Key Education for NGO’s Programmes (KEOPS) project has been prepared to support young people and become prominent individuals in the society. The target group of this project; young people living in minority communities in Europe. According to the latest data, FUEN (Federal Union of European Nationalities) stated that there are more than 400 minority groups in Europe and 40 million people live as a minority. * Minority groups are seen as disadvantaged groups in the society due to language barrier, inequality in education and social cohesion. The most affected group in this situation are the young people. This project is presented in order to overcome the language barrier, to ensure equal opportunities in education and to facilitate the social adaptation processes of young people. The target group of the project are the youth in the age range of 18-29. The number of participants in each training was planned as minimum 10 and maximum 20. The total number of young participants in 6 different trainings was planned to be 80. This number may increase depending on the situation. The trainers who will give the training at the project will consist of a team of 7 people. For each thematic title, 7 trainers experts in their fields will participate in the project. Within the scope of the project, 6 different thematic areas were determined. These are; youth, education, health, environment, woman's rights and advocacy. Young people working in relevant fields will participate on the trainings in different European countries. In this way personal development gains will be provided and the equipment of NGO’s will be increased. The main aim is to enable young people to carry out youth work in the community, to become active citizens and to be advocates. It will be ensured that NGO’s serving these purposes will learn young approach techniques, use non-formal education methods as a tool and show sustainable development. The main output of this project are the training modules and booklets that will be a guide for young people and associations to use in the field of civil society. By the implementation of training modules, booklets will be prepared at the end of the project. The trainings covering the project activities are determined as Germany, France, Belgium, Netherlands and Austria. The reason for the selection of these European countries is that they are the countries that host the most minority groups. Another reason why these countries are selected for training is that they have developed state policies in the relevant thematic areas. In this way, young people who work in relevant thematic areas will have the opportunity to recognize more than one good practice examples and to perform joint work. The trainings will continue for 7 days. It has been observed that the information acquired by young people in practice-based learning styles is more efficient and lasting. Therefore, the methods to be used in the training will be composed of non-formal education methods. The practical application of theoretical knowledge will be shown by group studies which will include simulation techniques. During the project preparation process, civil society organizations located in Europe and organizing trainings were examined. (CONCORD - ASPIRE) the examined training modules were observed to be short term. It was sighted that the subjects were handled in maximum 3 different topics and the trainings were done by formal methods. * https://www.fuen.org/tr/avrupa-azinliklari/genel-bilgiler/
The primary objective in the realization of the project is to increase the participation of young people from minority groups in Europe in civil society, to encourage them to have a say in the fields that concern them, and to ensure their personal development in the thematic areas within the scope of the project. It aims to support the development and the management structure of youth NGOs established by the minorities in Europe, and to carry out relevant studies in 6 basic thematic areas. In this context, it is aimed to carry out 6 different trainings.
European countries have made rapid and great progress in the fields of education, health, women's rights, environment, international advocacy and youth. On the other hand, NGOs established by minorities could not play an active role in these developments, especially due to the language barrier. When we look at the field of civil society in particular, it is seen that although advanced steps have been taken in many developments and innovations, minority groups have not been able to catch up with these developments and innovations in the field of civil society due to reasons such as religion, language, race and social ties. As a result, they could not be effective locally. The aim of the project is to enable the NGOs established by minorities in this direction to carry out local, regional, national and international studies in the above-mentioned areas and to strengthen their capacities.However, it has been observed that young people belonging to the minority group have difficulties in social cohesion. In addition, these young people have very little access to civil society, while the NGOs established by them have limited access to resources. At this point, the Key Education programs for NGOs project was created to meet these needs.