PROJECT OVERVIEW

As of 2025, Ukrainian women constitute one of the largest and most vulnerable migrant groups in the European Union. Across the European Union, migrant women continue to face structural barriers to integration, particularly in the labour market and public life. These women frequently encounter intersectional barriers to integration – including lack of access to childcare, language instruction, formal employment pathways, and support networks – that must be addressed. U Circle aims, through outreach, mentoring, and participation in thematic workshops, to help women gain confidence and independence in navigating public services, legal systems, and in accessing childcare. The family-centred approach is designed to address labour market participation barriers, enabling women to balance their duties as assigned caregivers with training, employment, and active engagement. This approach aims to help women gain independence while integrating into the host society.

PROJECT DETAILS

Start Date: 14/10/2026                 

End Date:  13/10/2029             

Project Reference: 101289040

Programme: AMIF

Call: AMIF-2025-TF2-AG-INTE-01: Support measures for migrant women’s integration

Action Type: AMIF-PJG

EU Contribution: € 428.251,45 

PROJECT OBJECTIVES

• Increase migrant women’s access to information about practices and services in the host countries 
• Provide language, digital and vocational training in order to facilitate integration in the host country 
• Foster gender equality and women’s independence by helping them access the labour market 

TARGET GROUPS

• Migrant Ukrainian women (mothers with dependent children, young women and women experiencing low digital literacy, or social isolation) 
• Ukrainian families especially children, spouses, and elderly dependents.

PROJECT RESULTS

• Holding of bi-monthly workshops in eight partner countries 
• Implementation of individual peer-mentoring in every partner country 
• Drafting of eight national policy briefs and an EU synthesis report on integration policies
• Orientation sessions with labour market actors (chambers, employers, unions, public services) 

PROJECT CONSORTIUM

Coordinator:

• HEKET [PL]

Partners:

• MV International – MVI [IT]
• NGO Nest Berlin – NEST [DE]
• ÖJAB [AT]
• Central European Chamber of Commerce and Industry – CECC [PL]
• Agency for Regional Development – ARED [BG]
• Technology Partner Foundation – TPF [PL]
• PUPJ [PL]
• MRB [ES]
• ZRSZ [SI]