TURKISH RED CRESCENT ZONGULDAK COMMUNITY CENTER FIELD NEED ASSESSMENT REPORT EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDER REPORT TURKISH RED CRESCENT ZONGULDAK COMMUNITY CENTER FIELD NEED ASSESSMENT REPORT EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDER REPORT ZONGULDAK COMMUNITY CENTER FIELD NEED ASSESSMENT REPORT CONTENTS 1. Introduction and Background ............................................................................. 4 1.1. Protection and Social Cohesion Program ....................................................... 4 1.2. Socio-Economic Empowerment Program ...................................................... 5 1.3. Health and Psychosocial Support Program ................................................... 5 2. Purpose of Study .............................................................................................. 5 3. Scope and Method of Study .............................................................................. 6 3.1. Data Collection ......................................................................................... 7 3.1.1. Focus Group Studies………………………………………………………………………...........7 3.1.2 Individual Interviews: ...................................................................... 7 3.2. Research Limitations ................................................................................. 7 4. Significant Findings .......................................................................................... 8 4.1. Issues and Possibilities for Access to Livelihoods .......................................... 8 4.2. Issues and Opportunities for Access to Food ................................................ 9 4.3. Issues and Opportunities for Access to Education ...................................... 10 4.4. Issues and Opportunities for Access to Health Services ............................. 12 4.5. Issues and Opportunities for Protection Studies ........................................ 13 4.6. Social Environment Relations .................................................................. 16 5. Expectations from the Community Center ......................................................... 17 5.1. Expectations regarding the Access to Livelihoods ........................................ 17 5.2. Expectations regarding the Education and Social Cohesion ......................... 17 5.3. Expectations for Partner Relations ............................................................ 18 5.4. Access to Health Services ....................................................................... 18 5.5. Protection Studies .................................................................................. 19 5.6. Social Benefits ...................................................................................... 19 5.7. Agriculture and Livestock ......................................................................... 19 5.8. Governance and Partner Relations ........................................................... 19 5.9. Public Information Studies ....................................................................... 20 6. Interviews List ............................................................................................... 20 ABBREVIATIONS CBMP : Community-Based Migration Programs AFAD: : Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency CC : Community Centers DGMM : Directorate General of Migration Management NGO : Non-Governmental Organization BAKKA : Western Black Sea Development Agency OIZ : Organized Industrial Zone ESKKK : Credit and Guarantee Cooperative for Tradesmen and Craftsmen İŞKUR : Turkish Employment Agency CCI : Chamber of Commerce and Industry KOSGEB : Small and Medium Enterprises Development Organization IHH : Foundation for Human Rights and Freedoms and Humanitarian Relief BABEP : Father Education Project CMHC : Community Mental Health Center AMATEM : Alcohol and Substance Addiction Treatment Center ÇEMATEM : Child and Adolescent Substance Addiction Treatment Center YEDAM : Green Crescent Counseling Center SASF : Social Assistance and Solidarity Foundation SSC : Social Solidarity Center AÇSHM : Provincial Directorate of Family, Labor and Social Services ZONGULDAK COMMUNITY CENTER FIELD NEED ASSESSMENT REPORT The Community Based Migration Programs 1. INTRODUCTION AND (CBMP) has a structure, regularly following BACKGROUND the changing needs of the field, develop long-term partnerships with relevant As the internal conflicts, started in Syria in 2011, turned into a big war, people living in stakeholders and strengthen existing ones Syria forced mass migrations to different and benefiting from the interdisciplinary geographies, especially neighboring countries. expertise. The main purpose of the According to the official reports, it is recorded programs is to make sustainable that approximately 3,655,525 migrants took contributions to the improvement of social refuge in Turkey, being the border neighbor resilience by strengthening the physical, of Syria, since the beginning of the war and psychological, social and economic well- conflict (DGMM, 2021). being of communities and individuals. In According to the 2020 year-end data of the order to realize this main purpose, the Directorate General of Migration Management, activities are carried out under four main 31.334 foreign nationals applied for the programs through the Community Centers. “International Protection Status” (DGMM, 2020). 1.2. PROTECTION AND SOCIAL COHESION PROGRAM Turkish Red Crescent operates in provinces, The Protection Program aims to prevent, receiving intensive external migration through mitigate or eliminate the violence, abuse the Community Centers (CC). Thanks to the and access risks, threats and results, CCs, the studies are performed under various encountered or likely to be encountered by program titles for migrants and local the vulnerable Turkish citizens or community in the region. 17 Community individuals, groups or communities who Centers actively provide service in 16 have been displaced by war and provinces (Adana, Ankara, Bursa, Gaziantep, humanitarian crisis and taken refuge in Hatay, İstanbul Avrupa Yakası, İstanbul Anadolu Yakası, İzmir, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey. Kayseri, Kilis, Kocaeli, Konya, Mardin, Mersin The individuals, whose protection needs are and Şanlıurfa, Zonguldak) since January, met, are both included in decision-making 2015. The 17th Community Center was mechanisms and supported for the opened in Zonguldak. A regional needs map resilience through various activities carried was prepared during the construction of out with the aim of strengthening social Zonguldak Community Center. The literature cohesion. The Social Cohesion Program aims was reviewed during the preparation stage of to improve and strengthen the cultures of this map and the meetings with various coexistence of the local people and migrants institutions were completed and focus group from different nationalities, who had to interviews were conducted on 09.02.2021 – migrate to Turkey due to compelling 09.03.2021 in order to develop the focus group profile and also identify the needs in the reasons such as civil war, conflict and region. terrorism. In this context, it includes the communication activities, volunteering activities, cultural, social and sports Activities and hobby course for improving the culture of coexistence. The participation 2. PURPOSE OF STUDY and accountability processes are also ensured by the operation of feedback The Community Based Migration Program, mechanisms through the mechanism of within the structure of the Turkish Red advisory boards. Crescent Migration Services Directorate, which has given acceleration to its studies conducted 1.3 SOCIO-ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM in the migration field with the outbreak of Syria The Socio-Economic Empowerment Program crisis, also aims to identify the needs of local aims to increase the employability of vulnerable people by expanding its study foreigners under temporary and focuses. The primary purpose is to identify the international protection as well as local problems and needs of the vulnerable groups in people and also their participation in the the regions of activity. Pursuant to the current economy to ensure their economic self- situation analysis of Zonguldak, the CBMP sufficiency. identifies, analyzes the current problems of the communities and produces sustainable 1.4 HEALTH AND PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT solutions by performing its activities under the PROGRAM umbrella of national association and aims to The Health and Psychosocial Support increase its cooperation with public institutions. Program aims to increase the coping skills of the individuals and communities, experienced difficult situations, with similar situations by supporting their social, psychological and physical well-being. It aims to create awareness in the field of health by increasing the access of local people and migrants to psychosocial supports, protective and preventive services in the field of health. ZONGULDAK COMMUNITY CENTER FIELD NEED ASSESSMENT REPORT The direct meetings were held with the 3. SCOPE AND METHOD OF stakeholders such as the above-mentioned institutions. Furthermore, the “focus group STUDY interviews” were conducted with citizens with Various meetings were held in order to vulnerability criteria, mainly Afghan regionally analyze the current situation in the Immigrants and Romani people. districts of Zonguldak regarding the current The structured needs assessment forms were potential that may create vulnerability used at the face-to-face interviews. In this requirement and to produce sustainable line,