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The sustainable integration of refugees means avoiding ghettoization and supporting them to take part in efficient market systems,
as producers, workers and consumers, a model sustained by the International Labor Organization. Accessing the labor market by
refugees faces two major barriers in Romania: (1) only 4% speak Romanian, while for 6 out of 10 employers, the language barrier is
the biggest challenge and (2) employers have limited knowledge on the legal framework that regulates refugees'' right to work,
especially in the context of urgent legislative changes.
The project proposes to increase the degree of employability of refugees from Ukraine by adapting the socio-professional insertion
model of AFF, respectively through an integrated approach to the already available services supported by unique and individualized
case management that maps and coordinates the available solutions and that empowers the beneficiaries in accessing them,
counseled and/or on their own. A special attention is given to the acquisition of the Romanian language, an insufficiently served
need.
The integrated intervention model aims at the inclusion of people displaced from Ukraine by raising the barriers that stand in the
way of employment on the labor market, as a means of livelihood. Barriers related to housing, access to health, education and child
care are addressed through coordination with other actors in the social field and with employers, in order to maximize the effects
on the beneficiaries. The model is documented through monitoring and evaluation activities, then submitted to the attention of the
stakeholders involved (public authorities, employers, social service providers) with the aim of producing legislative changes. The
partnership with RISE will bring to the same table public authorities, NGOs, actors from the social economy, employers and people
displaced from Ukraine with the aim of increasing individual autonomy and facilitating inclusion in Romanian society.