st Century” – Leader: NEU R1/A1. Analyses of countries for best practices and literature (DEG-DER)R1/A2. Creation of PROSID Educational Modules (HP)R1/A3. Test trainings (DU)R1/A4. Evaluation (SPLB)R1/A5. Correction in line with feedbacks (ECF) R2 - PROSID Blended-Learning Training Programme with Motivational Videos for Social Inclusion „Sustainable Life in 21st Century”(e.g. life skills for individuals, personal and interpersonal skills, financial skills, health capabilities, civic capabilities) - Leader: SPLB R2/A1. Preparation of the structure and topics of the modules, division of topics between partners (ECF)R2/A2. Script preparation on individual topics, translation into national languages (SPLB)R2/A3. Preparing videos (with theoretical, practical knowledges and exercises) and with the free e.g. Ice-cream software - Video Editor (HP)R2/A4. Audio recording and synchronization of videos (DU)R2/A5. Selection of trainees and pilot testing (DU)R2/A6. Defining the method of evaluation (DEG-DER)R2/A7. Incorporation of comments, preparation of final version (NEU) R3 - Interactive On-line Platform - E-learning and communication platform for the disadvantaged and vulnerable groups and experts - Leader: DU R3/A1. Preparation educational materials, videos, practical information for E-learning platform (all partners)R3/A2. A communication platform for disadvantaged and vulnerable groups and experts (DU)R3/A3. Translation of the e-learning platform and communication platform content (all partners)R4 - PROSID Guideline - Leader: HP R4/A1. Creation of the structure of the PROSID Guideline to introducing the PROSID Educational Modules “Employability Skills in the 21st Century”, PROSID Blended-Learning Training Programme with Motivational Videos for Social Inclusion „Sustainable Life in 21st century”, Interactive On-line Platform - E-learning and communication platform for the disadvantaged and vulnerable groups (NEU)R4/A2. Describing the project methodology and results of the project including recommendations (ECF) R4/A3. Preparation of design and graphical elements. (HP)R4/A4. Translation of the PROSID Guideline into the national languages R4/A5. Distribution of the PROSID Guideline online at the project website, partner websites, through social media (DEG-DER) Other activities (described in detail in the relevant chapters of the project):1.Activities within project management and implementation2.Dissemination activities3.Multiplier events - workshops, conferences4.Short-term joint staff training event<< Results >>Main project results are: -PROSID Educational Modules “Employability Skills in the 21st Century”analyses of countries for best practices and literature, creation of PROSID Educational Modules to improve skills for the labour market, test trainings, evaluation, correction in line with feedbacks.-PROSID Blended-Learning Training Programme with Motivational Videos for Social Inclusion „Sustainable Life in 21st Century”- (e.g. life skills for individuals, personal and interpersonal skills, financial skills, health capabilities, civic capabilities).-Interactive On-line Platform - E-learning and communication platform for the disadvantaged and vulnerable groups and experts -PROSID Guideline - for introducing the PROSID Educational Modules, PROSID Blended-learning training programme with Motivational Videos for Social Inclusion and Interactive Online Platform for the disadvantaged and vulnerable group. Other expected results within ""Project Management and implementation"":-Dissemination plan, dissemination of the project and its regular evaluation-Project quality management plan and internal evaluation plan-Website in five languages and its regular updating - information about the project, partner institutions, target groups, main and specific objectives of the project, up-to-date information on project activities and their outcomes, project products, publication of photo documentation from project meetings, contacts to partner institutions and project managers, important links, E-learning platform.-Project leaflet in five languages in electronic and paper form - information on the project, objectives, target groups, partner institutions, project products and contacts to partner institutions. The leaflet will be prepared in English and in all the languages of the partnership. Each partner organization will participate in the preparation, the partner SPLB is responsible for the final version.-Project Social Media page - information about the project and activities-Newsletter - three times during the project duration-Project promotional video in 5 languages (EN, DE, SK, HU, TR).-2 posts on the EPALE platform on the international section of EPALE.Expected further results after the end of the project:-professionalization and internationalization of partner organizations, increasing the level of client-oriented services of interested organizations with a focus on disadvantaged and vulnerable groups,-development of knowledge, professional and key competences of disadvantaged and vulnerable groups in line of challenges of 21st century,-increasing the motivation of disadvantaged and vulnerable groups in the field of participation in lifelong learning, maintaining the quality of life and employment and involvement in the life of society, -obtaining information from the transnational environment on good practices and their impacts will facilitate the high-quality educational process for disadvantaged and vulnerable groups which responds to the challenges of the 21st century, -multiplier events will allow for the exchange of experience at national level, positively influence the networking of experts and cross-sectoral cooperation in the field of providing training services for disadvantaged and vulnerable groups,-improving transnational cooperation with institutions working in the field of training and educational services for people disadvantaged and vulnerable groups."