Project information
The project is an extension of the project "Improvement of social dialogue and cooperation in Poland" implemented in previous years. The project aims to implement the strong Norwegian tradition of trilateral social dialogue and experience in connecting employees, employers and government representatives to solve the current social problem – the influx of refugees from Ukraine to Polish.
In Poland, there is a lack of solutions agreed between social partners and public authorities aimed at solving the serious problem of Ukrainian refugees, enabling them access to the labour market in order to promote and protect their rights and obligations as employees. There is a lack of information exchange, joint consultation and decision-making processes aimed in particular at mitigating the negative effects of migration and promoting stability and social and economic cohesion of the country.
It should be noted that since the beginning of hostilities in Ukraine, the number of migrants in Poland has almost tripled compared to 2017, when Poland adopted an open-door policy for Ukrainian citizens. In June 2022, more than 3.6 million Ukrainians fled to Polish, while in 2017 the number of Ukrainians in Poland was just over 1 million.
The increase in the number of Ukrainian migrants has led to an increase, especially last year, in the number of Ukrainian workers employed in the copper industry. In the near future, a steady increase in the number of Ukrainian refugees is predicted, and thus in the number of Ukrainian workers employed in the copper industry.
