Inter-Agency Coordination

Inter-agency coordination support for the refugee response in Türkiye takes place principally within the framework of the Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan (3RP). While the Government leads the refugee response in Türkiye, the United Nations ensures effective and complementary support by facilitating coordination for humanitarian and development partners working across five sectors – protection, education, health, basic needs and economic empowerment. UNHCR coordinates the 3RP together with UNDP and leads the protection and basic needs sectors, as well as the higher education working group within the overall education sector led by UNICEF.

The 3RP has multiple purposes. It serves as a strategic document, setting out an overarching and sector specific strategies to meet the needs of Syrians and other nationalities of refugees; it establishes a coordination mechanism,  facilitating information sharing and operational collaboration amongst partners to promote the effective use of resources and delivery of services without duplication; and it facilitates resource allocation and mobilization, capturing the financial requirements of UN and NGO partners to address identified needs. The 3RP plan is developed through a highly consultative process, and aims to promote the resilience of households, communities and institutions, combining humanitarian and development projects in the spirit of the Global Compact on Refugees (GCR).

In Türkiye, the 3RP plan for 2023-25 prioritises support to public institutions to provide protection and assistance for Syrians under temporary protection as well as persons under international protection (Afghans, Iraqis, Iranians and other nationalities) and vulnerable members of the host community. 3RP partners, including UNHCR, support the Government of Türkiye in providing quality and sustainable multi-sectoral services for refugees, international protection applicants and Syrians under temporary protection based on Türkiye’s Law on Foreigners and International Protection and Temporary Protection Regulations.

With basic and protection needs of refugees continuing to persist due to their protracted displacement, exacerbated by the continuing impacts of the pandemic and economic challenges which have impacted refugee households particularly hard, 3RP response strategies are aimed at improving access to national systems such as health, education, employment and social services as well as offering complementary support where required, including in relation to self-reliance.

Following the devastating earthquakes in Kahramanmaras in February 2023, 3RP partners provided additional assistance and services to support refugees in accessing public institutions and with complementary tailored assistance where national systems were overwhelmed. In 2024, to address the immediate and ongoing humanitarian needs, as well as support protection and solutions for refugees and asylum seekers, and to aid the government's recovery efforts, 3RP projects continue to assist vulnerable members of the host community as well as refugees impacted by the earthquakes.

UNHCR is also actively engaged in the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) for 2021-25 which reflects UN support for Türkiye’s efforts towards the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The needs and specific situation of refugees are mainstreamed across the six Results Groups of the UNSDCF, and UNHCR leads Results Group 3 on Migration, International Protection and Harmonisation while contributing to the other Results Groups with the aim of promoting and advocating for the inclusion of refugees in development programmes, in line with the SDG commitment to leave no one behind.