Youth Empowerment Program – Summer School is Now Accepting Applications!

Yücel Cultural Foundation is here with a learning camp launched under the motto "Act, Explore, Learn!". The Youth Empowerment Program – Summer School is designed for young people who want to improve themselves in personal, professional, and social fields. If you are eager to learn a lot, they are waiting for your application.

🗓️ Dates: June 26 – August 14, 2025
🕒 Every Thursday, 19:30 – 21:30
📍 Online (Zoom)
🎓 Eight-Week Thematic Session Series

🎫 Participation is Free and Certified

📌 Apply now: https://forms.gle/TzhT8N6DrqEdWoeL9
📌 Application Deadline: June 20, 2025

🎯 Program Purpose

This summer school aims to support young people in developing 21st-century skills and gaining knowledge and competencies in active citizenship and entrepreneurship. The program includes weekly interactive sessions covering diverse themes from leadership to artificial intelligence, from project management to civil society.

✅ Eligibility Criteria

• Being between 16-30 years old
• Commitment to regular participation
• Openness to interactive sessions

🎓 Program Gains

• Certified leadership and digital skills training
• Project writing and presentation practice
• Roadmap for social entrepreneurship and volunteering
• Access to national and international opportunities
• Chance to learn next-generation digital tools

📅 WEEKLY SESSION PROGRAM

🔹 Session 1

🧭 LEADERSHIP and TEAMWORK

• Leadership styles
• Effective team dynamics
• Sample practices in youth leadership
  🎯 Mini Workshop: Leadership simulation

🔹 Session 2

🗣️ PRESENTATION TECHNIQUES and EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION

• Body language, tone of voice, and diction
• Effective presentation methods
• Participant presentation practice and feedback

🔹 Session 3

💻 WEB 3.0 TOOLS and ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

• What is Web 3.0 and how does it affect youth?
• AI-based generative tools (ChatGPT, Canva AI, Notion AI, etc.)
• Digital literacy and responsible technology usage
  🎯 Workshop: Creating presentations/content using AI

🔹 Session 4

📝 PROJECT WRITING

• Project Cycle Management (PCM)
• Logical Framework Approach
• Setting goals and stakeholder analysis
  🎯 Workshop: Develop your social project idea

🔹 Session 5

💡 ENTREPRENEURSHIP & SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP

• How to develop impactful ideas?
• Ways to create social impact
• Entrepreneurship support programs for youth
  🎯 Workshop: Business idea development canvas

🔹 Session 6

❤️ VOLUNTEERING and ACTIVE ROLE in CIVIL SOCIETY

• Volunteering awareness and values
• Ways to engage with civil society organizations
• ESC and local NGO opportunities
  🎯 Workshop: Create your volunteer roadmap

🔹 Session 7

🚀 PROJECT MANAGEMENT

• Project implementation
• Crisis and process management

🔹 Session 8

📢 CLOSING, PRESENTATIONS and CERTIFICATE CEREMONY

• Participant presentations (volunteering, projects, idea sharing)