TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR PROMOTING WOMEN’S EMPLOYMENT IN TURKEY

Beneficiary: Turkish Employment Organisation (İŞKUR)

Project Start Date: 03/2011

Duration: 24 Months

Project Objectives and Results:

The overall objective of the operation is to improve the existing capacity to design, develop and implement policies to attract and retain more people in employment particularly by increasing women participation in labour market and to assist İŞKUR to deliver more effective public employment services in particular at local level, and with a view to increasing women’s employability, facilitate their access to more and better jobs and diminish obstacles hindering female participation in the labour force.

The achieved results of the project are as follows:

Result 1: Labour market analyses and surveys which will identify employment opportunities accessible to women and possible hindrances towards women’s employment

Result 2: Increased capacity to design local strategies for the promotion of women’s employment through the developed “model”

Result 3: Enhanced career information, vocational guidance and counselling services adapted to different women’s target groups

Result 4: Increased sensitivity towards gender mainstreaming of employment policies, especially among İŞKUR staff and relevant stakeholders

Result 5: Networks between granted projects and enabling women from the target groups to participate in such networks

Target Groups:

• Long term unemployed women due to care responsibilities
• Women out of labour forces living in urban areas including those formerly employed in Agriculture
• Senior Staff and experts of İŞKUR at provincial and central level
• Staff of the İŞKUR provincial directorates
• Social partners at the regional/ local and national level
• Local Authorities and NGOs

Reference Number: EuropeAid/128058/D/SER/TR