Since recently NIHA is to be found on Facebook (www.facebook.com). At this account not only pictures of NIHA’s professional activities can be found, but also events of a more recreational character. NIHA’s Facebook account can be found and visited by prompting “Niha” or “Nihankara” in Facebook’s search engine. You can add NIHA as a friend and immediately start browsing NIHA’s photo albums by clicking the links below: Please click HERE for...

12 June 2009 marks the date of the official opening of the NIHA Vocational Education and Training Coordination Center. The new centre is located near NIHA head offices and will accommodate five colleagues, including Ms. Nurcan TAŞER, our new Leonardo da Vinci-Coordinator, who will also reside here. The center will serve as an office for colleagues with VET-tasks (LDV-projects, internships, SkillsNetherlands, etc.) working on a full- or part-time basis.Two guest rooms will provide space...

During the EuroSkills General Assembly in Istanbul between 3-5 June 2009, the NIHA representation of SKILLSNetherlands in Turkey was made official by the signing of an agreement between the Directors of the two organisations, respectively Jos de Goey and Jak den Exter. Please see related pages on our website for further information regarding the SKILLS organisation in the Netherlands and Turkey.

The first NIHA Brain drain dinner was organised on 8 April 2009 to discuss and determine the need to set up a platform for key- players in the area of Conflict Management in Turkey. The guests from the Netherlands and Turkey consisted of the following people:Lily Sprangers (Director Turkey Institute), Tunay Ince (President EU Activities Center Association in Ankara), Kadir Varoğlu (Başkent University Dean Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, and Director Strategic Research...

In 2009, the Green breakfast sessions which started with the water theme in the spring of 2008, have shifted towards the green sector covering agri- and horticulture with Geothermal Energy as its main focus area. Green Breakfast Sessions in 2008 Green Breakfast Sessions in 2009

Ever since the beginning of 2008 NIHA has increasingly been active in the field of agri- and horticulture. The first steps in this field were taken by submitting the project proposal ‘WOMAN-AGRI-POWER’ which aimed to improve education and employment opportunities for women in the organic agriculture sector in Kirazlı in the Aydın province. The Netherlands economic mission in November 2008 marked the intensification of contacts and  cooperation involving a number of key-players...

In the context of Turkey’s accession negotiations to the EU, many programmes enhancing civil society cooperation have flourished in Turkey for the past four years. The European Commission is supporting communication campaigns about the EU – its policies, legal and institutional system, values and history – in order to prepare the integration of Turkey into the EU, and therefore its participation to EU decision-making process and structural funds. Supporting bilateral agreements...

On 27th of June 2009 the NIHA Advisory Board has held its first meeting at NIHA. The  visit consisted of a board meeting followed by a day visit to the ancient Hitite capital of Hattusa. For an impression please visit the photo ALBUM.