TURKEY’S POLICY APPROACH TOWARDS A SKILLED AND
INCLUSIVE SOCIETY
Tuba DURDUAssistant EU Expert
05.05.2014
CONTENTS
1. National Sector Policies and Strategies
2. Sector and Donor Coordination
3. Mid-term Budgetary Perspectives
4. Interaction of the Programme with IPA II Programmes in Other Sectors
5. The Turkish Government Strategic Funding of HRD Issues,Complementarity of IPA II Assistance in the HRD Sector with O ther Donors
6. Sectoral Monitoring Committee and Monitoring Arrangement s in line withEU 2020 Strategy
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Scope for an HRD Sector Approach
NATIONAL SECTOR POLICIES AND STRATEG IES
SECTORAL OPERATIONAL PROGRAMME
(2014 – 2020)
10th Development Plan
for 2014-2018
Europe 2020 Strategy
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NATIONAL SECTOR POLICIES AND STRATEG IESFOR EMPLOYMENT
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TARGETS:
� Decreasing unemployment rates
� Increasing employment and labour force participation rates
� Promoting youth employment rates
� Promoting women employment rates
� Encouraging entrepreneurship
� Labour market flexibility
STRATEGIES:
� 10th Development Plan for 2014-2018
� National Employment Strategy and Action Plan (with target date 2023)
� Youth Employment Action Plan
� The Gender Equality Action Plan (2008-13, currently being updated)
� National Action Plan to Tackle Violencetowards Women
� The Employment and Social Reform Programme (to be concluded by the end of 2014)
� Fight against Informal Economy
NATIONAL SECTOR POLICIES AND STRATEG IESFOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING
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TARGETS
� Strengthening the relationshipbetween education and labour market
� Improving the quality of educationand alleviation of the regionaldifferences in education
� Integrating the curriculum toinformation technologies
� Dissemination of the pre-primaryeducation
� Improving the quality of teachers
STRATEGIES
� 10th Development Plan for 2014-2018
� MoNE Strategic Plan 2010-14 and 2014-18 (Draft)
� National Teacher Strategy Paper(Draft)
� National Employment Strategyand Action Plan (with target date2023)
NATIONAL SECTOR POLICIES AND STRATEG IESFOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING II
TARGETS
• Improving the quality of vocationaleducation
• Increasing the participation of individuals between 25-64 years in life-long learning and strengtheninglife-long learning culture
• Addressing the needs and actions forspecials talented students in theeducation system
• Establishment of a careerdevelopment and performanceevaluation system
STRATEGIES
• Vocational and Technical EducationStrategic Document and Action Plan 2014-2017
•Action Plan to Strengthen the Link between Education and Employment
•The National Life-Long Learning Strategy Paper
• Strategy and Implementation Plan forSpecial Talented Individuals (Draft)
• Turkish Qualifications Framework
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NATIONAL SECTOR POLICIES AND STRATEG IESFOR SOCIAL INCLUSION
10th Development Plan for 2014-2018
The Action Plan to Strengthenthe Link between Social
Assistance and Employment
National Accessibility Action Plan
Roma Strategy for SocialInclusion of Roman Citizens
(Draft)
National Action Plan to TackleViolence towards Women
TARGETS- Improving the involvement of the groups at risk of povertyand social inclusion- Declining the incomeinequality- Decreasing poverty rate
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INSTITUTIONAL SETTING, LEADERSHIP AND CAPACITYMINISTRY OF LABOUR
AND SOCIAL SECURITY(The Leading Institution
for HRD Sector)
TURKISH EMPLOYMENT AGENCY
(Employment)
MINISTRY OF NATIONAL EDUCATION
(Education and Training)
MINISTRY OF FAMILY AND SOCIAL POLICY
(Social Inclusion)
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Other Stakeholders
•Social Security Institution•Vocational Qualifications Authority•Ministry for Youth and Sports•Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology•Ministry of Interior •Ministry of Development
Other Stakeholders
•Development Agencies•Small and Medium Enterprises Development Organization (KOSGEB)•The Union of Municipalities of Turkey•TOBB•Municipalities and local administrations•OIZs, clusters and technology centers
SECTOR AND DONOR COORDINATION
• Inter-ministerial coordination• Decision-making body for national development
policies
HIGH PLANNING COUNCIL
• The highest policy making and monitoring structurerelated to the sector
THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL
• Chaired by the Prime Minister• Established to strengthen governance by ensuring
compliance and coordination of regional developmentpolicies with other central level sectoral and thematicpolicies.
SUPREME REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
COUNCIL9
SECTOR AND DONOR COORDINATION
The Legal Ground
- Law no: 4749Public Financing andRegulation of the LoanManagement; Regulation of theRules and Procedures forExternal Financing
- Regulation on ExternalFinancing except Grantswithout the Guarantee of theTreasury for the PublicInstitutions
Undersecratariat of Treasury
- Under the Prime Ministry
- Playing a key role fordefining the coordinationarrangements for the loansand grants from donorinstitutions such as IFIs, funds, governments, development banks andprivate banks
EBRD
- European Bank forReconstruction andDevelopment as one of theimportant several donorswhich are included in education, employment andsocial policy sectors
- İ.e. Women in Business(A total loan volume of 300 million Euros with 30 million of IPA funding)
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MID-TERM BUDGETARY PERSPECTIVES
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Multi-AnnualBudgeting
System
Law No: 5018
Public Financial Management and Control
The Ministry of Finance
As responsiblefor the
preparation of the Central
GovernmentBudget Draft
Law
Medium Term Pogram: Basic macro-economicpolicies, principles andeconomic targets andindicators (Prepared bythe Ministry of Development)
Medium Term FiscalPlan: Target deficit andborrowing positions, total revenue andexpenditureprojections for thebudget year and thenext two years(Prepared by theMinistry of Finance)
MID-TERM BUDGETARY PERSPECTIVES
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Meeting of theCouncil of Ministersuntil the first weekof September
1. The Counciladopts the MediumTerm Program
2. The Program is published in theOfficial Gazette
The Preparation Process of Central Government Budget
The Ministry of Finance prepares the MediumTerm Fiscal Plan in linewith the Program forthe following threeyears.
The High Planning Council determines theceilings of appropriationproposals of the publicinstitutions and it is published in the OfficialGazette until 15th of September.
Public institutionsprepare theirinstitutional budgetproposals based on MTP and MTFP.
The Ministry of Finance collects allthe proposals andprepares the Central Government Budget Draft Law andsubmits it to theNational Assemble.
MID-TERM BUDGETARY PERSPECTIVES
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YEAR THE BUDGET FOR ALMPs (Turkish Employment Agency-IS KUR)
2009 153 million € (472 million TL)
2010 159,3 million € (494 million TL)
2011 312 million € (996 million TL)
2012 480 million € (1.488 million TL)
2013 1.036 million € (3.214 million TL )
INSTITUTION THE BUDGET FOR
ISKUR 1,5 billion € (5,6 billion TL) ALMPs between 2014-2016
MoLSS App. 10 billion € (32.7 billion TL)Policy making, monitoring and inspection in thelabour market in 2014
MoNE App. 18 billion € (55.7 billion TL) Education Sector, 2014
MoFSP 6 billion € (17 billion TL) Social Policy, 2014
INTERACTION OF THE PROGRAMME WITH IPA II PROGRAMMES IN OTHER SECTORS
• SupplySide
• Planning Phase
• Formallevel
• Co-operation
Co-ordination
Informallevel
DemandSide
ImplementationPhase
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INTERACTION OF THE PROGRAMME WITH IPA II PROGRAMMES IN OTHER SECTORS
• In terms of supply and demand side policy making, all the other sectors contributeand create demand for the labour force; whereas the SOP improves the supplyside policies for the labour force.
• Provide complementary educational and labour force skill development/creatingactivities for other sectors
• Support to employers, employees and enterprises to increase their adaptability
• Business start-up supports to establish complementarity with businessdevelopment programmes
• In general terms, all programmes in the fields of education, employment & socialpolicies transport, energy, environment, and competitiveness, rural developmentserve the same target: increasing the competitiveness of Turkey via sustainablepolicies and development measures.
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COMPLEMENTARITY OF IPA II ASSISTANCE IN THE HRD SECTOR WITH OTHER DONORS
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Actively working IOs and IFIs in Turkey:
WB - World BankEIB - European Investment BankEBRD - European Bank for Reconstruction and Developm entIDB - Islamic Development Bank CEB - Council of Europe Development Bank EIF - European Investment FundKfW - Kreditanstalt für WiederaufbauAFD - Agence Française de DéveloppementUN - United Nations
- ILO - International Labour Organization- UNDP - United Nations Development Programme- UNICEF - Nations International Children's Emergency Fund- WHO - World Health Organization
• Increasing adaptability of entrepreneurs on occupational health and safety• Increasing technical capacities of IT by training entrepreneurs to adapt themselves to
new changes
• Early childhood education programs and care facility services directly linked to women employment programs
• Strong need for credits for child care service providers
• Targeting SMEs by increasing awareness and providing access to financial instruments through credit guarantee scheme for young and women entrepreneurs
• Capital needs of SMEs
• Decreasing drop-out rates of students via student loans • Funds for uneducated young people for their employment
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COMPLEMENTARITY OF IPA II ASSISTANCE IN THE HRD SECTOR WITH OTHER DONORS
Meeting with IOs and IFIs on 15th April 2014
SECTORAL MONITORING COMMITTEE AND MONITORING ARRANGEMENTS IN LINE W ITH EU
2020 STRATEGY
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Framework Agreement / Article 36EC Regulation / No: 718/2007 of 12 June 2007Implementing Council Regulation No: 1085 / 2006
The permanent secretariat of the Committee is undertaken by OS of the HRD SOP.
The Committee meets at least twice a year and upon request b y theCommission.
The composition of the Committee is decided by the OS, in agreement with theCommission and can be reviewed and extended by the OS in agreement with the Commission, in order to guarantee sufficient re presentation and membership.
SECTORAL MONITORING COMMITTEE AND MONITORING ARRANGEMENTS IN LINE W ITH EU
2020 STRATEGY
Co-chaired by theDeputy Undersecretary
of MoLSS and a representative of the
Commission
Representatives fromNational Public
Institutions(23)
Economic and SocialPartners
(7)
Regional Partners(13)
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The Composition of the Committee (44 Members)
- Representativesof each body of the Operating structure for theprogramme
- The National IPA Coordinator or his/her representative
- The NationalAuthorizingOfficer …
- Representativesfrom the civilsociety and socio-economicpartners
- Governorships (3)- Universities (3)- The GAP
Administration (1)- Chambers of
Commerce (3)- National
Associations in the fields coveredby the HRD SOP (3)
SECTORAL MONITORING COMMITTEE AND MONITORING ARRANGEMENTS IN LINE W ITH EU
2020 STRATEGYAccording to the rules of procedures, the Committee shall:
� Approve the general criteria for selecting the operations
� Review at each meeting progress made towards achieving the specific targets of the operational programme
� Examine at each meeting the results of implementation and the monitoring sheets, sectoralannual and final reports on implementation
� Be informed of audit activities being carried out and the opinion given by the audit authorities and the EC
Etc.
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION
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