2010 ilerleme raporu - Avrupa Birliği Bakanlığı

to them. The active labour market measures have been significantly extended 40 . However, the
coverage rate of unemployment benefit is too low. Only 6% of the unemployed received
benefits from the fund in March 2010. The overall administrative capacity of Turkey’s public
employment service remains weak. Labour force participation and employment rates are
low 41 . The south-east region has the lowest participation rates 42 . The youth unemployment
remains high but has shown a decreasing trend in the first 2 quarters of 2010 43 . The
percentage of undeclared workers has followed a downward trend after reaching a peak in
June 2009. However, 44.8% of the people in employment are not registered with the social
security system and hence are deprived of the protection of labour law and pension rights. The
work to combat against undeclared work intensified, especially through increased
coordination and cooperation between the SSI and the other public and private institutions.
336,838 undeclared workers were identified with this means. However the inspection capacity
remains insufficient compared to the wide scope of the informal economy. There has been no
progress regarding finalisation of the joint assessment paper (JAP) on employment priority
policies.
There has been some progress in preparations for the European Social Fund (ESF). The
operating structure established under the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, which is
responsible for the management of the human resources development operational programme
(HRD OP) under IPA component IV, has continued to increase capacity. After all the formal
requirements had been met, implementation of the HRD OP started with the launch of the first
award procedures and signature of the first contracts. However, major delays have occurred in
the evaluation process and signing of the first contracts which took place only in May 2010.
Implementation of operations currently launched needs to be speeded up to prevent the risk of
substantial loss of funds. Monitoring and evaluation of programmes needs strengthening.
There has been little progress in the field of social inclusion. An amendment to the
Constitution paves the way for positive discrimination for children, the elderly and disabled
people. Turkey has no comprehensive policy framework to address poverty. The percentage
of the population at risk of poverty remains high, and children continue to face a
disproportionate risk of poverty. Poverty among the working population remains a concern,
especially among seasonal workers, those in subsistence agriculture and undeclared workers.
An action plan has been adopted by the Economic Coordination Committee, aiming to
establish links between social services and public employment services 44 . The government
has lifted budget-related staff limitations on employment of persons with disabilities in public
institutions 45 . However, national Turkish institutions promoting social inclusion remain
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The number of beneficiaries increased from 30,000 in 2008 to 200,000 in 2009.
The figures are 50% and 44,7% in June 2010, showing an improvement compared to last year but still
very low compared to EU average..
According to TurkStat 2008 figures, participation rates are 26.9% for Diyarbakır, 27.2% for Siirt and
29.8% for Şırnak. However, in 2009 the highest increase in employment rate was registered in the
south-east.
Youth unemployment rate decreased to 19.1% in June 2010 compared to 23.7% in the same period of
2009.
Based on this action plan, social assistance recipients, who are of working age and able to work, will be
registered in the public employment agency database and encouraged to receive relevant employment
services.
In January 2010, out of 48,943 public sector posts allocated by law to people with disabilities
(accounting for 3% of all public sector posts), only 14,325 could be filled due to budgetary limitations.
Now that an exemption has been granted, lifting budget-related restrictions on the employment of
people with disabilities, the recruitment process for the remaining posts has started.
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