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KIRŞEHIR CULTURE ART ENVIRONMENT
PROTECTION AND PUBLICATION
ASSOCIATION
“GLOBAL CHALLENGES FOR
SUSTAINABILITY”
A GRUNDTVIG AND COMENIUS COURSE
01-05/04/2013
ISTANBUL - TURKEY
KIR-ÇED Kırşehir Youth Culture, Art, and Environment Protection Center is an
independent, non-governmental, non-partisan and non-profit youth
organization. It was formed in 1997 named KIR-ÇED as non-formal group of
enthusiasts, young people and young intellectuals, part of them as freelanced
artists, musicians, actors, organizers and people with advanced ideas. KIR-ÇED is
an apolitical, independent, nonprofit organization, with educational aims that
coordinates youngster willing to cooperate in the voluntary sector.
The goal of the organization is to educate, publicly represent and enforce capacities of the repository of the democratic
social changes using the methodology of the social education and youth work. That way it enforces cooperation between
sectors, EU integrations and creation of the public politics with the goal of improvement of the social situation of the youth
through festivals, camps, youth club. It is open for all people of the good will regardless of the national, religious, sexual or
any other ideological orientation. Organization includes more than 60 members, mostly students from universities and
students from high schools, youth workers and volunteers, who are experienced in participating and organizing different
programs and projects.

TARGET GROUP
Teachers (Pre-school, primary,
secondary, vocational, adult,
special needs)
Teacher trainers
Careers officers, educational
guides and counselors
Headteachers/principals/manag
ers of schools/organisations
offering adult education
Other (Paid or voluntary)
management staff in the
institution/organization
Non-teaching administrative
staff
Members of students/teachers
councils in adult education
youth workers
SESSION ID: 47480
Refer ence Number : TR-2013-033-003
The overall aim of our course is to improve the quality of life and the environment
through enhancing the quality of adult learning for sustainable development across
Europe.
Training Objectives
• enhance understanding of sustainability and
sustainable development and the relevance to a
range of adult education programs
• develop skills to teach "education for sustainable
development" (ESD) within adult education courses
using a variety of innovative approaches to
learning,
• build capacity to enable adult learners to relate
sustainable development to their work and
personal lives,
• provide a support network and resources for
continuous professional development related to
education for sustainability
• encourage the promotion of sustainable
development practices within adult education
institutes
TRAINERS
Mr. Dr. Ergin KARIPTAS - Ahi Evran University
Faculty of Science and Literature-Biology Turkey
Mr. Dr. James HINDSON - Field Studies Council, UK
Mr.Dr Mark CAUSON-Europe Direct Mosta-Malta
MEET WHERE THE CONTINENTS MEET
ISTANBUL - TURKEY
METHODOLOGY
The course programme is based on the 5
modules that have been developed
through a local project named “Education
for Sustainable Development in Adult
Education”
KIRCED
WWW.KIRCED.ORG
Ahi Evran Mahallesi Esen Apt. Kat: 3 no: 13
40100 – KIRŞEHİR TURKEY
“GLOBAL CHALLENGES FOR
SUSTAINABILITY”
CONTACT
Mr. Dede Yunus ŞENBAY
Cell : +905057798019
E-mail : ysenbay@yahoo.com
Course link:
http://ec.europa.eu/education/trainingda
tabase/index.cfm?fuseaction=DisplayCour
se&cid=33426
IMPLEMENTATION
Each module will be approached through a series of
individual and group activities supported by
presentations.
The modules will give participants the opportunity to
examine key themes in sustainability and each will
encourage an evaluation of current practices in adult
education and make suggestions for improvements and
changes. The workshop sessions will be supported by
opportunities for formal and informal presentations of
participants experience together with case studies from
Turkey and the UK. Evenings will be spent in informal
discussion, watching sustainable development related
media and cultural activities.