EU Seminars are aimed to create an objective communication platform for experts, academics and students in Turkey on a variety of EU related fields. Topics are generally chosen among ‘hard core’ policy issues and connected with NIHA’s major priority areas. They contribute to the long-term cooperation and durable networks between practitioners and academics especially in Netherlands and Turkey. Audience on the seminars are from among others universities, ministries, international...

Petra de Jong designed an art installation, titled ‘the Flying Carpet’ especially for the NIHA building at Koza Sokak in Ankara. The art installation was subsidised by the Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture. After a presentation by Petra de Jong about her work and the influence of Turkey on her work, the ‘Flying carpet’, was revealed by the Dutch Ambassador, Mr. J.P. Dirkse. In her work, Petra de Jong researches the application of geometry from traditional...

On 10 June 2011 Ankara University – Children’s University organised the 3rd Science Fair for children in Ankara. It was the second time that NIHA contributed to the Science Fair. In total 3000 kids participated in the Fair. Thanks to the financial support of the Royal Embassy of the Netherlands, NIHA could also involve various Dutch institutions and activities related to the Netherlands ‘Ontdekhoek’ (Discovery Corner) was invited and organised twelve activities such as catapult making,...

After a successful first course year in 2010, Early Childhood Development (ECD) Diploma Course in Turkey is organised for the second time this year. Between 8-10 juni 2011 the fourth training week took place (the course consists of 6 weeks in total). During the first 2 days, the course members had different lectures from Dutch trainers from Sardes and ICDI. Besides the Dutch speakers, Turkish guest speakers from different universities and a number of ECD-practitioners (Abant izzet Baysal...

Developed by Sardes, International Child Development Initiatives (ICDI) and NİHA and funded by Bernard van Leer Foundation, the Early Childhood Diploma Course Programme in Turkey (ECD) which was held for the first time in 2010 and once again in 2011, had very positive outcome for all partners involved. Developed by Elif Kayran, a participant of ECD-2010 course, MEMO-TR is one of these outcomes. This project was inspired by MEMO-NL,with which the first contact was made during the study visit to...

In the scope of the Leonardo da Vinci (LdV) project requests, the NIHA Vocational Education Coordination Center is coordinating to have schools and institutions in Hatay, Balıkesir, Ankara, Kırıkkale,  Denizli, İzmir, Bursa and Safranbolu meet their partners in the Netherlands. In the summer of 2011 discussions will take place with these schools and institutions and a first step will be taken to organise exchange visits. Additionally,  NİHA Vocational Education Coordination Center...

Internship abroad is not only a good way to learn another language and  other cultures, but it  also provides the opportunity to gain  international work experience outside your own familiar environment. (In principle) NIHA intermediates for the whole of Turkey, in all sectors for students of  vocational education, universities of applied sciences as well as  universities. Are you searching for a practical internship in IT, agriculture, healthcare, or are you looking for an internship with...

On Friday 27 May, Theo de Feyter, Maarten Welbergen, Joanna Quispel and Bram Stoof, four Dutch painters specialised in landscape painting and drawing, exhibited their paintings from Cappadocia in the NIHA building at Koza Sokak. The exhibition was organized by NİHA, Netherlands Education Association (HED) and the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It showed works in the tradition of plein air painting and drawing by travelling artists. Plein air painting requires a different sort of...

In July Zihni Özdil MA visited NIHAnkara and gave a lecture on “The American example: rethinking European concepts of ‘integration’ and diversity. Zihni is a lecturer of non-western history and PhD candidate at Erasmus  University’s Faculty of History and Art. For his Master thesis on the America migration history he spent a semestert at the Central Michigan University in the United States. Between 2008 and 2010 he worked as a programme manager at the Turkije Institute in The Hague....

On 16 June Harvey Broadbent, Director of the Gallipoli Centenary Research Project at Macquarie University, gave a lecture at NİHA about the Australian love affair with Gallipoli. In this lecture he explained why Gallipoli is special to the Australians. It was the first war they were involved in as an independent nation. The Australian New-Zealand Army Corps, also called the ANZACS, were first sent off to France to participate in the 1st World War but right after the departure the ship was sent...