Be the bridge builder

The role of WelcomeNet

Third sector organisations play a key role in facilitating dialogue between the world of business and refugees.

For this reason, and to meet the growing need for companies to include refugees, the Welcome Support Network (WelcomeNet) was created.

Established by UNHCR within the framework of the “Welcome. Working for refugee integration” programme, WelcomeNet is a qualified network of bodies and organisations that implement labour inclusion pathways by working alongside companies in corporate partnerships and supporting beneficiaries in empowerment processes.

WelcomeNet fosters closer links between companies and organisations that support refugees locally, thereby increasing their employment opportunities.

Connect and collaborate

If you are a WelcomeNet member, register on the Welcome In-one-click platform and create your profile as a localactor. By doing so, you will:

support beneficiaries in their career pathway by assisting them in finding the most suitable employment and free training opportunities on the platform
access all published jobs and training offers
receive requests from registered companies to co-design job opportunities

If you are not yet a WelcomeNet member, you can become one in just a few simple steps:

register on the platform and apply to become a WelcomeNet member
complete the self-assessment questionnaire on your eligibility* requirements
once approved by UNHCR, you will be a WelcomeNet member and you will be able to use the platform alongside businesses and refugees

Register now

Register and log in

To help beneficiaries find the most suitable job and training opportunities and to be able to collaborate and co-design with interested companies, you must first register to the Welcome In-one-click platform and create your profile.

Register now

Organisations belonging to WelcomeNet

The protagonists’ voices

Sandra - Addetta Area Food - IKEA

Rome

I love this job so much. All my colleagues are like a family. They help you, if there’s something I don’t understand they explain it to me, everyone gives a hand, so the work becomes easy and they do it from the heart, there’s no discrimination, nothing negative. I like it a lot.

Valentina Revello - Social and integration worker - Arci Solidarietà

Genoa

Joining this network immediately revealed the potential of collaboration between people and stakeholders: for us staff, it means having the opportunity to get to know and interact with excellent and highly-competent businesses; for the beneficiaries of these projects, it means accessing the labour market with dignity and respect for their rights, but above all in line with their own desires for professional and personal growth, strengthening the awareness of their own skills and abilities.

Mattia Minieri - International Division Manager - Tefin

Naples

We undertook a social and business challenge to give the company ‘new lifeblood’, helping people to ‘start afresh’ and ‘reinvent’ themselves.

But we also considered the unquestionable value of ‘diversity’, which is necessary to remain competitive globally.

Angela Balducci - Sustainability Manager - Lavoropiù

Bologna

Thanks to the program, more and more companies are recognizing the importance of an inclusive approach to work, in a socio-economic context characterized by persistent challenges such as xenophobia and racism. Promoting integration fuels innovation, enriches relationships, with a positive impact on tax revenue and the economy as a whole

Alessandro Borgialli - Director - Adecco Inclusion

Milan

As Adecco Inclusion, we strongly believe in the value of work as a tool for social inclusion. Day after day, we work to support the most vulnerable people by integrating or reintegrating them into the labour market, which is why we have chosen to join "Welcome-in-one-click". To make the world of work more and more inclusive.