This report, prepared by Development Analytics, presents findings from an evaluative learning study for phase three of the Emergency Social Safety Net (ESSN) programme in Türkiye. The study aimed to provide a detailed analysis of refugees' livelihoods and coping strategies, and the relationship between their income levels and vulnerability, immediately before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The EU’s Emergency Social Safety Net (ESSN) programme was introduced in Turkey in November 2016 to provide cash transfers to improve living standards for refugees who do not live in camps. It supports around 1.8 million refugees with a monthly average payment of 155 Turkish Lira (currently around 10.5 euros) per family member and quarterly top-ups depending on family size. The ESSN is the largest humanitarian programme in the history of the EU and is currently planned to continue until early 2023.
This is an in-person event to take place at Ankara Hotel in Ankara, Türkiye.
In line with the recommendations of the World Bank, the Health Transformation Program [Sağlıkta Dönüşüm Programı] was accepted in Türkiye in 2003. Within this scope, reform movements in healthcare delivery were initiated. A universal health insurance model (named general health insurance) was accepted with the Social Insurance and General Health Insurance Act No. 5510 [5510 sayılı Sosyal Sigortalar ve Genel Sağlık Sigortası Kanunu] adopted in 2006.