The operating environment in Ukraine remains complex and demanding due to persistent insecurity as a result of the ongoing war, creating logistical and access challenges. Effective coordination among humanitarian actors to implement the HNRP’s joint strategy is vital for timely and impactful humanitarian action. This ensures life-saving support reaches the most affected and vulnerable people. Collaborative efforts, including standardized data sets, robust information management, and monitoring and analysis, are critical for achieving this goal. Engaging and empowering national actors remains central to ensuring the efficiency, relevance and overall results of the response.
The Coordination and Common Services (CCS) sector will facilitate coordinated actions by providing support in key areas: information management, needs assessments, advocacy for humanitarian access and prioritizing protection. Strengthening inter-cluster coordination at national and sub-national levels, along with promoting area- based coordination in priority locations based on lessons learned from the pilots in 2024, will be instrumental.
These efforts aim to extend the operational reach of humanitarian partners and enhance their ability to address the needs of the most vulnerable effectively. To ensure efficiency in the operation, intra- and inter-cluster deduplication will be further strengthened.
In 2025, CCS will focus on two main objectives: (1) facilitating a principled humanitarian response driven by protection-centred strategic decision-making, coordination and humanitarian financing, and (2) coordinating and standardizing information management and assessments. By fostering collaboration with national stakeholders, CCS aims to maintain shared data repositories and produce evidence-based analysis for strategic advocacy.
Building on past achievements, CCS will work to bridge strategic and operational coordination while adapting mechanisms to evolving response priorities. A review of existing coordination structures will ensure alignment with operational needs. Enhancing NGO engagement and intersectoral collaboration will be a key focus, particularly to mainstream and prioritize protection for a more successful response. Efforts to improve situational awareness, particularly in hard-to-reach areas, will remain a priority. Humanitarian systems for data collection and analysis, established through working groups like the Assessment and Analysis Working Group and Information Management Working Group, will be leveraged to strengthen situational monitoring and inform strategic decision- making. This includes improving access to quality data, aligning with global standards and collaborating with government institutions on methodologies for a unified understanding of humanitarian needs.
Regular monitoring outputs, such as dashboards and periodic reports, will continue to inform ICCG planning and HCT decision-making. CCS will also contribute to the nexus approach by supporting durable solutions initiatives and collective outcomes, further integrating humanitarian and development efforts.
