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Empowering refugees
Supporting economic opportunity to strengthen local talent pools and growth
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Accenture is helping welcome refugees in the communities where we work and live, and we recognize how they enrich our communities through their courage, strength and talent. We partner with local and global organizations to help refugees around the world gain meaningful employment and start businesses.
For more than a decade, our Skills to Succeed program equipped people with skills for future employment or entrepreneurship opportunities. Building on this legacy, in 2025, we launched our new Learning to Earning initiative which continues our commitment to skilling and increases our focus on supporting people in securing employment or building a business. In fiscal 2025, programs supported by Learning to Earning reported that approximately 2.5 million people worldwide gained employment-relevant skills, and more than 190,000 people were supported in finding a job or starting a business.*
Among them were approximately 53,000 government authorized refugees and migrants, strengthening the talent pools and supporting economic growth in their host countries.
Approximately 2,000 Accenture volunteers have actively participated in programs supporting refugees in the 12 months between World Refugee Day 2025 and 2026.
Here are some of the key organizations we partner with to help refugees around the world build new lives, find meaningful employment or start their own businesses.
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We’re helping PeaceGeeks serve newcomers to Canada, including those who have been forcibly displaced around the world. Using human-centered technology and digital tools, PeaceGeeks assists refugees and newcomers with settlement and development of employment skills, helping them reach personal and economic success in their new homeland. We have been working with PeaceGeeks since 2022 to scale the 'Welcome to Canada' app and provide users the Virtual Career Coach Experience. This program aims to support over 5,000 refugees into employment by August 2026.
As a member of the Tent Partnership for Refugees, in 2023 we committed to partnering with organizations to help skill and support an estimated 16,000 refugee and migrant job seekers in Europe. Targeted for 2026, this goal was met ahead of schedule.
In parallel, our pro bono work with Tent spans the UK, Mexico, Germany, Spain and Colombia—assessing high-demand low‑barrier job markets, employer readiness, and refugee hiring potential. The insights are informing how Tent evolves it’s hiring support program—service offerings designed to address fragmented infrastructure connecting employers with refugee job seekers.
We have been partnering with Upwardly Global in Poland since 2022 to support refugees in skill-aligned jobs across industries such as business logistics, marketing, finance, accounting, IT, and legal. In fiscal 2025, the initiative reported skilling more than 500 refugees and facilitating employment opportunities to over 400.*
Since 2022, we have helped YMCA Europe establish community hubs in Ukraine, Romania, Moldova, Slovakia and Germany to help internally displaced people and refugees connect with local communities and resources, including access to skill development and support. YMCA Europe reported that in fiscal 2025, our work together provided more than 6,000 Ukrainian refugees with holistic support and skills training through local community hubs.
In 2023, Youth Business International and Accenture partnered to launch the Seeking Economic Empowerment and Resilience for Refugees and Migrants (SEER) program.
Building on the program’s success, it was extended in 2025 aiming to equip over 1,000 more young refugees and migrants in Germany, France, Sweden and Ireland with the confidence, connections, and entrepreneurial abilities to help them integrate into the economies of their host countries, fostering economic resilience and social inclusion.
In fiscal 2025, our partnership with INCO reported equipping approximately 3,000 refugees across Europe with in‑demand digital and green economy skills, career coaching, and industry‑recognized credentials to improve employability and long‑term economic inclusion. Delivered through flexible, multilingual virtual learning, the program aims to further skill 1,100 refugees and enable employment opportunities for 500 by February 2027.
*The same individual may be reported as receiving support in both learning and earning.