Ukraine Humanitarian Background

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Seasonal Affects on Logistics Capacities

REPLACE THIS TEXT with a brief 1 -3 paragraph narrative on seasons of the year, indicating the period and any affects on transport. A seasonal economic or social activity can have a big impact on transport (e.i. truck availability during harvest time, port and airports congestion during Hadj period in Muslim countries, etc.)

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Ukraine has a temperate continental climate with cold winters and warm summers. Heavy snow falls and freezing in winter may affect transport/movement.

Heated warehouse are recommended in winter to avoid freezing of goods. Heavy snow and freezing can affect all aspects of warehouse operations.

Capacity and Contacts for In-Country Emergency Response

Government

REPLACE THIS TEXT with a 2 - 4 paragraph summary of the Government's capacity to respond to emergencies, including the agencies and ministries involved, their degree of involvement and cooperation with the humanitarian community.  Specify whether military and/or civil defence assets are currently used in relief operations: if regularly used, how; if not, why not; if the use of military and/or civil defence assets could be used in a potential emergency situation; if yes, how, and if not, describe the limitations (legal or other) preventing their use.

INSERT GOVERNMENT CONTACT LIST. Create the contact list by completing 'Annex 2.1: Government Contact List' template. Once saved, copy and paste the link directly into the correct section of the LCA.

Humanitarian Community

REPLACE THIS TEXT with a 3 - 5 paragraph narrative on the current humanitarian structure. Identify key agencies and describe on-going programmes. 

INSERT HUMANITARIAN CONTACT LIST. Create the contact list by completing 'Annex 2.2: Humanitarian Agency Contact List' template. Once saved, copy and paste the link directly into the correct section of the LCAThe   State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SESU) is the central executive body responsible for the implementation of state policy in the area of civil protection, protection of population and territories from emergencies, prevention of emergencies, elimination of emergencies, rescue, firefighting, fire and labour safety, rescue and emergency service management, and hydro meteorological activity.
The SESU operates in the Government controlled area and is mainly focused assisting during natural disasters.

4.1 Ukraine Government Contact List

Humanitarian Community

A Humanitarian Response Plan for Ukraine was launched and the Cluster System activated in December 2014. This link is to the 2017 response plan. https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/system/files/documents/files/humanitarian_response_plan_2017_eng.pdf

As of April 2017, seven clusters are present in the country: Education; Shelter & NFIs; Food Security and Livelihoods; Health & Nutrition, Logistics; Protection and WASH.

Various humanitarian actors are operating in the field, including UN agencies, national and international NGOs, & international organizations.

As of April 2017 there are 91 humanitarian partners present in Ukraine with on-going projects:

• 9 UN agencies (UNHCR, IOM, UNICEF, UNDP, WFP, WHO, FAO, OCHA, OHCHR) are active in the field

• There are 48 national and 27 international NGOs

• 5 Ukraine Government departments, 3 defacto Authority departments.

• Organizations with highest volume of relief items delivery to the NGCAs are The Russian Federation, ICRC and UN/partners.

Humanitarian access to the non-government controlled region remains severely constrained. Since the beginning of the crisis, government-imposed bureaucratic restrictions have slowed operations considerably and despite constructive dialogue, heavy requirements are still in place for humanitarian actors delivering aid close to the 'contact line', including in both government and non-government controlled areas.

A major breakdown of humanitarian aid delivery occurred in July 2015, when the de facto authorities of Donetsk and Luhansk imposed equally daunting restrictions and eventually stopped operations until humanitarian organizations obtain de-facto authority ‘registration’. While some progress has been observed, and a handful of organisations resumed operation, this is insufficient to cater for existing needs.

Activities indicated in non-government controlled areas (NGCAs) are largely suspended since mid-July 2015. The resumption of activities and humanitarian assistance is pending on the outcome of the ‘registration’ by the de-facto authories.