Youth Field Program — Take Action: Join the Project Writing & Development Training!

🚀 Youth Field Program — Take Action!

In Istanbul, a six-week interactive training awaits you to transform your ideas into concrete projects!

Youth Field Program: Organized by Yücel Cultural Foundation, this program aims to empower young people aged 16–29, enhancing their leadership and facilitation skills. Through online and in-person sessions, it seeks to strengthen social responsibility, civic awareness and communication, while offering participants the opportunity to become volunteer trainers.

🎯 Objective: Enable young people to gain sensitivity to social issues and transform their ideas into concrete project proposals; acquire the basic skills to write projects for funds such as Erasmus+, ESC and local NGOs.

Program Information

  • 📅 Dates: October 25 – November 29 (6 weeks)
  • 🕒 Day & Time: Every Saturday, 12:30 – 15:00
  • 📍 Location: Istanbul
  • 🗓 Application Deadline: Wednesday, October 15, 18:00

Participation & Method

  • 👥 Target Group: Young people aged 18 – 29
  • 🧩 Method: Non-formal and experiential learning with participant-centered, practical work
  • 💻 Capacity: 35 participants — limited seats!

📘 Program Outline

  • 📍 Location: Istanbul
  • ⏳ Duration: Six weeks (one day a week, three hours)
  • 👥 Target Group (noted): 16 – 25 years
  • 💻 Capacity (noted): 20 participants
  • 🧩 Method: Participant-centered, practical, group-based work

🗂️ Weekly Training Plan

Week 1 – What is a Project? Why Write Projects?

  • Project concept and cycle
  • Problem analysis and needs assessment
  • Identifying target groups
  • Interactive exercise: “Problems Around Me”

Week 2 – Goals and Activity Design

  • General and specific goals; SMART objectives
  • Activity–goal relation
  • Group work: Write your own goal

Week 3 – Needs Analysis and Project Logic

  • Root cause analysis
  • Logical Framework Approach
  • Needs mapping tools
  • Exercise: “Why is my project needed?”

Week 4 – Timeline, Resources & Budget

  • Creating a timeline
  • Human resources, materials, venues
  • Budget basics, common mistakes
  • Exercise: Drafting a simple budget

Week 5 – Impact, Visibility & Sustainability

  • Short–medium–long-term impact
  • Reaching the target audience and dissemination
  • Sustainability examples

Week 6 – Project Writing & Presentations

  • Writing ideas in project format
  • Feedback session
  • Presentation, evaluation, certificates & closing

🎯 Learning Outcomes

  • Project Writing Skill: Ability to transform ideas into concrete projects.
  • Analytical Thinking: Analyzing social issues and identifying needs accurately.
  • Goal Setting: Defining SMART goals and clear project objectives.
  • Planning & Budgeting: Fundamentals of scheduling, resource and budget planning.
  • Impact & Sustainability: Assessing impact and planning for sustainability.
  • Presentation & Communication: Presenting projects and receiving feedback.
  • Experiential Learning & Collaboration: Teamwork and problem-solving through group activities.

🏆 Training Outputs

Participants will write and present their ideas in a project format. At the end of the six-week practical process, young people will have gained basic competencies in project planning, budgeting and activity design; capable of developing solution-oriented ideas and turning them into concrete projects.

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