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1 Turkish Approach and Observations: Humanitarian assistance to conflict- affected countries Dr. Hasan Ulusoy Ambassador, Director General
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Humanitarian crises caused/triggered by conflicts bring about serious impacts not only in the country of origin, but also in its neighbors. Turkish experience in humanitarian crisis affecting the neighbors: Helping Syrians fleeing from Syria Turkish experience in humanitarian crisis affecting the country of origin : Assisting Somalia
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Turkish Humanitarian Diplomacy to assist Somalia First Embassy resident in Somalia, 2011 Joint Strategy Multi-stake holders process Conduct of operations for humanitarian, development and stabilization efforts in a synchronized manner Integrated approach involving inter- operability among various national stake- holders
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Development and humanitarian assistance provided by Turkey - 1 During the famine, only in 2011; following the visit of Turkish Prime Minister - 22,128 tons of humanitarian relief aid delivered with 16 Cargo planes and 8 ships, - Patients airlifted to Turkey for emergency medical treatment, - 2 field hospitals established in Mogadishu (70,786 Somalis treated ) Later to date: - Running by Turkish red crescent the Mogadishu camp in which about 20,000 internally displaced people live, - Hot meals daily provided by Turkish red crescent for 15,000 Somalis in 35 orphanages and 9 hospitals Access to water: - Several water boreholes in various parts of the country dug by TİKA - Several water distribution systems constructed by TİKA
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Development and humanitarian assistance provided by Turkey - 2 Health: - Turkish-Somali Hospital of a 200 in-patient capacity constructed - A nursing school constructed next to the Turkish-Somali hospital - 300 tons of medicines and medical equipment and 5 ambulances delivered - Turkish NGOs are also operating 2 hospitals in Mogadishu Education: - 2000 higher and tertiary education scholarships provided by the Turkish state - Orphanages renovated and schools constructed by Turkish NGOs - TIKA donated hundreds computers to 9 universities; furnished and renovated orphanages constructed a youth center, furnished an IT lab for an orphanage, constructed schools. Capacity Building - Public personnel and farmers trained - public institutions rehabilitated and furnished
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Development and humanitarian assistance provided by Turkey - 3 Urban Infrastructure: - Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality provided various heavy urban machineries including garbage collection trucks, constructed waste collection sites and a rock crushing site; constructed several kms of unpaved urban road; constructed a concrete plant to provide concrete pipes and urban furniture; - TIKA provided garbage collection trucks; rehabilitating main roads of Mogadishu, tarmac paving, waste water canals and setting up of solar street lights along the roads; renovates various football and basketball fields; - Mogadishu airport rehabilitated - Assisted by Turkish agencies, Mogadishu’s local government manages the waste collection and cleaning;
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Turkish model: joint use of humanitarian and development assistance programs in an integrated manner Cost-effective for donors Useful for recipients to become resilient Result: win-win approach
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General observations regarding the efficiency of present global humanitarian system Need to develop new models for better coordination on the ground to work together among UN Agencies and between them, donors and recipients Key words for success: interoperability, joint strategy, integrated approach Need for sufficient (global ?) funding to act fast and efficient Key words for success: predictability and sustainability
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