Seda Atabay's Page

My organization

Youth Association for Habitat

Website

http://www.youthforhab.org.tr

Address

Istanbul-Turkey

What we do as an organization (100-word description)

We are an international youth network working in partnership with the United Nations, established during the 1995 Copenhagen Social Development Summit with the participation of 300 youth organizations with diverse religious, racial, cultural and national backgrounds. We, Youth Association for Habitat and Agenda 21, are serving as the Secretariat of Youth for Habitat International Network.

Target groups

youth, especially youth at the local level

Other partners:

YFH mostly partners with United Nations Development Programe, State Planning Organization, UNFPA, National Agency, Local Agenda 21 National Youth Parliament, Microsoft, IULA-EMME, Cisco, Turkey Vodafone Foundation

Other ways of contributing to the network (please describe):

we aim at empowering the young people in Turkey through implementing ICT projects in partnership with UNDP, public and private sector.

The outcomes of the current projects and experiences gained through the methodolgy we implement in these projects such as activities and network of volunteer IT trainers and local youth councils is expected to contribute to the networking among telecentres.

My personal areas of interest or expertise

International Relations and European Studies
ICT for development (the project coordinator of Bridging Digital Divide Project implemented in partnership with United Nations Development Programe, Youth Association for Habitat and Turkey Vodafone Foundation. Instructor in Meditereanian Youth Technology Club developed in partnership of Cisco Systems and UNDP-ICTDAR)
Youth component of Turkey Local Agenda 21 Programme

MSN Messenger user name

se_atabay@hotmail.com