UNICEF support for volunteer Syrian teachers in Turkey

completed

The aim of the FC project is to ensure improved access to school education for Syrian refugee children both in camps and in the host Turkish communities. Overall, as part of the overall program, UNICEF aims to offer Syrian children who have fled to Turkey a high-quality and inclusive education in a protected environment (UNICEF program goal). The FC project is part of a larger UNICEF program that is supported by a number of donors. A total of 13,000 volunteer Syrian teachers are to receive financial incentives between September 2017 and August 2018. Of these, 11,625 teachers are to be supported through the FC project. The FC project is thus intended to directly enable the education of around 257,000 children. The Turkish Ministry of National Education (MoNE) records and checks the teachers who teach at least 20 hours per week and sends the lists monthly to the Turkish Post Office (PTT), which ensures that the financial incentives are paid out via cash cards. UNICEF checks the data both centrally and through random checks on site and allocates the necessary funds to PTT quarterly in advance. During the project period, electronic data collection and transmission will be further improved and secured. An FC grant of EUR 49 million will be made available to finance the project (Phase 2). The financing will be provided as a direct payment via UNICEF as the implementing organization within the framework of an implementation contract.