About the Refugee Employment Platform (REP) initiative
About the Refugee Employment Platform (REP) initiative
Refugee Employment Platforms (REPs) connect businesses with refugee and stateless job seekers. They provide businesses with clarity and certainty on refugee work rights and targeted support for the refugee hiring process. They link refugees to employment support, skills training, and wraparound services essential to maximizing their job prospects, preparing them for the labor market in their new home countries.
BUILDS ON WHAT IS ALREADY WORKING
Platforms build 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
Provide 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
REPs connect refugees with employers while maintaining constant coordination with national and subnational integration stakeholders and civil society counterparts, offering significant potential for synergies and diverse collaboration.
TAILORED TO REFUGEES’ EXPERIENCE AND NEEDS
Each National REP has a comprehensive resource page 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
Engagement with existing networks of refugee communities and the channels of communication they employ to ensure broad and effective outreach.
JOB FAIRS & ENGAGEMENT ACROSS NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT ECOSYSTEM
REP partners run supplementary activities such as workshops, job fairs, industry-specific micro job fairs, communities of practice, and entrepreneurship-focused gatherings.
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