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LIVELIHOODS SECTOR JANUARY-JUNE 2018 NEWSLETTER

ENHANCING LIVELIHOODS KUDRA MoNE (Ministry of National Education), İŞKUR OPPORTUNITIES AND FOSTERING (Turkish Employment Agency) as well as the START Program trains for local authorities in the concerned provinces SOCIAL COHESION FOR where the camps are located in Turkey. The RESILIENCE BUILDING promoting new starts project was completed in December, 2017 with the results of 1028 graduates with MoNE As part of the Turkey 3RPs certificates, above 2,000 clothes produced during livelihoods sector response IMC the on the job trainings which then distributed to activities, and in 2017, Kudra the needs residing in TACs, under the ‘Training of has launched the START the trainers’ element of the project, 1 garment 104 trainees were inspired accelerated Program. START trainers appointed from the Vocational Training with new and creative job targets the entrepreneurs Centers of MoNE in the provinces received ideas in Hatay and starters of the refugees training by the UNIDO expert and IHKIB ( in Turkey and the host community. START aims to Apparel Exporters’ Association) Garment Trainers train the starters, and entrepreneurs on how to on tailoring, business management and other begin their start-ups and small projects in the field vocational skills according to the market needs in of business and social innovation, through a order to enable the sustainability of the trainings comprehensive training package includes: after the end of the project. The trainings are still going on with MoNE trainers in 3 TACs. Besides, - Design Thinking Training/Workshops. providing registration of all the graduates into - Business Model. the online ‘employment pool’ of İŞKUR is a good - Value Preposition. step for them to increase the chance of finding - Basics of Budgeting & Finance Management. job opportunities. - Marketing & Branding.

Kudra’s Social InnovationLab, was opened in IOM September 2017 in collaboration with Field Ready Organization. Trainees showed great interests on Job searching, matching Since February 2018, in order to enhance the trainings where a number of high-tech protection, build self-reliance and improve access and entrepreneurship equipment such as 3D Printer, CNC machine and to livelihood opportunities, International Medical with the complementary laser cut machine were available for them. Corps (IMC) worked in close collaboration with program Hatay Chamber of Commerce and with consultants from the EU Business Development UNIDO International Organization of Migration (IOM) Center (ABIGEM) to develop trainings for refugee livelihood program currently consist of three entrepreneurs on business management. Vocational training on apparel components: in kind grants, job placement and manufacture for entrepreneurship. During the reporting period The seven-module-training includes sessions living in the temporary IOM have distributed 330 kits funded by on Entrepreneurship, Sales and Marketing, Japanese Government and 300 kits funded by Effective Communication Skills, Management accommodation centers PRM. According to a PDM (Post Distribution Skills, Social Security Law, Labor and Trade Law. Monitoring) report, 80 percent of the During the outreach, IMC reached out to 293 beneficiaries set up their businesses or started potential candidates to be enrolled in the working from home. The rest are in the phase program and 104 of them were selected to join of planning or in the process of getting work the trainings. First five modules of the trainings permits. Some of the kits like roof mason, have been completed in and Reyhanlı plasterer, butcher and hair dresser kit helped with the participation and the program will creating further employment opportunities; continue until the end of August 2018. IMC also for example one hair dresser recruited eight continues to provide coaching on the legal beneficiaries after receiving the kit. framework of businesses, development of business plans, leadership, strategic decision United Nations Industrial Development As for the job placement program, IOM placed making, and marketing for the 25 selected Organization (UNIDO) project “Vocational around 40 beneficiaries on job in the reporting refugee businesses to strengthen their training on apparel manufacture for Syrians in period; since the beginning of the program management capacity. In order to Turkey” which aims to improve the livelihoods IOM was able to put in job 103 Syrians. These complement the trainings and mentoring IMC and social security of Syrians, in particular the beneficiaries are placed in Turkish private also organized networking events such as youth and women, by providing them with companies for the period of one year. This panels and ceremonies where Syrian skills for employment started to be project allowed beneficiaries to benefit from entrepreneurs and Turkish business owners implemented in the Temporary social security and health services with no fee and government authorities had an Accommodation Centers (TACs) in , attached. Beneficiaries are now able to have a opportunity to get together and discuss issues Sanlıurfa and Provinces in 2015 in steady life and income with a decent life around livelihoods of refugees. consultation with AFAD (The Disaster and standard. Emergency Management Presidency of Turkey), TURKEY LIVELIHOODS SECTOR JANUARY-JUNE 2018 NEWSLETTER

IOM Entrepreneurship program provided legal assistance as well as business advisory findings provide FAO and other partners with training to 97 beneficiaries and some of them support and orientation on cooperative necessary information on existing agricultural started their own businesses. IOM provided management were provided. labour market and labour gap and assist in training to 10 beneficiaries on olive preservation developing strategies and programme in order to and linked them with the market to increase their Fair and effective governance of labour generate employment opportunities within the income resources. migration agricultural sector (crop production, animal husbandry, fishery/aquaculture and forestry) for International Labour In cooperation with the Training Center of the Syrian refugees and the vulnerable host Organization (ILO) ILO (ITC-ILO), a tailor-made training module community members. was developed and a training on ‘Fair and effective governance of labour migration’ was The findings of the assessment reveal the Fostering collaboration with organized by the ILO Office for Turkey and the importance of interventions in Agriculture sector private sector through Centre for Labour and Social Security Training for both local and Syrian workers in terms of apprenticeship programmes and Research (ÇASGEM) in March 2018. The contributing to making predictions about their training brought together 35 relevant actors future and promoting social cohesion between and training centers from the Ministry of Labour, Social Services and both communities through enhancing the Family (MoLSF) (from the Employment Agency, employability in the Agriculture sector. DG International Labour Force, Social Security Institution, ÇASGEM, Vocational Qualifications FAO is implementing vocational training Authority), the Ministry of Development, the programmes to create employment for host Directorate General for Migration communities and Syrians in agriculture sector. Management, workers and employers’ The objective of the vocational training is to organizations as well as the Confederation of develop the skills and knowledge of Syrian Turkish Tradesmen and Craftsmen and the refugees and host communities to facilitate Union of Chambers and Commodity employment opportunities in agriculture Exchanges of Turkey In cooperation with sector. The training programme consists of Training Centre for Prosecutors and Judges – theoretical and on-the-job training. FAO is also In close cooperation with Vocational Education former Justice Academy of Turkey – 85 judges providing support to the Staff of the Centres and Chambers of Merchants and have been trained in , Gaziantep and Implementing Partners mainly the Provincial Artisans in , Ankara, Gaziantep and , İstanbul in understanding and applying the Directorate of the Ministry of Agriculture and ILO is facilitating access to apprenticeship work permit regulation, the International Forestry though Training of Trainers (ToTs) programmes through establishment of links Labour Force Law and the Law on Foreigners which will help them conducting the between training centres and industrial and International Protection. vocational training programme effectively. zones/the private sector for identification and referral of apprentices. To serve this purpose, ILO FAO ACTED is directly in touch with SMEs and larger companies as well as Syrian refugees to inform them on the benefits of the apprenticeship Agricultural Livelihoods Increasing supports to programme. Through this activity, ILO is and Labour Market livelihoods opportunities facilitating transition to formal economy. So far, Assessment and micro-enterprises approximately 100 Syrian refugees have been referred to apprenticeship programmes. while developing Informality among Syrians and employers’ refugees’ skills reluctance to hire Syrians formally due to additional hiring costs is the main challenge as well as lack of information on public employment services, work permit procedures and labour rights and responsibilities. ILO is closely collaborating with private sector actors in transition to formality by informing employers on work permits and implementing incentive schemes supporting employers to apply for The Food and Agriculture Organization of the work permits and partially covering their work United Nations (FAO) has conducted permit application fees and social security Agricultural Livelihoods and Labour Market premiums. As of today, 43 employers applied for Assessment, the main objective of this ACTED provided language trainings, vocational the incentive programme to employ 269 Syrians study/assessment was to determine trainings and job placement supports as well as in project provinces. opportunities and challenges of Syrian micro-enterprise supports to hundreds of Syrians. refugees and the host community for their First Syrian – Turkish women cooperative was access to local agricultural labour market and ACTED has placed a total of eleven beneficiaries established in Haran, Şanlıurfa. To support this, employment opportunities. The assessment in jobs so far. As mentioned to the May sectors for economic activities were identified, Livelihoods Working Group, ACTED has faced TURKEY LIVELIHOODS SECTOR JANUARY-JUNE 2018 NEWSLETTER

challenges with this activity from both 2018 and aims to provide and generating opportunities through supporting beneficiary and employer side. A total of 16 vocational skills to a total of 345 beneficiaries entrepreneurs small producers. Currently, DRC beneficiaries who have signed contracts with (255 Syrian, 90 Host Community Members). is implementing Livelihood activities in Hatay, employers in May decided not to continue with For the CfW project, the work permit process Kahramanmaraş, Mersin, Kilis and Şanlıurfa the job placement immediately after due to took longer than expected. While waiting for provinces under KfW funding through heavy work load problems, discrimination at the the permits, some of the beneficiaries changed partnership with Orange and YUVA. workplace, and not to lose their Turkish Red their minds on being art of the project or found Furthermore, DRC supports small businesses Crescent (TRC) cards. Within the first six months other jobs for work. This process of waiting also through Business Development Centre (BDC) of the project, ACTED has conducted preliminary negatively affected the relations with the local in Hatay in cooperation with ABIGEM activities necessary for conducting the business partners because the start date of the project (European Union Business Development management trainings as well as forming and was continuously delayed. Centre). registering new businesses and supporting Yet beneficiaries were placed in jobs in public existing businesses though small grants. 25 services, municipality buildings and public RIZK business plans were selected (22 new, 3 existing) schools. YUVA worked with local partners in and the trainings started on 27 June. and Tarsus in , Kırıkhan in Hatay province, Avcılar in Istanbul province, Vocational trainings and Promotion of the right to work and and , Şehitkamil and Şahinbey in job matching services dissemination of information to refugees . for over 3000 Syrians In January, ACTED’s outreach team launched Danish Refugee Council (DRC) the information dissemination campaign on access to employment, Turkish registration regulations, and access to health and Supporting the education services. Until the end of June, a access to decent job total of 3,620 persons were reached in the opportunities districts of Toroslar, Akdeniz, , Yenişehir, and in Mersin City through the Since the beginning of 2018, a total of 2300 dissemination of 4,778 brochures. individuals received livelihood counselling, 2720 individuals attended transferable skills Since the beginning of 2018 until now, RIZK The legal assistance activities started in the trainings, 111 beneficiaries participated to placed 2783 Syrians in suitable jobs matched beginning of June and are ongoing as of the vocational and technical trainings, 36 their experiences through its three offices in end of the reporting period. A total of 50 individuals received productive asset support three provinces (Şanlıurfa, Gaziantep, İstanbul) beneficiaries (18 female and 32 male) were that will enable them to start their own RIZK recently got official registration from ISKUR assisted during the reporting period. The businesses under DRC livelihood intervention as Official recruitment agency in Turkey which majority of the beneficiaries have sought in Turkey. Moreover, 271 individuals benefitted helps to develop its services and reach more assistance regarding access to public, from the services offered by BDC (including, beinificiers located in different provinces in migration, and labour law, registration, and one-to-one coaching, tailored trainings for turkey and supported 1000 Syrians for vocational citizenship. small business owners and entrepreneurs). training courses in different provinces, starting DRC also organized three networking events to with Turkish language course and ending with YUVA facilitate learning environment for the aspirant providing a job opportunity in the same area entrepreneurs and experience sharing for the they were trained, with health insurance and Cash for Work (CfW) and affected communities. In total, 117 individuals work permit. RIZK daily receives the Syrian job participated to these events. DRC also seekers through its offices and provide them with Cash for Trainings (CfT) conducted a job fair in Antakya through Consultation sessions about the vacancies collaboration with ABIGEM and HAT-MEK available in the Turkish market and how they (Hatay Municipality Vocational Courses) with should pass the interviews with the Turkish the participation of 27 companies from employers and the distribution of job vacancies different sectors. In order to link the producers in turkey then Rizk register their data which with the customers, a Product Fair was includes information's about their ex experiences organized in coordination with GAP ÇATOM in and the job vacancies they are looking for to Kilis with the participation of 138 beneficiaries. achieve the suitable job matching their experiences. Increasing self-reliance of the affected communities Registration of over 42,000 job seeker Syrians DRC livelihood program contributes to the Through the CfW Project, a total number of 833 social and economic self-reliance of the RIZK also supported 1486 Turkish employers beneficiaries (373 Syrian, 460 Host Community affected communities through transferrable through the daily visits achieved by its team Members) were placed by YUVA in temporary skills trainings, vocational and technical during the three provinces by the consultation jobs in 7 locations from June 2017 to April 2018. trainings and enhancing their access to income sessions which includes the most important The CfT project, on the other hand, began in Mar TURKEY LIVELIHOODS SECTOR JANUARY-JUNE 2018 NEWSLETTER

information's about the Syrians worker and tricotage, sewing machine operation and their ability to work in the different situations similar subjects and implemented in and cultures which helps the Turkish employer cooperation with municipalities, governorates and encourage them to recruit more Syrians. and chambers. Over 500 beneficiaries received language training in Hatay, Izmir, and RIZK registered 42,530 Syrian job seekers since Mersin. Agricultural livelihoods program the beginning in June 2014 till now and the continued in collaboration with FAO and the number of people where Rizk placed them in Ministry of Food and Agriculture and Livestock suitable job is 16,128 where the number of job in Adana, Gaziantep, Izmir, , Mersin, and vacancies was 27,784. Şanlıurfa.

UNHCR Awareness raising, advocacy and counselling

Efficiency in accessing to UNHCR organized a conference on “Labour UNDP jobs: Both individual and Market Adaptation of Syrians under Temporary institutional capacities Protection in Turkey: Challenges and Strengthening Social Stability in strengthened Opportunities” in Istanbul on 11 May 2018, in collaboration with the Ministry of Labour and Southeast Region Social Security of Turkey and the Fair Labour Association. The aim of the conference was to The project aims to achieve bring together public and private sector strengthened stability through stakeholders in order to create a platform for increased livelihoods opportunities exchanging knowledge and experience on and better municipal services in refugee self-reliance, with a focus on labour Southeast Anatolia in the Syrian market dynamics. This conference reached over crisis context. The project is 600 participants, representing all stakeholders implemented by GAP Regional including United Nations agencies, national, and Development Administration with international non-governmental organizations. the technical support of UNDP and funded by Government of Japan with a total UNHCR continues awareness-raising and budget of 10.1 million USD for a period between April 2016 and September 2018. Gastronomy Fair, 11 July 2018, Mardin. information dissemination activities with the distribution of informative materials. In collaboration with the MoLSSF and the FLA, Within the livelihoods component of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR supported the publication of the employability of different segments of Syrian (UNHCR) facilitated the employment of a total of “Reference Information on Work Life” and population and host communities were increased over 600 individuals and the registration of over 500 distributed 3000 booklets. Another booklet through comprehensive vocational trainings and individuals to the İŞKUR database nationwide produced is the “İŞKUR Guide to Employment” improved local value chains and local production Turkey. Entrepreneurship program continued with which compiles information on the İŞKUR services ecosystems. Women and youth have also training, provision of knowledge and necessary available to refugees. UNHCR distributed 70,000 of benefitted from the dedicated competency tools as well as mentoring. A total of over 400 these booklets. UNHCR published a brochure on development programmes in coding, IT skills, textile beneficiaries received entrepreneurship, social and “Strengthening Refugee Entrepreneurship in and cookery. Capacities of the training institutions financial training. An entrepreneurship support Turkey” in order to provide guidance for potential and community centers were also strengthened to hotline became operational on January 25 aiming and existing refugee entrepreneurs on legal and better respond to the needs of the refuges and host to provide general information on legal and financial framework in Turkey. communities. financial regulations, incentives and practical information on employment. Funded by Government of Japan UNDP implements a projects focused on livelihoods The hotline received over 200 calls for assistance in interventions. The overall objective of this Project four months. UNHCR continues the provision of is to create sustainable livelihood opportunities counselling on access to the labour market, over for host communities and Syrians and to build 600 beneficiaries received counselling services. institutional capacities for increased job opportunities in local economies affected by the Vocational, skills building and language crises. The project will support enterprises trainings for increased job opportunities and the capacity of Şanlıurfa Technopark will be built for the UNHCR provided technical and vocational facilitation of job creation. training to over 300 beneficiaries, in Adana, Gaziantep, Hatay, Izmir, Konya, Mardin, Mersin UNDP improves livelihoods and job opportunities and Şanlıurfa. Training covered CNC Conference “Labour Market Adaptation of Syrians under Temporary Protection in Turkey: through interventions addressing both the labour operatorship, handicrafts, shoemaking, Challenges and Opportunities”, 11 May 2018, Istanbul. market supply and demand side. In terms of labor TURKEY LIVELIHOODS SECTOR JANUARY-JUNE 2018 NEWSLETTER

supply side, UNDP’s support is focused on adult language skills training, vocational training, counselling and job matching. On labor demand side, UNDP supports job creation through support to the establishment of SME Capability and Innovation Centers, the transformation of industrial zones, business development services and value chain development. UNDP also provides institutional support to IŞKUR to response to the increase in demand for employment services through IŞKUR.

Language skills training to 52,000 Syrians

On May 2018, The European Union and the United Nations Development Programme agreed to join forces to strengthen the economic and social resilience of Syrians, their host communities and relevant national and local institutions in Turkey. The new action focusing on job creation, municipal services and Turkish language trainings is supported by the European Union. With the new programme 2,000 Syrians and host community members are targeted to be employed; 1,000 Syrians and host community members will be supported in terms of innovation and business development and 52,000 Syrians benefit from adult language skills training.

Activities under the project will be implemented in bordering provinces of Gaziantep, Hatay, Şanlıurfa and Kilis; as well as some other major cities of Turkey like Izmir, , Adana, Konya, Mersin and . The implementation of the project started on 1 February 2018. The UNDP Turkey Resilience Project in response to the Syria Crisis (TRP) is supported by the EU Regional Trust Fund (EUTF) in response to the Syria crisis with 50 million EUR. UNDP, with funding from the EU, has provided language skills training for Syrians under previous projects. The new projects allow for a significant scale up of those efforts with a blended learning approach composed of in-classroom and online learning programme. The new project will also support access to the labour market for women and youth, contributing to their socio-economic empowerment.