Extending the integration space of IDPs: implementation of the Polish experience of supporting families in Ukraine

Abstract

The article is dedicated to the analysis of the implementation process of the Polish experience of supporting IDPs families in Ukraine, which envisages the harmonization of the efforts of professionals to help families as an specific integrities. A similar experience is important for Ukraine during the armed conflict in the eastern territories of the country, which in turn leads to an increase in the number of internally displaced families who are struggling with their own specific problems and needs, including the need to expand the integration space. The article uses the materials of the joint project of Caritas Ukraine and Caritas Polska "Establishing a family support center due to the model of integration of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and host communities in Ukraine", implemented with the author's participation in 2017-2019 as part of the cooperation program of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland.