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Factsheet for measure SE-2022-23/2825 – measures in Sweden
Country | Sweden , applies nationwide |
Time period | Open ended, started on 02 June 2022 |
Context | War in Ukraine |
Type | Other initiatives or policies |
Category |
Promoting the economic, labour market and social recovery
– Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
Author | Anna-Karin Gustafsson (Oxford Research) and Eurofound |
Measure added | 09 September 2022 (updated 19 September 2022) |
The Swedish government and authorities have taken a series of measures to help Ukrainian refugees find work. Among them are language training, additional vocational education and an introduction to Swedish society and culture. Via the EU-initiative Care, membership countries are permitted to redistribute resources from several EU-funds, such as the European Social Fund (ESF), and use these to aid refugees. This facilitates necessary help initiatives such as the building of shelters or securing sanitation, but also labour market measures.
Since the EU-mechanism for temporary protection under the Directive on Temporary Protection 2001/55/EC was activated, Ukrainian refugees have the right to work during their stay in an EU-country.
The Swedish government is to redistribute SEK 885 million (€83 million) of ESF-funds to help Ukrainian refugees find work. The funds are what remains from the national ESF-program period of 2014-2020. Local and regional agencies, enterprises and civic organisations will all be able to apply for funding to the national ESF-council and the suggested using is for job matching measures, language training or vocational education. The council should especially consider projects related to industrial development in northern Sweden. Eligible projects must be on either a national or regional level. The expected results are that an increasing number of Ukrainians are participating in measures that would assist their entry to the Swedish labour market.
The redistribution of the funds has to be be approved by the European Commission.
Applying for the funds has been possible since the beginning of June. It is however not at this stage known how many applications that have been granted and how much of the funds that remain. The ESF-council has so far not given any updates on the number or size of applications.
Workers | Businesses | Citizens |
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Unemployed
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Does not apply to businesses |
Migrants or refugees
|
Actors | Funding |
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National government
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European Funds
National funds |
Social partners' role in designing the measure and form of involvement:
Trade unions | Employers' organisations | |
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Role | No involvement | No involvement |
Form | Not applicable | Not applicable |
Social partners' role in the implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:
The measure is outside social partner main domain.
The measure is outside social partner main domain.
Citation
Eurofound (2022), European Social Fund to help Ukrainian refugees find employment, measure SE-2022-23/2825 (measures in Sweden), EU PolicyWatch, Dublin, https://static.eurofound.europa.eu/covid19db/cases/SE-2022-23_2825.html
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