By country: Turkey

Government programmes

• Disaster Preparedness Education Unit (National: Public-Education Partnership)
  The Disaster Preparedness Education Program at Boğaziçi University, Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute (AHEP / AHEB) has developed 4 instructor-training programs and public education materials covering: Basic Disaster Awareness (BDA), Non-Structural Risk Mitigation, Structural Awareness for Seismic Safety, and Community Disaster Response. Programs have been implemented with public and civic society partner organizations. The BDA program has been implemented by the ministry of education (MEB) in 50 provinces. Master trainers have trained 20,000 + Primary school teachers who have reached more than 5 million children with the curriculum.
  www.ahep.org/ev
• Primary School National Disaster Education Week (National: Public Sector)
  Disaster Education Week is part of the national primary school curriculum. Students take part in activities arranged in their local schools. There are also school drills and take home information regarding disaster preparedness. There are government sponsored contests and school visits by Civic Defence Officers.
  http://cerkezkoy.meb.gov.tr/belirligunhafta.asp?belirliID=53
• Earthquake Park (Local: Education-Civic Partnership)
  The Disaster Preparedness Education Unit at Bogaziçi University operates an earthquake simulation centre provided by Rotary International, for school-children. Basic disaster awareness and earthquake insurance information is provided.
  www.koeri.boun.edu.tr/aheb
• Earthquake Awareness (Local: Cross Sectoral)
  The Earthquake Awareness program is a local program based in Istanbul that is promoting earthquake risk awareness and preparedness. The program is geared towards the general population including children.
  http://www.depremeduyarliyiz.org
• Istanbul Seismic Risk Reduction and Earthquake Preparedness Project (Local: Public Sector)
  The Istanbul Seismic Risk Reduction and Earthquake Preparedness Project is a program being developed by the Istanbul Governorship and funded by the World Bank. They are creating and implementing disaster risk reduction training curricula and campaign materials. The materials are expected to be ready by April 2008.
  www.ipkb.gov.tr
• Learning Safe Living with Kızılay (National: Civic-Public Partnership)
  Learning Safe Living with Kızılay is a supplementary textbook that aims to teach children of 11-13 years and above how to deal with and reduce or prevent disasters. It is sponsored by the American Red Cross and Turkish Red Crescent Society. A teacher’s edition of the textbook and a disaster calendar for the classroom are also available.
  www.guvenliyasam.org.tr
• Neighbourhood Disaster Volunteers (Regional: Civic-Public Partnership)
  The Neighbourhood Disaster Volunteer (MAG) program trains citizens at the neighbourhood level to be first responders after a disaster. MAG operates in the provinces of the Marmara Region.
  www.mag.org.tr and www.magvakfi.org.tr
• Safe Living (Local: Civic-Public Partnership)
  The Safe Living project is a pilot project being implemented in Istanbul in coordination with the Ministry of Education and Red Cross/Red Crescent.
  http://www.ahder.org
• Turkish Catastrophe Insurance Pool (National: Cross Sectoral)
  Turkish Catastrophe Insurance Pool (TCIP or DASK) is a non-profit public entity affiliated with the Ministry of State, to whom the Under-secretariat of Treasury reports. It was formed to provide household earthquake insurance at affordable premiums when earthquake insurance was made mandatory for all registered residential buildings within the municipality boundaries.
  http://www.dask.gov.tr/english.html

Civil society programmes

• Turkish Red Crescent (National: Civic Sector)
  The Turkish Red Crescent Society trains volunteers in first aid and disaster response. They have also partnered with other civic sector organizations and the Ministry of Education to develop and disseminate natural hazard risk awareness and household risk reduction education for the general public and school children.
  http://www.kizilay.org.tr/

Private sector programmes

• Investing in the Future (Local: Private Sector)
  Ak Sigorta insurance operates an educational fire and earthquake simulation centre, Investing in the Future for school groups ages 7-14 in Istanbul, which teaches disaster risk reduction and creates insurance awareness.
  http://www.bilimmerkezi.org.tr/yenideneybirimleri.html