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Cash-Based Interventions Technical Working Group (CBI TWG) published this document to share a summary of the findings of Mapping of CVAs in Türkiye in 2024, along with the background information and purpose (Annex A). Further findings of the mapping and detailed programme information can be found on the online interactive dashboard, currently available in English.
Overview: The exercise of Mapping of CVAs in Türkiye in 2024 captured information on 85 programmes by 26 organisations, 54 of them being designed for the earthquake response and 31 of them are outside the earthquake response. Out of 85 projects, 41 projects were reported by National NGOs, 23 by UN Agencies, 20 by INGOs and one was reported by civil society organizations.
The mapping also captured information related to 17 nationwide projects implemented by TRC, UNFPA, UNICEF, UNHCR, ELAF and Islamic Relief Worldwide. These include SSN and projectsrelated to cash for protection, cash for basic needs(including winterisation cash), and higher education. The existence of diverse CVA projects aiming at national coverage is encouraging; on the other hand, sectors should further analyse whether these interventions adequately meet the needs and are capable of practically addressing the gaps, specifically in regions that have commonly experienced limited presence of support such as provinces of Central, Northern and Eastern Anatolia.
In general, support coverage in Türkiye mainly concentrates on southeastern Türkiye due to February 2023 earthquake (EQ) response, followed by Istanbul, Izmir, and the metropolitan cities of Marmara and Aegean provinces and 31 provinces which are targeted with various CVA by partners. The current round of mapping exercise found some promising examples including the geographical expansion of cash-based interventions under Protection, Health and Basic Needs sector such as CVA in Van and Ağrı provinces. As mentioned above, this is not the case in all sectors and gaps remain in other regions of Anatolia. Moreover, the CVA programmes also spread to neighbouring provinces of 11 EQ affected provinces, including Mardin, Diyarbakır, Elazığ and Kayseri. For example, complementary cash-based interventions basic needs support coverage mostly focuses on southeastern Türkiye, resulting in gaps in other areas.
The number of CVA recipients indicated as 4.72 million, marking a decrease approximately 2.5 million when compared to last round. It should be noted that these numbers do not capture unique beneficiary figures as it is possible for one beneficiary to receive more than one cash support that complements each other in the 2024 period considering the EQ-specific assistances provided by partners.
The overall budget for CVA programmes in Türkiye in 2024 was reported as $486 million, marking a significant decrease from the $2 billion allocated in 2023. This decline was anticipated due to the reduction in earthquake-related projects and the reluctance of some partners to disclose their programme budgets. In 2023, $1.56 billion was allocated specifically for earthquake response, whereas in 2024, this amount dropped to $35 million. For comparison, the total budget for CVA activities was $123 million in 2022 and $560 million in 2021. These figures indicate that following the large-scale earthquake response, CVA funding levels in Türkiye have returned to their pre-earthquake norms.
Age and gender breakdown indicates that women (49.9%) received more CVA assistance when compared to men (30.8%) girls (%9.6) and boys (9.6%). Women received nearly 16 per cent more assistance in 2024 compared to the 2023 mapping. This increase may be attributed to the revised criteria for TRC programmes including SSN that is deprioritizing working-age men and prioritizing women and the provision of targeted assistance for women. On the other hand, 679 non-binary children and 1824 non-binary adults were provided with CVA in 2024.
Mapping brings out that nationality breakdown of the beneficiaries of the cash-based interventions across sectors are expectedly reflecting the population size of different groups; Syrians (55%) being the highest number of beneficiaries, followed by host community members (39%), Iraqis (2.4%), Afghans (2.3%) and Iranians (<1%). Other nationalities targeted include nationals of Angola, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Central Africa, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea, Mali, Morocco, Pakistan, Palestine, Republic of the Congo, Russia, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Ukraine and Yemen. There is decrease in the numbers of host community members as 1.86 million received cash assistance while over 2.5 million received cash assistance in 2023 due to the EQ response. On the other hand, 59.043 and 83.313 host community members were targeted in 2021-22 and 2022-23 periods, respectively.