1. ETORTOP/TEO/0406.01/FWC/001
LOT NO: 9
Technical Assistance
to Turkish Employment Organisation
for 2006
Programming Exercise
ISKUR – European Union – IBF-GFA

2. ETORTOP/TEO/0406.01/FWC/001
LOT NO: 9
• ISKUR is in the process of re-structuring within the
framework of its efforts to align with the European
Employment Strategy (EES).
• EC support to active employment measures, as well as to
institution building activities will continue in the coming
years, 2006 programming phase being the soonest.

3. ETORTOP/TEO/0406.01/FWC/001
LOT NO: 9
• Global Objective
- support İŞKUR consolidating its role and functions
- support İŞKUR build from the achievements of Active
Labour Market Strategy Programme
- continue an active/effective role in the implementation of
projects financed by the EU
. Specific Objective
assist İŞKUR to identify employment related actions to be
supported under the 2006 programming exercise.

4. ETORTOP/TEO/0406.01/FWC/001
LOT NO: 9
• The Consultant should closely work with the
Beneficiary/with the contractor of the Active Labour
Market Strategy programme
• should benefit from all deliverables of the Active Labour
Market Strategy programme
• researches and labour market analyses
• Besides, data on labour market and employment from
İŞKUR, TIS, State Planning Organisation and Ministry of
Labour and Social Security
• Relevant deliverables of the EU funded regional
development and vocational training programmes should
also be utilised.

5. Institutional building component 2006 project
• focus shall be on the provincial offices of İSKUR
• to formulate, implement and monitor local employment
policies together with relevant stakeholders
• provide better matching services for jobseekers and
employers
• improve active labour market measures (from
unemployment insurance fund)
• improve relations with private employment
agencies/academic institutions/private sector at the local
level.

6. II Institutional building component 2006 project
• analyse the results of activities in the pilot İŞKUR offices
2002 project.
• interview all related parties at the central level (identified
at inception phase)
• compile an assessment of the opinions (kinds of actions
to be supported under the IB component)
• conduct analysis of needs/expectations of stakeholders in
the cities where the IB component will be implemented
• the consultant should assist to identify the cities where the
IB actions shall be undertaken.
• recommend additional IB actions that can be
implemented at the provincial level

7. Support the Grant Scheme Component
• pay visits to several grant scheme projects = identify future
grant scheme
• review main achievements of grant scheme 2002 EC
• review the ongoing and future regional development and
vocational education grant scheme projects funded by the
EU in order to avoid overlapping with other initiatives
• review outputs of similar projects funded by other
international donors.

8. II Support the Grant Scheme Component
• interview related parties both at central and local
levels, e.g. governmental institutions, technical assistance
teams of other EU projects, international donors, local
authorities, representatives of private sector, social
partners, NGOs, academic institutions: TO ASSES
LOCAL NEEDS
• assess needs of different target groups for their integration
in the labour market
• provide recommendations to İŞKUR regarding priority
target groups/priority actions for grant scheme = focus on
by analysing those economic sectors that are able to absorb
labour force supply

9. III Support the Grant Scheme Component
• Identify the cities where the components will be
applied in 2006
• To be considered:
- IB needs of the ISKUR provincial offices
- unemployment rates in the city
- the capacity of ISKUR provincial offices to
commit sufficient staff to implement both
components

10. EU 2002- EU 2006
• Unlike the 2002 project, the grant scheme of the
new project will have a more focused
- scope
- target group
- location.
• FINALLY: The assignment shall be to formulate
a needs assessment to assist ISKUR to identify
the actions to be supported under the 2006
programming exercise.

11. Timetable of submission of Reports
• The Contractor shall submit reports in accordance with
the following timetable:
1. Inception Report : no later than a week after
the start of the assignment (First week of February)
2. Needs Assessment Report : no later than three
weeks before deadline of the assignment (Second week
of April)
3. Draft Final Report : no later than three weeks
before the end of the assignment (Second week of April)
4. Final Report : no later than the end of the
assignment (05 May 2006)

12. CONSORTIUM LEADER
IBF (Belgium)
LEADING CONSULTANCES FROM 8 EU MEMBER STATES
• GFA CONSULTING GROUP GmbH (Germany)
• AGMIN ITALY SRL (Italy)
• Baa Consultors (Spain)
• BBJ Consult AG (Germany)
• CONSULTORES INTERNACIONAIS (Portugal) – CESO CI
• CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION Y COOPERACION AL DESARROLLO (Spain) CIDEAL
• EUROCONSULTANTS (Greece)
• GESELLSCHAFT FUR VERSICHERUNGSWISSENSCHAFT UND –GESTALTUNG –e.V.
(Germany) – GVG
• INTERNATIONAL EXTENSION COLLEGE (United Kingdom) - IEC
• INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR OPEN LEARNING (United Kingdom)
- IRFOL
• KVINNOFORUM (Sweden)
• SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT DIRECT (United Kingdom)

13. ETORTOP/TEO/0406.01/FWC/001
Categories and the Number of Working-days required
for each Expert are as follows
Number of Working Days
• E1 (Team Leader): 60
• E2 (international):40
• E3 (National): 75
• E4 (National): 75

14. Backstopping:
Jan Sass <jan.sass@gfa-group.de>
Antje Mitzschke <antje.mitzschke@gfa-group.de>
GFA Consulting Group GmbH
Eulenkrugstr. 82, 2359 Hamburg, Germany
Tel.: ++49 (40) 60306-128 ,Fax: ++49 (40) 60306-129
E mail: iskur2006@yahoo.com. Attaturk blvr. No. 113/2. Kizilay, Ankara. Tl.
312 4198193
• TL: Alberto Cerda Mico" acerdamico@yahoo.es
Office ISKUR: (+ 90) 312 4198193
Fax: 312 4171667
• IE: Peter Rieck: peter.rieck@web.de, Tel.: 0049-228-
315 066, Mobile: 0049-173-3082033
• LE: Yusuf Yardimci:
yusufyardimci@superonline.com , Mobile: 0090 532
662 04 16
• LE Melih Yalcineli: yalcineli@yahoo.com , Tel.: 0090
312 2421304, Mobile: 90 533 3585049

15. Relevant Institutions Web Pages
• Central Bank of Turkey :data available at www.tcmb.gov.tr .
• ISKUR’s (Turkish Employment Agency) monthly bulletin at
http://www.iskur.gov.tr/mydocu/istatistikbultenleri/istatistik
• Ministry of Labour website has the recent social security law
proposal (in Turkish): www.csgb.gov.tr .
• SIS-LFS data and news bulletins on industry
output, productivity, and wage data (employer survey) are
available at www.die.gov.tr .
• TISK (Turkish Employer Unions Confederation) website of their
monthly publication (Employer) contains labour cost data and
employer views: http://www.tisk.org.tr/isveren.asp
• Websites of social partners
• www.calisma.gov.tr : Ministry of Labour
• www.iskur.org.tr : Turkish Employment Agency
• www.tisk.org.tr : Turkish Employers Union Confederation
• www.turkis.org.tr : Turkish Workers Unions Confederation
• www.hakis.org.tr : Hak-Is
• www.disk.org.tr : Revolutionary Workers Unions Confederation