SkillHab: Vocational Training, Business and Educational Hub

The main idea: A modern Proftech Business Hub established which provides qualified and sufficient labor force in Novovolynsk which ensures jobs for citizens and growth of Novovolynsk.

Needs and challenges of the project:

CHALLENGE 1:

►Lack of skilled labour force for local enterprises in growth (Wooden Factory, Furniture Factory, Foundry, etc.)

CHALLENGE 2:

►Many IDPs (internally displaced persons) without access to quality and safe education

►3 000 IDPs in Novovolynsk (but 3,7 million in Ukraine)

CHALLENGE 3:

►Empty buildings (educational building 3540 m2 and housing accomodation) of ex-regional college transferred from Region to Novovolynsk Municipality (April, 2024)

CHALLENGE 4:

►Lack of business support ecosystem (co-working space, start up programmes, etc.)

CHALLENGE 5:

►Redundant labour force from coal mines closure

TARGET GROUP

RESIDENTS

►Municipality of Novovolynsk: 58 809 residents (500 potential students)

►Oblast/Region of Donetsk: 4,132 million (1000 potential students)

►Sub-region (all together): (500 potential students)

►IDP students: (1000 potential students)

►Redundant workers from coal mines (closing down), more than 1 000

►Unemployed persons

ECONOMY

►Municipality of Novovolynsk : 2661 private businesses

STAKEHOLDERS NATIONAL/OBLAST/REGION

►Employment Service

►Association of Mines

►Business Association

►Regional Education Department

EU/DONOR COMMUNITY

►Multi-agency Donor Coordination Platform for Ukraine

►Slovenian CEP

►German GIZ

►Interreg programme Ukraine-Poland

Strategic objective: provision of qualified and sufficient labor force, which ensures job placements for citizens and long-term economic growth of Novovolynsk.

Purpose: reconstruction of empty building for introduction of new Vocational, Business and Educational Programmes

Specific Objective 1: Research of the business needs and existing trainings programmes

Specific Objective 2: Development of new state-of-the-art vocational and business training programmes

Specific Objective 3: Renovati…