Homeless people form one of the most disadvantageous groups in the society. They experience severe poverty. Most of them have additional drawbacks like drug addiction, alcohol addiction, poor educational background, disabilities or severe illnesses. Some of them are refugees and some of them get involved in a crime. They are isolated from modern life and society; so they fell apart from advantages of a normal and modern life. So, they need help of other people in the society. They need social inclusion, economic well-being, more health services for themselves, psychological rehabilitation, education in basic employment knowledge, skills and legal rights. Almost all countries in the world have homelessness strategies and differentiated programs for helping them; but most of these programs address developing economic circumstances of them. When we search for broader approaches for homelessness problem, we saw that there are few examples in the world. Caring of all needs for homeless people is a difficult and expensive aim for policy makers. Project HOPE is an innovative project and primarily aims to deal with psychological and sociological problems of homeless people. Project objectives are:- Developing new methods for helping homeless people by concentrating on their social and psychological needs, demands and characteristics - Developing innovative training and rehabilitation modules/programs/curricula for homeless people and other target groups - Providing exchange of best practices among partner countries and also searching for other best practices in the world- Pioneering social inclusion of homeless people via training clubs and other social activities; showing them the virtues of a usual life- Training homelessness people about job opportunities, local labor market, legal issues, public and private aid opportunities and organizations in the vicinity- Implementing these modules/programs/curricula to homeless persons, their families and attendants working with them during some period and measuring efficiency- Rehabilitating homeless people and their families if needed- Mediating between homeless people and their families so as to reconcile them - Raise the awareness of society for homelessness- Preventing homeless people from isolating from the society- Providing trainings also to personnel working with them- Creating well-directed academic papers and conduct researches- Creating an e-learning platform for basically simple vocational needs of the homeless HOPE target groups are:- Younger adult people between ages 20 and 30 who are living on the streets- Other homeless people- Families of homeless people- Attendants/trainers/nurses/authorities/representatives of public and private institutions and associations/foundations which are working for homeless people- Other members of the societySo, putting younger adults in the center, project HOPE aims to ameliorate the life of homeless people by focusing on all dimensions of homelessness issue. Partner will also involve participants with fewer opportunties to their activities and events. Moreover, participants with multiple disadvantages will be prioritized in HOPE activities.In order to achieve its aims, project partners have been selected from all layers of relevant organizations: They involve; - 2 universities' sociology and social services departments, - 1 local government body - 2 associations, - 1 training and rehabilitation center, - 1 vocational education center and - 1 small and medium sized enterprise So, we established a strong and balanced partnership. Almost all partners have experience in EU projects and studies on disadvantaged groups especially. They all have sufficient qualifications for conducting the project. Project HOPE aims to conduct a broad need analysis research, a country analysis research for the best practices in the world, innovative training and rehabilitation modules and programs, an e-learning platform which will address employment needs of homeless people and an academic research on them that aims to make progreess in project topic. Partners will also carry out pilot trainings for ensuring the quality of modules and programs and implement final modules in Training and Rehabilitation Clubs. Additionally, they will organize 5 multiplier events in all partner countries. Partners will do their best for smooth project management. In most of the sub-topics, they will use universally accepted tools like PMI's PMBok Guidelines. They will implement effective budget, time, quality, risk management. They will use all sources for uninterrupted communication and cooperation. They will also create new methodology and use all methods for efficiently disseminate HOPE results and increase its effect on the society. Partners will organize transnational meetings 5 times in Turkey (2), Italy (1), Hungary (1) and Austria (1). Partners will use all channels for enhancing the impact of HOPE.

The i3 (Imagine, Innovate, Impact) project aims to promote public engagement with STEM by creating stronger links between researchers and the general public. It unites STEM practitioners, researchers, policymakers, and the public to increase the general public awareness of research and innovation endeavors, support public recognition of researchers, to have stronger support and sense of ownership of research enterprises, to create relevance of researchers’ work on citizen’s daily life and the material world, to support capacity building among young researchers via engagement training, and to encourage young people to become “agents of change” by pursuing their research careers in STEM fields. Bringing top-quality universities, R&D centers, and institutions in STEM engagement and energizing their willingness to “embrace change” will significantly contribute to a wider recognition of research and innovation. The i3 project includes 10 main strands: (i) STEM Slam, (ii) Café Scientific - Meet the Scientist, (iii) STEM Expo, (iv) Guided Visits to Research and Development Labs, (v) Hands- and Minds-on STEM workshops, (vi) Science Shows, (vii) European Union Corner, (viii) Games, (ix) Science Movies, and (x) Concert. Topics and disciplines are structured among STEM with an emphasis on researchers’ contribution and impact on humanities, showcase technological advancement, and promote cutting-edge technological products. That is why our motto is i3: imagine, innovate, impact. In a way, the project might light a spark in the participants’ minds and actions. The i3 project will be held in five cities from east to west, north to central Anatolia.

In REHAB the European partners from Turkey, Germany, and Spain were collaborated on inclusive targets for the development of their regional project: high-level educational supply for learners who need special support. The partners are innovative developers of new methods, of their organization and practices toward multi-professional networks to support vocational learning and employment of the target group.This Project promotes equity, social inclusion and active citizenship for drug addicts and their families who are from disadvantaged backgrounds and have special needs to succeed in adult education. This project focused on adults who have drug addiction problem and it aims to provide psychological support and socio-cultural reintegration to these individuals and their families. The aim of project was to improve the reintegration of adult drug addicts under probation into the society and helping their families psychologically in coping with substance related problems through developing, piloting and implementing innovative training modules. In order to achieve these aims, materials about psychological rehabilitation were produced in many formats and delivered to the target group and their families in workshops and seminars.If it needs to be clearer, during the project, an innovative training module and other related materials were developed and implemented on target group in Turkey. Before implementation of training program, pilot study of it utilized on related target groups and beneficiaries. Project materials and outcomes were actualized through adult reintegration training in order to lead a productive live to addicted individuals and their families. Materials produced in this project will help drug addicts who are under probation to successfully reintegrate into society by developing their skills and qualifications all other European Countries. Educational materials and training modules that have been produced so far was evaluated by projects partners. Project partners intend to implement these materials and modules to at least 100 drug addicted adults and their families at the end of the project. But, before that final implementation, project partners planned to carry out a pilot training for testing the effectiveness, applicability and usefulness of these modules and materials. Therefore, 3 pilot training were organized in three cities in Turkey and in three partner countries in order to test and evaluate educational materials and training modules. 1.A pilot training was organized by SAMDER and Abant İzzet Baysal University, in Bolu. 2.Another one was arranged in Sakarya University, in Sakarya.3.One of them was organized in Sima Special Education and Rehabilitation Center in Bursa.Project coordinator AIBU and the partner Sakarya University contributed considerably to the creation of training modules and organization and implementation of the 3 pilot training. Their REHAB staff is academics of sociology departments; who have various past studies on drug addiction. Thus, training were of high quality. All lectures in the training were given by these academics.All the developed materials were provided face to face, in workshops and through website to the target group and their families as mentioned above. The impact of the project is expected that adult education methods are extended to a new area. In addition, it can be contribute with a general vision of the target group and in the family training and all factors which determine their situation regarding to rehabilitation sector and adult training. I can be said that REHAB project definitely raised the awareness for drug addiction problems, crime and rehabilitation of drug addicts in local area while developing new methods, models, approaches and promoting guidance and counselling at all levels. As a result of the strong composition of the partners, we had a great opportunity to work with various experts from universities, rehabilitation centers and public institutions. A website has been created to integrate digital integration in learning, teaching and education; an environment has been created to give information about the effects of subjects related to the addiction for the drug addicted individuals and their families. This study will contribute to the increase of the achievement level in Europe. The work has been meticulously prepared within the framework of scientific ethic rules and presented as a contribution to the literature on addiction.Thanks all projects partners for their invaluable contribution to the preparation and translation of this scientific work on drug addiction, which is both an important and difficult subject, the innovative and complementary project were finished successfully. Hopefully, the researchers and projects members will contribute to the literature on addiction and thus the science with their future studies carrying social sensitivity.

<< Objectives >>The project main objective is to improve educators´ knowledge, professional competences and lifelong learning in public and non-public organisations by the form of mixed-mode learning, to increase level of supporting, counselling and educational services for refugees, migrants and immigrants, to promote their social inclusion with educational and inspirational videos. The project places great emphasis on international cooperation development, on creation and strengthening of partner networks.<< Implementation >>In addition to the Project Management and Implementation, project activities are organized into 4 work packages:WP1 Development of the DECAMI Research ReviewWP2 Development, pilot testing and evaluation of the DECAMI Modular Mixed-Mode Learning Programme for Educators and DECAMI Supervision ProgrammeWP3 Development of the Interactive Online Portal and preparation of the DECAMI Motivational VideosWP4 Organization of national seminars, workshops and conference<< Results >>Main project results are:-DECAMI Research Review - new scientific approaches in facilitation migration processes -DECAMI Modular Mixed-Mode Learning Programme for Educators to increase their knowledge and professional competences in provision of migration supporting services-DECAMI Supervision Programme to promote the quality and level of migration supporting services-DECAMI Motivational Videos to promote social inclusion of refugees, migrants and immigrants -Interactive Online Portal