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Promoting Decent Work for Syrians under Temporary Protection and Turkish Citizens - Cluster evaluation

eval_number:

2345825

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2345825

location:

country:

Türkiye

region:

Europe and Central Asia

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eval_title:

Promoting Decent Work for Syrians under Temporary Protection and Turkish Citizens - Cluster evaluation

recommendations:

date:

2026-06-08 00:00:00.0

themes:

theme:

Employment

category:

Informal economy

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action_plan:

Strengthen coordination and information-sharing with relevant ministries and public institutions to support evidence-based dialogue on legal, administrative, and practical challenges affecting the formalization of Syrians under Temporary Protection in employment and business activities, with the aim of informing policy discussions and identifying potential areas for improvement.

management_response:

Completed

progress:

Partially achieved

admin_units:

ILO-Ankara

title:

Recommendation 6: Cooperate with relevant ministries to address specific legal restrictions that hinder long-term formalisation of SuTP in employment or business. A crucial weakness faced by the programme is the fact that the law hinders SuTP from obtaining work permits or business permits for a longer period of time. Although the programme supported them to obtain the permit, after one year, the procedure would have to be repeated. Many respondents indicated that they do not have the (financial) resources to re-apply, and therefore land back into informality. Additionally, in some municipalities, respondents noted that local procedures conflicted with national laws. E.g. the workplace license can only be granted if the national approval has been obtained, but the national approval can only be granted if the local permit has been granted. Such legal restrictions have hindered programme effectiveness and impact. Actions to be taken can include: - Assess the interest of constituents to create a working group with ministries, and encourage them to cooperate with each other to compare legislation against the programme findings to identify the gaps and discrepancies related to SuTP’s temporary status and possible barriers to long-term labour market integration. - As for recommendation 5; conduct peer-learning with other countries that have found effective solutions for integrating Syrian refugees into national employment systems. - Advocate for legislative changes to extend the duration of work and business permits for SuTP, reducing the frequency of reapplication and associated costs. This can include presenting evidence of the benefits of longer-term permits to lawmakers. - Develop streamlined processes for obtaining and renewing work and business permits at the national and local levels and training sessions.

project_symbols:

TUR/18/01/DEU

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/recommendations/2345927

information_source:

Country Office

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