Presentation of the Obriy system (Photo: Ministry of Economy, Environment and Agriculture of Ukraine / Facebook)
Ukraine’s Economy Ministry has unveiled Obriy, a unified labor market information and analytics system designed to tackle labor shortages and structural unemployment, with beta testing of its first public services set to roll out through the end of June.
According to the ministry, the AI-powered Obriy system is intended to become a “digital ecosystem for career support that accompanies a person throughout their working life — from profiling interests and skills at school and choosing a profession to employment, retraining and professional development.” The system is designed to help users identify the most suitable educational pathway and job opportunities.
“Obriy creates an end-to-end digital employment ecosystem: a person’s entire career path will transition into Diia,” the Economy Ministry said.
The initiative is focused on the 12.5 million economically inactive Ukrainians who remain outside the labor market, including veterans, internally displaced people, people with disabilities, young people, mothers with children and those aged 50 and older.
“No isolated program today addresses the labor market’s complex challenges in Ukraine … For the first time, the state sees the labor market as a whole rather than as fragmented pieces of information scattered across different registries. This will allow us to more accurately forecast business needs, adapt education to real employer demand and engage people in even the most remote communities across Ukraine. By the end of the year, we expect Obriy to help bring at least 100,000 Ukrainians into the labor market,” Economy Minister Oleksii Sobolev said.
Through the end of June, authorities will conduct beta testing of Obriy’s first two public services: a professional development grant and remote termination of employment relationships in temporarily occupied territories. Following the completion of beta testing in July, both services will become available through the Diia mobile application.
The professional development grant provides state funding to cover training in priority professions or the acquisition and confirmation of qualifications. The service is intended for people seeking their place in the labor market. Applicants choose a field of study or qualification, and the system automatically determines whether they are eligible for the grant. Applications are signed using Diia.Signature.
The remote termination service is designed for employees whose employers are located in temporarily occupied territories. Since thousands of Ukrainians remain formally employed by such employers, they have been unable to seek other jobs or qualify for unemployment benefits. Previously, the only solution was to obtain a court ruling. Under the new system, a statement submitted through Diia will be sufficient. The system will verify the employer’s address, record the termination date and update state registries accordingly.
The rollout of the Obriy system will continue throughout 2026 and 2027. Future stages include the introduction of a registry of working-age individuals, electronic employment functionality, AI-assisted job matching and training, and proactive support services for unemployed people.
Among the additional services planned for launch in the near future are unemployment registration and the assignment of unemployment benefits.
Obriy is being developed by the Economy Ministry in cooperation with the Ministry of Digital Transformation and the Better Regulation Delivery Office (BRDO). The project is being implemented with support from the Partnership Fund for a Resilient Ukraine (PFRU), financed by the governments of the United Kingdom, Estonia, Canada, Norway, Finland, Switzerland and Sweden.
As previously reported, Economy Minister Oleksii Sobolev said that three-quarters of Ukrainian companies report labor shortages, while more than 200,000 people are officially registered as unemployed in Ukraine.
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