A study visit is being held in Brussels, Belgium, on 6-9 September 2022 within the scope of Technical Assistance for Empowerment of the Role of Ombudsman in the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights.
In the study visit programme chaired by the Chief Ombudsman, Honourable Şeref Malkoç, meetings are being held with the Permanent Delegation of Türkiye to the European Union, the Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers of the EU Commission, the Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs of the EU Commission, the European Parliament, and the Turkish Embassy in Brussels on 6 September 2022.

A pilot monitoring visit was conducted in Bursa between 31 August and 2 September 2022 in order to discuss the Monitoring and Evaluation system to be established within the scope of the ROMSID Project. The delegation consisting of representatives of the Ministry of Family and Social Services, the members of the Working Group from the relevant Ministries, and the Technical Assistance Team held meetings to learn about the experiences and practices of the institutions/organisations and to inform them about monitoring and evaluation.

“Immigration and Immigrant Rights in National and International Law Training”, organised within the scope of the Technical Assistance for Empowerment of the Role of Ombudsman in the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights, was held on 23-25 August 2022 in Ankara. Training topics consisted of main principles, human rights law, international protection laws and protection procedures, administrative detention, appeal procedures and case studies specially designed for the relevant experts of the Ombudsman Institution. The training took place with the honoured presence of the Chief Ombudsman Mr. Şeref Malkoç and the Representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Türkiye, Mr. Philippe Leclerc, and it was concluded with delivering certificates to the participants.

The 4^th Local Stakeholder Meeting of the Empowering Women through Cooperatives Project was held on 23 August 2022 in Isparta. Opening speeches of the meeting were given by the Head of Department of Training and Publication of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Mr. Sürur KIR, Director General on Status of Women of the Ministry of Family and Social Services, Ms. Gülser USTAOĞLU and the Governor of Isparta, Mr. Aydın BARUŞ.

 

Within the scope of the Technical Assistance for Increasing the Policy Making Capacity of Directorate General of International Labour Force in the Field of Labour Migration Project (Migration4Work), the 3rd Working Group Meeting on "Brain Drain and Diaspora" was held in İstanbul on 4-5 August 2022 with the participation of relevant public institutions, universities and NGOs.