UN Joint Programme MDG-F 1928
Growth with Decent Work for All: National Youth
Employment Programme and Pilot
Implementation in Antalya

OUTLINE
A. UNJP at the first glance
B. Brief overview of outputs
C. Achievements / Good practices
D. Lessons Learnt

The Joint Program at the First Glance
Budget
Duration*
Beneficiary
3.98 M $ (MDG-F)
36 months (September 2009 – September 2012)
Turkey Employment Agency of Turkey (ISKUR)
Objective
Main Activities
To promote youth employment and contribute to the reduction of unemployment among young population
Sectoral Development and Clustering
Youth employment policy development; Support to the vocational training programmes/ALMPs
Migration management
Rural development and employment
Programme Partners ILO, UNDP, IOM, FAO

Coordination among UN Agencies
Decent Work for All, UN Joint Programme
Employment Policies &
Vocational Trainings/ALMPs ILO
Sectoral Development
And Clustering UNDP
FAO
Rural Employment
IOM Migration Management/
Labour
Migration

Brief Overview of Programme Outputs
National Level
Policy development, Strategy and Planning
Research work, capacity building and labour market assessments
Antalya Pilot Province
Strategy and Planning
Research
Institutional Capacity Development
Vocational and Life Skills Training Programmes & Rights at Work

National Level Results
Policy Dev.
National Youth Employment Action Plan(2011-2015)
Strategy and
Planning
First ever Action Plan/Policy Document targeting youth employment
Drafted by a National Technical Team: Public agencies, Workers and
Employers’ organizations, Academia and NGOs

National Youth Employment
Action Plan
(2012-2015) https://www.idmarch.org/img/96df183425bf019edeed6f5568ec17 f4.jpg

National Level Results
Research Structure of Rural Employment in Turkey
Both at national and provincial level (Antalya);
-Economic and socio-cultural context
-Labour market and employment situation
-Rural and agricultural employment
Occupational Outlook in Turkey
Medium term projections on population, labour force and employment until 2020
Preferred occupations,
Occupational growth trends,
Population and labour market trends

Local Interventions in Antalya Pilot Province
Training Programmes and Rights at Work
Institutional Capacity
Building
Strategy and Planning
Research

Local Interventions in Antalya Pilot Province
Research Strategic Sector Scan
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Identification of alternative sectors with high potential for competitiveness/job creation
Seed production, cut flower, yacht production and
Health tourism
Antalya Labour Force Survey and Analysis
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Gender-sensitive identification of the sectoral labour demand, labour force structure and training demand. Conducted with TurkStat with a view to ensure sustainability
Cluster Analyses
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Cluster and value chain analyses for the sectors and occupations that emerged with the sector scan (seed and luxury yacht production)
Migration and Employment: Antalya Labour Migration Research
• Assessment of impact of migration on labormarket
Assessment of Existing Agricultural Training Progs
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Impact assessment of agricultural VET programmes implemented by various actors in Antalya

Local Interventions in Antalya Pilot Province
Strategy and
Planning
Roadmaps for Selected Clusters
• Seed production
•
Yacht production
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Cluster Development Action Plan for Dev. Agency
Capacity Support for Provincial Employment and Vocational Training
Board (PEVTB)
• Inclusion of rural employment in the focus areas of PEVTB and representation of rural actors in PEVTB meetings
• Evidence-based policy making support to PEVTB using the labormarket assessment and labor migration studies.
Labour Market, Migration, Social Inclusion, Gender Equality and
Environmental Sustainability
• Maınstreaming and integration of migration, social inclusion, gender equality and sustainability in all strategy documents and action plans

Local Interventions in Antalya Pilot Province
Institution al Capacity
Building
Institutional Needs Assessment
• Support institutional infrastructure for sustained
Impact of interventions
• Inst’l Needs assessment for İŞKUR/PEVTB
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Capacity Development Response Plan
Capacity Building Interventions (İŞKUR, PEVTB, NTT)
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Training programs
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Study tours
• Workshops (e.g. Labour Migration Workshop)
Activities for Local Institutional Partners
• Clustering Trainings
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Workshops (e.g. Labour Market and Women’s Employment)
Toolkits, Guidelines and Resource Documents
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Guideline for Integration of Employment and Sectoral Development
• Handbook on Rights in Labour Life and web-based animation
Capacity Building for Newly Recruited Job Counsellors
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Training Programs

Local Interventions in Antalya Pilot Province
Training
Programs
Vocational Training Programs
•
Building on Antalya Labour market research and
Sector Scan
• 654 participants in 14 branches.
Pilot Entrepreneurship Trainings
• 190 trainers in partnership with KOSGEB
Trainings for Rural Employment
• Cut flower, sewing and packaging
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Seed production and quality
• Women farmer trainings (good farming, agricultural enterprise management, marketing, etc)
•
Ornamental plant production
• In continuous partnership with local actors
Basic Life Skills Trainings for Youth
• Adaptation skills of migrant youth and their families
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Close cooperation with Antalya ISKUR, with their staff

Achievements / Good Practices
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Nomination of the NYEAP by social partners/government of Turkey as a national best practice in employment policy in Turkey in G-20 Labour and Employment Ministers’ Meeting in Mexico in 2012: a remarkable example of ownership.
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Effective coordination b/w national and local levels to shape training and capacity building activities, supported with research.
• The Programme was implemented with gender (58% of VET beneficiaries were women-far above the local and national average!) and rights perspectives , and designed for the local context and closely collaborate with the local bodies at all times.
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Innovation matters: First ever interactive mobile (iOS and Android) application promoting rights at work: More than 10,000 downloads only on Android platform without any particular promotion.

Achievements / Good Practices http://www.gezginler.net/mobil/resimler/9128/resim2_calismayasaminda-haklar-1.jpg

Lessons Learnt…
Policy coherence (employment-local economic
coordinated approach
Stronger linkage between labor demand and labor supply actors
Strengthening vocational skills with soft skills (e.g.
Evidence-based policy making (follow-up survey for