Born of the #Chornobyl disaster exactly 38 years ago, the city of #Slavutych has suffered several setbacks in its short life. But the city authorities are fighting for its future, and with #EU and UN Development help made a strategy for its recovery and growth. 🔗 undp.org/ukraine/storie…

Visited Kharkiv with Ministry for the Restoration of Ukraine Oleksandr Kubrakov, Mayor and Governor & Diplomats from Ole Egberg Mikkelsen Estonia in Ukraine Sweden in Ukraine La France en Ukraine 🇨🇵🇪🇺 PLinUkraine. Saw destruction on energy infrastructure & apartments. UNDP Ukraine 🇺🇦 committed to supporting recovery and people in Kharkiv.

From destruction to reconstruction: together with UNDP Ukraine 🇺🇦 we support communities in 🇺🇦 #Ukraine to manage waste & recycle debris to make materials for reconstruction.

This is #EUForeignPolicy in action!
We #StandWithUkraine !

Joined EU Civil Protection & Humanitarian Aid 🇪🇺 meeting today European Commission to discuss next stage of humanitarian programme for Ukraine. We UN Development believe it’s vital to deliver specific outcomes, including IDP & refugee return, a nexus approach, investment in data, & support to capacities for local authorities.

The 🇸🇪 Sweden in Ukraine-supported DIA Support Project has won a Gender-Responsive Evaluation Award from UNDP Independent Evaluation Office! 🤩

🏆 We're grateful for this recognition, and inspired to further promote inclusive and gender-sensitive approaches in #Ukraine !

More ➡️ web.undp.org/evaluation/awa…

Visited #Kharkiv city today and saw the damage caused to various apartment buildings - Our UNDP Ukraine 🇺🇦 project funded by EU Service for Foreign Policy Instruments 🌐 and EU in Ukraine is supporting safe debris removal of apartments badly damaged during the war. Peter M. Wagner 🇪🇺 Katarina Mathernova 🇪🇺

Visited our UNDP Ukraine 🇺🇦 offices in #Dnipro and #Poltava and wonderful to see our numerous projects in the East of #UKRAINE to support #Recovery efforts. Under difficult circumstances - these @UNDP personnel do an incredible job of supporting the people of Ukraine.

“We are working together to bring about a better future for Ukraine.”

Ahead of the International Day of Mine Awareness and Assistance #IMAD2024 , 12 ambassadors and representatives from embassies – UN Development development partners working in Ukraine recorded a video message.

A newly opened exhibition – a joint project by UNDP Ukraine 🇺🇦, Legacy of War Foundation & photographer, landmine survivor & UN Global Advocate Giles Duley – depicts the impacts of mines and UXO on everyday life in #Ukraine . definingfutures.ua.undp.org/en/

Proud to hand over 15 Water Trucks funded by EU Service for Foreign Policy Instruments 🌐 and EU in Ukraine to Kryvyi Rih District Communities. Will ensure delivery of clean water to those communities impacted by the Kakhovka dam destruction.

Wonderful to see the UNDP Ukraine 🇺🇦 projects on community recovery and planning, community security + engaging youth - implemented in Bashtanka & Yavkyne communities in #Mykolaiv Oblast. Supported by Denmark MFA 🇩🇰 and Sweden in Ukraine

Delighted to visit our UNDP Ukraine 🇺🇦 office in #Odesa . Our staff continue to do incredible work, in spite of the increased missile and drone attacks.

Met today with UNDP Ukraine 🇺🇦 Representative Jaco Cilliers. Discussed top priorities in our cooperation: recovery, support of institutional capacity of GoU bodies, humanitarian demining. We are happy to have UNDP Ukraine 🇺🇦 as a our reliable partner 🤝

Before #IWD2024 honored to discuss, w/ Olena Kondratiuk, Kateryna Pavlichenko & Посольство Японії в Україні Ambassador Matsuda Kuninori women's resilience in 🇺🇦 law enforcement & emergency services, implemented by UN Development. Proud that together we’re standing for women's empowerment & gender equality.

Roughly 2 million homes have been damaged or destroyed in #Ukraine , where the full-scale Russian invasion enters a 3rd year.

UN News spoke to UNDP Ukraine 🇺🇦's Jaco Cilliers about our work with partners to support 🇺🇦's reconstruction and recovery. bit.ly/3IlunMY

Together with EU in Ukraine & Ministry of Health of Ukraine, UN Development transferred six palliative care vehicles to UA communities. In remote areas, these vehicles, equipped with lifts, wheelchairs & other assistive equipment, will enhance the quality of life for people requiring palliative care.

Children should not be be tought how to avoid #mines and explosive ordinances, but in #Ukraine it is a sad reality! UNDP Ukraine 🇺🇦 and MOFA of Japan and Посольство Японії в Україні creates a safety-awareness attitude for children in #Kyiv and #Chirnihiv .

As the war in #Ukraine enters a 3rd year, mines & unexploded ordnance have contaminated close to a 1/3 of the nation’s land area.

UNDP Ukraine 🇺🇦's Jaco Cilliers & Paul Heslop discuss with ABC Australia Ukraine's economic resilience & the challenges ahead. abc.net.au/listen/program…

Two years of war in #Ukraine has devastated the country. 10,000 lives have been lost & damage to infrastructure has disrupted daily life.

See how UN Development has helped demine, clear rubble, and kickstart small businesses towards recovering communities.⏩go.undp.org/qdjw

Rebuilding communities in #Ukraine is more than just structural repairs.

It’s about providing opportunities & giving people ownership of their lives & futures.

In Voznesensk, see how we are strengthening public services & supporting local communities. go.undp.org/qdjw