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Projects

Some of the projects YADA participated with various missions that have been realized in collaboration with different civil society organizations or researchers are as follows in there topics:

Research Projects
Implementation Projects
Corporate Social Responsibility and Monitoring and Evaluation Projects


  • Research Projects
    • "The State of Youth"
    • The State of Youth Survey has been funded by UNDP and designed and conducted by YADA within the scope of "National Human Development Report 2007". The project has been finalized on August 2007.
    • The theme of UNDP's National Human Development Report in 2007 is 'Youth in Turkey'. YADA contributed to the report with a quantitative research, which aimed to explore socio-demographic profiles, capabilities, perspectives, attitudes and values of youth in Turkey together with the constraints before and opportunities of youth in education and working life. The targeted population of the survey was the youth between the ages of 16-24. The research was conducted in Istanbul, Adana, Malatya, Ankara, Izmir, Bursa, Tekirdag, Diyarbakir, Samsun, Trabzon, Kayseri and Erzurum. Moreover, YADA team conducted focus group meetings with adults in order to analyse their perception of 'youth'. The data obtained in the research provided input for National Human Development Report 2007.
    • "Environment and Society: Social Impact Assessment of Environmental Projects"
    • "Social Impact Assessment of SGP's Biological Diversity Projects and Determination of GEF-SGP's Working Fields with Vulnerable Groups" project was funded by UNDP/GEF-SGP and conducted by YADA from February 2006 until March 2007.
    • The research was conducted for the assessment of the direct and indirect social impacts of biological diversity projects supported by SGP and recommending a framework to SGP which would unify individual/social development and environmental activities in accordance with these assesments. In this regard, the analyses concerning the vulnerable groups constituted to the focus of the research.
    • Click for the final report of the research.
    • "NGO-Public Sector Relations in Turkey"
    • Research as a part of EU project "Technical Assistance for Improving Co-operation between the NGOs and the Public Sector and Strengthening the NGO's Democratic Participation Level" conducted by The General Secretariat of European Affairs with technical assistance through British Council from January 2006 until February 2006. The cluster analysis and field research was sub-contracted to YADA Foundation. The field research and related analysis were conducted by YADA team in collaboration with Dialogue Development/Denmark.
    • The objective of the EU project was to establish an environment in which Public Sector institutions and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) could further develop cooperation; thus, increasing participation of Civil Society in the democratic process. But the object of the cluster analysis that YADA implemented within this larger project was to initiate a cluster analysis in order to identify areas of greatest potential for the development of partnerships of the NGO and public sector in the medium term.
    • The research concentrated on the four cases of state-civil society partnership (Society Centres (Antalya and Ankara), Prime Ministry Human Rights Advisory Boards, Municipalities (Mugla, Samsun-Gazi and Istanbul-Beyoglu) and Social Assistances and Solidarity Foundations/Social Risk Mitigation Project). During the field researches, in-debt interviews were conducted with the representatives of the above-mentioned partnership projects.
    • The report indicated the obstacles before constituting cooperation between civil society and public sector. The distance between two sectors fed the discriminatory practices as the civil society did not perceive public sector as one of the important base of producing solutions. Public sector on the other hand was far from recognizing the demands of civil society. The aim of the study, developing strategies for increasing the participation level of civil society to decision making processes, was hence highly related with developing strategies for combating discrimination. Besides, the report served for the development of future strategy for locating possibility of NGO and public sector cooperation.
    • Click for the report on Public Benefit Status (PBSOs) in Turkey.
    • "CSO's in Turkey: Needs and Constraints"
    • The research project was conducted for the Civil Society Development Center/STGM Turkey within the scope of the project "Strengthening Freedom of Association for Further Development of Civil Society" supported by the EU Delegation in 2005.
    • The objective of the project was to locate current situation of civil society in Turkey. The strategy of the survey was to draw up the actual technical and qualitative capacities, necessities and expectations of CSOs along with their relations with the state, their members, the CSOs functioning at the same field and the other CSOs, and finally their awareness of and expectations from Civil Society Development Center.
    • The targeted population of the research was the CSOs. The research included both qualitative and quantitative methods. The focus group meetings and in depth interviews were conducted with directors, representatives, members and volunteers of 32 civil society organizations representing the fields of women, child, environment, culture, youth, human rights and handicapped from Istanbul, Ankara, Antalya, Kayseri, Samsun, Diyarbakir, Adana, Mugla. Moreover, a questionnaire survey was implemented to 591 CSOs in all around Turkey.
    • Click for the Mapping Study
    • "The Turkish Youth Speaks Up: Youths Opinion on Turkey's EU Accession and Membership Process"
    • The research project was supported by the EU Delegation of Turkey within the scope of Horizons and Mosaic Program and conducted in collaboration with the Turkish Social Science Association in 2004-2005. YADA team designed and coordinated the project. The survey implementation with data collection, analyses and reporting and field organization were accomplished by YADA team.
    • The objective of the research project was to discover and analyse the social, economical and cultural profiles; perception, understanding and awareness of youth about crucial matters of Turkey and accession process to EU. The targeted population of the survey was the youth; the sample was comprised by senior students (third year students) of high schools. To obtain Turkey representative results, 12 cities (Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Balikesir, Bursa, Adana, Malatya, Trabzon, Samsun, Kayseri, Gaziantep, Erzurum) and 60 schools (regular high schools, Anatolian High Schools, Private Schools, Occupational High Schools, Imam Hatip Schools) were included in the sample. The number of the subjects who participated in the survey was 4542 students in 60 high schools. The survey was also supported by focus group meetings.
    • The end products of the project were assessment of the youth's social, economical and cultural profiles, assessment of the youth's attitude towards the EU, assessment of the information level about the EU among the youth, assessment and analysis of the needs in the public information about the EU. These analysis were published as a book in 2005 and circulated to the related authorities, policy makers, NGOs and the media.
    • Click for the summary of the research findings
    • "The Determination of the Social and Economic Condition of the Private Mining Sector Workers in Turkey"
    • The research and application project was supported by EU Delegation Turkey and conducted in collaboration with the Union of Revolutionary Miners in 2005.
    • YADA team conducted the field research, data collection and analyses and reported the research findings of the project.
  • Implementation Projects

    • "Reading Clubs for Adult Learning Communities (READCOM)"
    • Project has been implemented through an international partnership and coordinated by the W. J. Grabski Public Library in Ursus District of Warsaw. It has been supported by the EU, under the Grundvig Program of the Socrates Fund since 2006.
    • The aim of the project, which has been conducted in partnership of the Biblioteka Publiczna im W.J. Grabskiego w Dzielnicity Ursus m. st. Warszawy (Poland), Volkshochschule Donaustadt (Austria), Instituto Politecnico de Portalegre/Escola Superior Technologia a Gestao (Portugal), Escola Superior de Educação do Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco (Portugal), CEMIM/Centrum Edukacji Miedzykulturowej i Medialnej (Poland), Katholieke Hogeschool Leuven/Departement Lerarenopleiding (Belgium), Ministry of Culture and Tourism/General Directorate of Libraries and Publications (Turkey) and YADA Foundation is to ensure the participation of adults to the social life as active citizens through reading clubs. In 2007, the project was selected among the best 20 projects supported by Socrates Program within 5 years.
    • One of the most important tasks of lifelong learning consists in nurturing intellectual activities such as reading and writing. Creating reading and writing habits among adults is also one of the best ways of keeping them socially active and culturally engaged. In the light of these objectives, Reading Days About Life, in which books and films are read together, have been performed in every Saturday on 13:00 pm in YADA Foundation since January 2007. The facilitatorship of the reading club has been undertaken by individuals who have expertise in the fields of adult education, political science and communicative sciences (specifically cinema).
    • The participants of the Reading Days are mainly individuals between the ages of 28 and 55. While reading the texts, sharing and discussing the ideas constitute to the heart of the Reading Days, the issue of ‘multiculturalism’ has constituted the base line of the texts and discussions. Furthermore, since the leitmotiv for all groups within the READCOM in the 2006/7 period was determined as 'identities/exile', certain texts covering several subtopics concerning this leitmotiv have been read. Among these texts, alongside the written ones such as stories and novels, there have also existed visual texts like long films. Some of the topics on which readings and discussions have been realized were 'Identity or Difference?', 'Settlement, Unsettlement', 'Generations', 'Difference in History' and 'East/West'. Participants have contributed in all discussions with their own experiences and memories, that is to say, they have rewritten the texts they have been dealing with. On the other hand their reluctance to the act of writing, have made discussions to be remained at an oral basis and to be restricted with the notes that have been taken by facilitators.
    • Besides the reading clubs, the project also produced guides for mentors in order to manage reading clubs. Click for the "Module on Multicultural Education through Books and Films for Adults" prepared by YADA team.
    • For the detailed information on project: www.readcom.info
    • "The First Step For the Local Development"
    • The agricultural development and employment project was supported by the EU Delegation of Turkey within the scope of Local Development Program and conducted in collaboration with Cetinkaya Agricultural Development Cooperative/Sivas in 2005-2006. As the partner of the project, YADA actively participated in project designation, implementation and monitoring and evaluation processes.
    • The project was realized in 19 villages in the settlement of Cetinkaya attached to the province of Sivas. The objective of the project was to deploy the contemporary scientific knowledge and information for improvement of the agriculture and animal breeding that rapidly lost their importance year by year so that the first steps would be taken towards development of a concrete solution for unemployment through creating new employment opportunities.
    • As the outcomes of the project, the women and unemployed men were trained on mushroom growing and the marketing opportunities were created for the production. Mushroom growing was created as a new employment opportunity in the region.
    • European Union Education and Youth Programs, Youth Projects
    • o "Cultural Heritage-A Base for the Future" (Cultural Bridge, Thessaloniki/Greece, Action 1, 1-7 November 2004) Metin Kodalak and Aslı Oflaz participated for YADA
    • o "Global Youth Service Day" (Association de la Fondation Etudiante Pour le Ville, Paris/France, Action 1, 2-17 April 2005) Metin Kodalak participated for YADA
    • o "Sustainable Development as a Challenge for European Youth" (Foundation for Regional Development and Ecological Education, Poland, Action1, 17-21 August 2005) Hüseyin Ambarlı, Cevahir Demirkıran participated for YADA
    • o "Attention Center for Immigrants and Disfavored People" (TR-21-51-2005-R3, founded by European Union Education and Youth Program, Action 2. 01.10.2005-01.06.2006, Spain). YADA participated as sending organization for the project of Ayşen Çevik.
    • o "European Center in Milicz” (TR-21-50-2005-R, founded by European Union Education and Youth Program, Action 2, 301.10.2005-30.07.2006, Poland). YADA participated as sending organization for the project of Emre Şahin.
  • Corporate Social Responsibility and Monitoring and Evaluation Projects

    • "Life Plus Youth Program Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation (PME) Project."
    • The PME activities of YADA has been funded by the Life Plus Youth Program constituted by UNDP and Coca-Cola Turkey since 2006.
    • The objective of the participatory monitoring and evaluation (PME) is to help supported projects for attaining more effective results in accordance with the Life Plus Program’s objective and priorities and project objectives. Moreover, the PME also aims at contributing to the strategic planning of the program.
    • For detailed information on Life Plus Youth Program: www.hayataarti.org
    • "Monitoring and Evaluation of the 'Strengthening Freedom of Association for Further Development of Civil Society' Project"
    • The project was supported by the EU Delegation Turkey and conducted for the Civil Society Development Center/STGM from 2005 until 2007 by YADA Foundation. YADA was in charge of monitoring and evaluation of the STGM's project that lasts for two years.
    • The objective of the monitoring and evaluation study was to review and provide periodical advice on STGM's projected activities throughout its execution until May 2007. It was also aimed at describing and evaluating the NGOs' standing technical and organizational capacities and assessing their priorities, needs and expectations with regard to their activities and target groups in comparison to similar outstanding NGOs that are active in the same region. The project also aimed at providing reflexive data on NGO's evaluation of STGM activities and STGM's perceived effect on the NGO's and to track, locate and report changes on the NGOs having close contacts with STGM who are defined as the target group and main beneficiary of the STGM's activities.