Empowering Vulnerable Youth with Improved and Inclusive Sports Infrastructure Project is funded by the European Union Financial Assistance Program for Refugees in Türkiye. The coordinating body for the project is the General Directorate of International Organizations and Foreign Relations, and its implementation is carried out by the General Directorate of Investments and Enterprises.

Following the earthquake centered in Kahramanmaraş on February 6, 2023, Presidency of Migration Management of the Ministry of Interior expressed the need for additional resources in discussions with the EU and KFW. As part of the Post-FRIT Fund established after the earthquake, funding was allocated to the Ministry. Under our project, 10 youth and sports facilities is planned to be completed. Youth centers are expected to be built in provinces that were severely affected by the earthquake and where a large number of young people under temporary protection.

Within the scope of the project, Gaziantep Nizip Sports Hall, Mardin Artuklu Youth Center, Şanlıurfa Eyyübiye Youth Center, Şanlıurfa Halfeti Sports Hall, Şanlıurfa Bozova Sports Hall-Basketball Court and Tennis Court, Batman Central Sports Hall will also be evaluated in this context. While determining the locations of the four new facilities to be built within our project, the provinces that suffered heavy damage from the earthquake will be evaluated.