Within the framework of the Jean Monnet Scholarship Programme financed by the EU and managed by the Ministry for EU Affairs, 2015-2016 academic year scholarship holders who are continuing their studies in some of the most distinguished universities across Europe came together with IKV Brussels Representative Haluk Nuray within the framework of the Monitoring and Working Visit held in Brussels on 21-22 April 2016. IKV Brussels Representative Nuray explained the functioning of EU institutions and IKV activities to scholarship holders.

226 Jean Monnet Scholarship Holders who are pursuing their academic studies across many EU countries in the 2015-2016 academic year are representing 44 different public institutions, 25 universities, 30 private sector and civil society organisations of our country. Jean Monnet Scholarship holders in 2015-2016 academic year are pursuing their academic studies on 25 different EU Acquis chapters across 10 EU Member States such as the UK, the Netherlands, Italy, France, Belgium, Ireland, Germany, Sweden, Spain and Malta. Within the framework of the Monitoring and Working Visit in Brussels, Jean Monnet scholarship holders gained the opportunity to share information and their experiences along with creating networks with one another. 

INFORMATION REGARDING THE JEAN MONNET SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME

The Jean Monnet Scholarship Programme, which is being pursued since 25 years, takes its place among the most rooted and distinguished scholarship programmes in Turkey. The programme, by meeting the personnel needs regarding EU affairs, aims at contributing to the reinforcement of the administrative capacity of the public and private sectors as well as that of civil society organisations. Furthermore, along with this objective, the programme helps in establishing bridges between EU and Turkish civil society organisations.

Financed by the EU, the Jean Monnet Scholarship Programme holds a special programme quality for Turkey and is managed by the Ministry of EU Affairs since 2007. The scholarship holders can participate in a university or university-like institution in the EU where they can get a Master’s degree or participate in a research programme for duration of at least 3 months and a maximum of 12 months.

Since its inception in 1990, the number of scholarship holders who have benefited from the Jean Monnet Scholarship Programme has rose to almost 2,000 and with very different profiles, from public workers to private sector representatives, from university students to academicians, from civil society organisations representatives to local authority workers.

The 2015-2016 academic year was the period with the largest number of scholarship holders since the beginning of the Jean Monnet Scholarship Programme 25 years ago. Scholarships have been attributed to 226 people within the framework of the 2015-2016 academic year.