Syrian and Turkish youth came together in two events to increase their skills on information technologies and entrepreneurship to develop solutions to the problems and to make friends from different cultures. Young people from 5 provinces of Turkey participated in the activities organized under the “Employability, Entrepreneurship and Social Cohesion for Syrian and Turkish youth- in Response to the Syria Crisis” Project. They attended various trainings and developed their business ideas.

72 young people who participated “Innovative Solutions for Social Cohesion Hackathon”, organized in Ankara attended various trainings during the 3-day event. Using their creativity and technology, they developed solutions for social cohesion with the subtopics of sports, volunteering, education and employability. At the final, groups presented their business ideas to the jury.

In “Young Enterprises Against Climate Crisis and Disasters start-up Weekend” organized in Istanbul, 84 young people worked on preventing the climate crisis and ongoing environmental disasters, reducing their effects, improving the livelihoods of the affected and vulnerable groups. They attended various trainings and presented their business ideas to the jury.