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Duration: 2 weeks 2006

Project was prepared and coordinate by Dilek Volkan

It is intended that our assistants of associate professor (whom will be sent for this project) should be experienced practically in a Member Country, where performs these applications for years, and these assistants should evaluate the examples of these applications/systems in real life, and then they should share their experiences after the project with their students in Universities. It is believed that the union of theory and practical application personally observed would enrich our education curriculum of universities. This Project will serve to principle of “Changing, modernizing and harmonizing the education and instruction systems of Europe”, which is one of two basic points focused on by Lisbon Strategy and Copenhagen Declaration.The project has been performed in 25 FDs’ offices in Germany for four weeks.

Duration: 3 months, 2006

Project was prepared and coordinate by Dilek Volkan

LdV mobility projects in Germany and in Turkey, , This Project will cover 8 new graduates of Hacettepe Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation Vocational High School-Ankara in the 2005-2006 Educational Year. 8 Physiotherapist will serve in very necessary and useful field in Turkey by learning and observing new technology & its applications about the Rehabilitation methods of Rheumatic diseases in Germany.

Duration : 2007-2008

Budget:

Project was Prepared by Dilek Volkan

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Overall Objective To create an atmosphere for the young people to express themselves by arts, and to cooperate in arts by being together, and to change the ideas from negative to positive by arts. Organize Competitions for poster, and for Music File, Create an Interactive WEB Page for Young Forum.

Actions The participants can be the young people from Germany, Greece and Turkey. At the end of the competitions 15 works will be chosen from each category in each country, and the first 3 degrees will be chosen among these works. The young who has the degree in Germany, Greece and in Turkey, (6 from each country) will come together in the exhibitions of the all works of competitions in Germany & Turkey. Exhibition:

The results of the competitions were presented in Germany, Greece & Turkey by exhibitions.

Responsibilities:

• Project preparation
• Dissemination
• Negociation with Delegation to Turkey of EU

Cooperation with Municipalities of some cities

Duration: 2007-2009

Budget: 284.057,-Euro

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Since labour is demanded across borders, documentation methods that are closely linked to national (vocational) training systems and their rules are no longer adequate. Practical competences need to be described in a way that is separate from national educational systems and explains practically relevant learning outcomes beyond formal certificates. Especially within the LdV programme major experiences and results has been gathered in the past. One of the projects that has been highlighted as “best-practice” in this area is the project EXEMPLO 2003-2006 (1)

Problems of acquisition and description of competences are still prevailing in most countries but the need is even more visible in Germany, Romania, Greece and Turkey. In Germany “there has been little need for recognition of non-formal and informal learning” (2) and “experiences are limited” (3). In Greece “the profile of validation has been rising on the national policy agenda” since several years (4) but “without any overall framework”. In Turkey the economy is deeply rooted in Enterprises incl. SMEs and the national VET policies and structures are not that much stable and developed like in other areas of Europe (2). As a consequence there are very few experiences with recognition of non-formal achievements.

Responsibilities:

• Delivery of training courses awareness raising
• Employers forum
• Dissemination on an international scale

An Innovative Approach,  LLP-LdV-TOI-2007-TR-026

Duration: 2007-2009

Budget: 285.917,-Euro

Project was prepared by Dilek Volkan & Beneficiary Organization

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There are 246,899 enterprises in the manufacturing industry, which employ 2,043,815 people in Turkey. SMEs constitute; 99.8 % of total enterprises including those in the service sector, 76.7 % of total employment, 38.0 % of total investments, 26.5 % of total value added, but only 10.0 % of total exports. This situation could be enhanced. However, export training is almost non-existent. A field study carried out by Small and Medium Industry Development Organization (KOSGEB) in 2004 staff from only 953 SMEs out of 38.342 got any training in exports. One of the most important barriers to export can be considered as the insufficient skills and competence of staff. This is also a common situation for the SMEs in EU. Recently, there has been increasing pressure on companies to compete in a global market. In order to meet the pressures that these new demands create, an intermediary support system must adopt to strengthen the foreign trade capabilities of SMEs.

The 9th Development Plan stipulates problems such as insufficient quality of vocational education, lack of lifelong learning practices in particular, deficiencies in capital accumulation and technological renovation processes lead to degradation in labour efficiency.

In Turkey, there are sources, also available on internet, such as Export Promotion Centre (IGEME) and exporter associations that provide regular information regarding exporting, however, SMEs have to rely on their banks for any meaningful advice due to lack of training opportunities. 59% of the SMEs have access to internet. Furthermore, one of the basic goals set out in the Ninth Development Plan for 2007-2013 is transforming Turkey to an information society. The Strategy includes social transformation, information and communication technologies adoption by businesses.

Responsibilities:

• Project Management and coordination
• Survey Report about Needs Assesment for Training
• Delivery of training courses
• Training Implementation on a national scale
• Employers Forum
• Dissemination on an international scale

LLP-LdV-TOI-2007-TR-005

Duration : 2007-2009

Budget: 287.645,-Euro

Project was prepared by Dilek Volkan

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Across Europe, the trend in psychiatric care is from in-patient to outpatient treatment. In the field of outpatient treatment, the project will develop a modular concept for technical further and continuous training of nursing staff.So far psychiatric patient care has almost continuously been tied to a stationary service such as a hospital. However, the new and tested perspective to install care manpower in the ambulatory psychiatric care has yielded in shortening and avoidance of the hospitalization, and also in avoidance of home-stays. This innovation in psychiatric patient care has brought the service into the community and raised the demand for care.

The objective of  this Leonardo Pilot Project,  „ Development of Ambulatory Psychiatric Patient Care in Field (Provinces)“ is the  conception and establishment of a technical and special  developmental training for the care staff in Ambulatory Psychiatric Care. Nearby, the betterment of the quality of psychiatric care activities stays at foreground corresponding to demands of ambulatory provision. The development training Modules.

Responsibilities:

• Project Coordination PCM
• Delivery of training courses
• Training Implementation on a national scale
• Coordination between Training Providers and learners
• support in policy-making process at central and local level particularly issues regarding training
• Dissemination on an international scale
• Survey for Needs Assessment
• Reporting
• Project Evaluation

Towards Development of the European Network of Continuing and Posrgraduate Education form Family Physicians, LLP-LdV-TOI-2007-TR-040

Duration: 2007-2009

Budget: 269.849,-Euro

Project was prepared by Dilek Volkan

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According to the forecasts included in the report developed at the order of the Ministry of Health, while maintaining the so far effectiveness of the educational system, it may expect that every Turkish person will have “his/her” own family doctor only in 10 years’ time. This situation clearly indicates that the output of the educational system is inadequate with regard to the present needs of the Turkish health care. Although the thirty-eight medical University Department in Turkey have introduced teaching of family medicine as a Board specialty, the family medicine educators do not meet the requirements in terms of numbers and competencies. A similar situation takes place in other European countries.

The implementation of the project will be spread throughout two years. The main activities of the Project are: Iplement the Training Programme for teachers of Family medicine, Creation and testing an innovative teaching programme for teachers of Family medicine focused on teaching patient centered consultation. Development on innovative manuals for teaching patient centered consultation for both trainers and learners. Training simulated patients and using them in teaching and learning patient centred consultation. Creation of problem based learning modules, containing health promotin, prevention, diagnosis and threatment of health problems. Development of examples of e-learning programs for family physicians by using some of the problem based learning modules. Organization of a seminar in Turkey dedicated to new methods of teaching family medicine. An international conference in Turkey summing up the works and results of the project.

Responsibilities:

• Project Management and coordination PCM
• Planing and Delivery of training courses
• Training Implementation on a national scale
• Dissemination on an international scale
• Coordination between Training Providers and learners
• support in policy-making process at central and local level particularly issues regarding training
• Reporting to National Agency

IPA – Socio-Economic Partnership Programme, 2010
Project *was prepared by Dilek Volkan

İZODER

Overall objective: To increase the power of effect of the social partners and all the other related stakeholders and parts in the issue of “energy saving for a better environment”; get prepared for “the environment and rational use of energy policies” of the European Union; transfer the good applications of the European Union to the sector; sharing expertise and at the same time supporting improvement of the social dialogue and civil society dialogue