Promoting Decent Work Opportunities for Syrian Refugees and Host Communities
Achievements
• Institutional and operational capacities of national and local public institutions as well as employers’ and workers’ organizations to better tackle labour market challenges have been improved;
• Employability and employment opportunities for Syrian refugees and host communities have been improved through vocational, technical and basic skills development training;
• Cooperative interventions in order to increase formal employability and labour market access of Syrian refugees and host communities in Turkey has been supported;
• Awareness of Syrian refugees, host communities, employers and wider stakeholders on public employment services and new legislation on work permits has been raised;
• 600 SuTP and host community members, 100 public sta ff and members of employers’ and employees’ organizations have been reached.
Target Group and provinces
• Syrian refugees and host communities in Şanlıurfa, Gaziantep, Mardin, and Ankara
Donor
ILO Core Voluntary Funding (RBSA)
Duration
1 August 2016 - 31 March 2018 (19 months)