Civil Society Exchange Partnership Program (CSEPP)
The Civil Society Exchange Partnership Program (CSEPP) is a multiplier program for civil society networks, umbrella organizations and established CSOs to adapt capacity building through mobility model Istanbul Bilgi University Center for Civil Society Studies and MitOst have been developing and working on since 2017.
Over the course of 2 years, selected partner organizations co-designed and implemented their tailor-made international mobility programs between Turkey and Europe to support capacity development of CSOs in their networks.
CSEPP 2020 – 2022
Civil Society Exchange Partnership Program 2020 – 2022 selected 8 civil society networks, umbrella organizations and established CSOs to take an initiator role on capacity building of the CSOs within their ecosystem. Over the course of two years, 8 selected organizations continued to work in partnerships between Turkey and Europe to deliver 4 international mobility programs based on ‘capacity through mobility‘ model.
During the first year, selected organizations actively participated to the implementation of the Exchange Program. In this way, partnerships experienced the process of organizing an international mobility program at first hand and learned by doing. Later in the second year, participants developed a unique mobility program with their partner organizations for their networks and kickstarted their own program in 2021 with seed funding provided to them as a grant. As Istanbul Bilgi University Center for Civil Society Studies and MitOst are partners of Civil Society Exchange Partnership Program, they guided and supported each partnership in the development and implementation of their “capacity through mobility” programs with the financial support of Stiftung Mercator.
