On Friday, March 18th we met with the Deputy Director General of the European Business Association Ukraine, Ms Svitlana Mikhaylovska to hear her call for support and receive an update about the evolving situation in Ukraine.
In addition, the representatives of our members in countries near to the conflict, like Lithuania, Poland, Hungary and Georgia shared with us their advice and instructions on what can be done.
Our speakers looked at the situation on the ground and identified key ways in which fellow European can help and support fellow Ukrainian companies and people – both those who stayed in the country and those who came to the EU as refugees.
Our speakers have flagged the following association that can be contacted to provide support in Ukraine:
Ukraine
European Business Association: they support the country and Ukrainian companies. They communicate with the Ministries (defence, health, social policy), medical institutions, territorial defences, etc. fully focused on finding the protective equipment, medicines, products, gadgets, clothing, hygiene, and disinfection products – everything that Ukraine needs to hold the fort.
Their sustainability platform (online reuse centre that we launched at the end of 2021) Second Chance Bank helps to respond to the needs of the Ukrainian army, doctors, territorial defence members, and people. All their lectures and seminars, oriented on psychological advice, mentoring, etc will be published in Knowledge Storage (an educational online platform).
EBA CSR project – UNLIMIT Ukraine – reoriented on the support of Ukrainian micro-companies during the war. Their analytical center conducts express polls to understand the latest sentiments of the business community.
Lithuania
stipruskartu.lt; for donations of money, or find accommodation or a co-working space.
Blue Yellow: blue-yellow.lt (it is important to go to this page, because since the start of the war there were few fake ones noticed)
www.ukrainetakeshelter.com (international site for those who can offer a place for refugees to stay)
https://clustercollaboration.eu/content/eu-clusters-supporting-ukraine
Red Cross Lithuanian branch (https://www.redcross.lt/),
Poland
tps://pl4ua.info/: a dedicated job portal in Poland.
Hungary
napfelkelte.hu: an Hungarian Foundation supporting Ukraine for many years already
Slovenia
https://www.sbc.si/aktualno/sbc-in-rdeca-zoga-za-otroke-v-ukrajini-2022-03-15: a way to offer humanitarian aid through our member SBC in Slovenia
Austria
https://www.jobs-for-ukraine.at: the Austrian federal agency dedicated job portal
Germany
https://www.jobaidukraine.com/: the German platform dedicated to helping Ukrainians in Europe find a job.
Practical aid in Europe
https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/IntegrationRefugees_VET: this project by the EU Commission is looking for good practices of how to help Ukrainian refugees with the purpose of creating a database and funding them whenever possible.
EU Clusters Support Ukraine | European Cluster Collaboration Platform: this initiative for European SMEs provided by EU Cluster support is matching Ukrainian businesses with those who can solve issues impacting those businesses.
