Ukraine

Summary of needs

In 2025, an estimated 149,000 internally displaced people¹ in collective sites will need Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM) services. By mid-2024, around 79,000 internally displaced people with complex needs and without alternative temporary accommodation resided in nearly 1,800 collective sites across 24 oblasts. This represents about 2 per cent of all internally displaced people. Most sites host long-term residents, with 79 per cent of internally displaced people staying for over 17 months. An increasing number of sites (46 per cent) are receiving new arrivals, including evacuees. In 2024, demand on transit centres increased, with more than 25,000 evacuees passing through and seeking services. These centres, managed by local authorities with support from CCCM partners, serve as hubs for temporary accommodation for evacuees in transit to final destinations.

Collective site residents are among the most vulnerable internally displaced people in Ukraine, requiring critical services tailored to meet their specific needs and ensure their safety and well-being. Overall, 64 per cent of collective site residents are female. Women experience a higher incidence of poverty and mental health challenges and are more frequently responsible for caregiving, including for older relatives and those with disabilities.² They are also usually heads of single-parent households (97 per cent).

Most collective sites were originally designed as dormitories, schools or health centres. They are unsuitable for long-term residence and often ill-equipped to meet the complex needs of vulnerable internally displaced people. Despite the efforts of CCCM partners and the Ukrainian Government to improve living conditions in the collective sites since the full-scale invasion, notable gaps remain, especially in accessible infrastructure – 75 per cent of sites lack accessible WASH facilities and 62 per cent of bomb shelters are not accessible for people with disabilities. As of mid-2024, the sites met 71 per cent of the minimum standards set by legislation passed in September 2023. Material assistance needs are especially high in sites receiving newly displaced or evacuated people, highlighting the need for flexible rapid response to deliver essential items such as beds, bedding and kitchen equipment, and conduct basic repairs and maintenance to ensure the safety and dignity of residents. Winterization remains a concern, with a critical need for winter-related repairs, heating appliances and fuel in about one quarter of sites ahead of the 2024-2025 winter season.³

Response strategy

In 2025, the CCCM Cluster will continue to support the Government of Ukraine and local authorities to ensure critical assistance and minimum living standards are maintained in collective and transit sites, with a focus on the most vulnerable residents. While maintaining an emergency response capacity countrywide, the Cluster will prioritize regular programming in the front-line oblasts in the east and south, and scale down the ‘full package’ of CCCM activities in the west and centre during the year. Site Management Support (SMS) teams and monitoring systems will enable intersectoral referrals and response, with a focus on inclusive access to critical services and linking site residents with more appropriate accommodation options where possible.

Targeting and prioritization

In 2025, CCCM partners aim to reach 78,913 internally displaced people (64 per cent women, 20 per cent children, 29 per cent older people and 39 per cent people with disabilities) across 1,600 prioritized collective sites. The CCCM Cluster will prioritize the full package of activities in the front-line oblasts in the east and south while gradually scaling down in the west and centre, where it will prioritize support for responsible site closure and consolidation, with the expectation that development actors will support local authorities to carry forward operations in “sites with longevity”. The emphasis will be on emergency preparedness and response capacity to meet the immediate needs of newly displaced and evacuated people passing through transit centres and arriving in collective sites.

The CCCM Cluster takes a people-centred approach to prioritization that considers the safety and dignity of living conditions and level of vulnerability of residents. Prioritization of sites for humanitarian intervention under Cluster Objectives 1 and 2 are based on the status of the site (official vs unofficial), whether they are actively receiving new arrivals, number of people hosted, location and access to services, and likelihood to remain operational. Sites that are identified for imminent closure are prioritized under Cluster Objective 3 to support alternative solutions and responsible site closure.

Cost of response

In 2025, the CCCM Cluster will require US$20.4 million to implement its response plan. The Cluster’s refined methodology has led to more precise and evidence-based targets, reflecting realistic activity levels. While the overall planned reach has decreased from 2024, activity-level targets have risen, particularly for care and maintenance (in-kind and cash) and support for safe and participatory site management to align with current needs and vulnerabilities, especially in the context of increased evacuations. Winterization also remains a priority in the response. Despite this, operational cost efficiencies are seen in the reduced budgets for site monitoring, referrals and community-led activities, reflecting better alignment with the actual number of sites covered. The 2025 budget includes winterization and is adjusted for cost-effectiveness.