Overview
“Strengthening the Resilience of Syrian Women and Girls and Host Communities in Turkey” Project
is implemented by the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Turkey, upon the conclusion of the UN to UN Agreement with UN Women on 26/04/2018, as a part of the overall programme being implemented by United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), ILO and the Association for Solidarity with Asylum-Seekers and Migrants (ASAM), in partnership with the Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality (GMM). The overall objective of the project is to ensure that “women, girls and their communities are resilient to conflict, displacement and other crises”. Specific purpose of the project implemented by ILO refers to the “Output 1.2: Women are empowered and have access to long-term employment opportunities”, to increase and promote the employability of women refugees. The target groups and the beneficiaries of the project are the most vulnerable Syrian refugee women and the HC women specifically living in the province of Gaziantep in Turkey. The implementation of the activities have started on 01/06/2018 and will continue for 21 months until 31/12/2019. ILO, as the implementing partner, has been conducting several courses, vocational trainings and seminars mainly at SADA Women-Only Center and also at Gaziantep Chambers of Artisans and Craftsmen (GESOB) training center. The vocational trainings are delivered in cooperation with Ezogelin Public Education Center (PEC) affiliated to the Ministry of National Education Directorate General of Life Long Learning (MoNE DGLLL). This is a follow up of the former project implemented by the same partnership between June 2017 and June 2018.
The purpose of this evaluation is to assess the results of the work done in order to properly report on the results as well as define the precautions for proper and better implementation of the remaining part of the project. The scope of the evaluation encompasses all activities and components of the project implemented by the ILO for the period from April 2018 to the end of December 2019. In line with the ILO Policy Guidelines for results-based evaluation, 2017, this mid-term evaluation addresses the 29 questions stated in the Terms of Reference (ToR) with respect to the key OECD/DAC criteria of relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability and impact potentials. The overall evaluation has taken place between 21/01/2019 and 25/03/2019.
