Our transnational meeting in Adiyaman began on September 19, when we all gathered at the municipal office to discuss our project results, the final steps before the end of the grant period, and ideas for future collaboration. We also had the opportunity to meet with Dr. Kilinc, the Mayor of Adiyaman, and Mr. Cuhadar, the Governor of Adiyaman Region, to discuss important issues and actions in Adiyaman.

In the same afternoon, we met with the training participants for the final conference, where we talked about the partner organizations and their work, the project and its results, and handed over the certificates to the training participants. After the end of the official part of the conference, we had the opportunity to talk personally with the people who played an important role, such as the volunteer trainers, the municipality staff and the participants and their families.

On September 20, after a short feedback session with the project team, we left for our social activity and visited the monuments of the Commagene era on the peaks of Mount Nemrut, the burial site of Arsameia and the ancient ruins of the city of Perre.

For the purpose of our training sessions, we created training material covering all relevant environmental topics.

The author’s tip: Have a look at the practical advice at the end of each chapter!

Feel free to download, use & share!

The training material is also available in german and turkish.

Save Our Planet training material German

Save Our Planet training material in Turkish

Save Our Planet training material in Greek

14.04.2022 – 20.04.2022

With a combination of face-to face and virtual trainings we rolled out our pilot training for “SaveOur Planet”.

The participants started with face-to-face meetings that took place on 14.04.2022 – 17.04.2022. During these meetings, the participants were extensively briefed on issues of environmental interest. Among the topics discussed were the greenhouse effect, environmental pollution and climate change.

The volunteers addressed the effects of climate change on the general population but especially on people with disabilities. The unimpeded and autonomous access of all citizens to the built and natural environment was a subject for debate between the participants and the trainers, who are employees and volunteers in the community of Adiyaman.

In addition, the discourse became very interesting when working through the simple steps that everyone can take to protect the environment.

As for the online meetings that took place on the 19.04.2022 and 20.04.2022, these were a good opportunity for the volunteers to learn about digital training and collaboration platforms and to interact online. In the two meetings, the trainers focused mainly on issues of new technologies and on creating awareness on environmental protection through the use of social media.