Esenler Ilce Milli Egitim Mudurlugu – Istanbul Turkey

Partner Coordinator: Burak Gur / Samet Yumak

Esenler District Education Authority includes all the governmental and non-governmental Primary schools and Secondary schools in the district. Furthermore, public training centres, governmental and non-governmental vocational schools and teachers in these education institutions are bound to it. It has 2194 teachers, 80.034 students and 4500 students from vocational high schools.

The District Directorate of National Education (Local Authority of National Education) in Esenler (Istanbul), is a regional governmental organisation which is responsible of all educational activities and administration covering all forms of education; Formal Education (Pre-School, Primary, Lower Secondary, Upper Secondary, Technical/Vocational Schools), Non-Formal Education, Adult Education, Apprenticeship Training and In-Service Training in Istanbul area, under the Ministry of Education. The Department of EU Education and Youth Programs is the one which is in charge of the activities related to EU Projects.

Some of the activities of the department are:

-Training to teachers and vice/principals to prepare and run EU Projects.

-Organise various types of projects within EU Education and Youth Projects.

-Establish partnerships for EU Projects.

-Follow the news and developments of EU Education and Youth Projects.

The target group of the organisation covers all teachers and students who are willing to organise and be involved in any type of EU projects, including Youth in Action Programs. Our responsibility is to give the technical aid and facilities for their project studies and partnerships. Additionally, another part of our tasks is making partnerships and developing EU projects with institutions, such as Universities, Guiding and Counselling Centres and Adult Education Centres located within the region, as our local partners. Therefore, in matter of Youth Programs, the target group is very wide, from general and Upper Secondary Schools to Technical/Vocational teachers, students and adult students.