PLACE AND IMPORTANCE OF CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATION PROJECTS UNDER REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROGRAMME IN T

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PLACE AND IMPORTANCE OF CIVIL SOCIETY
ORGANIZATION PROJECTS UNDER REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
PROGRAMME IN TURKEY

• INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON YOUTH FRIENDLY
  SERVICES
• MARCH 1, 2006-ANKARA

Dr. A. SERDAR ESIN
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REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROGRAMME IN TURKEY

• The Reproductive Health Programme in Turkey is
  the biggest ever EU funded programme implemented
  by the public sector in health sector with EUR 60
  M of funds, 55 M is being the EU grant
  contribution which is based on working with both
  the public sector and civil society organizations
  (CSOs).

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REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROGRAMME IN TURKEY

• The Programme has two strands
•   ? Strand 1 supports the Ministry of Health in
  improving the quality of service delivery and
  strengthening institutional capacity
•      ? Strand 2 supports CSOs through grant
  scheme (EUR 20 M) to increase project planning
  and implementation for incresing demand for
  sexual and reproductive health services and to
  create enabling environments and strengthen
  vulnarable groups.

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INTERVENTION PROVINCES (Strand 1)
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GRANT SCHEME

• ? The purpose has been to support CSOs
  through grant scheme to strengthen their
  capacity to undertake joint projects with the
  public sector
• ? The main objective is to increase demand for
  and utilization of SRH services.

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GRANT SCHEME

• Under the grant scheme, it has been envisioned
  to support
• CSO projects on community based health services
  in necessary areas below
• ? Safe Motherhood
• ? Family Planning
• ? STI/HIV/AIDS,
• ? adolescent reproductive health
• ? male reproductive health
• through IEC channels such as
• ? advocacy
• ? behavior change communication
• ? social marketing
• ? peer education
• with grant grants EUR 50 000 - 500 000.

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GRANT SCHEME

• In this context,
• ? The guidelines, application form and related
  annexes for the year 2004 were prepared and
  translated into Turkish.
•   ? The first call for proposals were advertised
  on 28 January 2004.
• ? 71 project proposals of different CSOs were
  evaluated under the first call.
• ? 27 of them were contracted. The maximum
  financial support for up to 24-month projects
  was approximately EUR 7.100.000.

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First Call Awarded Projects by Provinces
Provinces with regional discrepancies EUR
2.217.002 (31) Provinces receiving migration
EUR 3.321.661 (46.4) Other provinces
EUR
1.613.522 (22.6)
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GRANT SCHEME

• ? The 2nd call for proposals under RHP was
  advertised on 29 December 2004.
• ? 151 proposals were evaluated. As a result of
  the evaluation, 63 proposals were awarded and
  58 proposals are at contracting stage.
• ? 30 contracts have been signed.
• ? The maximum financial support for up to
  12-month projects is approximately EUR
  12.900.000.

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Second Call Awarded Projects by Provinces
Regional disparities in access to SRH services
EUR 2.995.987,29 (24.58) Alleviation of impact
of migration EUR
6.302.092,19 (51.69) Other provinces
EUR
2.892.929,06 (23.73)
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GRANT SCHEME

• ? In the process of call for proposals, Grant
  Scheme Seminars were organized in 9 provinces
  for all civil society organizations that would
  be potential applicants to inform on how to
  prepare the application, technical intervention
  areas preparation of budget.
• ? Nearly 800 participants attended to the
  seminars.

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GRANT SCHEME

• 33 (39) of 85 CSO projects implemented as a
  result of two calls for proposals are related
  with Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health.

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GRANT SCHEME

• Of the 85 CSO projects 77 focus on RH programme
  provinces which display regional discrepancies
  and receive migration, thus which need special
  attention in the field of reproductive health.

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Grant Awarded Projects by Provinces, Both Calls
Regional disparities in access to SRH services
EUR 5.212.989,29 (26.95) Alleviation of
impact of migration EUR
9.623.753,19 (49.75) Other Provinces
EUR
4.506.551,06 (23.30)
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GRANT SCHEME

• As a result, EUR 20 M of EU funding has been
  provided to 85 CSO projects under the
  Reproductive Health Programme, which means
  crucial steps have been taken and a genuine
  atmosphere of collaboration established in
  creating and sustaining public-CSO collaboration
  in order to increase demand for reproductive
  health services through project preparation,
  implementation and monitoring and evaluation.