CEVHER Grant Program Begins

Coşkunöz Education Foundation is implementing the CEVHER Grant Program in order to contribute to the development of vocational and technical education and qualified employment throughout Turkey. In the program, which will start this year, significant financial resources will be provided to projects for qualified vocational education whose applications are accepted.

Coşkunöz Education Foundation (CEV), which has been working to increase qualified vocational education and youth employment for 34 years and has touched the lives of thousands of young people, is implementing the CEVHER Grant Program that will make a great contribution to the education and employment of the country. With the program, financial resources will be provided for education projects across the country in order to develop vocational and technical education in line with the needs of the time. Projects of public education institutions such as universities and vocational high schools that pass the evaluation and are deemed successful and eligible for grants will be supported. With the program, which aims to establish synergy between industry, business world, academia and vocational education, it is aimed to produce solutions for the needs of the future in education by joining forces today. With this program, CEV will also become one of the few non-governmental organizations that contribute to social development with the donation method in our country, and in this respect, it will set an important example for the civil society.

Project applications are awaited

Relevant public education institutions are invited to become a partner in Turkey's development and transformation story with their projects themed “Future Professions Focused on Today's and Tomorrow's Needs”. Financial support will be provided to successful projects through a grant method for the realization of the activities included in the project. Guidance will be provided to carry out the projects, and the projects will be followed from the beginning to the end and the results will be evaluated.

Applications for the grant program, which will start on 4 November 2022, will continue until 3 January 2023. Project applications can be made online at coskunozegitimvakfi.org.

“We support vocational training in line with today's needs for qualified employment”

Stating that the Foundation has added a new one to the activities it has been carrying out in the field of education and development for 34 years with its grant project, CEV Chairman of the Board Oya Coşkunöz Aktaş said, “So far, programs for the public benefit of teaching new professions such as vocational training programs, data science, additive production, scholarships and donations have been provided. We touched the lives of thousands of people. Now, in order to spread and sustain this impact, we will support good ideas in vocational education throughout the country and contribute to the shining of 'ores'”.

CEV Manager Bige Tınmazsoy Susuzlu, who stated that as Coşkunöz Education Foundation, attaches great importance to the training of young people in accordance with the competencies demanded by business life, said, “We aim to combine new generation technologies with education programs and to increase the quality of vocational education throughout the country with the projects to be granted. We are taking a big step in this direction with the CEVHER program, which we started with the slogan "Every Ore is a Work for the Future" in line with our goal of supporting our young people, whom we see as the most important treasure of our country, to provide added value to Turkey by accessing them with qualified education opportunities.

Why grant project?

According to the Future of Business Report published by the World Economic Forum, with the increasing impact of technology in the business world, it is predicted that by 2025, almost 50 percent of all employees will need new skills compatible with these technologies. In the 2023 Education Vision of the Ministry of National Education, it is emphasized to increase the value attributed to vocational and technical education and to strengthen the education-employment-production relationship with the aim of “qualified people, strong society”. In this context, thanks to the projects to which grant support will be given, vocational training will be encouraged, guidance will be provided to the young people for the future they dream of, support will be provided to create a qualified workforce in line with the needs of our country, to increase the competitiveness of the country's economy and to increase the welfare of the country through education. Funds will be provided through the CEVHER Grant Program for projects that are future-oriented, value-creating, locally appropriate, sustainable, sensitive to gender equality, focusing on the concepts of participation and joint action, producing solutions and creating a widespread impact.