T.R. GOVERNORSHIP OF KOCAELI EU PROJECTS COORDINATION CENTRE Partner of PEETA Project

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Republic of Turkey

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Motto Yurtta Sulh, Cihanda Sulh Peace at Home, Peace in the World Motto Yurtta Sulh, Cihanda Sulh Peace at Home, Peace in the World Motto Anthem İstiklâl Marşı The Anthem of Independence Anthem İstiklâl Marşı The Anthem of Independence Anthem İstiklâl Marşı Anthem İstiklâl Marşı Capital Ankara 39°55'48.00′N, 32°50′E Capital Ankara 39°55'48.00′N, 32°50′E CapitalAnkara39°55'48.00′N, 32°50′E CapitalAnkara39°55'48.00′N, 32°50′E Largest city Istanbul Largest city Istanbul Largest cityIstanbul Largest cityIstanbul Official languages Turkish Demonym Turkish Official languages Turkish Demonym Turkish Official languagesTurkish DemonymTurkish Official languagesTurkish DemonymTurkish Government Parliamentary republic Government Parliamentary republic GovernmentParliamentaryrepublic GovernmentParliamentaryrepublic President Abdullah Gül President Abdullah Gül PresidentAbdullah Gül PresidentAbdullah Gül Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Prime MinisterRecep Tayyip Erdoğan Prime MinisterRecep Tayyip Erdoğan Succession to the Ottoman Empire Succession to the Ottoman Empire SuccessionOttoman Empire SuccessionOttoman Empire War of Independence May 19, 1919 War of Independence May 19, 1919 War of IndependenceMay War of IndependenceMay Formation of Parliament April 23, 1920 Formation of Parliament April 23, 1920 Formation of ParliamentApril Formation of ParliamentApril Declaration of Republic October 29, 1923 Declaration of Republic October 29, 1923 October October

AreaArea Area Area Total ………………………..783,562 km² Total ………………………..783,562 km² ………………………..783,562 km²………………………..783,562 km² ………………………..302,535 sq mi ………………………..302,535 sq mi sq mi Water (%)…………………1.3 Water (%)…………………1.3 Water% Water% PopulationPopulation Population Population 2009 Census ………. 72,561, Census ………. 72,561,312 - Density ……………… /km² …………………… /sq mi Density ……………… /km² …………………… /sq miDensity GDP (PPP) 2009 estimate - GDP (PPP) 2009 estimate - GDPPPP GDPPPP Total $ billion Total $ billion Per capita $12,476 Per capita $12,476Per capitaPer capita Currency Turkish Lira Currency Turkish LiraCurrencyTurkish LiraCurrencyTurkish Lira Time zone EET (UTC+2) - Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3 Time zone EET (UTC+2) - Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3 Time zoneUTCDSTUTC Time zoneUTCDSTUTC

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NUT -1 Regions 12 NUT- 2 Sub-regions 26 NUT-2 Provinces 81 NUT-2 Provinces Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics( NUT) for TURKEY

1.TR1: İstanbul  TR10: İstanbul 2.TR2: Batı Marmara  TR21: Edirne, Kırklareli,Tekirdağ  TR22: Balıkesir, Çanakkale 3.TR3: Ege  TR31: İzmir  TR32: Aydın, Denizli, Muğla  TR33: Afyon, Kütahya, Manisa, Uşak 4.TR4: Doğu Marmara  TR41: Bilecik, Bursa, Eskişehir  TR42: Bolu, Düzce, Kocaeli, Sakarya, Yalova 5.TR5: Batı Anadolu  TR51: Ankara  TR52: Karaman, Konya 6.TR6: Akdeniz  TR61: Antalya, Burdur, ısparta  TR62: Adana, Mersin  TR63: Hatay, Kahramanmaraş, Osmaniye 7.TR7: Orta Anadolu  TR71: Aksaray, Kırıkkale, Kırşehir, Niğde, Nevşehir  TR72: Kayseri, Sivas, Yozgat 8.TR8: Batı Karadeniz  TR81: Bartın, Karabük, Zonguldak  TR82: Çankırı, Kastamonu, Sinop  TR83: Amasya, Çorum, Samsun, Tokat 9.TR9: Doğu Karadeniz  TR90: Artvin, Giresun, Gümüşhane, Ordu, Rize, Trabzon 10.TRA: Kuzeydoğu Anadolu  TRA1: Bayburt, Erzincan, Erzurum  TRA2: Ağrı, Ardahan, ığdır, Kars 11.TRB: Ortadoğu Anadolu  TRB1: Bingöl, Elazığ, Malatya, Tunceli  TRB2: Bitlis, Hakkari, Muş, Van 12.TRC: Güneydoğu Anadolu  TRC1: Adıyaman, Gaziantep, Kilis  TRC2: Diyarbakır, Şanlıurfa  TRC3: Batman, Mardin, Şırnak,Siirt NUT 1 : 12 REGION NUT- 2 : 26 SUBREGION NUT 1 : 12 REGION NUT- 2 : 26 SUBREGION NUT-3 : 81 PROVINCE

11 NUT- 2 : 26 SUB-REGION

Governor, who is the head of provincial administration, is the representative of the government and the representative of each ministry. Governor is appointed by the recommendation of Ministry of Interior, by Cabinet Decision and by approval of President A head of Executive branch of Kocaeli Province is the governor. He is in the charge of State Department,The Police Headquarters, Military,Directorate of National Education, Agencies, Boards, Commissions and Councils The governor is also in charge of carrying out the state’s laws. Governor:

In the case of a Province emergency, such as blizzard, flood, earthquake, it is the governor’s task to direct all of Kocaeli’s state agencies. Each year, it is the Governor’s task to plan, prepare and implement Kocaeli province operating budget. This operating budget is the Governor’s request for the money the governor feels that it is necessary to run the state’s departments, commissions, agencies, and services for the coming year. This budget is given by state which governs provinces from Ankara capital city of Turkey

The constitution also stipulates that the central administration oversee elected local councils in order to ensure the effective provision of local services and to safeguard the public interest. The minister of interior is empowered to remove from office local administrators who are being investigated or prosecuted for offenses related to their duties.

15 Province Governor Head of Governorship Vice Governo r Deputy Governor State Bodies and institutions Universities Municipality State Bodies and institutions Universities Municipality State Bodies and institutions Universities Municipality Editorial Office Directorate Data Processing Centre Directorate of Planning and Coordinating Protocol, National Holiday’s Celebratory Ceremony Affairs EU projects coordination Centre Directorate of Police Department of Province Police Discipline Committee Presidency of Province Gendarmerie Headquarters of Province Public Relations Bureau of Province General Directorate of Highways Directorate of Emergency and Disaster Affairs Directorate for Local Authorities Directorate of Press and Public Relations There are eight Deputy Governors in Kocaeli Province. State departments, agencies, council’s responsibilities are shared among them Under responsibility of Governor.

Presentation of the organization Kocaeli EU Projects Coordination Center was founded in 2004 under responsibility of Governorship of Kocaeli in order to accelerate Turkey’s accession and enable Kocaeli fully to get benefit from EU education programs. The organization consists of 10 staff working and there are special staff working for the EU Projects of which the number is eight.

We have four goals 1-Provide independent, experienced with opportunities for full time project-based work through a no hassle, personal and pr0fessional process. 2-Provide beneficiaries with the broadest selection of appropriate resources for their specific projects, and use the best of these resources to complete the projects in an efficient, personalized, and cost effective manner

3-The overall objectives of Project coordination centre are to enhance the quality and reinforce the European dimension of education, in particular by encouraging transnational cooperation between institution, contributing to the improved Professional development of staff directly involved in education sector, and promoting the learning of languages and intercultural awareness. 4- Our aim is to promote the European dimension ad improve the quality of education by encouraging cooperation between the participating countries.

-Consultancy for EU projects and programmes Information search, -Monitoring of projects at the location, -Matching of project and programme T-o present the programmes such as LLP, youth and seventh research framework programme(FP7) through seminars, meeting and conferences, -To help the public and private institutions finding project partners, -Providing technical support for the projects in every issue and step, -Providing the coordination between the EU units within the public institutions, municipalities and universities, -To take part in various EU programmes and projects and prepare new and authentic projects.

Who we are; “We offer a comprehensive support in EU projects from the idea to the successful conversion. We see ourselves as consultants, partners and aids from the first to the last second of project. By accomplishing the projects successfully we want to market the city of kocaeli on a European level.”

Universities, National Directorate of Education of Kocaeli province, Metropolitan Municipality, NGO’s and all the other institutions hold in Kocaeli are under our main scope beside that we are in contact with every kind of institutions which are directly involved in education. Our centre provides consultancy services and information within the frame of Life Long Learning Programs of EU, seventh research framework program (FP7), central finance & contracts unit.

Other information Previous experience The centre supported more than 180 projects in Kocaeli Province. Organized 3 Study Visits Organized the 1st Grundtvig In-Service Training Course in Turkey

Other information Previous experience is a partner of an LDV DOI project; FAIRstart Budget : Partners : Denmark (coord.) and 7 other partners is a partner of Comenius Multilateral Network project SEEP Budget: Partners: Italy (coord.) and 15 other partners

The main staff working for the projects and their duties DutyName-Surname 1-EU Coordinator of Province :Enver DÜZ 2- Project Expert :Sinan sarı 3- Project Expert :Serap özdemir 4- Project Expert : Burcu KAYA 4- Project Expert : Özlem AŞCI 5- Chief:Rahime DUYGULU 6- Date processing staff :Zeynep

Between the years 2005 – 2009, the number of the people who applied for information on EU Projects and have been provided guidance and aid in improving and implementing the project processes and given seminars and trainings is by EU Projects Coordination Centre. The number of people benefitted the services of our centre are as follows: The year persons The year persons The year persons The year persons The year 2009 – 4300 persons Total : persons In the context of DISSEMINATION OF EU;

THE RESULTS REACHED BY THE DISSEMINATION THE NUMBER OF BENEFICIARIES (STAFF) THE NUMBER OF BENEFICIARIES (PUPILS) LEONARDO DA VINCI (VET) COMENIUS SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS COMENIUS CONTACT SEMINARS 30 COMENIUS PREPARATORY VISITS 32 GRUNDTVIG CONTACT SEMINARS 27 IN SERVICE TRAINING 45 YOUTH 80 ARION (STUDY VISITS)  1 Deputy Governor  2 Rector  5 Vice Rector  1 Dean  2 Vice Dean  29 Academicians  45 Directors,  20 Experts OVERALL TOTAL:

YOUTH LEONARDO DA VINCI (VET) KOCAELİ GENERAL CENTRAL FINANCE AND CONTRACTS UNITIn strument for Pre-Accession Assistance COMENIUS GRUNTDVIG 7. F RAMEWORK PROGRAMME OTHERTOTAL( E ducation and Cutlure DG BR USSELS CENTRED- PILOT PROJECTS O VERALL TOTAL THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS DONE IN CONTEXT OF OUR ORGANIZATION

PRINCIPLES REGULATING THE EDUCATION SYSTEM The Turkish education system is organized on the basis of; - Constitution of the Turkish Republic - Laws Regulating Education and Instruction - Government Programs - Development Plans - National Education Councils REPUBLIC OF TURKEY GOVERNORSHIP OF KOCAELİ

Based on these factors, education principles have been defined as follows; - Education shall be national, - Education shall be Republican, - Education shall be secular, - Education shall have a scientific foundation, - Education shall incorporate generality and equality, - Education shall be fuctional and modern REPUBLIC OF TURKEY GOVERNORSHIP OF KOCAELİ

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY GOVERNORSHIP OF KOCAELİ

PRIMARY EDUCATION (COMPULSORY BASIC EDUCATİON) PRE-PRIMARY EDUCATION (Kinder-garten and Nursery) GENERAL AND VOCATİONAL-TECHNİCAL SECONDARY EDUCATİON ANATOLIAN HIGH SCHOOL VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL SICIENCE HIGH SCHOOL ANATOLIAN GENERAL HIGH SCHOOL TECHNİCAL HIGHER EDUCATION Apprenticeship Training Non-Formal Education-Adults Education – Continuous Education NORMAL THE TURKISH NATIONAL EDUCATION SYSTEM Open Education Under Graduate Doctorate ( PREPARATORY CLASS OPTIONAL IN SOME SCHOOLS ) (PREPARATORY CLASS COMPULSORY IN SOME UNIVERSTIES) Masters Degrees Under Graduate Masters Degrees Doctorate 34 Medical Specialization Under Graduate Diploma Doctorate AG E AG E 5 Under Graduate Two years Diploma Two years Diploma GOVERNORSHIP OF KOCAELİ

FIGURES BY EDUCATION LEVEL IN THE SCHOLASTIC YEAR BETWEEN

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY GOVERNORSHIP OF KOCAELİ KOCAELİ PROVINCE 2011 ACADEMIC YEAR NUMBER OF SCHOOLS NUMBER OF TEACHERS NUMBER OF STUDENTS PRIMARY SECONDARY ( GENERAL ) SECONDARY ( VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ) TOTAL Pre-school Education Number of classes Number of Teachers Number of students

People partecipating in the project and contact information - Mr. Mustafa GÜNİ- Deputy Governor Tel Mr. Enver DÜZ, Director- EU Coordinator of Kocaeli Province Tel Tel

Webpage: Enver DÜZ EU Coordinator of Kocaeli Province (Provincial Director of social Studies and Projects ) T.R. GOVERNORSHIP OF KOCAELİ EU PROJECTS COORDINATION CENTRE Thank you very much for your attention.