Welcome to the Future of Work project! We are a technical assistance project, co-funded by the European Union and the Republic of Türkiye, based in Ankara, and are here to assist Turkish policy-makers develop new strategies and policies aimed at preparing Türkiye for the challenges which the changing nature of work will, inevitably, bring. We began on 1 February 2021 and will complete our part of this huge task on 31 July 2023.
Our main beneficiary is the Ministry of Labour and Social Security’s (MoLSS) Department of Employment Policies (DoEP), and our work is overseen by MoLSS’s Directorate of European Union and Financial Assistance.
We are working with 5 provinces: Ankara, Istanbul, Bursa, Adana and Izmir. This enables us to study conditions in a cross-section of the country, and to synthesise their different experiences, priorities and readiness for the future into a series of recommendations for policy-makers to take into account when drafting new legislative documents and guidelines.
Over recent times, discussions on globalisation, digitalisation, automation, AI, online platforms, e-trade, information technologies, and robotics on government agendas have entered the lives of individuals in a fast and concrete way due to a global coronavirus pandemic.
Governments and institutions globally have been examining the impact of automation and digitalisation on the labour force and are taking measures for “decent future of work” for every individual. Meanwhile, the use of digital technologies has become a necessity for the continuity of life at community level and for sustaining various basic services such as education, health, etc.
Within the scope of the project, activities are carried out in cooperation with many institutions and organisations in order to evaluate the impact of current policies on the working life. At the same time, the Project will analyse the ways in which global and national trends are likely to shape the world of work in the future. Bringing these two strands together, the Project will support MoLSS to develop new policies aimed at preparing of the decent work of the future in working life. At the same time, the Project will focus on gender equality and ensure that it permeates all actions.
You can find out more about us and the way our project is structured in the attached Project Factsheet.
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