General objectives of this technical assistance Project were to;

Strengthen contacts and mutual exchange of experience between civil society in the Member States and Republic of Turkey.

Ensure a better knowledge and understanding of Republic of Turkey within the European Union, including Turkish history and culture, thus allowing for a better awareness of the opportunities and challenges of future enlargement.

Ensure a better knowledge and understanding of the European Union within Republic of Turkey, including the values on which it is founded, its functioning and its policies.

The purpose of this project were as follows;

To provide assistance for smooth and effective implementation of the 4 grant schemes under the "Promotion of the Civil Society Dialogue between EU and Republic of Turkey"

To increase the awareness and publicity of the project, the role the civil society and the challenges and opportunities of accession

Types of Services Provided

Capacity Building activities such as trainings and workshops for the Grant Beneficiaries on the grant scheme implementation, procurement rules, monitoring, report preparation, project cycle management, visibility and lessons learnt etc.

Provision of technical assistance to the EUSG in the monitoring of the 119 grant project which have been implemented around Turkey with an average of 15 months.

More than 173 monitoring visits and spot checks (out of 250) all around Turkey

Conducting the evaluation of 130 (out of 238) interim and final grant project reports.

Provision of on-going assistance to Grant Beneficiaries on the implementation of grant scheme through execution of regular monitoring visits in Turkey and in the EU, response to all enquiries, review of the reports, etc.

Check visibility rules (use of EU logo, posters, brochures, banners etc.)

Document all the information of the visit (agreements, clarifications, etc.) for record, follow-up purposes

Preparation of Implementation, Procedure men and Monitoring Manuals for the use of EUSG and Grant Beneficiaries

Supported to update of the MIS for Grants (Reports, Monitoring, etc.)

Monitoring Information System (MIS) has been efficiently utilized by the Grant Beneficiaries, EUSG, Contracting Authority and EC Delegation throughout the Project implementation period.

The overall objective of the project was to reduce urban disparities through enhanced economic, social and cultural opportunities for all citizens. The purpose of the project was to provide support to Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir and Bursa municipalities to increase institutional capacity to mitigate socio economic integration and environmental related problems derived from migration, and to rehabilitate and reintegrate street children in the targeted districts. In this respect, the purpose of this contract is effective and timely implementation of the project activities, including;

1. Capacity Building
2. Social Services
3. Communication Activities
4. IT Activities
5. Trainings 

Project Group has worked through its experts as STE and LTE (ICT Expert, Social Research Expert, National Institutional Expert and Administrative Assistants) and provided backstopping when needed.
Types of Services Provided

Component 1: Capacity Building:

Conducting Information Technologies activities in collaboration with the beneficiaries and interactively with project’s IT-Data Software and IT-Web Design Expert in accordance with the Terms of Reference,
Supervising the IT Project Team, managing risks which could affect directly the Project’s plan and strategy, performing high-level quality control of major reports, performing thorough quality control of all administrative reports, representing the project in IT relations with the beneficiaries, Steering Committee, CFCU and ECD,

Establishment and Implementations of Operational Systems (Client Tracking System – CIS), Preparation of development plans relevant to the migrant population,
Identification of future demand and supply for public goods and services,

Organizing and secretariat working groups meetings in national level and supporting local and national events,
Preparation of the working groups action reports,
Establishing the communication lines between the beneficiaries and the main stakeholders in national level.

Component 2: Social Services

Collection and processing of available data for existing situation analysis using various analytical and presentation tools covering topics such as politic resources, public services and associated expenditures,
Identification of additional data for existing situation analysis and preparation of development plans relevant to the migrant population,
Support to conduct Baseline Surveys and needs assessment reports,
Support to develop content and collect data for CIS (Client Information Expert),
Data Collection, processing and reporting system,
Contribute to the analysis of the results of the field study and in the elaboration of the final report for the relevant city.

Types of Services Provided

Project Group (STE days as freelancer) has worked through its experts as STE and LTE (PCM and Procurement Training Expert for Local Stakeholders – Municipalities, Governors) and provided backstopping when needed.

Monitoring grant scheme projects,

PCM Training and identification of training needs,

Institutional strengthening and capacity building,

Development and implementation of an institutional framework for rural-urban migration,

Development and implementation of training plan,

Data collection,

Development, implementation and maintenance of information system on Internal Migration and Urban Development.

The financing agreement for the “Programme of Reproductive Health in Turkey” (RHP) was signed in December 2001 and has started in January 2003. The beneficiary of the project was Ministry of Health (MoH).  Within the context of the programmes’ grant component, based on two calls for proposals, 88 projects were awarded with a total value of €19.9 million.

Project Group has provided 1 Expert out of 2 Experts when working for EC Delegation of Turkey. The project duration was more than 10 months and also supported the backstopping when needed.

The Consultants have Monitored 42 Grant Projects in the area of Health throughout the various regions.

All the monitoring visits, reports have been completed within close coordination of EC Task Manager. Completed the Monitoring Visits with Task Manager.

The project was coordinated with Ministry of Health.

 In the scope of desk monitoring, final reports of 8 projects have been reviewed.

Types of Services Provided

  Reviewed the description of activities; control the changes and the corresponding budget,

Make site visits to the project main office and other sites if there are any other activities carried out besides the project office,

Attended project activities, communicated and interviewed with the parties of the project ( beneficiary, project manager, final beneficiary, target groups) and reported the findings through checklists,

Interviewed with the partner and/or associates to check if the stated actions were fulfilled based on the description of action,

Checked visibility rules (use of EU logo, posters, brochures, banners etc)

Informed the grant beneficiaries regarding their questions that are briefed by the ECD about contract management,

Verified that there was no overrun in the budget ,

Communicated any wrongdoings, financial or contractual issues to the ECD, if there were any.

Eastern Anatolia Development Programme was a regional development programme aimed at building capacity for sustainable development by implementing innovative and participatory regional policy and planning approaches. The programme amounting to 45 MEUR consisted of various targeted interventions, including implementation of 4 different grant scheme components in 4 cities (Van, Bitlis, Mus, Hakkari)

Project Group has worked in the project through its experts as STEs (Grant and Procurement Expert for Agricultural and Rural Development) or provided backstopping when needed. Consultants provided

• PCM, Grant Management and Procurement Trainings
• Monitoring Visits to the Grant Beneficiaries
• Technical Support to the Grant Beneficiaries

Types of Services Provided

SME Grant Scheme and Agriculture and Rural Development Grant Scheme (NGOs, Municipalities, Government Agencies) :

Training and Capacity Building,

Prepared training materials for Grant Scheme and PCM Training, Logical Framework Approach and Business Planning,

Inform participants on the eligibility criteria, submission, evaluation, award, contracting and implementation conditions/regulation/principles,

Capacity Building and Training of participants in the process of project identification and development, assessing the feasibility of their project/identify the opportunity to apply for the grant,

Capacity Building and Delivery of training to potential applicants or Business Support Organizations for filling out Application Forms (and annexes),

Delivery of consultancy services to applicants, on individual projects, mainly in the inception and final stage of preparation of the applications,

Report on training delivered and identification of needs for further training.