Ukraine Community Recovery Fund Report 2024

In 2023, UN Ukraine launched an ambitious Multi-partner Trust Fund initiative aimed at strengthening recovery and development momentum in the communities significantly affected by the war. The Ukraine Community Recovery Fund (UCRF) raised USD 11.7 million, with contributions from Denmark, Luxembourg, and the Republic of Korea. 

UCRF supported coordinated, multi-agency recovery interventions across two critical thematic areas: Mine Action and Livelihoods and Agriculture Support in Sumy Region. The Fund responded to urgent challenges stemming from the Russian Federation's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which resulted in massive internal displacement, widespread contamination by mines and explosive remnants of war (ERW), and the breakdown of local economies and agricultural systems.

The first projects implemented by IOM and FAO were awarded in February 2024 to benefit community-based development and the recovery of agricultural livelihoods in the Sumy region, parts of which suffered devastation from the Russian occupation early in the war. 

These projects supported the local value chains and rural economic infrastructure, benefiting over 1,000 rural households. The Mine Action window of the Fund supported UNMAS and UNOPS activities to strengthen national mine action capacity, as well as a joint initiative by UNDP and UNHCR on Mine Action and durable solutions for IDPs’ in Southern Ukraine.

Going forward, the UN will further strengthen the Mine Action window as a key to enabling economic recovery, including through a recent contribution to the Fund from Canada in the amount of CAD 15 million.