COURSE UNIT TITLE

: COUNCIL OF EUROPE AND LOCAL

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ERA 4503 COUNCIL OF EUROPE AND LOCAL ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Public Administration

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR GÖKHAN TENIKLER

Offered to

Public Administration (Evening)
Public Administration

Course Objective

The course Council of Europe and Local Authorities is a basic course of Public Administration and the aim of the course is to evaluate the Agreements of Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, working particularly on the local doctrine, of the Council of Europe, and to put forward changing legal-institutional responsibilities as a member to the Council of Europe, and to make preparations for activities of democratization in the process of European Union both as a candidate country and for a dynamic Türkiye

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to learn the main philosophy of local and regional government in European Council.
2   To be able to learn outline of current legislations, agreements and charters which are related to local authorities in Europe
3   To be able to learn some of the special local and regional governments in European Countries
4   To be able to learn local government in Türkiye and European Local Governments comparatively as structural
5   To make control-oriented brainstorming practices during some weeks.
6   To support the course topics with sample event examinations.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction, general information about the course, explanation of the concepts in general terms, evaluation of the importance of the course in the learning plan.
2 The main frame of course, local democracy and the main settlement philosopy of democratic
3 Subsidiarity Principle related legal arrangements
4 The mutual approaches of service structuring of local governments in European Council Local and Regional Government Congress philosopy, organic connections with European Union.
5 European Charter of Local Self Governments- General organizational analysis.
6 The organizational analysis of EU and EC (local governments which are governed by kingdom
7 The organizational analyze of EU and EC (local governments which are governed by common wealth
8 European Outline Convention on Transfrontier Co-operation between Territorial Communities or Authorities-Countries
9 European Landscape Convention- Countries.
10 Draft European Charter of Mountain Regions and the other legal arrangements.
11 Convention on the Participation of Foreigners in Public Life at Local Level- Countries.
12 European Urban Charter and New Urban Charter (2008) / Analysis of homeworks.
13 European Urban Charter and New Urban Charter (2008) / Analysis of homeworks.
14 General evaluation and reminder, reviewing the degree of achievement of the learning outcomes of the course by making a situation analysis of the period.

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Zerrin Toprak, Karaman(2012); An Emprical Study Of The Effects Of Social And Cultural Differences Of Foreign Retired Residents On Local Citizens Around Antalya Area Of Türkiye International Journal of Business and Social Science, Vol. 3 No. 1; ISSN 2219-1933 (Print), 2219-6021 (Online), s.206-216; http://www.ijbssnet.com/update/index.php/archive id=895
2. Zerrin Toprak, Karaman (2012); An Analytical Study of Turkish Immigrants and Other Foreigners in the United Kingdom in Terms of the Philosophy of the Council of Europe American International Journal of Contemporary Research, Vol. 2 No. 3; March , s. 27-40 erişim; http://www.aijcrnet.com/index.php/current/10-abstracts/129
3. Zerrin Toprak, Hikmet Yavaş ve Mustafa Görün(2004); Yerel ve Bölgesel Yönetimler Kongresi Anlaşmalarında Avrupa Konseyi, Izmir.
4. Zerrin Toprak (2010); Yerel Yönetimler, Sekizinci Baskı, Birleşik Matbaa, Izmir

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

To remind the topics of the previous lesson for 15 minutes.
To give a general overview on the topic of the current week.
To give a lecture accompanied by a presentation prepared using the materials provided by the basic course book and other resources.
To make control-oriented brainstorming practices during some weeks.
To support the course topics with sample event examinations.
To analyze the given case studies.
To internalize the knowledge of students through homework applications.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
2 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
3 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE STT * 0.40 + MTE * 0.60
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 3 14 42
Preparing presentations 1 18 18
Preparation for midterm exam 1 18 18
Preparation for quiz etc. 1 3 3
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 1 16 16
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 99

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.121
LO.213
LO.3542
LO.425555
LO.54
LO.63

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