National Society Capacity Exchange and Enhancement Platform Erasmus Project

Project Title

National Society Capacity Exchange and Enhancement Platform

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Integration of refugees; Inclusion – equity; Migrants’ issues

Project Summary

Since 2011, the Syrian conflict is a constellation of overlapping crises. Each of the related international and regional dimensions necessitate tailored responses within an overarching framework. The recent escalations, conflicts, natural disasters, diseases compound urgent humanitarian needs of the lives of civilians. Together with the start of the conflict, Turkey has taken a proactive approach and now hosting the largest refugee population in the world, which is over 4 million and the vast majority includes women, children and elderly population. In addition to that, Europe hosts the largest number of international migrants (82 million); Hence, Migrant needs are always in centre of European Humanitarian policy.

The humanitarian field is complex and a difficult environment to navigate. By stating that undesirable or harmful outcomes may be resulted from the humanitarian response, it is emphasized that the agencies are required to seek for collaboration to diminish or prevent these adverse impacts. Therefore, focusing on innovative humanitarian relief framework emphasizes the development and improvement of the local and national capacity in the response towards the crisis and the requirement to establish stronger ties among National Societies.

This project is a global humanitarian initiative led by five international National Red Cross Red Crescent Societies that are Turkish Red Crescent, British Red Cross, Danish Red Cross (Dansk Rode Kors), Bulgarian Red Cross and Red Cross Society of Bosnia and Herzegovina. This country consortium is aimed the development and improvement of the local and national capacity in the response towards the crisis and the requirement to establish stronger ties with the local organizations. By stating that undesirable or harmful outcomes may be resulted from the humanitarian response, it is emphasized that the agencies are required to seek for collaboration to diminish or prevent these adverse impacts. It could be used as a reference tool for developing a country consortium or strengthening an existing collaboration among emergency response agencies and wider stakeholders, including local government and local communities.

Project community has been working to improve the speed, quality and effectiveness of emergency preparedness and response in the humanitarian community by building capacity at the field, organizational and global humanitarian sector levels. The key principles of collaboration, partnership and non-duplication provide a framework for participating agencies to work together towards improved response.

Together with the sharing response concerns, two pillars are determined as a common objective among the National Societies collaboration. Sharing National Societies’ action plans as a response to the emergencies, resources and approaches will be the starting point for understanding each member’s mandate, priorities and ways of working. Opportunities are aimed to develop joint strategies and initiatives will result from analysis of the challenges, weaknesses and/or gaps within Protection and Cash Programs. Developing a common log frame and work plan together as a consortium will ensure that the members are clear on why they are collaborating and what their priorities are. Project teams are working together to develop a cyclical process of experiential learning, action, reflection, and learning, with an aspiration that this cycle is owned by the participating agencies and communicate with the wider sector to improve our ability to respond to emergencies. The participants of this collaboration will work together via preparation meetings, working groups, exchange groups, workshop and trainings.

For that purpose, the following objectives are aimed to be achieved within the project:

Objective 1: Identifying, compiling and sharing experience and knowledge of four partners National Red Cross Red Crescent Societies on protection and cash-based interventions from their respective contexts regarding migration (British Red Cross, Danish Red Cross, Turkish Red Crescent, Bosnian Red Cross and Bulgarian Red Cross)

Objective 2: Strengthening the competence of staff on protection and cash-based intervention to improve HR capacities through exchanges, trainings and on- the -job exercises.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 188397 Eur

Project Coordinator

Turkish Red Crescent Society & Country: TR

Project Partners

• Crveni kriz Tuzlanskog kantona
• BULGARIAN RED CROSS
• British Red Cross