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R2P Representative Participated in an Inclusive Community Renewal Forum

May 10, 2024

Events (Ukraine)

A two-day Inclusive Community Recovery Forum was held in Kyiv. On 9 May, the Presidential Summit of Cities and Regions was held and attended by the President of the European Parliament and high-ranking Ukrainian officials.

On 10 May, government officials, representatives of Ukrainian and foreign local governments, and civil society continued to discuss the results achieved through inclusive approaches to hromadas' recovery, as well as future strategic priorities.

Ksenia Gedz, Advocacy Coordinator, Right to Protection, represented the Foundation at the Forum. At a panel session, she spoke on geographical and sectoral approaches to hromada recovery. In her speech, Ksenia Gedz noted that credit programmes currently existing at the level of oblasts or hromadas cannot be considered a widespread and effective tool for addressing IDPs' housing issues.

Ksenia Gedz, Advocacy Coordinator, Right to Protection

On the one hand, this may be due to a lack of awareness among IDPs about the availability and conditions of such programmes. It could be improved by creating a general map/dashboard with the available lending programmes, as well as other similar programmes, in different regions of Ukraine and explaining their conditions. On the other hand, we understand that a broad survey among IDPs is needed to identify their needs and capacities to use such mechanisms.

The availability of official employment and a stable source of income will help increase IDPs' capacity to use credit mechanisms. Regions should also develop comprehensive programmes, focusing on IDP employment/business start-up programmes, grants, and other similar programmes, considering a particular region's development strategy and economic profile. In addition, attention should be paid to the availability and expansion of funding for such programmes.

Ksenia Gedz, Advocacy Coordinator, Right to Protection

To address IDPs' housing issues on a broader scale, both at the state and oblast/hromada levels, multiple and diverse mechanisms should be proposed. These include a mechanism for compensation for housing destroyed and damaged due to armed aggression, the scope of which must be expanded, as well as regulation and de-shadowing of the rental market, development of rental housing with a buyout, provision of housing for free temporary use, etc. Only diversification and expansion of the range of such solutions and programmes will contribute to improvements in the provision of housing for IDPs and, accordingly, their integration into host hromadas.

However, the most crucial recommendation that should underpin the implementation of measures to restore and rebuild Ukraine's regions is always to remember that people, their needs, and vulnerabilities should be at the centre of the efforts.