Opening Conference

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• Bringing together workers from Turkey and
  European Union through a shared culture of work

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OVERALL OBJECTIVE
To strengthen contacts and exchange of experience
between trade unions in Turkey and in EU Member
States, with a view to ensuring
A better knowledge and understanding of one
another
An awareness of the opportunities and challenges
of future enlargement
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SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE
To create and/or enhance sustainable dialogue
To develop communication between the workers in
Turkey and EU member states building on the theme
of shared culture of work
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PARTNERS
National Trade Union Confederations
Turkey
TÜRK-IS HAK-IS DISK
EU
Belgium (ACV-CSC, ABVV-FGTB, ACLVB-CGSLB) France
(CGT, CFDT, FO, UNSA, CFTC) Germany (DGB) Italy
(CISL, CGIL, UIL) Slovakia (KOZ SR) Sweden (LO-S,
TCO) Greece (GSEE, ADEDY)
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European Industry Federations
EMF EFFAT ETUF-TCL EPSU ETF UNI-Europa
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MAIN ACTIVITIES
Opening conference
23 seminars
Survey of workers opinions
Publications
Website
Closing conference
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OPENING CONFERENCE
Present impressions of the EU in Turkey and of
Turkey in the EU
Examine examples of EU-Turkey trade union
cooperation
Examine examples of other Civil Society
cooperation between the EU and Turkey
Present the project activities
300 participants (270 Turkey/30 EU)
Turkish, English and French
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ORIENTATION SEMINARS (3 days)
Provide an initial orientation for Turkish
workers representatives to the culture of work
in EU countries and to EU social policy
2 in Ankara, 1 in Istanbul, 1 in Izmir
47 participants
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EXCHANGE AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING SEMINARS (1)
6 in Turkey 4 days
Diyarbakir Turkish, Slovakian and
Italian Istanbul Turkish, Swedish and
German Trabzon Turkish, French and
Greek Antalya - Turkish, French and Dutch Izmir -
Turkish, Swedish, French and Dutch Ankara
Turkish, German and Italian
60 participants (30 Turkey/30 EU)
March/April/May 2009
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EXCHANGE AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING SEMINARS (2)
6 in EU 4 days
France - Turkish, French, Greek Slovakia -
Turkish and Slovakian Italy - Turkish and
Italian Belgium - Turkish, French and
Dutch Germany - Turkish and German Sweden -
Turkish and Swedish
100 participants (50 Turkey/50 EU)
May/June 2009
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TRAINING SEMINARS
9 Sectoral seminars (3 days)
Education Health (TÜRK-IS, DISK) Local
administration (TÜRK-IS, DISK, HAK- IS) Energy
(TÜRK-IS, DISK, HAK- IS) Office workers (TÜRK-IS,
DISK) Metalworkers (TÜRK-IS, DISK, HAK- IS) Food
(TÜRK-IS, DISK, HAK- IS) Textiles (TÜRK-IS, DISK,
HAK- IS) Transport (TÜRK-IS, DISK, HAK- IS)
24 participants
July/September/October 2009
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SURVEY
1. To identify prejudices, lack of information
and impressions of each other
8,000 questionnaires in Turkey 8,000
questionnaires in EU
2. To monitor changes in impressions during the
project
a) Course participants at the beginning
b) Course participants at the end
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EDUCATIONAL PUBLICATIONS
9 8-page brochures
8 languages
8,000 for each EU language
240,000 for Turkish
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WEBSITE
Project activities
Project outputs
English, Turkish, and other project languages
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FINAL CONFERENCE
Assess and disseminate the results of the project
Istanbul, November (?) 2009
300 participants (250 Turkey/50 EU)
Turkish, English and French