About the Refugee Employment Platform (REP) initiative
About the Refugee Employment Platform (REP) initiative
A Refugee Employment Platform (REP) is a digital tool that serves as an entry point to enhance decent work prospects for forcibly displaced persons and stateless people throughout Europe. A REP's functions streamline the job placement process itself, while simultaneously linking refugees, employers and integration actors with employment support, skills training, and wraparound services essential to maximizing job prospects, preparing them for the labour market in their host countries, and supporting companies to create sustainable employment.
BUILDS ON WHAT IS ALREADY WORKING
The platform builds on existing country experiences, seeking to further their existing potential or scope in matching refugee talent with employer needs, while supporting refugees’ long-term socio-economic inclusion.
ADDED VALUE FOR EMPLOYERS
Provides employers with a one-stop shop for successfully hiring refugees, helping them navigate the administrative framework, providing access to talent, guidance, good practices, resources, networks and data.
COMPLEMENTARITY, NOT DUPLICATION
Embedded in existing initiatives and services at the country level & designed to complement the features of regional-level initiatives.
CENTRAL SWITCHBOARD FOR COOPERATION
Brings together all actors across sectors engaged in refugee socio-economic inclusion, offering significant potential for synergies and diverse collaboration.
TAILORED TO REFUGEES’ EXPERIENCE AND NEEDS
Comprehensive resource pages with up-to-date content on available training and upskilling and other practical tools and services tailored to refugee needs, all focused on maximizing their swift labour market insertion.
PARTICIPATORY DESIGN PROCESS
Ongoing involvement of a diverse cross-section of the refugee population and employers in the development and evolution of the platform.
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