Transcript PowerPoint Presentation, English

Resilience based response for host
communities in Turkey
Berna Bayazit Baran
Programme Manager
Amman
8 January 2014
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Context-Challenges and Opportunities
• Current number of estimated Syrian pop. (700,000);
• Increasing number of non-camp Syrian citizens (350,000);
• UN response up to date: support including NFI, food
vouchers, schooling support, educational material, RH
trainings and mat’l to Syrian populations;
• Increasing concerns about the impact of the crisis on host
communities and possible tensions between the host
community and Syrian populations;
• Impact on:
-Turkish families hosting Syrian families
-Informal labor market
-Price increases (rental and commodities)
-Service delivery capacities with increased non-camp pops
Developed UNDP Response
• Stabilized livelihoods and basic living conditions
- Resilience increase with cash grants and strengthened
vocational/business skills: models developed for the local Foundations
- Immediate employment opportunities with public works
- livelihoods needs assessment
• Strengthened resilience of host communities thru diversified economic
opportunities
- new agro-industrial units established to complement existing value
chains(e.g. Organic olive processing, biomass and business incubator)
- support models for local businesses to offset the reduction in crossborder trade
• Strengthened capacities of the municipalities for service delivery
- short term needs for waste management and other municipal services
- longer term capacities developed with participatory models
What is different from what is already
happening?
• No targeting of the host communities yet-UNDP’s work
with the socio-economic impact perspective
• A mix of short term response to host communities (with
the existing government capacities) to longer term
interventions for increased resilience and reduced impact
(building on ongoing UNDP initiatives)
• Involvement of a wide range of actors for new modalities
of assistance to host communities
• Capacity building for the local government for better and
more effective service delivery (e.g. on waste
management)
Benefits to host communities and non-camp Syrian
populations at the same time