The Government of Turkey and Turkish people have demonstrated an unprecedented level of generosity and openness in hosting the largest refugee population in the world. UNDP has provided resilience oriented support since 2014 to national and local institutions, communities and refugees to be better able to cope with and recover from the impact and sustain development gains. UNDP is proud to take a leadership role in creating these synergies, co-leading the 3RP at regional and national levels, and ensuring operational coordination of the livelihoods sector and municipal support interventions amongst UN agencies and appealing 3RP NGOs.

UNDP is also playing a key role in ensuring that global displacement and migration related discussions are able to capitalize on Turkey’s experience. Turkey has been at the forefront of the implementation of global commitments of the Global Compacts on Refugees and on Migration, of the SDGs and the New Way of Working. In line with the localization principles, the Government of Turkey is demonstrating good practice examples of replicable and scalable responses to refugee and migrant challenges - responses that are central and embedded in the evolving global processes around migration and displacement diplomacy.

Overall, through our support provided in Turkey, particularly through the UNDP Turkey Syria Crisis Response and Resilience Programme, we ensure that these pragmatic, practical and proven programmes provide the keystone to bridge the humanitarian and developmental responses to optimise choices for refugee, migration and host populations and to leave no one behind.