Privatization Social Support Project

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The Privatization Social Support Project for Turkey aims to support the achievements of the objectives of the Government's Privatization Program, mitigate the negative social and economic impact of the privatization of state-owned enterprises, and monitor the social impact of the Economic Reform Program (ERP). The project has two components, with the second component having several sub-components. The first component provides severance and related payments to workers displaced because of the privatization of state-owned enterprises. The second component provdies labor re-deployment services to workers who have been displaced becuase of privatization, and including secondary lay-offs, and assists them in rapidly re-entering the labor market. Sub-components comprise, as part of the development and maintenance of the administrative framework, developing inter-agency protocols, administrative arrangements such as sub-contracting procedures, monitoring, and reporting; developing public information on the Labor Redeployment Program for use by Lead Agencies, with state-owned enterprises, unions, service providers, the unemployed, and the general public; developing and operating a management information system; assessing and planning the demand for labor redeployment services; and delivering these services to unemployed workers through sub-contractors to the lead agencies, providing in-depth job counseling, temporary community employment, and worker re-training.

FY17 - Energy and Extractives,FY17 - Industry, Trade and Services,FY17 - Social Protection,Industry, Trade and Services

World Bank Group

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