Youth Development Association

Youth Development Association has been established by experienced youth workers and trainers in order to have an active role in youth work both at national and international levels. The initial steps have been taken in March 2004 and the organization was officially established in January 2005.
Youth Development Association works to disseminate active participation of youth in all levels of decision making process in the society.
Objectives:
to enable youngsters to be an active part of the society
to provide necessary skills and knowledge to young people to improve themselves as active citizens in the society
to enable them to be aware of multicultural dimension and intercultural learning
to mobilize youngsters in order to be more familiar of different dimensions and approaches
to raise the awareness of multicultural dialogue, mutual understanding and youth power in peace making process
to promote anti-racism and enable young people to work actively on the subject

Main Activities: In order to reach its aims and objectives, YDA is organizing several activities,short term youth exchanges, in order to provide the taste of intercultural learning and intercultural dimension; mid/long term exchanges; in order to increase the capacity and knowledge of the youngsters; seminars on different subjects related with youth; training courses on several themes; long term sustainable development projects. For this purpose Youth Development Association is cooperating with many institutions as a consultant, partner or beneficiary such as British Council, Turkish National Agency, Directorate of Youth and Sports and some other youth NGOs in Turkey and abroad, etc.