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For more detailed database on disasters by country, please see the : Centre for Research on Epidemiology of Disasters:http://www.emdat.be/country-profile

Calamities and Seasonal Affects

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

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Ukraine’s temperate continental climate during spring summer and autumn may not affect storage and handling of goods. In winter months, liquids may need to be protected against freezing if this affects the quality of the stored goods. 

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 LCAhttp://dlca.logcluster.org/display/DLCA/4.2.1+Ukraine+Government+Contact+List

The State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SESU) is the central executive body responsible for the implementation of of state policy in in 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 on the Government controlled area and mainly focused assisting during natural disasters.

Humanitarian Community

A Humanitarian Response Plan for Ukraine has been launched and in December 2014 Cluster system was activated.

As of November 2015, eight clusters are present in the country: Education; Emergency Shelter & NFIs; Food Security; Health & Nutrition; Livelihoods / Early Recovery, Logistics Cluster; Protection and WASH.

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

By 15 September 2015 there are 147 humanitarian actors are present in Ukraine with on-going projects:

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

• There are 103 national and 24 international NGOs

• 6 International organizations, 3 Government and other organizations

• Three organizations with highest volume of relief items delivery to the NGCAs are ICRC, Rinat Akhmetov Foundation and UN.

On-going programs:

Humanitarian organizations present in Ukraine run their programmes focused to:

• Respond to the protection needs of displaced and other conflict-affected people, with due regard to international humanitarian norms and standards.

• Provide life-saving assistance and ensure non-discriminatory access to quality essential services for displaced and other conflict-affected people, with emphasis on the most vulnerable.

• Improve the access of displaced and conflict-affected people to high-impact early recovery activities with a focus on livelihoods opportunities, normalization of basic services, return and post-conflict reconciliation programming, with attention to reducing social inequalities.