Institute Istanbul İSMEK can be a partner in your projects
Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Institute Istanbul ISMEK is a non-formal education organization established by Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) in 1996, for the purposes of complementing formal education, through non-formal education programmes, with the mission to offer modern, high quality and added value education opportunities to Istanbul residents aligned with lifelong learning principles. IMM Institute Istanbul ISMEK has a wide network of centres easily accessible by everyone living within the borders of Istanbul, with high quality programmes to all ages, including Youth, to meet educational needs that cannot be met by formal education opportunities. The objective is to increase citizen participation by strengthening the perception that education is an ongoing process to enhance the conscious of individuals in the society and to contribute to the cultural and social development of Istanbul residents by equipping them for living in an urbanized metropolitan city. Institute Istanbul ISMEK delivers training courses in accordance with the principles of non-formal education, delivering educational services on 22 main programmes and 676 sub programmes in 141 training centres in 36 districts of Istanbul. The number of people who received training at Institute Istanbul ISMEK centres have reached 4.050.540 since 1996 when Institute Istanbul ISMEK was founded by Mayor of İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality at the time.
Some of the fields we provide training are as follows:
- ICT – 82 sub fields
- Gastronomy and Culinary Arts – 65 sub fields
- Graphic and Technical Design – 39 sub fields
- Beauty and Hair Care Services – 36 sub fields
- Vocational and Technical Trainings – 1 sub field
- Fashion Design and Textile Technology – 71 sub fields
- Accounting and Finance – 24 sub fields
- Robotics and Innovation – 9 sub fields
- Tourism and Accomodation Management – 2 sub fields
- Child Development and Education – 20 sub fields
- Agriculturing – 14 sub fields
We can be a partner in your projects and we can also host participants for job shadowing.