International Labour Association

Identification of Partner Organisation

ERASMUS+ PIC
(UNIQUE ID CODE)
Promoter's legal name (national
language)
Promoter's legal name (Latin
characters if applicable)
Acronym, if applicable
National ID number, if applicable
Department, if applicable
Legal address
Postal code
City
Country
Region
Web site
Email
Telephone
Fax

929273484
Uluslararas alma Dernei
International Labour Association
ILA
06118096
Project Management
Ziyabey Cad. 1406 Sok. No:4/7 Balgat/Ankara TR
06520
Ankara
Turkey
Ankara
www.ila.org.tr
info@ila.org.tr
+90 532 5901100
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Person authorized to legally commit the promoter (legal representative)

Title
Family name
First name
Position
Email
Telephone
Same address as the organization
Fax

Mr.
Altunbas
Mehmet
President
mehmet.altunbas@ila.org.r
+90 532 5901100
Yunus Emre Mah. Kubra Sok. No:1 Pursaklar/Ankara TR
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Person responsible for the implementation of the action (contact person)

Title
Family name
First name
Position
Email
Same address as the organization
Telephone
Fax

Ms.
Altunbas
Elena
Project Manager
elena.altunbas@ila.org.tr
Tunahan Mah., ehitler Cad., No: 12G/17 Eryaman
/Ankara TR
+90 532 5983011
Profile of the Organisation

Type of Organisation
Is the partner organization a public body?
Is the partner organization a non-profit?

NGO
No
Yes
Accreditation

Has the organization received any type of

accreditation before submitting this
application?

No

Background and Experience

Please provide a short presentation of your organization/group (usual activities, affiliations, etc)
in relation to the field covered by the project.
International Labour Association (ILA) is a non-profit organization that provides
mechanisms to facilitate knowledge and experience transfer among sectors and countries and
carries out national and international training, research, publication, consultancy projects on
entrepreneurship, labour relations, employment, volunteerism, youth work, vocational
qualification and rural development.
ILA contributes national, regional and international development strategies;

To encourage entrepreneurship, promote the participation of individuals who have

entrepreneurial spirit in economic life, to improve the efficiency of SMEs, to increase
their competitiveness and ensure their integration with the industry
To contribute to the policies and strategies about cooperatives in collaboration with
cooperatives and parent organizations, conducting supporting and incentive studies for
development of cooperative ventures in new areas, to ensure utilization of individual
savings into the economy through appropriate cooperative entrepreneurship models
To increase public awareness and support for volunteerism, to improve the fundamental
rights and conditions of the volunteers, to develop the capacity of voluntary organizations
and promote volunteerism
To increase employment and quality of employment, to strengthen the employment and
education relationship , to ensure security and flexibility within the labour market, to
increase the employment of groups that require special policies (women, youth , refugees,
minorities, ex-convicts , disabled , etc.), to strengthen the employment and social
protection relations and combating child labour
To support personal and social development of youth, to promote their active participation
in all spheres of social life, to increase the quality of youth workers
To inform the parties on issues such as social security, occupational health and safety,
labour relations , productivity, labour market studies , ergonomics, environment and first
aid
To provide mechanisms to allow knowledge and experience transfer among countries and
sectors

ILA has a 17-people project team which is formed by experts, academics and public officers who
are experienced in the field. It also welcomes project based employees and volunteers in
respected projects.

What are the activities, interest and experience of your organization in the areas relevant to the
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project topic?
Volunteering:
ILA performs below activities to enrich, institutionalize, spread and integrate volunteering
internationally.
ILA is a member of advisory board in EURAVON (European System for Recognition and
Validation of Non-formal & Informal Youth Learning Deriving from Voluntary Civil Service)
project funded under the Erasmus+ programme (KA2- Strategic Partnership for Youth). ILA
provides support on legal framework study and develops links with respected governmental and
civil society organizations in that project (http://euravon.ybu.edu.tr/?lang=en).
ILA is one of the members of National Volunteering Committee (NVC) which consists of UN
Volunteers (UNV) and other 29 largest governmental and nongovernmental organizations which
provide mechanisms to support volunteer initiatives for social development. ILA runs cosecretariat of NVC together with United Nations Volunteers (UNV). ILA organizes joint activities
among Public Bodies and Committee member organizations for promoting right-based
volunteering in Turkey (http://www.ulusalgonullulukkomitesi.org/)
ILA cooperates with the Overseas Human Resources and Industry Development Association
(HIDA-Japan) on its Global Internship Program and welcomes Japanese researchers for 3 to 6
months. Legal Framework of Volunteerism is studied with a Japanese researcher during this
internship program. A study was conducted on legal framework for volunteerism in public
organisations. Volunteering-related literature, laws and directives were gathered and analysed in
this study.
ILA has worked with 50 volunteers to improve study environment and competence of
international students in Turkey (https://www.facebook.com/turkiyescholarships/?fref=ts). It is
going to apply for EUAID Volunteers and European Volunteer Service (EVS) as hosting
organization this year. It also plans to build partnership with respected organizations to
implement other international volunteering programs especially on the field of humanitarian aid.
ILA plans to publish a periodical called International Journal of Volunteering and Youth Work
till the end of 2016.
Volunteering is linked with social responsibility especially for private companies. Thus, ILA was
among the organizers of II. Social Responsibility Projects Congress which was held in Ankara in
December15 (http://sspkongre.com/program/).
T.R. Ministry of Youth and Sports conducts regular Youth Strategy Workshops twice a year.
ILA participates and contributes these workshops on volunteering sessions.
ILA is among the promoters of www.vopool.net which gathers volunteers and NGOs in the same
portal. ILA also provides consultation to http://gencgonulluler.gov.tr/ web site which gathers
volunteers and public bodies in the same portal.
ILA supports personal and social development of youth and promotes their active participation in
volunteer activities by national and international training activities. It uses Erasmus+ Youth
Mobility funds to host and send youngsters for volunteering trainings. ILA also sends volunteers
to other partner projects in program countries. 12 volunteers have benefited from such
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opportunities in 2016. ILA conducts seminars in civil society, municipality and public
organizations as well. These seminars are conducted during the year, especially on Time to
Move Week and International Volunteer Day.
ILA is active with Erasmus+ KA1 and KA2 projects. Reassessment of Volunteer Recognition
(REVOLUTION) is a sample of KA1 projects. Validation policy for volunteering organizations
VaPoVo project on the other hand is a KA2 project in which ILA was an actor in piloting.
VaPoVo Modules will be ready till the end of the year.
ILA cooperates with Istanbul University Volunteer Academy to develop a comprehensive system
within this organization. It is also is a member of round table platform which is organised by
Support to Life on Combating Child Labour.
ILA has an active 17-people project team which is formed by experts, academics and public
officers who are experienced in volunteering field. Team applies for national and international
funds and implements projects. Additionally ILA initiated Labour Volunteers program to
welcome youth and professional contributions on its service topics.
Entrepreneurship and Rural :
Entrepreneurship is one of ILAs seven main study topics. It especially focuses on training
and research activities about agricultural development cooperatives in rural areas as a mechanism
to foster entrepreneurship among youth and women.
ILA agreed with International Labour Organization (ILO) to adapt its MY-COOP online
agricultural cooperative training in Turkish.
ILA cooperated with The Overseas Human Resources and Industry Development
Association (HIDA-Japan) on its Global Internship Program and hosted 2 Japanese researchers to
study agricultural development cooperatives in Turkey.
In its entrepreneurship studies ILA mainly focuses on how could CSOs contribute rural
development? What kind of enterprise models fit with rural economy? and how to strengthen
relationships with public organizations to have more impact in rural areas? As a part of these
studies ILA conducted 5 trainings in Edirne Province for rural youth to start cooperative business.
ILA is a member of rural development regional network called Balkan Umbrella. As a part
of this network ILA attended one Contact Making event in Weimar/Germany, one training course
Kratovo/Macedonia and one evaluation meeting in Sajan/Serbia in 2015.
ILA was a partner of social Social Economy Lab, revitalizing small towns and villages
KA1 TC project. As a partner ILA contributed project by defining context and learning methods
of training.
ILA has applied for a KA2 Vocational Education project Cooperate for Rural Youth which
promotes agricultural cooperatives as a model of social entrepreneurship. Other applied projects
exist on OTLAS page.
ILA was a partner of Designing ICT-based Training for Safe Working Environment in
Construction Sector (2015-1-TR01-KA204-022469) project which was applied under Erasmus+
KA2 Strategic Partnership for Adult Education Program.

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Please give information about any type of Community grant your organisation/group has
received/ applied for in the last 2 financial year.
Programme or
Initiative
Erasmus+ KA2
Strategic Partnership
for Adult Education

Identification/Contra
ct number
2015-1-TR01-KA204022469

Contracting
promoter
Calisma ve Sosyal
Guvenlik Egitim ve
Arastirma Merkezi

Erasmus+ KA1
Learning Mobility of
Individuals, Mobility
of Youth and Youth
Workers
Erasmus+ KA1
Learning Mobility of
Individuals, Mobility
of Youth and Youth
Workers
Erasmus+ KA1
Learning Mobility of
Individuals, Mobility
of Youth and Youth
Workers
Erasmus+ KA2
Strategic Partnership
for Adult Education

2015-3-TR01-KA105- International Labour

024125
Association (ILA)

Rural in Coaching

2015-3-TR01-KA105- International Labour

024656
Association (ILA)

Empower Your Health

Through Sport

2016-1-TR01-KA105- International Labour

033107
Association (ILA)

Reassessment of
Volunteer Recognition
(REVOLUTION)

2016-1-TR01-KA204- International Labour

Association (ILA)
035199

Erasmus+ KA1
Learning Mobility of
Individuals, Youth
Exchange
Erasmus+ KA2
Strategic Partnership
for Vocational
Education

2016-2-TR01-KA105- International Labour

036265
Association (ILA)

Enhancement of Safe
and Healthy Work
Environment in Small
and Medium
Construction
Enterprises (SHEMS)
Sport Activities for
Cultural Sharing
(SPORTACUS)

2016-1-TR01-KA202- International Labour

034751
Association (ILA)

Title of the project

Developing ICT-Based
Training Content for
Occupational Safety in
Construction Sector

Cooperate for Rural

Youth (CO.RU)

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