5th Steering Committee Meeting of the Programme for Improving the Employment Prospects for the Syrian and Host Communities by Providing High-Quality VET and Apprenticeship in Türkiye (VET4JOB), supported by the European Union’s FRIT fund, was held in Ankara on 31 January 2022.
The opening speeches of the meeting were given by Korkut KOCAK, Head of the Department of Social Partners and Projects of the General Directorate of Vocational and Technical Education of the Ministry of National Education, Fatma Yasemin ERTEKIN, Deputy Secretary General of the Confederation of Tradesmen and Craftsmen of Türkiye (TESK), Makbule YALIN on behalf of the Presidency of Migration Management of the Ministry of Interior, Feyhan EVITAN CANBAY, Director of the Socioeconomic Development Programme of the Delegation of the European Union to Türkiye, and Laurent MARION, Head of the Division of Stability and Resilience of Expertise France.
Ph.D. Fatma OZDEMIR ULUC, Team Leader of Expertise France, and Aise AKPINAR, the Programme Coordinator of EDUSER, made a joint presentation on the progress of the Programme and planning for the future. In the presentation, the experiences of the beneficiaries of VET4JOB were emphasized with visual and written anecdotes.
In the meeting, the experiences were shared with the representatives of the institutions that carried out studies in accordance with the objectives of VET4JOB in order to implement the Programme effectively and views were exchanged. After the questions and answers, general evaluation was made and the meeting was ended.
