GENERAL INFORMATION
 

Project title
 

Promoting Services People with Disabilities

Priority area
 

Employment, Human Resources Development and Social Policies

Beneficiary

Ministry of Family and Social Policies (MoFSP)

Co-Beneficiary
 

Ministry of Health (MoH)

Duration

25 months (28/10/2010-01/12/2012)

EU contribution (Euro)

4,000,000

PROJECT SUMMARY

Brief description of the project and main objectives
 

This project contributes to the effort of the Government of Türkiye in the provision of effective, appropriate and efficient community-based support services for persons with disabilities.

This project aims to develop a model of community-based care and support service delivery, to improve quality of existing services, to determine the service standards, to clarify roles and responsibilities of related institutions and to provide effective collaboration among them.

Location

Ankara

Achievements / expected outputs

• Existing service delivery system of the MoH and MoFSP-Social Services and Child Protection (SHÇEK) analysed: financial and other assets, human resources, staff, legislation; strengths and weaknesses of related sectors are determined.
• Effective coordination and collaboration achieved among related institutions, local authorities and NGOs.
• Best practices of social model of disability and implementation of community-based services and related legislation of EU member states reviewed.
• A model of community-based care and support services specifically suitable for conditions and needs of Türkiye is developed. A strategy and an action plan prepared in order to implementation of the model of community-based care and support services that developed specifically suitable conditions for the needs of Türkiye.
• Training curricula and training programmes for existing care and treatment institutions of SHCEK and MoH developed.