Friedrich Ebert Stiftung

The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung is a non-profit, private, independent and cultural institution, which is committed to the ideas and values of social democracy.

Promoting democracy and development world wide, contributing to peace and security, shaping a responsible globalised world, as well as supporting the enlargement and development of the European Union. These are the international aims of the work of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung.
By supporting projects in more than 100 countries, the FES is actively involved in the constitution and consolidation of civil society, state structures, the promotion of democracy and social justice, the reinforcement of free trade unions, as well as the advocacy of human rights and gender equality.

With the help of Turkish partners, the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung organises workshops, seminars, lectures and international conferences – not only in Ankara and Istanbul, but also in many medium and
small cities in Anatolia.

Fields of Work

• EU- Integration and enlargement,
• peace and stability in the region,
• multilateralism and international co-operation,
• workers’ rights and trade unions,
• equal opportunities and social justice,
• social peace and economic development,
• human rights and rule of law,
• democracy and development of civil society.

Analytical Centre on Globalization and Regional Cooperation (ACGRC) / Armenia

Analytical Centre on Globalization and Regional Cooperation (ACGRC) is a non-governmental organization based in Yerevan and was established in 2002.
Main directions of activities of the ACGRC are:

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National Endowment for Democracy (NED) / U.S.

Joint Projects:

1. Democracy and Participation Summer School 1 (2006) (Partners: NED, Bilgi University)

2. Democracy and Participation Summer School 2 (2007) (Partners: NED, Bahcesehir University)

3. Democracy Generation Summer School (2008) (Partners: NED, Bilgi University)

4. Democracy Generation Summer School (2009) (Partners: NED, Bilgi University)

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Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) / U.S.

Joint Project:

Women’s Entrepreneurial School (2007) (Partners: CIPE)

Training program for women entrepreneurs and businesswomen. In this project the businesswomen and women organizations give lecture to the women to gain entrepreneurial spirit.

The aim of the Women’s Entrepreneurial School Project is to increase the awareness of the experience and participation to the business life of the women working at different SMEs. They are the Women Entrepreneurs who manage their own companies and/or managers at SMEs.

40 entrepreneurs of this school between the ages of 25 to 40 will have a 1,5- month training program and lectures will be given by the academicians, opinion leaders in the sector and business leaders. Program will be a voluntary based project.

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International Republican Institute (IRI) / U.S.

Strengthening Civil Society Workshops (2007) (Partner: IRI)

In this project Society and Democracy Association and International Republican Institute (IRI) make joint workshops for NGOs in different cities of Turkey which is about improving their technical capacities.

IRI:

A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, IRI advances freedom and democracy worldwide by developing political parties, civic institutions, open elections, good governance and the rule of law.

New Europe / Denmark

Joint Project: Global Citizen

The purpose of the project is that the participants through cooperation will get an opportunity to establish some of the cross-border citizen-to-citizen contacts that are vital for our common future and a more globalised world.

At the same time the participants will create results that other citizens in Denmark, Turkey the EU and the rest of the world can utilize.

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Fraser Institute / Canada

Fraser Institute:

Demonstrating the benefits of sound economics:

We are an independent international research and educational organization with offices in Canada and the United States and active research ties with similar independent organizations in more than 70 countries around the world.

Our Philosophy:

Throughout our exploration of issues that affect citizens, we attempt to discuss complex economic subjects in a manner that can be easily understood by everyone.

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