Financing of refugee labour pathways: challenges and opportunities
Watch time: 3 hours
Watch the full recording of our workshop ‘Financing of refugee labour pathways: challenges and opportunities’, held in Brussels and online on 27 November 2025. This workshop examined how innovative financing mechanisms — including blended finance and financial instruments combined with grants — can help address funding gaps and attract investment to scale up skills-based legal pathways that connect refugees with employment opportunities across the EU.
The workshop builds on insights from recent initiatives and feedback from key stakeholder groups, with discussions aiming to identify financing needs on both the demand and supply sides, and to explore possible models for future solutions.
- Welcome and introduction from the moderator
- Policy context: Innovative financing solutions to support refugee labour pathways in the EU
- Working session I: Current needs and financing gap to support refugee labour pathways in the EU
- Working session II: Possible models and testing, how to harness and set up innovative financing solutions, including blending and financial instruments
- Final reflections and closing remarks
Themes
Watch time: 3 hours

