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What I learned today

Submitted by Isabell Schulz on Mon, 04/12/2010 - 18:09

Today, as part of the European education project E-trust, we went to a waste incineration company called IZAYDAS in Izmit, Turkey.

And this is, among many other things from cultural behaviour to governmental programmes, what I learned today:

IZAYDAS bought the facilities from a German company. (So there is a market for second hand waste incinerators.)
The Turkish export their waste to German waste incinerator factories as it is cheaper to export than to buy and/or build own factories.
German waste incinerator factories don't have enough waste!
Italians export their waste to Germany as well.
IZAYDAS is the first waste incineration company in Turkey. It is a pilot project and now Turkey wants to implement more factories like this one.
All data from the factory is available online publicly.
They do not accept radioactive or nuclear waste nor cadavers.

Men in Turkey retire after 22 years of working, women after 20 years. They get a lump sum plus monthly retirement money based on work income. But this might change soon.

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Grundtvig Conference Brussels 2010

Submitted by Isabell Schulz on Mon, 02/01/2010 - 12:03

2010 is the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion in adult education. To start his year, the European Commission organised a conference in Brussels, Management Centre of Europe, over three days (26-28 January 2010).
It was the first time I attended a conference like this, and I wanted to take the opportunity to not only meet people and new potential partners, but also to promote eduate.eu. I was the first one to arrive at the Centre and, hence could see who was coming in, and who'd be my first target. :-)
Over the three days, I learned a lot about what those people would like to have and what they need. I questioned and listened to them in the plenary, in workshops and, of course, one on one.
I noticed what people want is a tool to disseminate their projects and outcomes, a tool to network and to see what others are up to, a tool that is simple and easy to use.

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