Strengthening the Capacity of the Ministry of Family and Social Policies for Public-CSO Cooperation

“Technical Assistance for Strengthening the Capacity of the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Services for Public-CSO Cooperation“, is conducted by the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Services and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Directorate for EU Affairs within the scope of Civil Society Sector 2014 Programming. As being the lead institution of civil society sub-sector, Directorate for EU Affairs is responsible for the coordination and monitoring of the project. The project, contracted by the Ministry of Treasury and Finance, Central Finance and Contracts Unit and co-financed by the Republic of Turkey and the European Union, will be implemented between May 2018 – May 2020, for 24 months in total.

Purpose of The Project

The overall purpose of the Project is to strengthen the cooperation between public sector and CSOs in general and between the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Services and CSOs involved in social policy sphere in particular. The project aims at supporting civil society development by ensuring more active and democratic participation in policy and decision-making processes, promoting fundamental rights and enhancing dialogue.

Outputs of the Project

Within the scope of the project, it is intended to achieve the following outputs in four main areas specified below.

The outputs are as follows:

Output 1: Increasing the capacity of the MoFLSS and CSOs in terms of mutual policy making, implementation, monitoring and evaluation

Output 2: Increasing the capacity of CSOs regarding legal assistance and counselling

Output 3: Preparing Code of Conduct and increasing the capacity and experience of both public sector and CSOs on negotiation within the scope of negotiation preparations for the “Chapter 19: Social Policy and Employment” during the accession process

Output 4: Strengthening the cooperation among CSOs and between CSOs and the MoFLSS and relevant public institutions in the field of social policy

Location

Project activities will be carried out with the participation from 10 pilot and their neighbouring provinces.

Pilot Provinces	Neighbouring provinces
Erzurum	Artvin, Ardahan, Kars, Ağrı, Muş, Bingöl, Erzincan
İstanbul	Tekirdağ
Bursa	Yalova, Kocaeli, Bilecik, Kütahya, Balıkesir
Ankara	Eskişehir, Bolu, Çankırı, Kırıkkale, Kırşehir, Aksaray
Trabzon	Giresun, Gümüşhane, Bayburt, Rize
Diyarbakır	Malatya, Adıyaman, Elazığ, Batman, Mardin
Antalya	Muğla, Burdur, Isparta, Konya, Karaman
Gaziantep	Şanlıurfa, Kilis, Hatay, Kahramanmaraş
İzmir	Manisa, Aydın
Adana	Mersin, Niğde, Kayseri, Osmaniye

Activities Accomplished

• Opening Conference
• Lessons Learned Panel and Internal Stakeholders Board Meeting
• Mapping Studies
• Steering Committee Meetings
• 1^st Consultation Event
• CSO Information and Consultancy Help Desk (Project Development Support Desk)
• Paper on Best Practices regarding Public-CSO Consultation
• Capacity Building Training Activities

	1st Day	2nd Day	3rd Day
1st Round Training Programme December 2018 – January 2019	Quality Service Delivery in Social Sector- I	Quality Service Delivery in Social Sector- II	Organisational Capacity – Advocacy and Communication
2nd Round Training Programme February – April 2019	Project Management Cycle I	Project Management Cycle II	Volunteer Management and Community Mobilisation
3rd Round Training Programme March – July 2019	Resource Mobilisation (fundraising), Management and Strategic Planning	Participation and Involvement Cooperation with Local Authorities	Legal Environment for CSOs

Activities Planned

• Information Meeting for High-Level Managers on Code of Conduct
• Training Activities on Code of Conduct
• Guideline on Code of Conduct
• Study Visits
• E-learning Platform
• Modules
  • Social Policy Development Cycle and Social Service Development
  • Communication, Campaign and Social Media
  • Institutional and Legal Framework for CSO activities
  • Advocacy and Compliance with the Procedures
  • Effective Project Management System/ Proje Cycle Management
  • Community Mobilisation and Volunteer Management Strategies
  • Monitoring and Evaluation
  • Strategic Planning, Administrative Structure, Fundraising and Resource Mobilisation

• Guidelines
  • Guideline on Quality Service Delivery by CSOs in Social Sector
  • Guideline on EU Practices in the Field of Social Policy
  • Guideline on Organisational Capacity of CSOs
  • Guideline on CSO Involvement in Policy Making
  • Guideline on Institutional Capacity of CSOs
• Cooperation and Project Preparation Workshops

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