Description of organisation

Trex-Evs association was created in 2007 with the aim of providing common space for Turkish Ex-EVS volunteers. The association is based in İzmir city of Turkey which is the 3rd biggest metropolitan in Turkey. We mainly focus on activities designed for youth mobility, inclusion of disadvantaged, democracy and youth mobility. As we are the most active on voluntary activities and mainly EVS since the very beginning of YIA programme, we continue to coordinate projects through Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps.

Our basic mission is to be an information supplier between ex and future European volunteers and to help passing on the gained experiences, observations to the following volunteers by organizing various meetings and projects. Additionally, we want to promote the idea of taking initiative to young people and be active citizens in society.

As TREX-EVS board members and volunteers we consider the below written values in each work we do and in our projects as a point of perspective;

• Volunteering
• Social responsibility
• Ethical understanding
• Sharing
• Inclusion of young people to any kind of decision making process and to social life.
• Cultural diversity
• Participation
• Entrepreneurship

Inclusion topics

This organisation is willing to involve volunteers who face situations which make their participation in activities more difficult, from the following categories for different types of project:

• Economic obstacles
• Geographical obstacles
• Social obstacles