Visit the Istanbul Provincial Directorate of Migration Management

WALD paid a visit to the Istanbul Provincial Directorate of Migration Management Social Cohesion and Communication Department on 26 March 2021. Serdar Dal, Head of Social Cohesion and Communication Group of Istanbul Provincial Directorate of Migration Management, Hülya Alper, Director of WALD Academy, Project Coordinator Nuriye Happani and Protection Officer Att. M. Orhan Koç participated in the visiting. At the meeting; Academy Director Hülya ALPER shared the WALD's founding history, as well as the works it has done and the projects it has carried out.

In this context; WALD Project Coordinator Nuriye Happani shared the on-going “District Level Solutions For Syrians Under Temporary Protection and International Protection Applicants And Status Holders İn Istanbul: Supporting Social Protection, Community Mobilization, and Access to Formal Economy İn Cooperation with Municipalities Project” (11 Districts) initiated in 2017 in partnership with UNHCR. In the meeting where protection activities for refugees were also discussed within the scope of the project; Protection Officer M. Orhan Koç shared information on the dimensions of the sensitive case follow-up process encountered in the field.

In Serdar DAL, Head of Social Cohesion and Communication Group of Istanbul Provincial Directorate of Migration Management expressing his pleasure for being together, he explained the work done by the Directorate General Of Provincial Directorate of Migration Management. Possible cooperation between the two institutions was also discussed at the meeting.