From frontline to workforce: co-integration as Ukraine's competitive advantage
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Ukraine is doing what no European country has done since 1945: reintegrating millions of civilians who became soldiers - teachers, engineers, farmers. Veteran unemployment exceeds 30%. The barrier is not skill - it is translation and trust. What does it take to build the bridge from both sides?
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Once full demobilisation begins, Ukraine will have over 5 million veterans - up to 15% of the population. It is the only European country to have experienced full-scale war on its own soil since 1945, and the only one whose army consists substantially of mobilised civilians. Existing models were not built for this. This panel introduces co-integration: sustainable reintegration requires transformation on both sides - veterans learning to translate their experience, employers and institutions learning to recognise it. Reintegration asks veterans to adapt. Co-integration asks society to meet them halfway. Sweden has what Ukraine needs: inclusive labour market pathways, institutional infrastructure, experience supporting people outside the workforce. But knowledge runs both ways. Sweden rejoined NATO in 2024 and is rebuilding its defence capacity - asking how to prepare civilians to serve and bring them home. Ukraine is living that question at scale.
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Ann Linde, Former Minister for Foreign Affairs
Linnéa Åslin, Group Manager Rehabilitation, Samhall
Jonas Rydin, Entrepreneur, Defence Investor, Platoon Commander Swedish Marines
Olesia Gordiyenko, Program Manager - Reskilling Ukraine, Beredskapslyftet
Eva Tatarova, Moderator Program Manager, Beredskapslyftet / Reskilling Ukraine
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Evenemangstyp: Debatt/panelsamtal
Evenemangs-ID: 7109
Språk: Engelska
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Kontaktperson: Khrystyna Hevchuk, Ordförande, RefugeeHope UA&SE, 073-779 06 68, khrystyna.hevchuk@refugeehope.eu
Sven Bergland, RefugeeHope UA&SE, 070-828 62 02, sven.bergland@refugeehope.eu
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Senast uppdaterad: Onsdag 24 juni 2026