Dialogue about labour market. Refugees and other disadvantaged groups.

About this project

<p style="text-align: justify">The overall objective of the project was to facilitate the integration of disadvantaged people and Ukrainian refugees into the Polish labour market, through strengthened social dialogue and support tools for refugees. The project was implemented in the Lublin region where unemployment is higher than the average in Poland, and which also welcomed a high number of refugees given the close distance to the Ukrainian border.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">The project focused both on capacity-building of social partners to take a more active role in the development of active labour market policies (ALMP), in cooperation with local authorities, &nbsp;but the project also offered support to Ukrainian refugees to find jobs. The project built on a previous project on ALMP measures for young people, and continued to learn from Norwegian experience in this field through a continued partnership with NHO.&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: justify">The following activities were carried out:</p> <p>- 11 monthly meetings of expert groups and development of recommendations on ALMP measures, &nbsp;including 40 participants and a key-note speaker in each meeting which&nbsp; focused on the different disadvantaged groups, followed by a summary meeting at the end, resulting in a summary report and recommendations<br> - Produced and broadcasted a reportage about solutions for refugees in Norway.<br> - Campaign in press, internet, social media<br> - 2-days Conference for 40 participants for social partners, public authorities, media.<br> - Adapted internet portal for the usage of Ukrainians who are looking for a job in Poland, including material in Ukrainian&nbsp;<br> &nbsp;</p>

Bilateral cooperation results

The partnership with the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO) included sharing of good practices and Norwegian experience in this area, and strenghtened the relation between the two organisations. Cooperation included consultations of the script for the reportage about refugees in Norway, as well as organizing interviews with NHO’s experts for the reportage .

Project partners

• Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise Donor project partner· Norway