1. Emergency Social Safety Net Brief
DG ECHO Annual Partners Conference
December 1st, 2016
Brussels

2. Turkey Context 3.1 M foreigners seeking international protection
Main Vulnerabilities:
Protection
Registration status
Access to services
Socioeconomic vulnerability:
30% food insecure
90% poor: cannot cover basic needs
38% Stress or emergency coping strategies
90% of Syrian refugees live off camp throughout the country

3. Syrian Refugees in Turkey

4. DG ECHO’s Response: ESSN Cash Transfer
Operational Context:
Middle income country/ developed financial services
Developed Social Welfare System
Turkish Red Crescent: Humanitarian partner with pre-existing tool “KizilayKart”, national scope
Important operational budget: 348 M€

5. DG ECHO’s Response: ESSN Cash Transfer
Targets 1 million vulnerable refugees
Proxy vulnerability indicators
Aims to support basic needs
100 TL (27€) 100/ person/ month
Aligned with government social assistance
Top ups: CCT education, specific vulnerabilities, seasonal variation
Partnership with WFP, Turkish Red Crescent and Ministry of Family and Social Policy
Basic needs approach to address socio-economic vulnerability

6. ESSN KizilayKart & Referrals
SENSITIZATION
INBOUND REFERRALS
(Government agencies/ institutions, NGOs)
LIST OF ELIGIBLE
APPLICATION OF CRITERIA & QUERY WITH BENEFICIARY DATABASE
APPLICATIONS
LIST OF INELIGIBLE
APPEALS
VERIFICAITON / HOUSEHOLD VISITS
REAPPLICATION
OUTBOUND REFERRALS
(government services, UN, NGO specialised programmes)

7. Added value, innovation
Application based
Predictable, monthly, unrestricted cash transfer
National, one platform system
Integrated with Turkish social assistance programmes
Referrals in and referrals out
Cost effective: 85% cash-in-hand