Country Turkey
Region Europe - non EU member states
Duration Start 14 May, 2018 till 13 September, 2020
Field of expertise Involving Citizens in Decision Making
Policy field(s) Social affairs
Funding Delegation of the European Union to Turkey
Project code 11397
The wider objective of the project is to strengthen cooperation between public sector and civil society organisations (CSOs).

The specific objectives are:
i) increasing the capacity of the Ministry of Family and Social Policies and CSOs in terms of mutual policy making, implementation, monitoring and evaluation;
ii) capacity building and acquiring experience on the implementation of code of conduct in the framework of negotiation preparations for Social Policy and Employment Chapter and conducting negotiations;
iii) strengthening cooperation among CSOs and between CSOs and relevant public institutions in the field of social policy;
iv) capacity building for CSOs regarding legal assistance and counselling.

The expected results of the project are: (i) increased capacity of the Ministry and CSOs in mutual policy making, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of decision-making; (ii) increased professional capacity of the Ministry staff as to the implementation of code of conduct in the framework of negotiation preparations for Social Policy and Employment Chapter and conducting negotiations; (iii) strenghtened cooperation among CSOs and between CSOs and relevant public institutions in the field of social policy; (iiii) increased capacity building of CSOs in legal assistance and counceling.