Case Study: BEGEP – Long-Term EU NKE Delivering Audit-Safe Institutional Visibility for Inclusive Education in Türkiye
- Vidyograf
- Dec 3, 2025
- 5 min read
Updated: Dec 23, 2025
Overview
Client / Donor: European Union
Project: Technical Assistance for Increasing the Quality of the Special Education Services for Inclusive Education (BEGEP)
Role: Long-term Non-Key Expert (NKE) – Institutional Video Production & Visibility Execution
Scope: 4 years, full-cycle visibility and communication portfolio Outputs: 60+ video deliverables and extensive photography coverage, including many event photography and a full conceptual photo exhibition
Delivered by: Fatih Ugur, Founder of Vidyograf
The BEGEP visibility portfolio was delivered within a multi-stakeholder EU Technical Assistance structure, requiring continuous alignment between the European Union, the Ministry of National Education (MoNE), technical assistance teams, and beneficiary institutions over a four-year lifecycle. Visibility activities were embedded into project governance rather than treated as late-stage deliverables, ensuring audit-safe continuity, institutional coherence, and long-term usability of all outputs.
The Challenge: Communicating Inclusive Education With Precision, Sensitivity, and Scale
The BEGEP project required a trusted long-term content expert capable of producing a large and diverse visibility package while adhering to strict EU communication standards.
But this was more than a typical communication assignment.
The challenge was deeply human:
To tell the stories of children with disabilities, their families, teachers, and experts
To film ethically in sensitive environments
To produce content that would raise national awareness on inclusive education
To support policymaking and technical assistance activities with high-quality audiovisual materials
At the same time, the project operated within a high institutional risk environment, involving vulnerable groups, national-level stakeholders, and long-term public scrutiny.
The EU and the Ministry of National Education required a single embedded expert capable of combining governance awareness, creative execution, compliance expertise, and emotional intelligence.
They selected Fatih Uğur, our founder, as the project’s NKE Video Producer.
“Fatih Uğur combined technical precision with deep empathy to deliver a sensitive, high-impact visibility campaign for BEGEP.”
Fatih Ugur’s Role: Fatih Uğur’s Role: Embedded One-Man Production Unit for a National-Level EU Project
Over four years, Fatih Uğur operated as an embedded Non-Key Expert, fully integrated into the project’s communication and visibility architecture rather than functioning as an external service provider.
He didn’t just film, edit, or deliver outputs. He shaped the entire audiovisual identity of BEGEP.
His responsibilities included:
Strategic & Creative Leadership
Developed all video concepts, scripts, scenarios, and shooting plans
Presented creative approaches directly to the beneficiary
Coordinated with MoNE experts, technical teams, and EU visibility units
End-to-End Production
Directed and filmed children, families, NGOs, teachers, experts, and disadvantaged individuals
Managed all field logistics as a solo producer
Ensured ethical standards and parental permissions were followed at all times
Full Post-Production
Editing, colour grading, motion graphics, and mastering
Turkish voiceovers delivered personally by Fatih
Original music composition for several videos
EU visibility compliance across all outputs
Scale of Work: Scale of Work: A Four-Year Institutional Visibility Portfolio Delivered by One Expert
Over the lifetime of the project, Fatih delivered one of the most extensive and consistent audiovisual visibility portfolios ever produced by a single NKE expert within an EU education programme.
Interviews & Human Stories
25 interviews filmed and edited
Special education experts
Families of special needs children
NGOs and civil society partners
Children and adults with disabilities
(Structured across multiple outputs, with long and short versions for specific activities.)
Cinematic & Documentary Films
12 major videos produced
A cinematic flagship film (Tuana’s Story)
Opening conference highlight film
Activity-focused documentary-style videos
Short Film Competition trailer
Awareness-raising videos with voiceover
Summaries showcasing project achievements
Several versions of these videos were screened at major national events, including the Opening Conference and MoNE-led workshops around Türkiye.
Photography & Visual Storytelling
Extensive event and field photography
A conceptual photo exhibition displayed at a major art venue in Ankara
A dedicated set of thematic photographs capturing:
Classroom practices
Intervention programs
Children’s learning environments
Highlights from the Photo Exhibition I delivered through my photography work.
Additional Outputs
A professionally produced radio spot, including
Scriptwriting
Original music
Turkish voiceover
All outputs were produced independently under demanding timelines while maintaining full donor compliance and ethical governance.
The Emotional Core: Tuana’s Story
The project’s flagship cinematic film opens with a close-up of a young girl’s eyes — Tuana, a student with autism and visual impairment.
Fatih proposed a music-centered narrative that would allow the film to speak emotionally without forcing anything artificial onto the child.
Through careful collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Tuana and her piano teacher were selected for the film.
Fatih:
Spent time building trust with the family
Worked patiently to understand Tuana’s world
Directed the scenes with respect and minimal intrusion
The narrative was deliberately framed around dignity, agency, and institutional responsibility rather than disability.
The result was a deeply human cinematic piece that became the project’s most impactful visibility asset — screened at multiple conferences, reaching thousands, and shaping public understanding of inclusive education.
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Impact: Audit-Safe Donor Visibility Delivered With Sensitivity and Precision
Over four years, the BEGEP project benefited from:
Consistent, Governance-Led Storytelling All outputs followed a unified narrative and visual logic, ensuring institutional consistency across years and stakeholders.
Ethical Representation of Children Filming protocols ensured dignity, consent, and psychological safety at all times.
Professional Standards Matching International Media Broadcast-quality visuals, sound, colour grading, and narrative clarity.
Smooth Collaboration Under Donor Rules EU Communication and Visibility Guidelines and MoNE workflows were met precisely.
Institutional Memory Preservation All assets were structured, archived, and versioned to remain retrievable for EU reporting, audits, and future inclusive education programming.
Key Deliverables
Cinematic Feature Film: Tuana’s Story
Documentaries & Awareness Films: Multiple outputs supporting intervention programs
25 Interviews: Experts, families, NGOs, individuals
Photo Exhibition: Conceptual series exhibited in Ankara
Event Videos: Opening Conference and major milestones
Radio Spot: Scriptwriting, production, original music, voiceover
Project Summary Film: Combining all activities and interviews
Selected Deliverables
Cinematic Flagship Film – Tuana’s Story:
Institutional Documentary – BEGEP Project:
Conceptual Photo Exhibition:
Official Radio Spot:
Conclusion: Long-Term EU Visibility Governance Delivered by a Single Embedded Expert
The BEGEP project required sensitivity, endurance, institutional discipline, and a deep understanding of Technical Assistance workflows.
Over four years, our founder Fatih Ugur delivered exactly that.
As the founder of Vidyograf and the project’s long-term NKE, he managed and delivered an institutional visibility portfolio that:
Resonated emotionally
Served policy objectives
Elevated donor visibility
Earned the trust of families, institutions, and experts
Will continue to influence inclusive education communication efforts in Türkiye
About the Author
This case study reflects the field experience of Fatih Uğur, a Senior Producer and Audiovisual Expert with early career roots in Zurich and Vienna. Fatih specializes in direct institutional integration, long-term Non-Key Expert (NKE)missions, and the design of audit-safe visibility infrastructures for the EU, UN, and the DACH region. He is the founder of Vidyograf, a studio dedicated to preserving institutional memory through ethical storytelling and technical precision.
📩 Contact: fatih@vidyograf.com 🌍 Profile: www.vidyograf.com
