Eurofound's EU PolicyWatch collates information on the responses of government and social partners to the COVID-19 crisis, the war in Ukraine, rising inflation, as well as gathering examples of company practices aimed at mitigating the social and economic impacts.
Factsheet for measure BE-2023-5/3110 – measures in Belgium
Country |
Belgium
, applies locally
|
Time period | Temporary, 02 February 2023 – 02 February 2023 |
Context | War in Ukraine |
Type | Other initiatives or policies |
Category |
Promoting the economic, labour market and social recovery into a green future
– Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
Author | Dries Van Herreweghe (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) and Eurofound |
Measure added | 21 February 2023 (updated 20 March 2023) |
Local organisations (at municipal level) organised a job fair specifically targeted at Ukrainian refugees to support them in finding employment on the Belgian labour market. The initiative was launched because of the significant amount of open vacancies within several local companies combined with an increasing amount of Ukrainian refugees that are willing to find work locally now that they have been here for a longer period of time.
A job fair was launched on 02 February 2023 within the city of Geel by several local organisation that are competent for receiving Ukrainian refugees within the region (as this is generally organised at the municipal level).
Several organisation collaborated to organise the fair, including the Flemish PES (VDAB), employers' association Voka, organisations involved in training and temporary agency work as well as the federal services for integration.
The main goal was to provide information for the refugees that are looking for jobs as well as bring them into contact with companies that are open to hire them (and quite often already employ people with a foreign background).
In total, several local companies from a wide range of sectors participated as well as around 150 refugees.
Workers | Businesses | Citizens |
---|---|---|
Does not apply to workers | Applies to all businesses |
Migrants or refugees
|
Actors | Funding |
---|---|
Local / regional government
|
Local funds
|
Social partners' role in designing the measure and form of involvement:
Trade unions | Employers' organisations | |
---|---|---|
Role | No involvement as case not in social partner domain | Agreed (outcome) incl. social partner initiative |
Form | Not applicable | Unknown |
Social partners' role in the implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:
Employers' association VOKA attended and supported the initiative, in particular with regards to support for the companies attending as well as training.
VOKA was satisfied with the initiative as well as the number of attendants.
Citation
Eurofound (2023), Job fair for Ukrainian refugees, measure BE-2023-5/3110 (measures in Belgium), EU PolicyWatch, Dublin, https://static.eurofound.europa.eu/covid19db/cases/BE-2023-5_3110.html
Share
30 January 2023
Governments across the EU continue to implement policies to support citizens and businesses in the face of rising food and energy prices caused by the COVID-19 crisis and intensified by the war in Ukraine. This article summarises the policy responses as reported in Eurofound's EU PolicyWatch database from January to September 2022.
Article12 September 2022
Although the worldwide pandemic situation had already disrupted supply chains and triggered increases in energy and food prices in 2021, the situation deteriorated in 2022 with the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Article12 September 2022
This article summarises the first policy responses that governments across the EU have started to implement to support companies affected by the rising prices, and those with commercial ties to Ukraine, Russia or Belarus.
Article5 July 2022
This article summarises the first policy responses of EU Member States, including those of the social partners and other civil society actors, enabling refugees to exercise their rights under the Temporary Protection Directive.
ArticleDisclaimer: This information has not been subject to the full Eurofound evaluation, editorial and publication process.