| Overview : The overall objective of this assignment is to support the realization of Activity A.1 Benchmarking and review of the existing legislative framework and obstacles to exercise effective oversight functions over the law enforcement bodies and internal security bodies. Local Short term expert will be responsible for the revision of Turkey part of the existing book called The Governance and Oversight of Internal Security Forces. The aim of the book is to examine, evaluate and compare civilian oversight mechanisms in three selected EU countries- namely France, UK, Spain and Turkey. The first chapter of this book titled as “Comparative Legal Appraisal” provides a cross-country study of regulations and a set of recommendations, which aimed at drafting secondary legislation. Throughout this part, constitutional, parliamentary, judicial, hierarchical, different internal or external and oversight mechanisms of the three selected EU member states are compared to the situation in Turkey. Additionally, citizen and local authorities’ involvement in security policies and issues is the subject of discussion. The second chapter titled as “Guidelines and Recommendations” puts forward recommendations and guidelines derived from comparative studies as necessary steps to be taken by Turkey in the field of the civilian oversight.
The tasks and responsibilities of the Local Short Term Expert will be as follows:
Local Short Term Expert will be mainly responsible for the revision of the existing update of the Turkish framework (in English and Turkish) in the above mentioned book for each of the chapters. S/he will assess the existing work for each chapter (a narrative part, a comparative table) in order to make sure that the quality is satisfactory, bearing in mind that the chapters about Turkey are meant to be compared with other EU countries based on systematic comparison criteria. The expert will also propose changes, amendments to increase quality if needed. S/he is expected to produce a note/ table listing the needs for amendment regarding each chapter and he will estimate the amount of work that needs to be done in order to reach sufficient quality. |
