ESF-SI-2024-UA-01-0036 

The EU4UA project aims to mitigate the societal consequences of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine by fostering the social and labour market integration of Ukrainian refugees in Poland, Romania and, broadly, across EU countries.  

The main objective of the project is to deploy the potential of the social innovation approach to develop, pilot, and disseminate an innovative, comprehensive, evidence-based blueprint within 18 months. This blueprint will support the effective social and labour market integration of Ukrainian refugees in Poland, Romania and across the EU, by leveraging collaborative and joint efforts of partners and building on previous EU initiatives. It will engage diverse stakeholders, ensure sustainable impact, and foster policy integration through continuous evaluation and feedback mechanisms. 

The blueprint, as a response to identified social needs and key project results, defines the  direct and long-term benefits of the project, enhancing civil society’s capacity to facilitate the smooth social integration of Ukrainian refugees into host communities and labour markets. 

The objective addresses newly emerged social demands that need a citizen-centred solution. It will be achieved through the following actions: 

• developing a new, evidence-based, and carefully mapped policy approach (WP2), summarized in a research report (D2.3); 
• the report is a prerequisite for designing a multi-stakeholder-driven blueprint (WP3), comprising a bundle of need-tailored, context-specific public services and resources (D3.3); 
• the blueprint will be piloted with the end-users (WP4), fine-tuned iteratively using the PDCA approach, and finally evaluated (D4.2); 
• it will be disseminated (WP5) among wide European, national and local stakeholders (D5.4) as an open, adaptable and replicable solution, complementing existing measures.

This approach responds to the call by fostering EU social cohesion and strengthening civic and public policy resilience to support Ukrainian refugees amid the prolonged escalation of the conflict.

Funding: 471,320.00 Eur