GENERAL INFORMATION
 

Project title
 

Supporting Registered Employment of Women through Promoting Educated Child-Caregivers (EDU-CARE)

Priority area
 

Employment

Beneficiary

Ministry of Labour and SocialSocial Security

Co-Beneficiary
 

-

Duration

44 months

May 1, 2019 - …

EU contribution (Euro)

28.664.000

PROJECT SUMMARY

Brief description of the project and main objectives
 

Supporting women's participation in the labour force and registered employment of working women.

Location

Ankara, İstanbul and İzmir

Achievements / expected outputs

- Raising the awareness of parents about having their children look after by trained child caregivers and employing child caregivers with insurance

- Supporting the childcare sector by ensuring that educated child caregivers is at a decent level

- Providing grant support to mothers who employ trained child care givers

- Providing grant support to women who have received Ministry of Education certificate in the field of childcare

- Making 3.700 certified child caregiver women able to find a job

- Ensuring early 3,700 mothers at risk of withdrawal from the labour market due to their care responsibilities continue to participate in the labour market

- Approximately 6,000 women have Child Care Course certificate approved by the Ministry of Education