Turkiye Earthquake Emergency Response: The Meeting Minutes of the Protection Sector Meeting – Thursday, 18 January 2024, 13:00 – 15:00 – Türkiye

Chair: Mine Gültekin (UNHCR) and Ebru Bekir (ASAM)
Attendance: 89 participants from 32 organizations, (UNHCR, ASAM, Takaful Al-Sham, TKV-DFT, UNFPA, YSYD, TRC,
GOAL, UNICEF, Concern WW, DRC, IOM, Genc Hayat Vakfi, WHH, STL, UNDP, Gokkusagi Association, LWA, UOSSM,
PLA, UN Women, MAYA, Medair, IGAM, KAMER, Yeryuzu Cocuklari Dernegi, Saglikta Genc Yaklasimlar Dernegi, KEDV,
IDA, Relief International, CARE, INARA) composing UN, national and international NGOs.

Protection Sector Coordinator shared the following updates:

• Hadi Alamli has recently joined the UNHCR Gaziantep Sub-Office and will be supporting the Inter-Agency and Coordination Unit as of January 2024. Sector members can reach out Hadi Alamli via [email protected].

• Ebru Bekir has assumed the role of the new co-chair of the Protection Sector. Sector members can get in touch with her through [email protected].

• Protection Sector meetings will be conducted monthly via a hybrid modality. Sector members are invited to join the meetings at the UNHCR Gaziantep Sub-Office as well.

• The Protection Sector Planning Workshop took place in Gaziantep between 27-28 November 2023. Protection Sector Coordinator will provide an overview of the planned activities for 2024, discuss the way forward, and seek input from sector members upon the finalization of the workshop report.

• There are currently nine coordination meetings conducted in Southeast Türkiye (SET) provinces. Plans are underway to extend similar coordination meetings to Mersin starting March 2024. Provincial Protection Sector meetings are set to continue in Adiyaman, Kahramanmaras, Hatay, and Malatya. The meetings are held face-to-face on a monthly basis.