The UNDP programme, Mitigating the Impact of the crisis on Turkish Communities in the Southern Anatolia Region is helping strengthen the resilience and absorption capacity of Turkish communities in the Southern border areas affected by the Syria crisis (in particular those hosting refugees, in Kilis, and Sanliurfa). It aims to contribute to overall stability and prevent escalation of tension between host communities and Syrian refugees.

UNRC and UNDP RR: Kamal Malhotra [[email protected]] UNDP Deputy Resident representative: Matilda Dimovska [[email protected]]

Some current and planned activities include:

■■ Providing cash grants to households hosting refugees and to most vulnerable households in hosting communities to improve basic living conditions through social assistance; ■■ Creating immediate, short term employment opportunities through public works focusing on solid waste management, including the removal of garbage from drinking water systems and park protection; ■■ Providing vocational and business skills training and job placement in social sectors for unemployed Turkish youth, with a focus on young women. The target group will be beneficiaries who received cash grants, but also include other vulnerable groups; ■■ Carrying out comprehensive livelihoods assessments in Kilis, Gaziantep and Sanliurfa, in coordination with other UN agencies; ■■ Bridging short to medium term recovery, through implementing compulsory saving schemes for “cash for work” beneficiaries and supporting business plan development for beneficiaries of emergency employment projects, with small grants for most promising proposals, prioritizing those related to cross border trade, women’s economic empowerment and environmental sustainability (the green sector); ■■ Working with local municipalities and provinces to help equip and assist them in the implementation of annual work plans that are developed in a participatory manner, addressing needs and gaps in terms of access to socio community services and infrastructure, with a particular focus on Solid Waste Management; ■■ Working with local authorities to build mechanisms for transparent and participatory local community engagement, based on mutual understanding and willingness to work with the authorities to address priority issues, enhancing civil society abilities to claim for rights and the population’s rights in public decision making and monitoring of service delivery through the inclusive manner; and ■■ Strengthening capacities of local level government structures to respond timely to crisis situations.

Turkey Funding Requirements

Outputs Resources required (US$ million) Stabilized livelihoods and improvement of basic living conditions for the most vulnerable 10.0 households hosting Syrian refugees and those living in close proximity of refugee camps. Comprehensive livelihoods needs assessment carried out in Kilis, Gaziantep and Sanliurfa 0.1 Resilience of Turkish communities affected by the crises strengthened through diversified livelihoods 6.5 opportunities Institutional mechanisms strengthened at the municipal level to enhance service delivery as well as 4.0 response capacity for possible future crises (both disaster and conflict related GMS, ISS and Project Management Costs 2.0 TOTAL 22.6 Turkey Syrian Refugee Turkey

Military Defectors Camp Syria Current Tent Lebanon Camps Irak Current Container Camps Jordan Container Camp Under Const.

Beydagi 7,183

Midyat Merkez Merkez 3,148 15,131 10,172

Osmaniye Nizip 1 Nizip 2 Cevdetiye 11,633 5,100 8,900 Ceylanpinar Saricam Islahiye Kilis Bannma Alani Karkamis Harran Kokenli 20,536 11,735 9,749 2,137 7,702 14,145 Akcakale Besiriye 26,046 Kilis - Oncupinar 21,924 14,040

Altinozu 2 Altinozu 1 2,821 1,566

Yayladagi 1 Yayladagi 2 2,772 2,907

Population of non Camp Syrian Refugees December 2013

Registered Syrian Refugees in Camps Registered Syrian Refugees outside of the Camps Total 142,682 Gaziantep 34,184 108,498 125,381 Sanliurfa 62,426 62,955 77,714 Hatay 14,959 62,755 64,021 Kilis 38,101 25,920 Mardin 3,148 37,723 40,871 K.Maras 15,131 13,830 28,961 Osmaniye 8,900 8,948 17,848 Adana 11,735 4,850 16,585 Adiyaman 10,172 202 10,374 Other 141 8,000 8,141 Malatya 7,183 7,183

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