Technical Assistance for Promoting Social Inclusion in Densely Roma Populated Areas
It’s an obvious fact that there is a need to increase social inclusion in heavily populated areas, particularly in Rome, mainly by facilitating their entrance into the formal labour market. Within this context, the project aimed to support Rome’s population by improving the quality of education delivery, vocational
Technical Assistance for Improvement of Enforcement Services in Prisons (DEPAR)
There was a general recognition that standards and conditions in Turkish prisons needed to be improved and brought into line with international norms, particularly those operating in the EU in the context of closer EU-Turkey integration.
Monitoring Human Rights Situation and Advocating for Compliance with International Human Rights Framework
The main objective of this service contract is to strengthen Turkish civil society organisations’ role in the promotion and protection of human rights through expanded civil society monitoring and advocacy at various levels. The action will provide support to civil society organisations in order to document human rights
Technical Assistance for Establishment of Rize Tea Research and Application Centre
Rize has the best reserves of tea in Turkey, however, the SMEs in the Tea region is not qualified enough to compete. Hence, the general purpose of the project was to increase the competitiveness of the tea sector concentrated in Rize and its surroundings. More specifically, it wanted
EU Eastern Anatolia Development Programme (EADP)
The East of Turkey has had delayed progress compared to the economic development of other regions in Turkey. In this context, the Eastern Anatolia Development Programme was a regional development programme aimed at building capacity for sustainable development by implementing innovative and participatory local policy and planning approaches.
Technical Assistance on Mental Health Care and Drug Addiction Treatment Services in Prisons
Mental health and drug addiction are challenges for penitentiary systems all over the world. The purpose of this project was to tackle these issues in Turkish prisons and to bring the country’s penal services into line with international and European standards.