Ukraine Community Recovery Fund

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The United Nations (UN) in Ukraine, in coordination with the Government, has
established a flexible community-level recovery fund. It supports inclusive, areabased
approaches that are in full synergy to the Government’s early recovery
priorities. Community-level investments in reconstruction of housing, energy, social
infrastructure, humanitarian demining, and support to livelihoods and local
economic development, are combined with targeted capacity strengthening for
essential service provision and community mobilization. These interventions are a
holistic package that create conducive conditions for people impacted by the war
to recover and rebuild their lives.

OVERVIEW

The Ukraine Community Recovery Fund (UCRF) is a tool through which the UN is
able to catalyze strategic recovery efforts, bridge gaps in recovery needs in
targeted communities and pilot innovative recovery initiatives. It mirrors the
success of the Ukraine Humanitarian Fund (UHF), overseen by the Resident
Coordinator/Humanitarian Coordinator. These two funds are complementary and
coordinated and allow for humanitarian and recovery interventions to be planned,
layered and sequenced with goal of reducing humanitarian needs in the future and
laying a robust foundation for sustainable development efforts aligned to Agenda
2030 in coming years.

KEY INFORMATION

On the development cooperation side, the Ukraine Community Recovery Fund will
leverage the Funding Compact of the Member States to mobilize unearmarked
contributions to a pooled fund. Aligned with the Funding Compact between
Members States and the UN Development System, this allows the UN in Ukraine to
plan strategically, act quickly, and implement holistic recovery solutions. The Fund
is also in full complementarity with the existing recovery and development
programmes of the UN entities in Ukraine, which currently amount to more than
US$1.7 billion implemented by 24 UN entities with 3,000 personnel country-wide.

FUNDING BY DONOR

The Fund is similarly based on the extensive experience of the UN system in
establishing and managing multi-partner trust funds in large-scale recovery
contexts. This includes robust risk management and monitoring systems in a
Fund Secretariat hosted by the Resident Coordinator Office, to ensure
transparency and accountability. It leverages the UN’s track record in
implementation, monitoring, and consolidated reporting with a view to
strengthening the capacity of key government bodies and local communities to
smoothly shift from humanitarian assistance to a human rights-based and
people-centered approach to recovery and sustainable development.

ALLOCATION BY SECTOR AND REGION

UN-implemented recovery and reconstruction efforts are rooted in supporting
communities to mobilize and articulate their needs and building the capacity of
local authorities. The Fund is also uniquely positioned through the UN’s strong
focus on the inclusion of marginalized groups, to ensure the recovery process
benefits those farthest behind, reduces inequalities and promotes social
cohesion. The Fund will set the foundations for the future scale up of sustainable
development efforts by collecting data and evidence from the community level
for policy advocacy and capacity strengthening at the national level.