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PROJECT SYNOPSIS

Official Nameof the Project:

Resilience in Local Governance Turkey • RESLOG

Short Nameof the Project:

RESLOG Turkey

Project Duration: 2018 – 2020

ImplementingInstitution of the Project: SKL / SKL International

Partner CountriesCovered by the Project:

Turkey, Lebanon

Project Partners:Union of Municipalities of Turkey, MarmaraMunicipalities Union, Çukurova MunicipalitiesUnion

Pilot Municipalities:

Marmara Municipalities Union • Sultanbeyli Municipality • Zeytinburnu Municipality• Şişli Municipality• Bursa Metropolitan Municipality • Orhangazi Municipality • Osmangazi Municipality

Çukurova Municipalities Union • Adana Metropolitan Municipality • Sarıçam Municipality • Seyhan Municipality • Hatay Metropolitan Municipality • Reyhanlı Municipality • Mezitli Municipality

Web: www.reslogproject.org

Social Media Channels:reslogturkiye

Resilience is the ability of a system to withstand changes inits environment causing significant stress and stillfunction.

Resilience for MigrationMunicipal services being durable, prepared and prudent against current or future effects of migration.

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STEP BY STEP RESILIENCE IN LOCAL GOVERNANCE PROJECTResilience in Local Governance Project • Turkey isactive in four levels: local, regional, national and international.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

LOCAL LEVEL

• Organizing awareness raising activities for municipal staff and high-level officials on the need for developing harmonization strategies;• Building the capacities of host communities to develop master/action plans for the harmonization between society and refugees;• Building capacities of citizens assemblies for the harmonization between society and refugees• To investigate and promote connection of municipalities in international networks• Organizing peer to peer activities with Swedish municipalities• To investigate the opportunities for follow-up funding

REGIONAL LEVEL

• Supporting to improve Regional Municipalities’ Union capacity to serve their municipalities• Supporting to improve networking among Regional Municipalities’ Union• To initiate peer to peer events with Swedish municipalities and SKL• Organizing awareness raising and planning events, workshops, forums, round table meetings, for member municipalities

INTERNATIONAL LEVEL

• Supporting cooperation and information exchange among the local governance actors of Sweden, Turkey and Lebanon

NATIONAL LEVEL

• Forming a mayors’ platform on Syrian crisis• To support structuring of a network among municipal associations, starting with Municipalities Union, Çukurova Municipalities Union and Marmara Municipalities Union

2. Nearly half a millionpeople lost their livesand hundreds of peopleare missing.

1. In 2011, Syrian civilwar begun.

3. Country’s infrastructureand service facilitieswere damaged.

11. SKL International, Union of Municipalities of Turkey, MarmaraMunicipalities Union and Çukurova Municipalities Union worktogether in the RESLOG Turkey Project. The project runs from 2018 to 2020.

16. RESLOG Turkey increasesthe migration resilience of localgovernments in accordance withpeacefulness and inclusivenessprinciples.

20. RESLOG Turkey strengthensinter-municipal learning andsupport structures through regional unions.

8. Local governmentshad to face the suddenpopulation influx.

21. RESLOG Turkey supports localgovernments’ planning, governance andimplementation capacities against migration.

7. 98% of the immigrantsbecame urban immigrants.

12. RESLOG Turkey Project is active intwo regions with high immigrantpopulation, Marmara and Çukurova.

13. In the Marmara region, we cooperate with

• Sultanbeyli Municipality • Zeytinburnu Municipality • Şişli Municipality• Bursa Metropolitan Municipality • Orhangazi Municipality • Osmangazi Municipality

14. In the Çukurova region, we cooperate with

• Adana Metropolitan Municipality• Sarıçam Municipality • Seyhan Municipality• Hatay Metropolitan Municipality• Reyhanlı Municipality• Mezitli Municipality 18. RESLOG Turkey contributes to

improvement of migration policies inTurkey as well as strategic capacity anddialogue progress to strengthenthe resilience of local governance.

19. RESLOG Turkey supports developinga migration policy at the national level whichmeets with local reality and needs.

22. RESLOG Turkey develops experience andinformation exchange based learning amonglocal governance actors of Turkey, Lebanon andSweden.

23. RESLOG Turkey strengthens theresilience of local governance in theface of migration.

9. Turkey’s urban service sectorswere affected by the immigrationcrisis. Effects were mostly felt inthe cities.

15. RESLOG Turkey takesSustainable Development Goalsinto consideration.

6. Turkey providedshelter for 3.5 millionSyrians.

4. 5,5 million Syrians had tomigrate to neighboring countriesand to different continents.

5. Countries such as Turkeyand Lebanon were heavilyaffected by the migration.

17. RESLOG Turkeysupports localgovernance to provideinclusive servicesboth to citizens andimmigrants.

10. Swedish Associationof Local Authorities andRegions launchedthe RESLOG Project.