The Facility for Refugees in Turkey
Anke Schuster, European Commission, DG NEAR
Syrian Refugees in Turkey
2.800.000
2.7 million registered
2.400.000
persons
2.000.000
10% in camps (26
1.600.000
camps in 10 provinces
along SE border)
1.200.000
90% outside camps
800.000
400.000
0
2011
2012
2013
Camp
2014
2015
Out of camp
2016*
*As of 04
April
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The Facility for Refugees in Turkey
• Support to refugees in Turkey
• 3 billion EUR for 2016-2017
• 22 Member States already contributed
How does the Facility function?
• Coordination mechanism
• Steering committee: EUMS and TR (observer)
• Needs assessment
• Procedures of financing instruments apply
Facility: Financing instruments
ECHO
humanitarian
funding
EU Trust Fund for
Syria (Turkey)
Instrument for
Pre-Accession
(IPA)
Short-term measures
ECHO humanitarian
funding:
EU Trust Fund for Syria: 9
projects worth 202 mio EUR
16 projects worth 45.6 mio
EUR
Instrument for PreAccession (IPA): special
measure on returns
1 bio EUR by end of July
ECHO humanitarian
funding: 75 mio by July
and ESSN
EU Trust Fund for Syria:
new projects
Instrument for PreAccession (IPA): special
measure on
education/health, IFIs
Education: Refugees' age groups
1.200.000
36,11%
1.000.000
29,37%
800.000
600.000
18,10%
13,16%
400.000
200.000
2,97%
0,30%
0
Age 0-4
Age 5-19
Age 20-34
Age 35-59
Age 60-79
Age 80+
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Education
Key Figures
Half a million children (5-17 years) are out-of-school
Enrolment in school: 90% in camps; 26% outside camps
Enrolment rates by education stage:
Pre-school (3-5 yrs)
7%
Primary school (5-14 yrs)
40%
Secondary school (14-17 yrs)
14%
77% in Temporary Education Centers & 23% in Turkish
Public Schools
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Education
Priority Needs
Increased enrolment in all stages of education
- Incentives
- Capacity (schools, teachers)
- Remedial education
- Transportation
- Accelerated language
- Scholarships
Increased community-based initiatives (pre-school)
Access to school for SEN children
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Facility Funding for Education
• UNICEF No Lost Generation: 37 mio EUR
• Projects under EUTF: Hopes, SPARK
• Special measure on education and health
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