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Improving Labour Market Integration of Syrian Refugees and Host Communities in Türkiye - Midterm evaluation

eval_number:

2789

eval_title:

Improving Labour Market Integration of Syrian Refugees and Host Communities in Türkiye - Midterm evaluation

location:

region:

Europe and Central Asia

country:

Türkiye

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eval_url:

https://analyticstest.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2789

lessons_learned:

description:

Project Design/Relevance and Sustainability: Designing the project in follow-up phases
Designing the project in follow-up phases contributes strongly to comprehensive programmes such as under ILO’s Programme of Support for the Response to the Syrian Refugee Crisis in Turkey, aiming to strengthen the labour market and business development environment through the stimulation of decent work opportunities, inclusive socio-economic growth and the reinforcement of governance systems and structures. Follow-up projects ensure sustaining the outputs and results given the significant need with reference to the high numbers of Syrian refugees living in Turkey and those at working age who are mostly engaged in the informal market.
The PRM Syria project third phase has started right after the completion of the former two phases projects funded by the same donor, to build on and continue with the activities aiming to improve labour market integration of Syrian refugees and host communities in Turkey.

context:

The ILO Office for Turkey and PRM have established a strong partnership for implementing the projects in several phases, while addressing the continued and even growing needs of the Syrian refugees and the host communities in Turkey. PRM offers its financial support to the ILO to implement projects within its Programme of support in response to the Syrian crisis. ILO offers its unique expertise, which could offer as a good example for future projects.

success:

• The project has been very well designed to address the needs of the Syrian refugees and host communities as direct beneficiaries, while being fully in line with ILO’s programme implemented since 2015 to support the Syrian refugees.
• The strong support of the donor PRM and the ILO Office for Turkey has been sustained contributing to the achievement of the objectives in line with the ILO’s Programme of Support under its three pillars, in addition to contributing to the achievement of UN’s 2030 Agenda for SDG particularly Goal 8 “to promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all”, and the UNDCS for Turkey (2016-2020), specifically Priority 4 for Migration and International Protection;
• The accumulated expertise and experience within the former phases are transferred to the following phases, which in the end increases effectiveness in delivering the outputs as well as efficiency in implementing the activities;
• The needs of the target groups have been well assessed starting from the first phase and with a wider coverage or in-depth in the follow-up phases;
• Progressive improvement in designing the activities to deliver the outputs, using innovative methods in the follow-up activities, such as activities designed in different phases, such as the activities organised With reference to capacity building of the Syrian refugees and host communities but also the members of the related public partners such as SSI, MoJ, MoFLSS GLIB and DGILF, as well as the private and social partners such as the Chambers, IHKIB and MEKSA for enhanced labour migration management in addition to universities.
• Sustainability of the outputs and outcomes are ensured through the follow-up projects benefiting from the high ownership and strong support of the donor and the ILO Office for Turkey.

challenges:

The living conditions of the Syrian refugees are extremely poor even in large cities, particularly in the city suburbs. Most of the Syrian refugees work in the informal labour market with short durations lacking decent work conditions, while the participation rate of women into labour market is low, mainly due to cultural limitations.
The total Syrian refugee population in the targeted provinces is above 2.5 million, which constitutes about 70% of the whole Syrian refugees registered in Turkey.
There is a high need for continuous financial support and technical expertise to undertake follow-up projects to address the need of these high number of Syrian refugees and the host community members.

administrative_issues:

Strong institutional and organizational structures of ILO Office for Turkey, ILO Headquarters and ILO ITC ensure the efficiency and effectiveness of the project results.
Strong financial support of PRM to the project with a total budget of $ 7.0 million along with the continuity in funding following the second phase with no disruption ensures the efficient implementation of the project following the former phases.

comments:

Direct:
● 11.600 Syrian refugees
● 1400 host community members
● 100 employers
● 650 staff from relevant governmental institutions
● 300 representatives from tripartite constituents
● 250 enterprises
Indirect: 35,000 people

url:

https://analyticstest.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/233301

themes:

theme:

Planning and programme design

category:

Organizational issues

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