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Independently or in teams with other organizations and initiatives Art4Development.Net programs and projects aim at:

• providing information / data / facts and figures on developmental challenges and preventive measures by means of utilizing any kind and style of arts and creativity
  
• educating / training project participants via edutaining - informal learning techniques
• inspiring / creating hope for taking concrete action towards attaining developmental goals
• facilitating collaboration and cross-cultural dialogue as well as helping to create a mutual understanding and awareness of vital human and social issues worldwide.

Through the conveyance of knowledge and interaction among individuals and communities, Art4Development.Net strives to provide opportunities for those underserved and underdeveloped pockets of society across the globe. Art4Development.Net aims to make the 'arts' work and help improve people's lives by providing educational and informational resources. Art4Development.Net short and long-term programs; special events, workshops, exhibitions, lectures / guest speakers, publications, online / offline activities,... all aim to help bringing people together and bridging developed and transitional communities.

Art4Development.Net also provides organizational and project development and management support services for profit and nonprofit organizations in education and arts; organizes social marketing activities; designs artworks and collaterals; and works on social responsibility programs. We set up, for instance, web pages for arts and development activists who otherwise do not have web presence-- we help them increase their visibility to reach global partners. By becoming their communication partner we assist featuring them in public TVs; publishing their arts-infused developmental works; supporting their press campaigns to raise awareness, and more.

The Art4Development.Net community is unique in that it utilizes various art forms in achieving global objectives ranging from fighting HIV/AIDS and environmental degradation; supporting victims of abuse; to helping traumatized children among others. Art4Development.Net projects serve in bridging disparities by educating its constituents and creating responsiveness in a range of pivotal issues that plague the world we live in today.

Here are some of our online and offline/semi-field programs and projects:

• FRO Arts Program to engage and connect children at the IDP camps in Northern Uganda.
• TreasurePostcards'08 Project aims to emphasize the importance of arts in empowering women and creating awareness on vital issues related to girls and women.
• TreasurePostcards'06 Project aims to emphasize the role of arts in the economic development field and highlight the significance of preserving and protecting humankind's major cultural heritage sites and artistic creations.
• art'ishake e-publication intends to address interdisciplinary and intersectoral issues in tandem with arts and development.
• Message Board for Funding site facilitates organizations that seek funding to share their needs and helps create linkages between donor organizations-individuals and fundraisers-beneficiaries.
• Events Info. Center lists arts and development events information which is updated monthly. Creative Campaign lists arts-infused development campaigns.
• Knowledge Center is a resource bank in progress that contains publications, working papers, research, best practices, success stories, reports, etc.
• eCommunity is an online group that brings hundreds of interested individuals together and creates an opportunity to voice opinions and exchange information through the weekly Art4Development.Net Digests, free of charge!
• Arts and MDGs provides information on arts-related initiatives and resources that aim to address development goals, from children issues, health and education, to poverty reduction, HIV/AIDS, partnerhips and economic empowerment, gender and environmental challenges...: CreativEco ; art'child + art'edu ; artAIDS ; fem'arts; eco'arts; co+arts
• Cyber Gallery informs about art shows and hosts exhibitions in which the sales proceedings provide funding for development organizations.
• CreativeChange helps generate awareness on volunteerism/ social responsbility, and the use of creative sector in social change and development; particularly in achieving the Millennium Development Goals! "Vision 2015:Your Future" Youth Arts Contest and Exhibition, are part of CreativeChange Youth Arts Project.
• Our previous semi-field projects conducted in Turkey include supporting NGOs in becoming sustainble / succesful social enterprises and providing assistance in social marketing particularly projects concerning a primary education program for children between the ages of 6 and 14 in rural areas, an arts center in Istanbul; travelling arts exhibition, and more. We also organized an online awareness creation campaign on 'Volunteerism' called 'How Voluntary is Turkey?'.Volunteerism is a (re)emerging phenomenon in Turkey and we wanted to study the profile of active volunteers and advocates; facilitate the flow of information on volunteerism, give voice and share their stories via the usage of ICTs.
• Partner of Peace Tiles Project, Art4Development.Net supports its communication and coordinates workshops to engage activists utilize visual arts to address developmental challanges
• Previous Special Events: International Volunteer Day Commemorations ('03, '04, '05); World Environment Day (WED) '05 online eCommunity Awareness campaign and '06 eco'arts event); World AIDS Day ' 05, '06, and '06 (WAD).

If you are interested in learning more about our projects or collaborating with us let us hear from you!