Mapping of Syrian Owned Enterprises

Mapping of Syrian Owned Enterprises (English)

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Mapping of Syrian Owned Enterprises

December 10, 2019

While refugees are too often portrayed only as beneficiaries of national and international assistance, it is crucial to recognize their immense resilience and creativity to harvest their full potential. Access to self-reliance plays a key role in ensuring that refugees are able to not only meet their basic needs and live in dignity, but also to enable them to contribute positively to their host communities and the local economy.  The report, conducted in the framework of the Turkey Resilience Project implemented under Syria Crisis Response and Resilience Programme,  shows that Syrian businesses have rapidly grown in the wholesale and retail, manufacturing, and food and beverages sectors, and are already employing close to 10 persons per businesses. They are also demonstrating an important potential to exporting a large portion of their products, which will be key for Turkey to access new markets. The report also sheds light on important challenges, notably a very low share of female employees or entrepreneurs among Syrian businesses, and a lack of access to available support and incentives schemes.  This report is a contribution to scaling up existing job creation efforts in Turkey to the benefit of Syrian refugees and host communities alike, and  will be critical in supporting the joint efforts of the Government of Turkey, 3RP and other partners to transform the refugee presence into an opportunity to further advance local economic development.