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Promoting Decent Work Opportunities for Non-Syrian Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Türkiye - Final cluster evaluation

eval_number:

2782

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2782

lessons_learned:

themes:

theme:

Vulnerable groups

category:

Conditions of work & equality

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comments:

1. Syrians 2. Iranians 3. Iraqis 4. Afghans 5. Host communities

challenges:

1. The projects’ objectives and indicators are too ambitious to be achieved within the project cycles. Longer project cycles should be implemented. 2. Resentment among the host communities should be addressed by providing equal access. 3. Training modules and their curriculums should be revised in line with the needs of the labour markets 4. Special measures should be adopted for increasing participation of women, especially those considered among the vulnerable groups

success:

1. Enabling beneficiaries access to formal employment through developing an advanced database for formal employment 2. Reducing informality through formalization support and guidance 3. Increasing workers familiarity with the working culture and fundamentals of labour law through training programmes targeting refugees 4. Contributing to sustainability of employment through employment incentives 5. Providing an enabling environment for integration through providing skills development possibilities and indirectly contributing to healing from the trauma. 6. Providing an enabling environment for women beneficiaries to build self-confidence and contributing to women empowerment 7. Fostering social cohesion among the refugees and host communities by bringing them together 8. Accelerating refugees’ integration through provision of Turkish language courses 9. Increasing capacities of the local organizations through partnerships

context:

Final Evaluation was carried out in İstanbul, Ankara, Eskişehir, Adana, Gaziantep and Denizli in coordination with the ILO Office for Turkey. These provinces and the others where two projects were carried out were carefully selected due to a number of criteria: 1) High number of refugees (Syrian and non-Syrian) already living in these urban areas, 2) different industries available where job opportunities and decent work conditions can be expanded to employ vulnerable populations after equipping them with adequate skills formation and/or eliminating skills mismatch through vocational training and Turkish language acquisition, 3) location of national partners, such as DGILF and SSI who were working closely with the ILO Office for Turkey during the implementation phase.

description:

1) POLITICAL Bureaucratic challenges: Turkey’s legislations, laws and policies, have resulted in delays in delivery of certain activities. Interviews with the government officials have also supported this finding. However; as evident in the progress and final reports of the projects along with their supporting documents, all indicators have been successfully achieved. 2) SOCIAL Integration challenges: For better addressing the challenges faced in terms of integration of refugees, the added- value of inclusive policy making; actively involving academics, non-governmental organizations and refugees themselves have been highlighted by a number of respondents. Acknowledging the time constraints in the project management, the development of the training modules should also include the beneficiaries themselves as much as possible. This is currently ensured through ad-hoc and planned focus group discussions with beneficiaries and their feedbacks is communicated to relevant line ministries and reflected in the training modules developed by the ILO.

administrative_issues:

1) STAFF • The following feedback has been recorded during the interviews: o Flexibility and problem solving abilities of the project team o High availability of the project team for all partners and stakeholders o Effective and proactive approach of the project team o Support provided in work permit application processes 2) DESIGN • Overall coordination regarding Refugee Response in Turkey is deemed inadequate • Projects have been praised for their innovative dimensions 3) RESOURCES • Efficient use of resources has been recorded • Project cycles have been criticized for being too short by many respondents. • Room for improvement in terms of monitoring of implementation is noted.

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/233021

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location:

country:

Türkiye

region:

Europe and Central Asia

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eval_title:

Promoting Decent Work Opportunities for Non-Syrian Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Türkiye - Final cluster evaluation