TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR PROMOTING REGISTERED EMPLOYMENT

Beneficiary: Republic of Turkey Social Security Institution

Project Start Date: 09/2010

Duration: 21 Months

Project Objectives and Results:

The overall objective of the project is to promote registered employment through strengthening the capacity of Social Security Institution, coordination among relevant public institutions and social partners to provide sustainable economic growth with more and better jobs and greater social cohesion.

The results achieved are as follows:

Result 1: Improved capacity of SSI, relevant institutions and social partners to promote registered employment

Result 2: Establishment of a trainer unit to conduct future internal training of the SSI staff

Result 3: Increased cooperation and coordination between SSI and other relevant ministries

Result 4: Identification, development and testing of models for inter-ministerial cooperation (e.g. a monitoring system for registered employment) in the selected areas and locations

Result 5: Development of a new common database for cross-institutional use

Result 6: Increased level of awareness at national and regional level about the importance of registered employment and social security

Result 7: Field studies and labour market analysis, and description of structures of unregistered employment in required regions/sectors

Result 8: Dissemination of results of the grant projects at national and regional level

Target Groups:

• Staff of Social Security Institution
• Relevant Ministries (Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Ministry of Tourism)
• Relevant institutions (İŞKUR, State Planning Organization, KOSGEB), regional and local authorities
• Related members of Academia
• Social partners and public with the focus of self-employed
• Unemployed persons
• Unregistered workers and their dependents, and unregistered female workers with low level of education

Reference Number: EuropeAid/128209/D/SER/TR