Hakan Kahraman

Hakan Kahraman, who graduated from Marmara University, Department of Economics, started to actively volunteer in the civil sphere while continuing his undergraduate education. Since 2007, he has worked as coordinator, trainer, manager and general manager in different non-governmental organisations. Through trainings and workshops on civil society, volunteering, project management, teamwork, communication, discrimination, gender equality, social rights and various projects at local, national and international level, he has supported the strengthening of the civil society and its actors. He took part in teams that designed and implemented dozens of training of trainers programmes. He organised many local trainings in various provinces of Turkey and provided mentor support to the trainers who conducted these trainings. While working as a freelance trainer, he took part as a trainer and mentor in the long-term training course on youth participation and youth policy jointly organised by the Council of Europe and the Ministry of Youth and Sports of the Republic of Türkiye. Having worked for Community Volunteers Foundation, SosyalBen Foundation, Sabancı Foundation, Turkish Marine Environment Protection Association (TURMEPA), Hakan Kahraman continues to support civil society organisations and their field activities at the Support Foundation for Civil Society.