The Hrant Dink Foundation and the Gyumri “Youth Initiative Centre” NGO (YIC) are proud to jointly announce the open call for the 6th round of the Turkey-Armenia Travel Grant.

Turkey-Armenia Travel Grant aims to increase direct contacts and to promote cooperation between the peoples of the two neighbouring countries.

Turkey-Armenia Travel Grant continues to receive applications in its 6th round, which is jointly administered by the Hrant Dink Foundation and the Gyumri ‘‘Youth Initiative Centre” NGO (YIC). Thanks to the financial assistance of the British Embassy Ankara and British Embassy Yerevan, the Travel Grant in its 6th round will support the travels of at least 30 individuals from July to September 2015.

Deadline for Applications: June 30th, 2015
Announcement of Beneficiaries: July 10th, 2015
Eligible Travel Dates: From July 10th, 2015 to September 20th, 2015 

Launched by the Hrant Dink Foundation in March 2014 and financed by the European Union within the framework of the programme “Support to the Armenia-Turkey Normalisation Process”, the Turkey-Armenia Travel Grant has so far launched 5 open calls, received more than 850 applications from different cities and regions of both countries, and supported the travels of more than 200 individuals from March 2014 to May 2015. Turkey-Armenia Travel Grant beneficiaries continue to realise their visits to the neighbouring country and share their experiences and impressions through the Beyond Borders website.

Turkey-Armenia Travel Grant is designed as a pool to encourage non-profit civic initiatives and individuals including youth, university students, university clubs, civil society organisations, professional organisations, local youth initiatives, high school students and teachers, academics and researchers, journalists, sports clubs, businesses and local authorities, to travel to the neighbouring country for specific goals. Through the Turkey-Armenia Travel Grant, the Foundation aims to contribute to joint initiatives between the two countries in various thematic fields such as youth and volunteering, human rights and democracy, education, environment, history, culture and arts, development, sports, regional cooperation and European integration.

The Turkey-Armenia Travel Grant will support various activities such as partnership building and networking, feasibility visits, cross-border cooperation projects, project preparation meetings, exchange programmes, education and language-learning, academic cooperation, research and dissertation, volunteering in civil society organisations, joint productions in culture and arts, organisation of or participation in meetings, panels, seminars, conferences, workshops, exhibitions, concerts and similar events related to the above-mentioned thematic fields.

Citizens of Turkey and Armenia, individuals legally residing in Turkey and Armenia, non-profit groups, initiatives and organisations based or registered in Turkey and Armenia will be able to benefit from the Travel Grant as beneficiaries. After their visits, Travel Grant beneficiaries’ experiences and impressions about the neighbouring country will be shared.

The applications to the Travel Grant will be assessed by an independent Selection Committee made up of 6 members from Turkey and Armenia. The results and beneficiaries will be announced on the Beyond Borders website.

Turkey-Armenia Application Form for the Turkey-Armenia Travel Grant.

Please read the Turkey-Armenia Travel Grant Regulations before submitting your application.

For your questions, you can contact the project coordinators Müge Yamanyılmaz[email protected] and Anush Babajanyan [email protected].

Turkey-Armenia Travel Grant Selection Committee Members

Anahit Minassian
Dikran Altun
Gayane Mkrtchyan
Feray Salman
İbrahim Betil
Nelli Minasyan

Hrant Dink Foundation and Gyumri “Youth Initiative Centre” NGO jointly administer the Turkey-Armenia Travel Grant thanks to the financial assistance of the British Embassies in Ankara and Yerevan.