Utilizing lifelong learning to ‘uplift people’
Eskişehir wishes to join the UNESCO GNLC to further extend its cooperation with other learning cities in project and capacity development.
Vision and Motivation
‘Uplifting people’: this is how Eskişehir sees the impact of education and lifelong learning. The city of Eskişehir recognizes the vital importance of education and aims to provide equal access to learning opportunities for people regardless of their socio-economic status, ethnic background or gender.
Challenges and Goals
Securing adequate funding is the foremost challenge currently facing Eskişehir. By joining the UNESCO GNLC, the city aims to take advantage of being a member of a network, and to share experiences and challenges with other cities. In addition, Eskişehir wants to ensure economic development and cultural prosperity by adopting the Key Features of Learning Cities and promoting sustainable development.
Plan and Implementation
The mayor of Eskişehir has founded two universities and one open university in the city. This illustrates the city’s commitment to learning.
Eskişehir Municipality sees its city as a school that educates and trains people. The city focuses on helping disadvantaged and marginalized people and promoting their socio-economic development through various public learning opportunities.
The municipality has adopted a wide variety of policies focusing on making public services accessible to every individual. This includes enabling online registration for the courses offered at regional education centres, improving the public transportation system for people with disabilities, and facilitating their access to all public learning resources.
Our fundamental vision is ‘The city is a school that educates citizens.’ We plan all our projects so that our citizens are involved in lifelong learning processes. We learn from each other through mutual interaction and thus plan the future of the city.
Mr Yilmaz Buyukersen
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