NICEA Culture and Education Association is a dynamic civil society organisation based in İznik/Bursa, empowering individuals and communities through non-formal education, sustainable development, youth engagement, and social innovation. Guided by experiential learning, NICEA brings European best practices to rural areas while designing highly innovative tools that translate complex environmental and social challenges into accessible learning experiences. Our projects focus on current priorities of EU including environmental conservation, biodiversity awareness, climate action, eco-entrepreneurship, circularity, and community resilience. Across our EU-funded portfolio, we have produced board games, e-manuals, web-based training platforms, gamified learning tools, entrepreneurship modules. Ongoing & Past Erasmus+ Projects relavant to Cluster 6 are;
Climate Action with Gamification- KA2
Raising Youth Awareness of Biodiversity Conservation via Webtoon-KA2
Youth Eco-Entrepreneurship Hub -KA2
FosterINg Migrants Integration through Crowdfunding -KA2
Game Begins for SDGs -KA2
Up-skilling the VET Sector to Cloud Computing -KA2
ReMode- Centres of Vocational Excellence
These experiences strengthen our capacity to contribute to Horizon partnerships focusing on bioeconomy transitions, environmental literacy, community empowerment, youth green skills, digital innovation, and nature-based education.
Dr. Serpil Karakiraz- specialist in large-scale project development for the vocational education sector and sustainability education, women's entrepreneurship.
Fatih Kaval - IT specialist and learning technologies expert
Nur Güler- biologist, entrepreneur, project management
Expertise in environmental communication, biodiversity education & climate gamification
Expertise in large scale project development
Strong local ecosystem (municipality, schools, disability-free living centre, sports clubs) enabling impactful pilots
Experience with youth participation, social inclusion & behavioural change
Capability to lead work packages, training development, dissemination, co-creation workshops, local validation & stakeholder engagement
NICEA is a motivated and reliable partner for Horizon Europe consortia seeking impactful social, educational, environmental, and community-driven contributions within Cluster 6 thematic areas.