KfW – Social and Economic Cohesion through Vocational Education Project
Country

:

Turkey

EuropeAid

:

 IPA/2017/389-728
Start Year

:

2018

End Year

:

2021
Beneficiary

:

Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı
Consortium

:
GFA, ANKON
Budget

:

 GFA Consulting Group GmbH, ANKON  Consulting
Financing

:

KfW
Working Area

:

Education and Human Resources Development
 
Service Area

:

Technical Assistance, Training & Capacity Building

The TVET support program represents a highly relevant and timely contribution to address major education, poverty and migration challenges that have arisen in Turkey as side effects of the ongoing war in Syria, where a recent cessation of hostilities has not yet translated into durable and just pacification.

The objective of this Project is to:

  • bridge the education gap created by war and displacement
  • respond to the educational needs of Syrians in Turkey
  • utilize Turkey’s education infrastructure and expertise
  • build on Turkey’s success of developing industrial clusters
  • capitalize on private sector opportunities for training and employment
  • offer chances for sustained livelihood in terms of improved employability
  • improve conditions of Syrian refugees to integrate in Turkey
  • facilitating the return of better educated Syrian to Syria in the future
  • mitigate migratory pressure towards the European Union (EU) and Germany in particular.

Technical Assistance for Promoting Gender Equality in Education
Country

:

Turkey

EuropeAid

:

132422/D/SER/TR
Start Year

:

2014

End Year

:

2016
Beneficiary

:

Ministry of National Education
Consortium

:

British Council, ANKON Consulting, FCG International, Fondazione Giacomo Brodili, SIPUI, TEPAV
Budget

:

3.178.00 €
Financing

:

EC – European Commission
Working Area

:

Education and Human Resources Development
 
Service Area

:

Technical Assistance, Training & Capacity Building

The purpose of this contract is to promote gender equality for girls and boys in schools and equality and a gender-sensitive approach throughout the education system, within this scope the contract will include technical assistance for:

  • İncorporating the gender perspective at all levels of the educational system and improving the Ministry of National Education’s system by formulating a gender equality assurance tool for schools (GEATS) with stakeholders, multiplying and distributing this tool as booklets and implementing this system at the chosen pilot schools,
  • İmproving the Ministry of National Education’s capacity to promote equality and a gender-sensitive approach throughout the education system by organising study visits, reviewing policy documents, strategies, relevant legislation through workshops and revising the existing curricula and course books in terms of gender equality,
  • Raising awareness for all parts of society (students, parents, teaching and non-teaching staff, etc.) by organising local and international conferences and campaigns to impact target groups.

Technical Assistance for Promoting Gender Equality in Education
Country

:

Turkey
EuropeAid

:

 132422/D/SER/TR
Start Year

:

2014
End Year

:

2016
Beneficiary

:

Ministry of National Education
Consortium

:

British Council, ANKON Consulting, FCG International, Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini, SIPUI,TEPAV
Budget

:

3,178,000 €
Financing

:

 EC – European Commission
Working Area

:

Education and Human Resources Development
Service Area

:

Technical Assistance, Training & Capacity Building

The purpose of this contract is to promote gender equality for girls and boys in schools and equality and a gender-sensitive approach throughout the education system, within this scope the contract will include technical assistance for:

  • Incorporating the gender perspective at all levels of the educational system and improving the Ministry of National Education’s system by formulating a gender equality assurance tool for schools (GEATS) with stakeholders, multiplying and distributing this tool as booklets and implementing this system at the chosen pilot schools,
  • Improving the Ministry of National Education’s capacity to promote equality and a gender-sensitive approach throughout the education system by organising study visits, reviewing policy documents, strategies, relevant legislation through workshops and revising the existing curricula and course books in terms of gender equality,
  • Raising awareness for all parts of society (students, parents, teaching and non-teaching staff, etc.) by organising local and international conferences and campaigns to impact target groups.

Technical Assistance for Special Education Project– SEN II
Country

:

Turkey
EuropeAid

:

 131054/D/SER/TR
Start Year

:

2014

End Year

:

2014
Beneficiary

:

 Ministry of National Education
Consortium

:

GFA Consulting, ANKON Consulting,Tohum Autism Foundation Action for Children
Budget

:

1.369.385 €
Financing

:

 EC – European Commission
Working Area

:

Education and Human Resources Development
Service Area

:

Training & Capacity Building

Strengthening Special Education Project Part II started on 7 January 2014 for a duration of 10 months. The project is based in Ankara.The purposes of this contract were to create new opportunities for individuals with special education needs, improve educational setting, increase their access to education and contribute to their inclusion with the society through in-service trainings and procurement of new psychological measurement tools Pearson and Woodcock Johnson. These tools are to be standardized to Turkish curriculum, culture and learning abilities. The TA contract had to meet 5 results at the end of the Project:

  • The improvement of Quality of educational diagnosis and assessment services in GRCs
  • Standardization of Pearson Tools
  • Collection of trial data in the implementation stage in Woodcock Johnson III
  • Capacity building of the guidance teachers
  • Dissemination of the project results to all relevant stakeholders

Technical Assistance for Increasing the Adaptability of Employers & Employees in Tourism Sector
Country

:

Turkey
EuropeAid

:

132676/D/SER/TR
Start Year

:

2014

End Year

:

2016
Beneficiary

:

Ministry of Culture and Tourism
Consortium

:

German Development Cooperation (DE), ANKON Consulting (TR) GFA Consulting Group (DE), Oyku (TR), Sequa (DE), German Tourism Institute Berlin (DE), OSB Consulting Austria (AT)
Budget

:

8.193.000 €
Financing

:

EC – European Commission
Working Area

:

Education and Human Resources Development
Service Area

:

Technical Assistance

The purpose of this operation is to increase the quality and adaptability of human capital involved in the accommodation and food and beverage enterprises in the tourism sector which have an operation or investment licence from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. To that end, training and consultation capacities of social partners, central and local public organisations in the tourism sector will be increased to strengthen the competencies of employees and employers. The consultant will conduct activities to increase adaptabilityof employees and employers in the tourism sector and training capacity of the service providers and social partners in the tourism sector through various means such as training, awareness-raising campaigns, labour market analysis, voucher programme and a database system.

Technical Assistance for Strengthening Special Education
Country

:

Turkey
EuropeAid

:

 128640/D/SER/TR
Start Year

:

2011
End Year

:

2013
Beneficiary

:

MONE
Consortium

:

Tribal Helm Co. GFA Consulting, Tohum Autism Foundation Action for Children
Budget

:

6.000.000 €
Financing

:

EU
Working Area

:

Education and Human Resources Development
Service Area

:

Communication and Event Management, Technical Assistance, Training & Capacity Building, Project Planning and Management, Strategy, Planning and Implementation

Strengthening Special Education Project has started on 16 March 2011 for a duration of 30 months. The project was based in Ankara and covered 40 pilot schools and 28 Guidance and Counselling Centres (RAMs) in 10 pilot provinces.

The main results to be achieved include:

  • Development of policy recommendation on inclusive special education
  • Increasing awareness for inclusion of the disabled in the society
  • Increasing professional qualifications of teachers on special needs education in pilot provinces
  • Implementation of “School without Barriers Model” designed for the learning needs and characteristics of each individual in pilot provinces
  • Improvement of quality of educational diagnosis and assessment services in RAMs
  • Improvement of quality of work and vocational training for the disabled individuals

Ahiler Development Agency (AHIKA) Project Cycle Management (PCM), Training of Trainers, Preparation of ToR and Project Fiche Training Services
Country

:

Turkey
EuropeAid

:

–
Start Year

:

2011
End Year

:

2011
Beneficiary

:

Ahiler Development Agency (AHIKA)
Consortium

:

–
Budget

:

–
Financing

:

Ahiler Development Agency (AHIKA)
Working Area

:

Education and Human Resources Development, Regional and Economic Development
Service Area

:

Training & Capacity Building

Ankon has provided Project Cycle Management (PCM), Training of Trainers, Preparation of ToR and Project Fiche trainings and Training of Trainers for the Ahiler Development Agency (Ahika) staff between 08-19 August 2011 which covered the below topics:

  • What is a Project?
  • Project Cycle Management
  • Logical Framework Approach
  • Stakeholder Analysis
  • Problem Analysis
  • Target Analysis
  • Strategy Analysis
  • Logical Framework Analysis
  • Work Plan
  • Budget
  • Understanding the Grant Program Application Guideline 
  • Filling up the Application Form
  • Examples 
  • Case Studies/ Group Studies
  • Factors of training
  • Steps of training
  • How to create a training
  • Training assessment analysis
  • Increasing the performance by training
  • Preperation of Tor and Project Fiche

Güney Ege Development Agency (GEKA) Moderation Techniques Training Services
Country

:

Turkey
EuropeAid

:

–
Start Year

:

2011
End Year

:

2011
Beneficiary

:

Güney Ege Development Agency (GEKA)
Consortium

:

–
Budget

:

–
Financing

:

Güney Ege Development Agency (GEKA)
Working Area

:

SMEs and Private Sector Development, Regional and Economic Development
Service Area

:

Training & Capacity Building

Ankon has provided Moderation Techniques trainings for the Geka staff which covered the below topics:

  • What is moderation and what does it aim?
  • How should the group work should be?
  • Important points of group work.
  • Duties of a moderator.
  • Manners of a moderator.
  • Fundamentals of moderation techniques.
  • Questioning and analyzing.
  • How to perform a joint study.
  • Case Study

Trakya Development Agency (TRAKYAKA) Project Cycle Management (PCM) Training Services
Country

:

Turkey
EuropeAid

:

–
Start Year

:

2011
End Year

:

2011
Beneficiary

:

Trakya Development Agency (TRAKYAKA)
Consortium

:

–
Budget

:

–
Financing

:

Trakya Development Agency (TRAKYAKA)
Working Area

:

Education and Human Resources Development, Regional and Economic Development
Service Area

:

Training & Capacity Building

Ankon has provided Project Cycle Management (PCM) trainings for the Trakya Development Agency (Trakyaka) potential beneficiaries between 06/06/2011 and 10/06/2011 which covered the below topics:

  • What is a Project?
  • Project Cycle Management
  • Logical Framework Approach
  • Stakeholder Analysis
  • Problem Analysis
  • Target Analysis
  • Strategy Analysis
  • Logical Framework Analysis
  • Work Plan
  • Budget
  • Understanding the Grant Program Application Guideline 
  • Filling up the Application Form
  • Examples 
  • Case Studies/ Group Studies

Batı Karadeniz Development Agency (Bakka) Project Cycle Management (PCM) Training Services
Country

:

Turkey
EuropeAid

:

–
Start Year

:

2011
End Year

:

2011
Beneficiary

:

Batı Karadeniz Development Agency (Bakka)
Consortium

:

–
Budget

:

–
Financing

:

Batı Karadeniz Development Agency (Bakka)
Working Area

:

SMEs and Private Sector Development, Regional and Economic Development
Service Area

:

Training & Capacity Building

Ankon has provided Project Cycle Management (PCM) trainings for the Bakka staff between the dates 30/05/2011 and 03/06/2011 which covered the below topics:

  • What is a Project?
  • Project Cycle Management
  • Logical Framework Approach
  • Stakeholder Analysis
  • Problem Analysis
  • Target Analysis
  • Strategy Analysis
  • Logical Framework Analysis
  • Work Plan
  • Budget
  • Understanding the Grant Program Application Guideline
  • Filling up the Application Form
  • Examples
  • Case Studies/ Group Studies