Istanbul community media center & digital skills for intercultural dialogue and lifelong learning
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2017-04-21
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This paper is to inform the audience about the İstanbul Community Media Center, how it was
establishes as a project, how it works, and how it promotes digital skills for intercultural dialogue and
lifelong learning through its local and international activities realized since November 2014. The idea
of transferring the effective work of Burgerhaus Bonnehaus (Community Center) in Münster,
Germany, became real after 2 years’ hard work and demanding project process in cooperation with
YOUTHART Youth Art Research and Training Association, European Youth4Media Network e.V.,
Media Terra Nea and many other partner organizations and local stakeholders thanks to the funds and
financial supports from the Republic of Turkey Ministry for EU Affairs within Civil Society Dialogue
Programme Phase III and IV. Since its establishment in 2015, İstanbul Community Media Center has
reached to 3000+ participants and visitors in the local and international activities, 250.000+ online
followers and viewers. Through its activities, the most important social impact of the center has been
on the intercultural dialogue and lifelong learning outcomes, which ultimately foster civil society
dialogue, better understanding of social dimensions, healthier integration of modern city life, active
participation in the democratic and civic life, and effective use of digital and media skills. Statistics
gained from online tools proves well that such a center is highly useful especially for the youth and
disadvantaged groups of the societies.
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Akbiyik M. Istanbul community media center & digital skills for intercultural dialogue and lifelong learning / Murat Akbiyik // Історико-культурна спадщина: проблеми збереження і популяризаці : тези IV Міжнародної науково-практичної конференції, 21-22 квітня 2017 року. — Львів, 2017. — С. 2–3.