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The Municipality of Sarıyer
The Municipality of Sarıyer is a local authority that undertakes a participating democracy and sustainable local development approach wherein the people of Sarıyer can take part in the process where decisions directly relating to their lives are made and implemented. In this context, it is an organization that considers people as the essence of local democracy without any discrimination, implements human rights and pluralistic and participating democracy principles in its operation, that has public entity and that adopts the "mutual government" approach in the district and within the organization. Sarıyer Municipality adopts the understanding of "mutual governance" and ensuring development as a vision for transforming Sarıyer County into a contemporary city, through deployment of 2,000 employees in various municipal centers such as Training & Youth Centers, Coordination Center for the Disabled (SAKEM) and other departments. Thanks to the town council, which we established, the civil society and mukhtarship unit and women's neighborhood assembly, we realize democracy in the most effective way for governing the town. We supported citizens, civil society institutions, mukhtars, universities, young people, employers and governmental institutions to see themselves as actors, who add value to our town, and we are realizing projects and applications within this scope. As the requirement of a contributing, effective, productive and transparent local management approach, we are collaborating with Universities, civil society institutions, professional organizations and private sector. Several projects are realized for physical, environmental, economic, social and cultural development of Sarıyer and to increase its urban life quality, including consideration of contribution to quartering, health, education and social life as fundamental rights, providing more rights, supporting and encouraging the welfare of the disabled, elderly, children and women in particular, creating studies that would realize all rights for everyone all the time and developing policies for social groups with a Disadvantage. Some of these projects are; The European Voluntary Service Program, which supports the voluntariness conscience and active citizenship since 2012 The Child-Friendly Local Initiative Project of 2013, which aims to realize children rights in Sarıyer within the scope of the Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education Grant Scheme. Many specialists and employees participated in Train the Trainer Program on Children's Rights and Working with Children, designed and organized primarily for trainers, as well as other municipal staff working with children within the project scope. Two-day workshops on children's rights and democratic participation were held under this project, with the contributions of specialists from German Kinderhilfswerk institution and Swedish Save the Children organization, addressing the municipal staff working in relevant fields. "Teacher's Guide on Children's Rights Implementations", prepared at Centers Working with Children with the purpose of creating an environment sensitive to children's rights in schools and community centers working with children in Sarıyer County, have been distributed so far, free of charge, to teachers, schools and people and institutions operating on this field. |