Managing Labour Migration: The Case of the Construction Sector - The Turkish Experience

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The 5th Roundtable on Labour Migration in Asia

Building Effective Structures and Insitutions forMigration Governance

28-29-30 January 2015

Shanghai, PRC

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The views expressed in this presentation are the views of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of theAsian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), the Asian Development Bank (ADB), its Board of Directors, or the governments theyrepresent. ADBI does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this paper and accepts no responsibility for anyconsequences of their use. Terminology used may not necessarily be consistent with ADB official terms.


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Managing Labour Migration:

The case of the Construction Sector

The Turkish Experience

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Contribution of the Sector

one-tenth (1/10) of total global GDP

7% of total employed persons in the whole world. About 200 sub-sectors.

Big consumer of energy (2/5)

And resources (1/2)

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Construction sector, as well as in the

world, is one of the most importantsectors of the Turkish economy.

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Years Non-agriculturalemployment

Construction sector/

person

Construction sector /Non-agriculturalemployment

200515.553.000 1.171.000 7,53%

2006 15.241.000 1.189.000 7,80%

2007 15.588.000 1.224.000 7,85%

2008 15.959.000 1.125.000 7,00 %

2009 16.324.000 1.297.000 7,94 %

2010 17.082.000 1.442.000 8,44 %

2011 18.079.000 1.512.000 8,36 %

2012 19.080.000 1.647.000 8,63 %

2013 19.755.000 1.753.000 8,87 %

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2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

TURKISH INTERNATIONAL CONTRACTING SERVICES

BY YEARS (billion US$)


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42 Turkish constructor companies are in

the 250 Top International Constractors

List of 2014published by theEngineering News Record.

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Western Europe

Australia1960s

Middle East & Gulf Countries Africa1973

CIS1990

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TURKISH POPULATION ABROAD

TURKISH CITIZENS

Region Number

Europe 3.217.049

America 292.512

Middle East 172.594

Central Asian

Turkish Republics

78.734

Other Countries 441.923Total 4.202.810

77%

7%

4%

2%

10%

Europe

America

Middle East

C.A.T.R.

Other Countries


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2010 2011 2012 2013

(November)

2014

Irak 5.405 10.584 15.010 15.294 6.899

Russia 7.718 9.265 13.76213.463 8.375

Saudi Arabia 6.349 7.867 8.184 5.206 3.619

Trkmenistan 4.625 4.898 4.8103.816 3.265

Azerbaijan 555 1.594 2.1973.069 2.265

Qatar 3.687 3.380 505 545 903

Libya 15.643 1.950 690 1.854 1.101

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General Directorate of External Relations & Services to

Workers Abroad

Overseas Organization

Labour Force Agreements

Social Security Agreements

Vocational Qualification Regulation & Health and Safety at

Work

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1967 Abroad Organization established

1972 General Directorate of Problems of Workers Abroad

1985 General Directorate of Services for Workers Abroad

2003 General Directorate of External Relations and Services for

Workers Abroad


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Services are provided through 50 Missions in 23 Countries

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57%26%

9%4% 4%

Europe

Asia

North America

Africa

Pacific


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12 COUNTRIES

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AUSTRALIA JORDAN

AUSTRIA KUWAIT

AZERBAIJAN LIBYA

BELGIUM THE NETHERLANDS

FRANCE TURKISH REPUBLIC OF

NORTHERN CYPRUS

GERMANY QATAR


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Signed with 29 countries

25 Agreements in force

4 Agreements at ratification stage

ALBANIA FRANCE NORWAY

AUSTRIA GEORGIA QUEBEC

AZERBAIJAN GERMANY ROMANIA

BELGIUM ITALY SERBIA

BOSNIAHERZEGOVINA

REPUBLIC OF

KOREA

SLOVAKIA

CANADA LIBYA SWEDEN

CROATIA LUXEMBOURG SWITZERLAND

CZECH REPUBLIC MACEDONIA TUNISIA

DENMARK MONTENEGRO TURKISH

REPUBLIC OF

NORTHERNCYPRUS

ENGLAND THE NETHERLAND

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12 COUNTRIES

Negotiations At Preparatory

Ongoing Stage

HUNGARY ALGERIA

IRAN KYRGYZSTAN

JAPAN MONGOLIA

MOLDOVA SPAIN

MOROCCO UKRAINE

POLAND

RUSSIA (RF)

SOCIAL SECURITY AGREEMENTSINPROCESS


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The demand of skilled labour force in constructionsector

It is of vital importance to promote the education and

training of workers in the construction sector

53 professions in the construction sector arerecognised according to the National Occupation

Standards System

It is necessary to extend the occupational health andsafety culture and to integrate it with the vocational

training.


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