ESF-SI-2024-UA-01-0027
Innovative Approaches to Refugee Integration: Bridging Employability and Social Inclusion Through Mutual Exchange
The project aims to enhance the social and labour market inclusion of displaced people from Ukraine (DPU) in Poland and Italy by refining and expanding innovative approaches from existing interventions. It addresses the mismatch between DPU’s qualifications and job opportunities, while promoting the exchange of best practices among consortium members.
Spanning 18 months, the project is structured into two phases. Phase 1 centres on activities in Poland’s Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship and Italy’s Piedmont region. Key initiatives include providing access to social services in Italy through the RED Nova’s Helpline, and in Poland, offering job counselling and language courses via a one-stop shop (OSS) by Emic. PAH, Emic, and RED Nova will reassess stakeholders from public and private sectors, strengthen existing connections, expand to new ones, and develop an engagement plan for Phase 2. Phase 1 lays the groundwork for research by Opora, which will analyse policy frameworks and DPU’s needs. The research aims to identify best practices, areas for improvement, and opportunities for scaling. The phase concludes with mutual learning sessions to enhance ongoing interventions.
Phase 2 aims to scale up interventions in both countries. RED Nova will enhance its Helpline with job counselling to better match DPU with job opportunities. In Poland, PAH and Emic will collaborate to advance the OSS through peer learning with RED Nova, introducing vocational training and an entrepreneurship academy. Support will also be provided to selected vulnerable households, including housing assistance. Both partners will implement a stakeholder engagement strategy aimed at raising awareness among potential employers about the needs of DPUs.
Targeting 2,690 DPU, the project seeks to improve their employability and social integration. In addition, it aims to develop and disseminate a Best Practice Toolbox, drawing on the project’s research and activities, to benefit civil society organisations as well as public and private stakeholders.
Funding: 658,571.00 Eur