Resilience based response for host communities in Turkey Berna Bayazit Baran

Programme Manager

Amman

8 January 2014

/undpturkiye /undpturkiye

Context-Challenges and Opportunities

Non-camp Syrian citizens:350,000 No estimated Syrian pop: 700,000 Projection until end 2014: 1 mio

Response up to date:

support including NFI, food vouchers, schooling support, educational material, RH trainings and material to Syrian populations; Turkey’s support amounting to US$ 2 bio Impact on host communities • • • • -

Turkish families hosting Syrian families -Informal labor market -Price increases (rental and commodities) -Service delivery capacities with increased non-camp pops

Suggested UNDP Response (under discussion) Stabilized livelihoods and basic living conditions

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Resilience increase with household support and strengthened vocational/business skills - Immediate employment opportunities with public works - livelihoods needs assessment

Strengthened resilience of host communities through diversified economic opportunities

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new agro-ind’l units est’d to complement existing value chains(e.g. Organic olive processing, biomass and business incubator) -support models for local businesses to offset the reduction in cross-border trade

Strengthened capacities of the municipalities for service delivery

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short term needs for waste management and other municipal services - longer term capacities developed with participatory models

Partners and donors

prep stage) (at the consultation/

AFAD Local offices of SME Support Agency Ministry of Development Local business Chambers GAP Regional Development Administration Municipalities of 3 border Provinces Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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