After 7 years of South-Africa, 25 Dutch management-professionals who follow a master course ECM at SIOO in Utrecht, will visit Turkey for one week in April, The interuniversitary institute SIOO is active in the field of educating consultants and managers, especially in processes of change, for over 50 years. The SIOO board consists of representatives of the founding Universities (University of Amsterdam, Delft Technical University, Utrecht, Radboud University Nijmegen and Leiden University)...

During the study visit organised by NIHA between 7 -13 March 2010, 2 Directors and 21 teachers from the Deltion College in Zwolle/Netherlands visited various schools and universities in Istanbul and Izmir and compared the Dutch and Turkish vocational education systems so as to determine the possibilities for vocational education cooperation. The participants of Deltion College observed the education in the area’s of Fashion Design, Graphic Design, Interactive Media Design, Podium ...

The Netherlands Institute for Higher Education Ankara (NIHA) acts as a facilitator in the exchange and recruitment of students and supporting the cooperation between institutes of Higher and Vocational Education in the Netherlands and Turkey. In the Joint Dual Degree Program Initiative, NIHA plays an intermediary role and brings together the Turkish and Dutch academia, in a broad sense, to enhance the research oriented cooperation activities between Turkey and the Netherlands....

Within the 2010 LDV project activities, NIHA Vocational Education Coordination Center has provided letters of intent to various institutions. In line with the project fields of the partnerships that have been formed with 17 institutions in Turkey and 5 institutions in the Netherlands, NIHA VET Coordination Center is planning to organise meetings and seminars with the objective to deliver support to these projects. Throughout 2010, NIHA VET Coordination Center will also organise EU ...

NIHA organised an EU Thursday Seminar on 21st of January 2010 given by Pol De Witte (Ambassador of the Belgium Embassy) and Thijs van der Plas (Deputy Head of Mission from the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands) titled “The Importance of the BENELUX within the EU Integration Process”. The seminar covered the Benelux cooperation in terms of its past and future prospects. The reasons for choosing this topic can be linked to the fact that the Benelux has always been an important...

The Early Childhood Development Diploma course organised together with Sardes and ICDI is off to a good start. The first two training sessions, each consisting of 3 days training covering various topics on early childhood development given by experts from the Netherlands and Turkey has taken place in January and March. The next two sessions will take place in May and June. During these sessions guest speakers from Turkey were experts from both the academia, such as Ankara and Hacettepe ...

Sancar Ozaner, Erasmus Coordinator Abant İzzet Baysal University in Bolu Students and Lecturers of Ankara University Agricultural Faculty and Bozok University in Yozgat Peter van Olmen, Netherlands Ministry of Education, Culture and Science Paul Geurts, Netherlands Helsinki Committee İpek BAŞKALE,  IVY Consultancy Melek Delilbaşı, Ankara University Vice-Rector Mustafa Akbulut, Atılım University Education delegation from the province of Kırıkkale Directorate General Preschool Education...

After conflict management has been added to the focal areas of NIHA, activities within this field increased rapidly. Not only did we carry out a substantial analysis of the interest among Turkish organizations and actors to concentrate knowledge and expertise in this field, we also commenced with extending and mapping related activities. Now, NIHA publishes a monthly digital newsletter, Conflict Management Perspectives, organised the first Young Professionals Meeting as well as a seminar...