ENGLISH SPEAKING CLUB

As a civil society organization, BEKAM discusses the topics that need to be negotiated to create a vision for the future in one-month periods. In the planned meetings, it is aimed to create an analytical evaluation opportunity about the issues discussed with experts in their fields and people with different perspectives. It is planned to determine the title of the sessions, to identify the participants related to the title, to create the sub-headings of the subject to be discussed, to prepare the physical environment required for the meetings, to determine the rapporteurs and to prepare the final report.MethodologyWe adopt a participatory and collaborative planning methodology that aims to create a common mind. It is aimed to reveal the most ideal scenarios without breaking away from reality and to transform them into innovative strategies with participants (twenty people) who are experts in their fields, who are responsible for their claims and claims.Participant ProfileParticipants are determined by the organizing committee. People who have read about the subject to be searched by focusing on, who have articles, book chapters, etc. are specially invited. Invitees are informed about the topics to be discussed and written or oral presentations are requested, provided that they make preparations before the program.Program OutcomesRapporteurs designated by the organizing committee attend meetings in each search group and take notes. Audio recordings are taken and missing parts are completed from the audio recordings. Participants are expected to provide written as well as verbal contributions. The notes taken are evaluated and turned into a final report. At the end of each meeting, a meeting report is prepared for no more than one month and published as a PDF. At the end of the year, it is planned to publish the BEKAM FOCUS GROUP MEETINGS REPORT for the 2023-2024 period, which includes all meeting reports, as a book.

With our "Capacity Building with Young People" project, which we carry out as BEKAM and supported by the Turkish National Agency, it is aimed to contribute to young people, who are our target audience, to be more prepared and conscious individuals in the face of new competence areas and problems emerging in a changing and developing world, and to support them to gain competence in these areas. The target audience of this project, in which a topic is evaluated with an expert every month, is young people between the ages of 18-30.The topics covered in the project are as follows: "Digitalization and Disinformation in Social Media", "Good Practices on Youth Work", "Career Planning for High School and University Students", "Environmental Sustainability, Climate Change and Conservation of Energy Resources", "Adaptation and Motivation of Young Volunteers to Civil Society Work", "Good Practices for the Social Cohesion of Refugee Youth", "Youth Participation in Democratic Life", "Positive Effects of Sports on Substance Abuse and Youth Avoiding Crime", "Project Writing, Planning and Management".