BTK Academy was established as the training centre of Information and Communications Technologies Authority- ICTA/BTK, the national regulatory authority of Turkey, as an online education portal to provide free-of-charge trainings in the field of ICTs in order to meet the professional and technical needs of the society and to increase the expertise level of Turkey’s human resources. In addition to the online trainings, BTK Academy provides various in-class trainings. There are 86,600 minutes of online training material for 175 topics under 8 main categories: K12 World, Software World, System World, Business World, Personal Development World, Safe Internet World, Design World and Regulation World. Participants can enroll in these categories according to their interests. In addition, BTK Academy organizes workshops, hackathons, conferences and seminars to raise awareness of all segments of society, especially youth and children, for the conscious and effective use of ICTs.

BTK Academy has 776,309 registered users and the number of weekly visits is around 600,000. About 3,000 new users join BTK Academy every week.

A Career Guide has been prepared in cooperation with the relevant stakeholders including public and private entities, academia and professionals from the sector for more than 20 positions in the field of ICTs.

https://www.btkakademi.gov.tr/portal

• Türkiye (Republic of)

• Youth
• Older persons
• Women
• People with disabilities
• The unemployed
• The poor
• Migrants
• Refugees and internally displaced people
• Remote and rural communities

The project's impact is measured by the number of certificates earned, user login and new users. BTK Academy has a replicable structure, could be reviewed and updated for different target groups or areas and be replicated by other public entities and other countries.

All services of BTK Academy are completely free-of-charge. No paper-based material is used, all educational content is digitalized and available online. In this context, the project is affordable, environment friendly and future-proof.

This project aims to provide a free-of-charge, user friendly, accessible online education portal for all segments of the society with the aim of capacity building and skills improvement for an inclusive information society. BTK academy contributes to conscientious and effective use of ICTs, and equal opportunity in free and quality education.