

ABOUT PROJECT
FROM TRADITION TO THE FUTURE, FROM SPORTS TO BROTHERHOOD PROJECT
Erasmus+ KA220 Strategic Partnerships Project
Project Duration: 24 Months
Project Coordination: Kepenk Youth Association
Project Partners:Yunus Emre Institute Sarajevo Representation, Turkish Youth Club, Integration For Alla, Sivas Education Social Cultural Research Association
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Training, Experience and Promotion Activities were Held About Traditional, Local and Ethno Sports
4 countries
5 institutions
100 participants
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General project information
A total of 21 people went to each country, including 16 participants and a 5-person shooting team.
Activities in each country lasted a total of 3 days
There are a total of 8 international activities in the project.
There are 3 academic meetings and 4 sports events.
There were surveys, virtual meetings, trips and refreshments throughout the project.
WHATS IS ERASMUS+ ?
Erasmus+ is the grant program of the European Union covering the fields of education, youth and sports, implemented between 2021-2027. The Erasmus+ Program aims to provide people with new skills, strengthen their personal development and increase employment opportunities, regardless of their age and educational background. The budget of the Erasmus+ Program throughout Europe for the years 2021-2027 is 28.4 Billion Euros.
ABOUT COORDINATOR
KEPENK YOUTH ASSOCIATION
INTRODUCTORY ARTICLE
It was established to work for the benefit of young tradesmen, new masters, children and young employees of tradesmen and craftsmen, and all children and young people in our country, who are studying in vocational training centers and vocational high schools, who work as apprentices or journeymen in the shops of our tradesmen and craftsmen, who choose entrepreneurship and establish new businesses. In 2016, it started its activities as a separate association to carry out youth and sports activities by Mamut Çelikus, the chairman of the Tradesmen and Craftsmen Association, and the members of the headquarters board of directors. Our association, headquartered in Ankara, carries out projects and activities for our youth in various fields such as national and international education, sports and arts.
With the work carried out, we aim to instill sports habits in the growing generation, to create an atmosphere of brotherhood through sports, to stay away from addictions, to become good tradesmen in the future with Ahi values, to be respectful to the elderly, to care about the experiences of their masters, to protect the little ones, to be beneficial to their family, religion and country, and not to harm lice and animals. We work to raise quality people. We carry out projects and activities to protect the physical and mental health of young people from the inadequacies in the industrial environment where young people, especially our apprentices and journeymen, work, increasing addictions today, and the bad effects of digital devices, social media, movies and TV series. We share our activities on Kepenk Derigisi and social media accounts.
In the field of sports; It organizes football tournaments, summer camps, traditional sports theoretical and practical training, interviews with athletes, documentaries about sports and athletes, and brochures about the benefits of sports. Transportation to these activities and meals and accommodation are covered free of charge from the project budget, and sports clothes, equipment and promotions are given as gifts to our young people.
In the field of culture and art; He conducts traditional handicraft training, creation of a virtual handicraft marketplace, cinema workshops, virtual e-commerce and cinema courses, short film and photography competitions, museums, cinemas, picnics, visits to the Ministry of Sports and Youth public offices, interviews with artists, short films and documentaries. .
In the field of education; It provides virtual or face-to-face training on addiction, Ahiism, career, handicrafts, e-commerce, entrepreneurship, social media, product photography, camera usage, cinema and theater. The training is free and certificates are given to young people who complete it.
In the field of books; It prepares photo catalogues, e-commerce books, youth-related reports and policy documents and distributes them free of charge.
Social activities; It organizes programs on career and government incentives, exemplary tradesmen, representatives and managers of public institutions, representatives of non-governmental organizations, academicians, interviews, workshops and symposiums. It carries out various activities such as Ahilik celebrations, Åžed siege theater, graduation programs, trainee training, coaching training, picnics, trips, book reading activities, nature walks, survey studies, experience transfer meetings with senior citizens, commemoration programs for exemplary personalities, rallies and protests.