The members of our Association, academics, civil administrative staff, administrators, educators, young people, students, tradesmen, etc. consists of individuals from various professional disciplines and from all segments of society.

Our Association’s goals and activities include: ensure that the activities are to be enabled and developed civil society; promote and provide individual and social development in all areas; knowledge dissemination; cherish and to protect and promote our values; and enhance awareness of democracy and human rights; to work on this and provide support to people and organizations; international activities; make joint efforts with overseas institutions; Economic, social, political and cultural structure introductory activities; collaborate on the national and international organizations that provide youth services to all legal and open; women in working life and young people’s personal, economic and social development promotion; help and support for the disadvantaged; Help and support to young peoples about Education of young people, socialization, recruitment, personality development and in all field; just not all of the members of the community activities that will promote awareness and involvement in environment and development issues; community development, and prepare projects for development in all areas at national and international level; to participate in the project and apply a few of the goals of our Association. Our Association carries out its activities in all areas with 164 members in 2016.

AFSARDER is nowadays a cultural,  improvement and encouraging innovation  association dedicated to youth and their training and educational needs. We undertake several online and offline initiatives promoting and enhancing active European citizenship, intercultural communication, social integration, media and journalism. One of our main objectives is to stimulate multicultural meeting and reciprocal knowledge to encourage a more real and less rhetoric ideal of “European citizenship”, that is why since 2016 we are an accredited EVS sending and coordinating organization. Our main activities “live” and

“sidebyside” are in Afyonkarahisar, Middle of Turkey, where we have the operational office open to our

volunteers and users. There we organize initiative by ourselves or together with other partners in the

area (mainly other associations), but also meetings and training sessions about our international

mobility programmes, including EVS. We also have our legal office in Central Turkey and an info point

in Central Europe and in The Central World.

The other objectives of the association:

– To cooperate and fight against racism, discrimination and corruption.

– To promote, establish and develop mutual respect and personal contacts between youngsters and induviduals from Turkey and  from other countries

– To contribute in realization of vision for fair world with respect for human dignity and multiculturism

– To contribute to educational development, andencourage mutual understanding and respect in order to promote social responsibility for youngsters and disadvantageous groups

– To help young and disadvantageous groups to be internationally-oriented and professionally qualified

– To protect and promote student rights

– To help young and disadvantageous  groups without parents

– To care for environment

– To develop sporting spirit and active lifestyles for youngsters and disadvantageousters groups

– To support and promote local initiatives

– To support and promote youth involvement and voluntary work in the benefit of the communities

– To develop contacts with organizations from Turkey and others through out Europe and the world.

Generaly Our young people are college students who are still studying at universities or young people who have just finished a university and are looking for a job. Most of our young people want to improve their foreign language proficiency. At the same time new places, qualifications, worlds and friends are exploring and seeking new business opportunities.The concept of social responsibility must be viewed as a social sensitivity that must be owned by both individuals and institutions. Taking responsibilities is the first and small steps, possiblese high school, if not, try to enter the social sensitivity projects in the university age. They are aware of the social responsibility of young people, and they help to destroy many prejudices. When young people are given the opportunity, what they can accomplish will create positive impressions both locally and across society. It helps the society to trust the young.

Social development through the General Directorate of the associations participated in the project in 2015.

Again in 2015 the Ministry of youth and sports and our social projects is provided in reference too.

For the development of young people and the community to support entrepreneurs participating in the activities; enable individuals to gain experience, to their education and to gain awareness in various areas; encourage; to make proteins and the phenomenon of active citizenship, personal social and economic balanced development and improvement to provide students with the knowledge and skills to assist in New to promote are some of the main activities of our organization.

Training of individuals participating in public life and organizations, projects and events to participate in to participate in their active life and social life, to enable you to determine their own location and their status can enhance express themselves.

Thus, individuals living in a state of positive change, to the point of being able to take their own initiatives and decisions cesaretlenebi able to develop their skills, opportunities, and threats able to be aware of their rights and duties, awareness of reach.

In this area our organization is a non-governmental organization, coordination, and collaboration in the formation of networks; project management, presentation, communication, dissemination, evaluation, sending and leading in the formation of Youth Initiatives. High experience in this field and have ability.

Our association with some projects, so where that content is located and activities include:

The project we are reading together: Cycling’s Health Project; Project savings my job: I love my orphan brother project and etc..

We have participated and organized numerous workshops touching this topic. We have experience about this topic. Also some of our members have personal experience about it. But always is good when you extend your knowledge and when you can learn something new.

The participants who will represent our NGO during the exchange will be actively involved in the project, in the evaluation, analizing part, in preparing dissemination materials, multiplying and follow-up actions in our NGO and in our local community.