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Self Report 2017

The self-report on WHS Commitments below is organized according to the 24 transformations of the Agenda for Humanity. It is based on commitments pledged at the time of report submission. Click on the 'Expand' symbol to expand each section and read the reporting inputs by transformation.

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2D
Take concrete steps to improve compliance and accountability

Individual Commitment

  • Commitment
  • Commitment Type
  • Core Responsibility
  • YUVA commits to adopt the IASC statement on the Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse at the individual agency level.
  • Policy
  • Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity

Core Commitment

  • Commitment
  • Core Responsibility
  • Commit to promote and enhance respect for international humanitarian law, international human rights law, and refugee law, where applicable.
  • Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity
  • Fully comply with humanitarian policies, frameworks and legally binding documents related to gender equality, women's empowerment, and women's rights.
  • Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity Leave No One Behind

  • What led your organization to make the commitment?

    YUVA works with around 60 000 refugees and people from host community. Therefore we try to enhance our capacity and codes of conduct.

  • Achievements at a glance

    YUVA included PSEA in its draft Code of Conduct and is developing a CRM system to suit this commitment.

  • Next step to advance implementation in 2017

    Finalizing the Code of Conduct and the internal and external CRM system.

  • Cross cutting issues

    ☑People-centred approach

3A
Reduce and address displacement

Individual Commitment

  • Commitment
  • Commitment Type
  • Core Responsibility
  • Yuva commits to foster self-reliance of refugees through adult learning and livelihoods programs.
  • Operational
  • Leave No One Behind
  • Yuva commits to providing legal assistance sessions to Syrian refugees in their community centres.
  • Operational
  • Leave No One Behind

Core Commitment

  • Commitment
  • Core Responsibility
  • Commit to a new approach to addressing forced displacement that not only meets immediate humanitarian needs but reduces vulnerability and improves the resilience, self-reliance and protection of refugees and IDPs. Commit to implementing this new approach through coherent international, regional and national efforts that recognize both the humanitarian and development challenges of displacement. Commit to take the necessary political, policy, legal and financial steps required to address these challenges for the specific context.
  • Leave No One Behind
  • Commit to collectively work towards a Global Compact on responsibility-sharing for refugees to safeguard the rights of refugees, while also effectively and predictably supporting States affected by such movements.
  • Leave No One Behind
  • Commit to actively work to uphold the institution of asylum and the principle of non-refoulement. Commit to support further accession to and strengthened implementation of national, regional and international laws and policy frameworks that ensure and improve the protection of refugees and IDPs, such as the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol or the AU Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa (Kampala convention) or the Guiding Principles on internal displacement.
  • Leave No One Behind

  • What led your organization to make the commitment?

    YUVA made this commitment to emphasize its determination to foster self reliance in contrast to continuous humanitarian aid. Refugees define dignity not as cash assistance but earning their livelihood and being a productive part of the society. We wanted to systematize legal assistance to refugees to enable their access to health, education and justice services and to the job market.

  • Achievements at a glance

    YUVA was able to increase the quantitative and qualitative capacity and geographical coverage in Turkey, providing Turkish language and vocational training services and cash for work programs for refugees and host community. Self reliance remains the main aim of YUVA's refugee program. YUVA committed to provide training on legal rights and legal assistance to refugees, and has reached 4,000 people so far.

  • Next step to advance implementation in 2017

    Our adult learning programs, job creation and cash for work programs are growing. The target is to provide employment to 900 people, vocational training to 2500 people and Turkish lessons to 8000 people.

  • Cross cutting issues

    ☑Cash ☑ Refugees ☑ Urban

  • Specific initiatives

    ☑Commitment to Action: Transcending the humanitarian - development divide

  • Other related Agenda for Humanity transformations

    ☑4A - Reinforce, do not replace, national and local systems

3B
Address the vulnerabilities of migrants and provide more regular and lawful opportunities for migration

Individual Commitment

  • Commitment
  • Commitment Type
  • Core Responsibility

  • Yuva commits to start providing adult learning programs on migration to host communities.


  • Operational
  • Leave No One Behind

  • What led your organization to make the commitment?

    Although there are numerous efforts to foster social cohesion between refugees and host communities, the target group of the majority of the activities is refugees. YUVA aims to increase the general awareness of the host community about migration, migrant rights and the current situation, and to overcome prejudices.

  • Achievements at a glance

    YUVA has secured funding for this program and started hiring key personnel to open its Learning Center in Istanbul.

  • Next step to advance implementation in 2017

    YUVA aims to create a training module, train 30 volunteer trainers and provide migration awareness trainings to at least 250 people from the host community in 2017.

  • Cross cutting issues

    ☑People-centred approach ☑ Refugees

  • Specific initiatives

    ☑The Inclusion Charter

  • Other related Agenda for Humanity transformations

    ☑3A - Reduce and address displacement

3D
Empower and protect women and girls

Individual Commitment

  • Commitment
  • Commitment Type
  • Core Responsibility
  • Yuva commits to provide a gender responsive program by giving kindergarten service to be able to reach women with children.
  • Operational
  • Leave No One Behind
  • Yuva commits to provide education programs for adolescent girls and adult women on reproductive health and rights.
  • Operational
  • Leave No One Behind

Core Commitment

  • Commitment
  • Core Responsibility
  • Ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights as agreed in accordance with the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and the Beijing Platform for Action and the Outcome documents of their review conferences for all women and adolescent girls in crisis settings.
  • Leave No One Behind
  • Ensure that humanitarian programming is gender responsive.
  • Leave No One Behind
  • Fully comply with humanitarian policies, frameworks and legally binding documents related to gender equality, women's empowerment, and women's rights.
  • Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity Leave No One Behind

  • What led your organization to make the commitment?

    YUVA's refugee program and its community centers and vocational training centers all include kindergarten services to enable women with children to attend trainings and other services of our centers while their children are being taken care of.

  • Achievements at a glance

    YUVA has provided kindergarten services to 1000 children and their mothers or caretakers since 2016. YUVA could not continue its education programs on reproductive health and rights, partly due to cultural challenges.

  • Next step to advance implementation in 2017

    YUVA aims to provide kindergarten services to 2000 people in 2017.

  • Cross cutting issues

    ☑Gender ☑ Refugees

3E
Eliminate gaps in education for children, adolescents and young people

Individual Commitment

  • Commitment
  • Commitment Type
  • Core Responsibility
  • Yuva commits to  launch a human rights literacy adult learning program in 2016.
  • Operational
  • Leave No One Behind

  • What led your organization to make the commitment?

    YUVA wants to increase awareness of the Turkish society on human rights.

  • Achievements at a glance

    YUVA has prepared its project and made several applications to donors regarding its human rights education program. The program is due to be implemented in Istanbul at YUVA's Learning Center when the appropriate funding is found.

  • Challenges faced in implementation

    Funding could not be secured yet.

  • Next step to advance implementation in 2017

    YUVA will continue to search for funding for this program and aims to start implementation within 2017 and by the latest January 2018.

3G
Address other groups or minorities in crisis settings

Individual Commitment

  • Commitment
  • Commitment Type
  • Core Responsibility
  • YUVA endorses the Charter on Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action.
  • Policy
  • Leave No One Behind

  • What led your organization to make the commitment?

    YUVA wants to be more inclusive regarding persons with disabilities.

  • Achievements at a glance

    YUVA has started cooperation with Handicap International and the Finnish Refugee Council regarding inclusion of people with disabilities. Field staff has taken capacity building trainings and a new inclusion program will start in 2018 in Kırıkhan.

  • Next step to advance implementation in 2017

    The new inclusion program is being developed together with Finnish Refugee Council and due to start in 2018.

  • Cross cutting issues

    ☑Disability ☑ Refugees

  • Specific initiatives

    ☑Charter on Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action

4A
Reinforce, do not replace, national and local systems

Individual Commitment

  • Commitment
  • Commitment Type
  • Core Responsibility
  • YUVA commits to make sustained funding conditional on the systematic collection of feedback from affected people on the quality and utility of humanitarian programmes.
  • Financial
  • Change People's Lives: From Delivering Aid to Ending Need
  • YUVA commits to establishing a common approach to providing information to affected people and collecting, aggregating and analysing feedback from communities to influence decision-making processes at strategic and operational levels.
  • Operational
  • Change People's Lives: From Delivering Aid to Ending Need
  • YUVA commits to adopt the Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS) and International Aid Transparency Initiative Standard, with clear benchmarks for achieving these through the CHS Alliance self-assessment tool.
  • Policy
  • Change People's Lives: From Delivering Aid to Ending Need Invest in Humanity

Core Commitment

  • Commitment
  • Core Responsibility
  • Commit to a new way of working that meets people's immediate humanitarian needs, while at the same time reducing risk and vulnerability over multiple years through the achievement of collective outcomes. To achieve this, commit to the following: a) Anticipate, Do Not Wait: to invest in risk analysis and to incentivize early action in order to minimize the impact and frequency of known risks and hazards on people. b) Reinforce, Do Not Replace: to support and invest in local, national and regional leadership, capacity strengthening and response systems, avoiding duplicative international mechanisms wherever possible. c) Preserve and retain emergency capacity: to deliver predictable and flexible urgent and life-saving assistance and protection in accordance with humanitarian principles. d) Transcend Humanitarian-Development Divides: work together, toward collective outcomes that ensure humanitarian needs are met, while at the same time reducing risk and vulnerability over multiple years and based on the comparative advantage of a diverse range of actors. The primacy of humanitarian principles will continue to underpin humanitarian action.
  • Change People's Lives: From Delivering Aid to Ending Need

  • What led your organization to make the commitment?

    The need for a participatory approach is essential. YUVA is committed to work with people rather than for people.

  • Achievements at a glance

    YUVA has created the first Youth Refugee Council at its Community Center in Kırıkhan. YUVA is developing a sophisticated Information Management System to evaluate people's needs and satisfaction with its services. YUVA has endorsed CHS.

  • Next step to advance implementation in 2017

    YUVA will build on the data being gathered in 2017 from the outreach and MEAL activities and will create services accordingly. YUVA is working on its Code of Conduct and orientation program for staff.

  • Cross cutting issues

    ☑People-centred approach

  • Specific initiatives

    ☑The Compact for Young People in Humanitarian Action

  • Other related Agenda for Humanity transformations

    ☑3F - Enable adolescents and young people to be agents of positive transformation

4B
Anticipate, do not wait, for crises

Individual Commitment

  • Commitment
  • Commitment Type
  • Core Responsibility
  • Yuva commits to provide adult learning programs on ecological literacy and to promote renewable energy sources instead of coal power plants as root-causes of climate change.
  • Operational
  • Change People's Lives: From Delivering Aid to Ending Need

Core Commitment

  • Commitment
  • Core Responsibility
  • Commit to a new way of working that meets people's immediate humanitarian needs, while at the same time reducing risk and vulnerability over multiple years through the achievement of collective outcomes. To achieve this, commit to the following: a) Anticipate, Do Not Wait: to invest in risk analysis and to incentivize early action in order to minimize the impact and frequency of known risks and hazards on people. b) Reinforce, Do Not Replace: to support and invest in local, national and regional leadership, capacity strengthening and response systems, avoiding duplicative international mechanisms wherever possible. c) Preserve and retain emergency capacity: to deliver predictable and flexible urgent and life-saving assistance and protection in accordance with humanitarian principles. d) Transcend Humanitarian-Development Divides: work together, toward collective outcomes that ensure humanitarian needs are met, while at the same time reducing risk and vulnerability over multiple years and based on the comparative advantage of a diverse range of actors. The primacy of humanitarian principles will continue to underpin humanitarian action.
  • Change People's Lives: From Delivering Aid to Ending Need
  • Commit to accelerate the reduction of disaster and climate-related risks through the coherent implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, as well as other relevant strategies and programs of action, including the SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway.
  • Change People's Lives: From Delivering Aid to Ending Need Invest in Humanity

  • What led your organization to make the commitment?

    YUVA aims to halt climate change by changing behavior of the Turkish public towards sustainable life styles and the energy policy of the Turkish Government towards renewable resources.

  • Achievements at a glance

    YUVA was able to train 400 people on ecological literacy and stop one new coal power plant by increasing capacity of local environmental groups.

  • Next step to advance implementation in 2017

    YUVA will continue its ecological literacy program and supporting local anti coal movements.

  • Cross cutting issues

    ☑Disaster Risk Reduction

5E
Diversify the resource base and increase cost-efficiency

Individual Commitment

  • Commitment
  • Commitment Type
  • Core Responsibility
  • YUVA commits to adopt the Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS) and International Aid Transparency Initiative Standard, with clear benchmarks for achieving these through the CHS Alliance self-assessment tool.
  • Policy
  • Change People's Lives: From Delivering Aid to Ending Need Invest in Humanity

  • What led your organization to make the commitment?

    YUVA wants to standardize its interventions in a structured way.

  • Achievements at a glance

    Staff have been through CHS trainings. Yet the self assessment tool is not in use yet.

  • Next step to advance implementation in 2017

    YUVA aims to fully adopt CHS and its self assessment tool in 2017.

  • Cross cutting issues

    ☑People-centred approach

  • Other related Agenda for Humanity transformations

    ☑4A - Reinforce, do not replace, national and local systems