Yereliz - Polis 180

Yereliz
Istanbul, Turkey
www.yereliz.org

Social Media accounts: @yerelizdernegi

The association Yereliz was established in Istanbul, Turkey, and is one of its kind since it focuses on local governmental issues and youth participation. The organization’s main objective is to encourage transparency and accountability applied in local policies. It also strives to strengthen local governments’ and CSOs’ capacities in working with the principles of participation, openness, and anti- discrimination.

The association organizes capacity building trainings for citizen councils, CSOs and local governments, and implements research studies on monitoring and evaluating the performance of local governments for the application of aforementioned principles.

The association’s work contributes to the establishment of human rights friendly cities and neighbourhoods.

Polis 180
Berlin, Germany
www.polis180.org/

Social media accounts: @polis180

Polis 180 was founded in 2015 in Berlin, Germany by a team of young professionals and graduate students. It is a grassroot think tank about European and foreign policy.

Its focus areas include; European Union, peace, security, migration, digitalization and data security; and it endeavours to understand and shape foreign and European policy according to the perspectives, interests and values of the younger generation.

The organization aims to use innovative and interactive event formats, of fishbowls, teatimes, speed dating and storytelling events, public screenings and workshops. In the German parliamentary elections of 2017, its members organized a democracy tour which stopped in several German cities, conducted an analysis of the election programmes of six political parties, implemented an Instagram campaign, launched a petition and a postal vote online challenge. During the European elections of 2019, they also ran a campaign to inform and empower younger voters.