International Young Leadership Academy (IYLA) is run under the coordination of Habitat Centre for Development and Governance, with the support of United Cities and Local Governments Middle East and the West Asian Regional Section (UCLG-MEWA), CORIO, Save the Children (the Netherlands), World Academy of Local Governments and Democracy (WALD) and UNICEF. Istanbul Bilgi University Human Rights Law Research Center cooperated with IYLA by developing and providing the training seminar with topic “Combating Discrimination” held between 4-9 December 2012 in Istanbul. Members of the Center, Gökçeçiçek Ayata, İdil Işıl Gül, Ulaş Karan and Burcu Yeşiladalı contributed to the project as trainers.