Bridging Employability and Social Inclusion Through Mutual Exchange
Innovative Approaches to Refugee Integration (IARI) is an eighteen-month project designed to strengthen the social and labor market inclusion of people displaced from Ukraine in Poland and Italy. Building on and scaling up innovative practices from existing initiatives, the project tackles the gap between displaced Ukrainians’ skills and available job opportunities while fostering the exchange of best practices among partners.
Alongside OPORA, project partners include Poland-based organizations Polska Akcja Humanitarna (PAH) and Fundacja Emic, and Italy’s RED Nova. Each partner plays a distinct role, contributing in multiple ways throughout different phases of the project. OPORA’s main role is to analyze policy frameworks and assess the needs of displaced Ukrainians, while also facilitating mutual learning sessions to improve ongoing interventions.
Join our webinar
Advancing Labour and Social Inclusion of Displaced Persons from Ukraine in Poland and Italy
As part of the IARI project, we invite you to a webinar presenting the latest research led by the OPORA Foundation. The event will explore how displaced persons from Ukraine are navigating social and labour market inclusion in Poland and Italy. The webinar will highlight comparative findings, key insights, and policy recommendations that can inform future European initiatives.
26 November 2025
1:00–12:30 CET
Online
English
After registering, you will receive the connection link a few days before the event.
Join our webinar
Advancing Labour and Social Inclusion of Displaced Persons from Ukraine in Poland and Italy
As part of the IARI project, we invite you to a webinar presenting the latest research led by the OPORA Foundation. The event will explore how displaced persons from Ukraine are navigating social and labour market inclusion in Poland and Italy. The webinar will highlight comparative findings, key insights, and policy recommendations that can inform future European initiatives.
26 November 2025
1:00–12:30 CET
Online
English
After registering, you will receive the connection link a few days before the event.
Project Activities
OPORA’s work on the project is carried out in four main phases:
Needs Assessment
Conduct interviews with displaced Ukrainians in Poland’s Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship and Italy’s Piedmont region to assess the specific needs on social inclusion and labor integration.
Needs Assessment
Conduct interviews with displaced Ukrainians in Poland’s Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship and Italy’s Piedmont region to assess the specific needs on social inclusion and labor integration.
Expert Interviews
Engage in action research together with our project partners to discuss current initiatives and their potential, making sure the plans are not made for but with organizations.
Expert Interviews
Engage in action research together with our project partners to discuss current initiatives and their potential, making sure the plans are not made for but with organizations.
Mutual Learning Sessions
Organize learning sessions based on our data collection to identify an innovative and scalable model of social and labor market inclusion, based on best practices of RED Nova, PAH and Emic’s activities.
Mutual Learning Sessions
Organize learning sessions based on our data collection to identify an innovative and scalable model of social and labor market inclusion, based on best practices of RED Nova, PAH and Emic’s activities.
Toolbox Development
Support the development of a toolbox that comprises scalable actions and improvements that benefit civil society organizations and public and private stakeholders and foster greater social and labor market inclusion for displaced Ukrainians in Poland, Italy, and beyond.
Toolbox Development
Support the development of a toolbox that comprises scalable actions and improvements that benefit civil society organizations and public and private stakeholders and foster greater social and labor market inclusion for displaced Ukrainians in Poland, Italy, and beyond.
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Social Fund Agency. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
Partners
Innovative Approaches to Refugee Integration (IARI)
Bridging Employability and Social Inclusion Through Mutual Exchange
Innovative Approaches to Refugee Integration (IARI) is an eighteen-month project designed to strengthen the social and labor market inclusion of people displaced from Ukraine in Poland and Italy. Building on and scaling up innovative practices from existing initiatives, the project tackles the gap between displaced Ukrainians’ skills and available job opportunities while fostering the exchange of best practices among partners.
Alongside OPORA, project partners include Poland-based organizations Polska Akcja Humanitarna (PAH) and Fundacja Emic, and Italy’s RED Nova. Each partner plays a distinct role, contributing in multiple ways throughout different phases of the project. OPORA’s main role is to analyze policy frameworks and assess the needs of displaced Ukrainians, while also facilitating mutual learning sessions to improve ongoing interventions.
Join our webinar
Advancing Labour and Social Inclusion of Displaced Persons from Ukraine in Poland and Italy
As part of the IARI project, we invite you to a webinar presenting the latest research led by the OPORA Foundation. The event will explore how displaced persons from Ukraine are navigating social and labour market inclusion in Poland and Italy. The webinar will highlight comparative findings, key insights, and policy recommendations that can inform future European initiatives.
26 November 2025
1:00–12:30 CET
Online
English
After registering, you will receive the connection link a few days before the event.
Project Activities
OPORA’s work on the project is carried out in four main phases:
Needs Assessment
Conduct interviews with displaced Ukrainians in Poland’s Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship and Italy’s Piedmont region to assess the specific needs on social inclusion and labor integration.
Expert Interviews
Engage in action research together with our project partners to discuss current initiatives and their potential, making sure the plans are not made for but with organizations.
Mutual Learning Sessions
Organize learning sessions based on our data collection to identify an innovative and scalable model of social and labor market inclusion, based on best practices of RED Nova, PAH and Emic’s activities.
Toolbox Development
Support the development of a toolbox that comprises scalable actions and improvements that benefit civil society organizations and public and private stakeholders and foster greater social and labor market inclusion for displaced Ukrainians in Poland, Italy, and beyond.
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Social Fund Agency. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
Partners