Partner Information Form
Ekolojik Yaşam, Bireysel Gelişim ve Toplumsal Dönüşüm Derneği (EKOBİT)
Döşemealtı, Türkiye · NGO / Association
1. Organisation
2. Contact person
Contact details are not published. Network members see them with their access link; everyone else can write to the organisation through its profile page.
3. Profile
EKOBİT is an association dedicated to ecological awareness, individual development, and inclusive social transformation. Through workshops, training programs, and projects, it empowers youth, adults, and children to adopt sustainable lifestyles and strengthens civic participation. The organisation offers project partners expertise in nature-based learning, social justice, and community-building initiatives.
4. Fields of expertise
International networking · Inclusion · Environmental protection · Digitalization · AI · Civic involvement and participation · Mental health · Lobby and advocacy · Community development · Youth education · Adult education · Voluntary work · Sustainable development
5. Target groups
6. Programme experience
8. Background and experience
Please briefly present your organisation.
EKOBIT is a non-governmental, non-profit association based in Antalya, Türkiye. The association was founded in 2024 to bring together expertise in ecological life, personal development, education and social transformation under a single civil-society structure.
EKOBIT is an active Erasmus+ organisation whose members and experts have experience in European cooperation, education, youth work, environmental learning and community-based initiatives
EKOBIT works with an interdisciplinary network of academics, teachers, youth workers, engineers, psychologists, counsellors, artists, lawyers and project professionals. Several academic experts are members or active volunteers of the association. This structure supports evidence-based project design, safe implementation, field-based learning, inclusive participation and high-quality project management.
9. Activities and experience
What are the activities and experience of your organisation in the areas it works in?
1 Environmental Education and Nature-Based Learning
EKOBIT develops and supports practical learning activities linked to ecology, biodiversity, climate awareness, sustainable living and environmental responsibility. Its experts contribute to field-based learning, bird migration and biodiversity education, outdoor observation, environmental inquiry and community awareness activities.
2 Green Skills and Green Advocacy
The association promotes competences that help young people understand environmental challenges, make responsible choices, communicate evidence-based messages and participate in local green action. Activities may include youth-led campaigns, local environmental mapping, community dialogue, eco-initiatives and advocacy exercises.
3 Green STEM and Biomimicry
EKOBIT connects environmental issues with science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Green STEM and biomimicry activities encourage young people to study natural systems, identify sustainability challenges, design solutions and develop ideas for future environmental initiatives.
4 Digital Pedagogy, Media Literacy and Artificial Intelligence
The association supports educators, youth workers and learners in using digital tools responsibly and practically. This includes digital content creation, critical media literacy, safe use of online platforms, artificial intelligence-supported learning and technology-based project outputs.
5 Inclusion, Wellbeing and Personal Development
EKOBIT designs accessible non-formal learning activities that support wellbeing, communication, resilience, responsible decision-making and equal participation. Small-group work, mentoring, reflective methods and practical tasks are used to help participants with different learning needs engage meaningfully.
6 Youth Participation, Volunteering and Community Learning
The association links learning with action through volunteering, youth-led initiatives, community events and cooperation with schools, municipalities and civil society organisations. Young people are encouraged to take responsibility, work collaboratively and contribute to local solutions.