Ankara Vocational Training, Education, Culture, Art and Tourism Association is a vocational training and employment organisation. MESEDER has been working on vocational education and job placement in Ankara for 13 years, with the belief that diversity and equal participation of all communities are the keys to improving equal access. Since then, the association has been able to expand capacity for a variety of Turkish and foreigner people, including Syrians. Its specific knowledge of vocational education, employability, networking skills, expertise in accessing job industries and problem analysis enables it to work and contribute to the correct field. MESEDER’s work focuses on disadvantaged groups in various locations including Kırıkkale, Bursa and Mersin.
Ankara Vocational Training, Culture, Art, and Tourism Association (MESEDER)
Project in progress
Strengthening women’s and youth’s “Not in Education, Employment, or Training” (NEET) economic prospects through education and awareness raising
About the project
The overall aim of the project is to ensure the social cohesion of vulnerable members of the host community and refugee women and youth to increase social inclusion and cohesion in the region, address protection needs and increase the employability of women and youth by providing them with basic language and vocational skills. The project was created with the idea that resilience can be strengthened when women and youth can better improve their employment conditions, gain awareness about their rights, develop capacity for their wellbeing and continue development efforts.
The project also aims to increase employment opportunities for refugees and vulnerable host community members between the ages of 18 and 29 through vocational education and Vocational Qualification Certificate.
Planned activities
- Kitchen and soap-making workshops
- Vocational competence certification and orientation
- Turkish language courses
- Legal counselling and referrals
- Information seminars
- Registering beneficiaries with Vocational Qualification Certificates to İŞKUR system and employment of beneficiaries
- Interview techniques and CV preparation training