GENERAL INFORMATION
 

Project title
 

Civil Society Dialogue between EU and Turkey (CSD)-III

Priority area
 

Civil Society

Beneficiary

Ministry for EU Affairs

Co-Beneficiary
 

Duration

24 months (09/07/2014 - 09/07/2016)

EU contribution (Euro)

€ 9.630.000

PROJECT SUMMARY

Brief description of the project and main objectives
 

Overall objective is to ensure high level of understanding of the implications of Turkish EU membership in Turkey and in the EU.

Purpose of the project is to establish strong links and a high level of cooperation between civil society in Turkey and the EU Member States through a concrete civil society dialogue on the themes of “political criteria” and “media”.

Location

Achievements / expected outputs

• Enhanced institutional capacity of the Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to contribute to development and implementation of political reforms and to facilitate the adoption of the reforms by the Turkish society.
• Sustainable networks between Turkish NGOs and their European counterparts on political criteria established encouraging further dialogue and contributing to better exchange of information and know-how and to reducing misperceptions and concerns both in Turkey and in the EU Member States concerning political criteria issues.
• Enhanced networking, joint actions and peer-learning amongst Turkish and EU media and media-related CSOs.
• Shared good practices and the promotion of innovative initiatives and media productions between Turkish-EU media and media-related CSOs on EU matters.
• Increased number of joint actions and new partnerships between CSOs at the local or international level.