Project dates2019 - Continuing
Project fieldEskişehir
Collaborations(German International Cooperation Agency) GIZ, Eskişehir Governorship
PROJEct summary
The main objectives of the project are to improve the living conditions of workers in Eskişehir, where seasonal mobile agricultural labor is common, and to prevent child labor for agricultural work intermediaries.
- Seasonal migrated worker families and children
This project is co-funded by the European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and supported by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.
This project is implementing under CLIP* (Local Initiative Fund in Turkey).
*Since 2011, millions of Syrians have been forced to flee their homes. Among Syria’s neighbouring countries, Turkey currently hosts almost 4 million registered refugees (of which nearly 3.6 million are Syrians). The necessity of addressing the most pressing needs may result in increased vulnerability for particular communities. Groups at a high risk include refugees who are not registered, seasonal migrants, persons with disabilities, LGBTI+ individuals, women, single parents and child labourers.
To address these challenges, community centres and local initiatives have been established throughout Turkey. The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ) has been supporting the establishment and improvement of community centres and local initiatives since 2015. The Community Centres and Local Initiatives Project (CLIP) provides technical and financial support to up to 12 community centres and 20 local initiatives.
- Support for community and social service centres: GIZ cooperates with community centres that provide needs-based social services to refugees and host communities. These are open to everyone – regardless of origin, age or gender – and implement multiple activities in the fields of protection, education and intercultural exchange and dialogue.
- Local Initiative Fund in Turkey (LIFT): Through LIFT, the project supports up to 20 big and small, non-governmental local organisations that offer specific assistance and protection services to vulnerable persons. This action field specifically targets the most exposed and at-risk groups (child labourers, seasonal migrants etc.) and focusses on reaching underserved areas.
- Harmonisation: GIZ supports the development of formats for public and civil actors/organisations to exchange ideas and to share practices with the goal of aligning with official state requirements. This is also intended to improve the quality of the social services that the community centres and local initiatives provide to the vulnerable groups.
- Capacity development: At an individual and organisational level, the project implements measures to further develop the skills and capacities of community centres and local initiatives. To widen the impact, GIZ also reaches out to secondary target groups, so that local authorities, technical staff and the broader circle of our partners may also benefit from these efforts. Simultaneously, an understanding of the shared benefit is promoted.
