Serhan Karatas

Current occupation

Freelance Trainer/consultant in youth work, capacity building and organisational management for civil society organisations/initiatives and international organisations.

Work experience

- Member of Human Rights Educators' Pool of Amnesty International Turkey. (since 2005)
- Member of Trainers' Pool of Turkish National Agency. (since 2006)

SHORT-TERM WORK EXPERIENCE:
(The works of minimum one "full" day are listed below)
* Trainer - "EVS Mid-Term Seminar", 28 March-31 March 2016, Izmir, organised by Turkish National Agency
* Trainer - "EVS Volunteers' Evaluation Seminar", 1-3 February 2016, Ankara, organised by Turkish National Agency
* Trainer - "EVS On Arrival Training Course", 26-30 January 2016, Istanbul, organised by Turkish National Agency
* Trainer - "REAP on gender equality for young activists", 28-29 January 2012, Istanbul, organised by Amnesty International.
* Trainer - “Rights Education Action Project (REAP)” on human rights and gender equality Training Course, 1-2 November 2010, Ankara-TUR, organised by Amnesty International.
Target Group: Young people, NGO activists.
* Trainer - “Rights Education Action Project (REAP)” on human rights and gender equality Training Course, 29-31 October 2010, Mersin-TUR, organised by Amnesty International.
Target Group: Primary and Secondary School teachers of Ministry of National Education.
* Trainer - “Rights Education Action Project (REAP)” on human rights and gender equality Training Course, 8-10 October 2010, Aydın-TUR, organised by Amnesty International.
Target Group: Officers and Religious Officials of TR Religious Affairs Directorate.
* Team Leader & Facilitator - "Choiceless & Voiceless" Seminar, 5-12 July 2009, Berlin-DE, organised by Demokratie & Dialog.
* Trainer - “Rights Education Action Project (REAP)” on human rights and gender equality Training Course, 23-24 May 2009, Izmir-TUR, organised by Amnesty International.
Target group: Trainers working in Prisons, Officials of Training Council of Ministry of Justice
* Trainer - "Training Programme on Migration for Municipality Officials in Istanbul", 16 October 2008, Istanbul-TUR, organised by International Organisation of Migration (IOM).
* Team Leader & Trainer - "You and Me Equal in Gender" Youth Exchange, 20-28 September 2008, Stip-MK, organised by PEL Association.
* Team Leader & Facilitator - "A Dialogue for Change" Youth Exchange, 20-29 August 2008, Chisinau (Kosice)-MD, organised by Youth Generation Association.
* Trainer - "Youth Empowerment for Local Participation” Seminar, 22-28 June 2008, Porto-PT, organised by Porto Federation of Youth Associations(PFYA).
* Facilitator - "Destination Europe" Case Study Trip on Migration and IDPs, 9-15 April 2008, Malta-MT, organised by AEGEE-Europe.
* Trainer - “Rights Education Action Project (REAP)” Training Course, 14-17 December 2007, Adana-TUR, organised by Amnesty International.
Target Group: Experts of Higher Education Council of Ministry of National Education and Secondary School Teachers
* Trainer - "Human Rights in a Changing World" Seminar, 12 December 2007 - Karsiyaka Industrial and Technical High School & Amnesty International- Izmir.
Target Group: High school students
* Facilitator- "Freedom" International Youth Exchange, 2-4 December 2007, Izmir-TUR, organised by Avrasya Community Association.
* Facilitator - "Connecting through Human Rights and Culture" Multilateral Youth Exchange, 19-25 November 2007, Bucharest-RO, organised by AEGEE-Bucuresti & AEGEE-HRWG.
* Facilitator - "Act now! Activate now!(for human rights)" and "Migration" Workshops, 4 November 2007, Eskisehir-TUR, organised by AEGEE-Europe.
* Trainer - “Rights Education Action Project (REAP)” Training Course, 27-29 September 2007, Ankara-TUR, organised by Amnesty International.
Target group: Experts and Officials of Training Council of Ministry of Justice
* Trainer - "We are all human!" training course, 5-10 May 2007, Izmir-TUR, organised by Young Society Initiative.
* Trainer - "Cooper-Youth-Work" Contact Making Seminar, 22-27 April 2007, Gaziantep-TUR, organised by Gaziantep National Education Directorate.
* Trainer - "EVS Mid-Term Evaluation" Seminar, 12-16 February 2007, Bursa-TUR, organised by Turkish National Agency.
* Trainer - "All Rights for All" Training Course, 12-20 October 2006, Izmir-TUR, organised by Young Society Initiative.
* Trainer - “Rights Education Action Project (REAP)” Training Course, 16-19 December 2005, Izmir-TUR, organised by Amnesty International.
Target group: Secondary School teachers that leads "Human Rights and Democracy" lectures.
* Trainer - “Rights Education Action Project (REAP)” Training Course, 18-22 October 2005, Ankara-TUR, organised by Amnesty International.
Target group: High/Secondary School teachers that leads "Human Rights and Democracy" lectures.
* Trainer - “Rights Education Action Project (REAP)” Training Course, 26-20 September 2005, Ankara-TUR, organised by Amnesty International.
My Responsibilities:
 Delivering training on human rights education to secondary school teachers
Aims:
• To develop the educators’ knowledge and competence in key concepts of human rights education with young people
• To introduce and familiarise the participants with First Steps, Popular Education on HRE, and COMPASS materials
• To discuss how to adapt those resources to participants’ realities
• To develop competences on the use of non-formal education methods

* Trainer & Organiser - "YOUTH Program Information Day", 13-14 March 2004, Izmir-TUR, organised by Young Society Initiative.
-Delivering training on YOUTH Programme.

* Speaker and Facilitator in many different youth activities, festivals and workshops.

SHORT TERM VOLUNTEERING EXPERIENCE
• Facilitator & Speaker of the WG on Education and Employment, 27-30 November 2006, Cairo-Egypt, The Role Research on Youth Policy and Youth Work Development Seminar, Council of Europe & EC Partnership.

• Member of the Editorial Board, 6-9 November 2005, Berlin – Germany, European Youth in Action for Diversity and Tolerance, IJAB&EU DG Education&Culture.

• Team Leader of Accreditation & Back office Team, 1-12 September 2005, Izmir, Women’s Basketball European Championship.

• Spectators Services Agent, 10-22 August 2004, Athens, Athens OLYMPICS.

LONG TERM WORK EXPERIENCE
09.2015-11.2015, Senior Assistant to Media Analyst, OSCE Limited Election Observation Mission
02.2013-10.2015, Co-founder/Communications Responsible, Men Against Patriarchy (a.k.a The Disturbed Men)
07.2011-09.2011, Projects Coordinator, Association for Social Change
01.12.2010-07.2011, Project Director, Positive Living Association
* Coordination of large-scale project on "Raising awareness of NGOs, GOs and MPs regarding human rights of PLHIV and improving national repsonse to HIV/AIDS"
30.03.2006-ONGOING, Speaker – Young Society Initiative, Responsible for Representing the informal group on various platforms and coordinating the projects
03.03.2005 - ONGOING Campaign Activist, Active Member – Amnesty International Izmir Local Group.
- Izmir group Coordinator (2009)
- Human Rights Education Coordinator (2007-2008)
- Youth Group Coordinator (2005-2006) term.

18.05.2005 – 01.09.2005- Assistant Manager in Accreditation Commission – Organising Committee of UNIVERSIADE 2005, Responsible for the training of 180 volunteers, coordination of the work of Accreditation Centre.

13.02.2005 – 30.04.2005 Project Coordinator – Young Society for Human Rights Association, Responsible for coordinating the training course “Gender and human rights”, running other international YOUTH projects.

18.01.2005- 19.05.2005 Commission Manager Assistant – Organising Committee of UNIVERSIADE 2005, Providing strategy for getting more volunteers & organising activities for volunteer continuity, making the volunteer databases.

1999- 2008 Several tasks on Project management, Speaker & Member of Working Groups, Audit Commission – AEGEE-Europe, currently working as the elected speaker of human rights working group. Projects include “Socrates Action Day”, “Youth & Globalisation”, “European School”, “Aegean Exchange”, “Education!", "Bologna Process”, etc.

1998-2004 Several task on project management, leading positions and representation, audit commission – Industrial Engineering Students’ Society & ESTIEM (European Students of Industrial Engineering and Management). Tasks include “TEMOB 1999” Organising Team, “TEMOB 2003” organisational advisor, “In the name of peace” youth exchanges and etc.

MEMBERSHIPS-AWARDS
 Youth Voices Group Membership as Knowledge Intern – February 2004-May 2005, World Bank Ankara Office.-Facilitator & Speaker of Education Working Group. We gave a proposal for a (new) youth policy.

 Volunteer Advisory Board Member- May-October 2004, TR Prime Ministry Youth Services Directorate.- We helped the directorate to come up with a new model of activities and follow up the old successful activities.

PUBLICATIONS
• “Management Excellency in Non-governmental organisations: Total Quality Management”, Author, 2004, Final Thesis of Bachelor on Industrial Engineering DEU Engineering Faculty.

• “Youth in Turkey”, Editor, 2004, Forum 21 Journal – published Council of Europe.

• “Youth NGOs and AEGEE experience”, Author, 2004, Journal of Civil Society –published by EDAM.