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CSD Team Building Links in EU
 During May, members of the CSD Team visited offices of 2 important EU civil society umbrella organisations : the European Civic Forum, based in Paris, and Culture Action Europe, based in Brussels. Both organisations are keen to contribute to the dialoguing between Turkish and EU CSOs, and both have extensive networks which may help CSOs find appropriate partners. For more information about these umbrella groups please click on the links below.
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CSD Grant Beneficiaries' Report Preparation Training Has Been Completed Successfully
“Report Preparation Training” was provided for the CSD Project Grant Beneficiaries on 4th – 5th May(Towns and Municipalities) , 7th – 8th May (Universities), 11th – 12th May (Professional Organizations), and 14th -15th May (Youth Initiatives). By this training, Grant Beneficiaries have been informed on the Interim and Final Reports preparation that they should present as a contractual obligation. Grant Beneficiaries havefound the opportunity to improve their knowledge by practical exercises.
On the first days of training a “Promotional and Information Fair” has been established in order to enable Grant Beneficiaries to introdude their projects. Thus, experience and information sharing among the Grant Beneficiariesis enabled.
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Events supported by "Interpretation/Translation Facility"
 Civil Society Organisations all around Turkey and in EU Member States are benefiting from Interpretation / Translation Facility of "Promotion of the Civil Society Dialogue between EU and Turkey Project".
Some events supported by the Interpretation / Translation Facility were held on March, in İstanbul.
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Interpretation / Translation Facility Info Meetings
Following Adana, Eskişehir and Gaziantep, the 4th Interpretation / Translation Facility Info Meeting was held in İzmir on 6th of February 2009. More than 120 representatives of civil society organisations participated in the meeting held in İzmir Governorship Premises. The activity was supported by “İzmir Department of Associations”. The participants were informed about interpretation and translation facility and the info meeting became a good opportunity to raise awareness on the activities of Secretariat General for EU affairs and the EU.
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What is Civil Society Dialogue ?
Over decades Turkey and the EU have already established numerous contacts at political, economic, professional, cultural and educational level. The Civil Society Dialogue makes Turkey better known within the EU, and allows Turkish citizens to understand more about the EU, its values and policies.
At the same time, the dialogue assists citizens in being more involved in political, cultural and economic development - thus boosting the emergence of a vigorous civil society in countries that accede to the EU.
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 One of the main objectives of the European Union is ensuring peaceful and harmonious coexistence of European societies. The Civil Society Dialogue Project has been developed to contribute the preparation of Turkish society for membership and to bring Turkish society closer to Member States' societies in the framework of common values, by creating opportunities for closer cooperation and interaction in various fields.
Ambassador Oğuz Demiralp
the Secretary General of the EUSG
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 "There are wide differences in the mutual perceptions between Turkey and the EU in the context of the accession negotiations.The EU and Turkey need to understand each other better. This is why the EU calls upon civil society organisations in the EU and Turkey to help build this understanding through dialogue and increasing mutual ties."
Head of the Delegation of the European Commission to Turkey
Marc Pierini,
Ankara, 24 January, 2007
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Definitions
It is possible to find a range of definitions for "civil society", but a wide and inclusive type of definition tends to include all those elements of society that are neither the State (institutions of Government) nor Market (for-profit business entities). Thus, in this sense, the dialogue concerns the voice of Civil Society coming from organisations such as Associations, Foundations, Trade Unions, Professional Organisations, Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Universities, the Media, and other community groups and platforms.
Similarly "dialogue" has also been defined in many different ways, but one of the most convincing and authoritative is that coined by the Philosopher, Thinker and Physicist, David Bohm. Bohm viewed Dialogue as a stream of meaning flowing among and through a group of people, out of which may emerge some new understanding, something creative. Dialogue moves beyond any one individual's understanding, to make explicit the implicit and build collective meaning and community.
It is often useful to contrast Dialogue with discussion. In Dialogue we are interested in creating a fuller picture of reality rather than breaking it down into fragments or parts, as happens in discussion. In Dialogue we do not try to convince others of our points of view. There is no emphasis on winning, but rather on learning, collaboration and the synthesis of points of view.
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What is the Civil Society Dialogue Project (CSD) ?
The European Commission strategy for accession negotiations with Turkey is based on three pillars. The first pillar is designed to support the reform process in Turkey. The second pillar sets out the framework for accession negotiations. The third pillar concerns the strengthening of political and cultural dialogue through civil society in Turkey and the EU. With the aim of enhancing mutual understanding by bringing people together, this inclusive dialogue also will involve civil society. The European Council endorsed the European Commission recommendation and broadened its scope by stipulating that "parallel to accession negotiations, the Union will engage with every candidate state in an intensive political and cultural dialogue. The long-term objective of the dialogue is to prepare civil society from the EU and candidate countries for future enlargement."
In 2005 the European Commission adopted a Communication that establishes objectives and priorities for further development of a civil society dialogue between the EU and Candidate countries[1]. It aims to bring citizens and different cultures, political and economic systems closer in order to bridge the information gap, achieve better mutual knowledge, thus ensuring a stronger awareness of the opportunities as well as the challenges of future accessions.
In support of this dialogue process the Turkish Secretariat General for EU Affairs (EUSG) has designed a programme titled: Promotion of the Civil Society Dialogue between European Union and Turkey. It is co-financed by the EC and provides for implementation of four Grant Schemes amounting to 19,3 MEUR and aiming at intensifying and diversifying the contacts between:
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Towns and Municipalities (5 MEUR)
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Professional Organizations (3 MEUR)
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Universities (9,3 MEUR)
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Youth Initiatives for Dialogue (2 MEUR)
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- Website was last updated on 25.06.2009
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