"Abdullah Gül University was accredited to Erasmus+ EU Program in 2015. This Mobility of Learners and Staff project aims to enhanceinternationalisation strategy through mobility of University students and staff between Program and EU countries. AGU's mobility objectives:-Giving AGU students and staff the opportunity to increase their international experience,dimension and gain new knowledge,skills andmethods in internationally qualified HEIs-Increasing AGU’s presence on the international arena-Increasing AGU’s international development on campus with the presence of many international students and staff-Giving European students the opportunity to learn new knowledge, skills, methods and culture in AGU,a HEI with high quality facilitiesand staffWith these projects,1. AGU will increase attainment levels to provide the graduates and researchers Europe needs by:-Increasing the quality of students, researchers and academicians through mobility; by exposing them to different educational, social, andcultural environments-Increasing the diversity of AGU by attracting students, staff and faculty members from different cultures and social backgrounds-Complying with European teaching and diploma standards to ensure that we produce high quality graduates with internationallyrecognized certifications.-Increasing the attractiveness of AGU due to a combination of 100% English teaching and the promise of international mobility-Producing multilingual graduates able to export their technical knowledge to any market-Enabling AGU to score better in the national and international University rankings2. AGU will improve the quality and relevance of higher education by:-Bringing our research and curricula levels up to the standards of highly recognized European institutions (benefit from their knowledgeand expertise)-Promoting and deliver employment related skills adapted to today’s corporate sector’s expectations through crosssectorial partnerships-Collaborating with research institutions to develop highly innovative and competitive technologies-Improving quality (knowledge, expertise, teaching methods…) of teaching staff through teaching exchanges-Providing students with access to knowledge without geographical barriers: collaboration with institutions in touch with today’s labourmarket and offer learning opportunities to facilitate equality of chances with other European graduates3. AGU will strengthen quality through mobility and crossborder cooperation by:-Adapting our academic system to European quality standards-Aligning our diploma and credit systems with that of European universities to eradicate barriers to mobility-Benefiting from future European network to make AGU a recognized institution outside of Turkey4. AGU will make the knowledge triangle work:This project enables AGU students to take advantage of international professional opportunities and AGU to build a European levelnetwork gathering the 3 corners of the knowledge triangle (HEI's, business and research)5. AGU will improve governance and funding:AGU’s participation in the program allows us to develop a network of partners outside of Turkey and to diversify our sources of funding, inorder to decrease our dependency from the AGU foundation and therefore allows greater flexibility.AGU Erasmus Office is leaded by Erasmus Institutional Coordinator, Vice Coordinator and Project Assistant and supported by 4 staff ofInternational Office and 5 staff of AGU Youth Factory. AGU signed 41 staff and 32 student mobility agreements according to ""qualityexchange"" criteria such as ECTS, DS and rankings. Info days, orientation, live broadcast, breakfast, office sessions, non-formal learningmethods, infopack and documentary are organized. Also Erasmus Office is organizing info sessions for High Schools, NGO's andChamber of commerce on EU opportunities. One of our strongest part is combining Youth and Erasmus+. Youth projects and Eurodesknetwork supported us to find internship places for our students. Uniquely ""Coaching Program"" has been started with ICF accreditedcoaches. After mobilities, internship and study mobility evaluation meetings and questionaries were organized. With the results of questionnaires a scientific paper was written and it was submitted to international conference and accepted.Participant profile: 1rst, 2nd and 3rd cycle students and staff membersGood English skillsOpenmindedness, adaptability,intercultural mindset and motivation.AGU gives priority to disadvantaged students. As a State University, AGU gave utmost importance to gender balance, students with lowincome, geographically disadvantaged areas.14 students went for study mobility and 27 students went for internship. 9 staff member went for training and teaching mobilities.AGU aims to improve crosssectorial approach combining business and educational sectoral approach in the long term. An advisoryboard was established with Chamber of Commerce."

"Abdullah Gül University was accredited to Erasmus+ EU Program in 2015. This Mobility of Learners and Staff project aims to enhance internationalisation strategy through mobility of University students and staff between Program and EU countries.AGU's mobility objectives:-Giving AGU students and staff the opportunity to increase their international experience,dimension and gain new knowledge,skills and methods in internationally qualified HEIs-Increasing AGU’s presence on the international arena-Increasing AGU’s international development on campus with the presence of many international students and staff -Giving European students the opportunity to learn new knowledge, skills, methods and culture in AGU,a HEI with high quality facilities and staffWith these projects,1. AGU will increase attainment levels to provide the graduates and researchers Europe needs by:-Increasing the quality of students, researchers and academicians through mobility; by exposing them to different educational, social, and cultural environments-Increasing the diversity of AGU by attracting students, staff and faculty members from different cultures and social backgrounds-Complying with European teaching and diploma standards to ensure that we produce high quality graduates with internationally recognized certifications.-Increasing the attractiveness of AGU due to a combination of 100% English teaching and the promise of international mobility-Producing multilingual graduates able to export their technical knowledge to any market -Enabling AGU to score better in the national and international University rankings2. AGU will improve the quality and relevance of higher education by:-Bringing our research and curricula levels up to the standards of highly recognized European institutions (benefit from their knowledge and expertise)-Promoting and deliver employment related skills adapted to today’s corporate sector’s expectations through crosssectorial partnerships-Collaborating with research institutions to develop highly innovative and competitive technologies-Improving quality (knowledge, expertise, teaching methods...) of teaching staff through teaching exchanges -Providing students with access to knowledge without geographical barriers: collaboration with institutions in touch with today’s labour market and offer learning opportunities to facilitate equality of chances with other European graduates3. AGU will strengthen quality through mobility and cross-border cooperation by:-Adapting our academic system to European quality standards-Aligning our diploma and credit systems with that of European universities to eradicate barriers to mobility -Benefiting from future European network to make AGU a recognized institution outside of Turkey4. AGU will make the knowledge triangle work:This project enables AGU students to take advantage of international professional opportunities and AGU to build a European level network gathering the 3 corners of the knowledge triangle (HEI's, business and research)5. AGU will improve governance and funding:AGU’s participation in the program allows us to develop a network of partners outside of Turkey and to diversify our sources of funding, in order to decrease our dependency from the AGU foundation and therefore allows greater flexibility.AGU Erasmus Office is leaded by Erasmus Institutional Coordinator, Vice Coordinator and an officer and supported by2 staff of International Office.AGU signed 45 Erasmus agreements and 49 bilateral agreements according to ""quality exchange"" criteria such as ECTS, DS and rankings. Info days, orientation, live broadcast, breakfast, office sessions, non-formal learning methods, infopack and documentary are organized. Also Erasmus Office is organizing info sessions for High Schools, NGO's and Chamber of commerce on EU opportunities since we are also Eurodesk contact point. One of our strongest part is combining Youth and Erasmus. Youth projects and Eurodesk network support us to find internship places for our students.After mobilities, internship and study mobility evaluation meetings and questionaries were organized. With the results of questionnaires a scientific paper was written and it was submitted to international conference and accepted.Our Erasmus+ Institutional Coordinator finished her master thesis on ""CULTURAL MATCH IN NORM CREATION:THE IMPACT OF ERASMUS+ ON EU ENTEGRATION PROCESS in 2018. AGU Erasmus+ Institutional Coordinator was selected to go for TCA in Portugal, Lizbon-""Impact of Erasmus+ on internationalisation of HEI and VET institutions Promoting best practices in Impact and Dissemination"" in 2019. Participant profile: 1rst, 2nd and 3rd cycle students and staff members with good English skills, Openmindedness, adaptability, intercultural mindset and motivation.AGU gives priority to disadvantaged students. As a State University, AGU gave utmost importance to gender balance, students with low income, geographically disadvantaged areas.25 students went for study mobility and 32 students went for internship.11 staff member went for training and teaching mobilities."

This action supports physical and blended mobility of higher education students and staff from EU Member States and third countries associated to Erasmus+ to any country in the world. Students in all study fields and cycles can take part in a study period or traineeship abroad. Higher education teaching and administrative staff can take part in professional development activities abroad, as well as staff from the field of work in order to teach and train students or staff at higher education institutions.Mobility consortium descriptionWe had consortium accreditation in 2015 and 2018 and our project had been accepted that year. In the first Consortium 52 students and 5 staff and in the second one 27 students and 4 staff used mobility opportunity. In the last one we have sent 30 students and 1 staff. Also we prepared software bringing companies and participants together in one database.Youth employment has grown in prominence on national and global development agendas. The youth employment challenge has its own dimensions especially during pandemic times and confronts countries worldwide regardless of their stage of socio-economic development. The underlying problems are the large number of young people entering the labor markets every year, the lack of employment opportunities, in particular in poor economies and post-conflict countries, and the low quality of education and training without a proper link to the labor markets. This is why the ERASMUSTERN consortium aims at outlining the dimensions of the issue, the motives for intervention, and the possibilities of improving youth employment through cross-sectorial cooperation. This cross-sectorial approach is perfectly in line with AGU’s identity as a state university (public and formal educational sectors), putting Youth at its core and having therefore built a Youth Factory (non-formal sector) and being supported by a private foundation composed of renowned Turkish CEOs (private sector). AGU is an active member of a European network called “Eurodesk” which is the main provider of information on European policies and opportunities for young people and those who work with them. The information given here aims to inform the target group of these developments and provide sources, which will allow the reader to follow the debates on these key issues at European level. It is accredited by the National Agency for European Voluntary Service and is the only institution at the regional level. Young volunteers are given the opportunity to contribute to the daily work of Youth Factory dealing with youth information and policies, young people's personal and socio-educational development, civic engagement, social care, inclusion of disadvantaged, environment, non-formal education programmes, ICTs and media literacy, culture. Having the expertise in the field, network of young people and experienced staff on Erasmus + Program and youth, AGU will be gathering all Kayseri Universities, Sivas Cumhuriyet University and Sabancı University together with outstanding Chamber of Trade Commerce (KTO), Chamber of Industry and ÜSAİV as partners. “This Consortium aims to bring Anatolia to the world and the world to Anatolia!”The aim of the consortium is to empower Anatolian young people, young academics and administrative staff to have an international employment experience.Main activities will be;- Innovative application process, designed to be “ user/youth friendly” which encourages all students/academics and administrative staff to understand the process and apply.- New selection process, involving partners, will be transparent from the very beginning. - Pre-departure programme (linguistic support, intercultural learning) to prepare applicants for intercultural experience. - Recognition of the internship period will be guaranteed. - Establishing an online management system of the consortium to monitor the internship period.- Design and launching of a database.- Assigning the academic tutors and HR/contact person of the company as a mentor of each internship project. - Design, produce and purchase promotion material (boards, brochures, guides, flyers).- High visibility events to promote the program. - Participating and supporting events organized by consortium partners and foreign partners (such as youth festivals, career days, etc.) to disseminate the traineeships and the staff mobility opportunities, as well as to exploit the results.- Dissemination of the consortium through; publishing a “Youth Employment through empowering young people by Erasmus +, with Kayseri perspective”, - Lobbying events in order to widen our network.- Encouragement of future interns and recognition of the effort done during the internship period “Career Kitchen Promotion Day” will be held. - Evaluation stages of the consortium will be through monthly meetings of the partner team, annual meeting with the Representatives. - Quality assessment of the internship period will be carried out by the feedbacks of the students along with the hosting institutions/companies. A teamwork of 5 universities Erasmus + offices and Chamber of Commerce, Chamber of Industry and ÜSAİV Foundation is established. Each partner has EU networks, projects besides its national network. All universities have close collaboration with private sector. All EU programs offices of partners will benefit from this program by enhancing their network, human capacity and quality assessment.

"Abdullah Gül University was accredited to Erasmus+ EU Program in 2015. This Mobility of Learners and Staff project aims to enhance internationalisation strategy through mobility of University students and staff between Program and EU countries.AGU's mobility objectives:-Giving AGU students and staff the opportunity to increase their international experience,dimension and gain new knowledge,skills and methods in internationally qualified HEIs-Increasing AGU’s presence on the international arena-Increasing AGU’s international development on campus with the presence of many international students and staff -Giving European students the opportunity to learn new knowledge, skills, methods and culture in AGU,a HEI with high quality facilities and staffWith these projects,1. AGU will increase attainment levels to provide the graduates and researchers Europe needs by:-Increasing the quality of students, researchers and academicians through mobility; by exposing them to different educational, social, and cultural environments-Increasing the diversity of AGU by attracting students, staff and faculty members from different cultures and social backgrounds-Complying with European teaching and diploma standards to ensure that we produce high quality graduates with internationally recognized certifications.-Increasing the attractiveness of AGU due to a combination of 100% English teaching and the promise of international mobility-Producing multilingual graduates able to export their technical knowledge to any market -Enabling AGU to score better in the national and international University rankings2. AGU will improve the quality and relevance of higher education by:-Bringing our research and curricula levels up to the standards of highly recognized European institutions (benefit from their knowledge and expertise)-Promoting and deliver employment related skills adapted to today’s corporate sector’s expectations through crosssectorial partnerships-Collaborating with research institutions to develop highly innovative and competitive technologies-Improving quality (knowledge, expertise, teaching methods...) of teaching staff through teaching exchanges -Providing students with access to knowledge without geographical barriers: collaboration with institutions in touch with today’s labour market and offer learning opportunities to facilitate equality of chances with other European graduates3. AGU will strengthen quality through mobility and cross-border cooperation by:-Adapting our academic system to European quality standards-Aligning our diploma and credit systems with that of European universities to eradicate barriers to mobility -Benefiting from future European network to make AGU a recognized institution outside of Turkey4. AGU will make the knowledge triangle work:This project enables AGU students to take advantage of international professional opportunities and AGU to build a European level network gathering the 3 corners of the knowledge triangle (HEI's, business and research)5. AGU will improve governance and funding:AGU’s participation in the program allows us to develop a network of partners outside of Turkey and to diversify our sources of funding, in order to decrease our dependency from the AGU foundation and therefore allows greater flexibility.AGU Erasmus Office is leaded by Erasmus Institutional Coordinator, Vice Coordinator and an officer and supported by2 staff of International Office.AGU signed 45 Erasmus agreements and 49 bilateral agreements according to ""quality exchange"" criteria such as ECTS, DS and rankings. IAfter mobilities, evaluation meetings and questionaries were organized. With the results of questionnaires a scientific paper was written and it was submitted to international conference and accepted.Our Erasmus+ Institutional Coordinator finished her master thesis on ""CULTURAL MATCH IN NORM CREATION:THE IMPACT OF ERASMUS+ ON EU ENTEGRATION PROCESS in 2018.AGU Erasmus+ Institutional Coordinator was selected to go for TCA in Portugal, Lizbon-""Impact of Erasmus+ on internationalisation of HEI and VET institutions Promoting best practices in Impact and Dissemination"" in 2019.Participant profile: 1rst, 2nd and 3rd cycle students and staff members with good English skills, Openmindedness, adaptability, intercultural mindset and motivation.AGU gives priority to disadvantaged students. As a State University, AGU gave utmost importance to gender balance, students with low income, geographically disadvantaged areas.Our partners were Jordan University of Science and Technology and International University of Rabat. 2 students came for study mobility and 1 staff member could not use this opportunity because of COVID."

"We are Abdullah Gul University and we decided to put ""Youth"" in the core of our university. Different from other Universities, AGU defines itself as a ""third generation"" University, puts emphasize to ""social impact"" with its rich educational and research background.AGU has just established a youth work structure, which is unique with its approach, within the University. Our aim is to involve young people in the core of our structure. Therefore, one of our main step is to have EVS volunteers in our team and establish long term international cooperation within the youth structure. As AGU, we designed the project to empower you and youth. Volunteers will develop their own capacities and competences by non-formal learning and through their service they will also empower young people of Kayseri. Moreover, volunteers will organize information meetings, seminars and conferences in the university and city to empower young people.We are going to host 2 volunteers from United Kingdom for 10 months in Kayseri, Turkey between the dates September 2015 till July 2016. Young people with social, educational and economical disadvantages will be our first choice to involve in our project and these volunteers will be actively involved in the empowerment of other disadvantaged young people in a different country with different background and problems and we are planning to achieve the empowerment for the volunteers themselves through helping others. We believe that this will result as their future participation in their local community.The project will prove that volunteering will be used as an inclusion and empowerment tool for these kind of disadvantaged young people and same approach will be encouraged for other organizations to implement in their projects as well."