Pi Youth Association is a non-governmental youth organization that was established to enable young people in Turkey to develop knowledge, skills, positive attitudes and behaviours and to disseminate the decisions taken by the European Union, Council of Europe and the United Nations’ in the field of youth. The Association also maintains its activities by considering the universal sensitivities, global principles, and principles in human rights, participation, and environmental issues.
Our working topics are:
1) Combating the Climate Crisis and Sustainability,
2) Youth Rights, Issues and Participation of Youth,
3) Healthy Life for Youth and Youth Workers,
4) Empowering Youth and Youth Workers,
5) Dissemination of Volunteering Awareness among Youth,
6) Capacity Building of Civil Society (only for youth organisations)
Pi Youth Association’s target group contains all individuals and youth workers between the age of 15-30 years old living in Turkey. From our target group women, refugees and disabled people have priority as well as everyone that may be considered disadvantaged, whether it is economically, socially or geographically. In addition to carrying out activities to support personal development of the youth, Pi Youth Association also works on youth rights in order to solve the problems experienced by young people in our country. We also determine our medium- and long-term strategies according to the European Youth Strategy Document and the current situation of young Turks.
Pi Youth Association’s office team consists of 11 people including 8 professional employees and 3 part-time employees. There is also a volunteer team of local youth, with more than 100 active young people. The name of this volunteer team is Pixel Team. Pixel Team voluntarily supports all projects and activities of the Association. It consists of young people between the ages of 15-30 who regularly participate in the Association’s activities and training in the Association’s culture.
Pi Youth Association is also a member of many national and international networks. The Association is a member of; Local Youth Organization Network (LYON), European Youth Foundation, Prisma European Network, and TechSoup Turkey. Also, it is a member of; IG Network, Youth and Environment Europe, Anna Lindh Foundation Euromed, Google for Nonprofits, Microsoft for Nonprofits, and AMSED Member Network. Pi Youth Association is also a signatory of the UN Global Compact.
Pi Youth Association organizes activities for the youth in accordance with its 6 main mission topics. Those activities vary from sport activities, trainings about active volunteering, seminars on drug addiction to various workshops centered around capacity building. We reach more than 300 young people from our “Izmir Volunteer Team” with at least 2 different workshops or trainings every month.
“The Youth Rights and Problems” is the primary area of interest of our Association. We have been carrying out projects about youth problems, such as the youth unemployment, both at the local level and national level.
Moreover, in September 2016, Pi Youth Association was accredited by the Turkish National Agency as a sending, receiving and coordinating organization. We have successfully applied for and implemented several ESC projects.
