Partners in the Nansen Support Programme for Ukraine
Norad manages around 92% of the civilian aid provided through the Nansen Support Programme for Ukraine. On this page you will find a list of all partners in the civilian part of the Nansen Support Programme for Ukraine. The partners are mainly established and internationally recognised organisations with proven delivery capability, good capacity, and solid control systems.
International finance institutions
Norwegian non-governmental organisations
Other multilateral organisations
Other non-governmental organisations
International finance institutions
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
The EBRD was established after the end of the Cold War in 1991 to promote the development of the private sector and entrepreneurship in 38 countries. The majority of its investments are in Eastern Europe. The bank is owned by 72 countries, as well as the European Commission and the European Investment Bank (EIB). Norway’s ownership share in the EBRD is 1.27 per cent. Norwegian support via the EBRD supports Ukraine and Moldova with gas purchases to ensure energy security in the countries. It also supports the maintenance of Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, energy efficiency in Ukrainian municipal infrastructure, human capital and the roll-out of war insurance. Taken together, this contributes to maintaining critical societal functions and civilian infrastructure.
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
World Bank Group
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and technical assistance to fight poverty and promote economic growth. It was established in 1944 and is headquartered in Washington, D.C. The World Bank has 189 member countries.
It comprises five organizations:
- The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
- The International Development Association (IDA)
- The International Finance Corporation (IFC)
- The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
- The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)
The World Bank is the main channel for civilian aid to Ukraine. The bank has mobilised more than USD 89 billion in support for Ukraine, including donor contributions, to fund the operation of the Ukrainian state, service delivery and the repair of critical infrastructure. In Moldova, Norwegian support via the World Bank enables necessary investments and contributes to strengthening public institutions on the path towards European integration.
World Bank Group - International Development, Poverty, & Sustainability
Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (Nefco)
Nefco is a Nordic financial institution owned by Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland, established in 1990. The organisation provides loans, equity and advisory services for projects that have a positive impact on the environment and climate and promote sustainable development. Norway has supported Nefco’s work in Ukraine since 2014.
In 2022, Nefco launched the grant-based Green Recovery Programme for Ukraine, which finances and assists municipalities in improving and rebuilding infrastructure in a more energy-efficient way, as Ukraine’s energy intensity is currently three to four times higher than the EU average.
Nefco - financing the initial scale-up of Nordic green solutions
UN Organisations
FAO – Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is a specialised agency of the United Nations leading international efforts to defeat hunger. FAO has 195 members – 194 countries and the European Union – and operates in over 130 countries worldwide. In Ukraine, FAO implements emergency agricultural initiatives that contribute to food security, including the distribution of seeds and the clearance of farmland of landmines to allow farmers to resume production.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (fao.org)
OCHA – Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) supports humanitarian organizations to respond effectively to the needs of people caught in crises. UNOCHA alerts and informs humanitarian organizations, analyses needs, runs services and tools for the humanitarian system, speaks up for the most vulnerable people and mobilizes international emergency assistance. UNOCHA coordinates the inter-agency humanitarian response plan for Ukraine. Since the full-scale invasion, OCHA’s pooled funds – the Central Emergency Response Fund and the Ukraine Humanitarian Fund – have allocated funding to local and international humanitarian organizations providing lifesaving food, water, shelter, medical support, and protection.
OHCHR – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN Human Rights) was established in 1993 and is the leading UN entity on human rights. The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine was deployed in 2014 and since 2022 the work of the Mission has focused on documenting violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law committed by all parties to the conflict. Norway supports the Mission’s work to improve respect for human rights in Ukraine through the Nansen Support Programme.
UN Human Rights Office (ohchr.org)
UN Action Against Sexual Violence in Conflict (financed via trust fund managed by the UN Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office MPTFO)
UN Action Against Sexual Violence in Conflict (UN Action) is a network of 25 UN entities working to strengthen coordination at country level and efforts to prevent conflict-related sexual violence, as well as to respond to the needs of survivors. As part of the Nansen Support Programme, Norway supports the multi-year project “Strengthening national and community-based conflict-related sexual violence prevention and response mechanisms in Ukraine through a survivor-centred, multisectoral approach.” The project is implemented by six UN entities in cooperation with local partners. UN Action is funded through voluntary contributions to the Conflict-Related Sexual Violence Multi-Partner Trust Fund, a multi-donor trust fund administered by the UN Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office (MPTFO).
UNDP – UN Development Programme
The UN Development Programme (UNDP) was established in 1966 and has been in Ukraine for almost 30 years. UNDP is assisting the people and the Government of Ukraine to recover and reconstruct, ensuring that immediate needs are linked to long-term goals. UNDP prioritizes approaches that are inclusive, just and green. UNDP’s support focuses on five key areas: 1) Government Capacities for Crisis Response and Management; 2) Sustaining the Provision of Public Services; 3) Emergency Works Facilitating Return and Reconstruction; 4) Incomes, Livelihoods and Private Sector Response; and 5) Civil Society and Maintenance of the Social Fabric. Norway also supports UNDP’s work on mine action, where the organisation coordinates the sub-cluster in Ukraine.
In addition, UNDP is one of Norway’s largest partners in Moldova, particularly in the areas of elections, education, support to government authorities, and strengthening local communities through climate adaptation and renewable energy.
United Nations Development Programme (undp.org)
UNFPA – UN Population Fund
Established in 1969, UNFPA works to ensure sexual and reproductive rights and choices for all, especially women and young people. UNFPA works with partners in Ukraine to respond to health and protection demands and to ensure the delivery of life-saving sexual and reproductive health services and supplies, as well as services to prevent, mitigate, and respond to gender-based violence, including conflict-related sexual violence.
UNFPA leads the coordination of the sub-cluster on gender-based violence and the technical working group on sexual and reproductive rights in Ukraine, both at national and local levels. UNFPA also has a response in the Republic of Moldova within the same thematic areas.
United Nations Population Fund (unfpa.org)
UNHCR – UN Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) was founded in 1950, and protects refugees, forcibly displaced communities, and stateless people. UNHCR works in 135 countries, providing life-saving assistance, including shelter, food, water and medical care, as well as working with countries on refugee and asylum laws and policies. Present in Ukraine since 1994 and the Republic of Moldova since 1997, UNHCR leads the clusters on Protection, Shelter and Non-food items, as well as Camp Coordination and Camp Management as part of the inter-agency humanitarian response in Ukraine. UNHCR coordinates the refugee response in Ukraine’s neighbouring countries including in the Republic of Moldova, where the organisation focuses on cash-based assistance and protection.
UNICEF – United Nations Children's Fund
Established in 1946, UNICEF helps governments to uphold the rights of all children. In Ukraine, UNICEF is working with the Government and inter-agency partners to sustain critical humanitarian assistance. 90 percent of its humanitarian efforts are focused in the east and south, providing life-saving assistance to children and families. This includes provision of supplies through humanitarian convoys and delivery of health, nutrition, water sanitation and hygiene, child protection and education services and cash-based assistance through implementing partners. In the Republic of Moldova, UNICEF works with government institutions, local authorities, and NGOs to expand services in child protection, education, health and nutrition, WASH, and social protection.
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
UNODC’s mission is to contribute to global peace and security, human rights and development by making the world safer from drugs, crime, corruption and terrorism. Combating corruption is a core objective for UNODC, achieved through cooperation with anti-corruption authorities, policymakers, law enforcement agencies and non-governmental actors.
UNODC has provided anti-corruption support to Ukraine since 2022, with the aim of building resilience in the country’s reconstruction efforts, in line with the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC). Open Contracting Partnership (OCP) is an implementing partner contributing to transparency in public procurement through the digital DREAM platform (Digital Reconstruction Ecosystem for Accountable Management).
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
UN Women
UN Women is a UN entity working to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment. UN Women has worked in Ukraine since 2015 and currently focuses on the following thematic areas: women, peace and security; governance, leadership and participation; and gender-responsive development and governance. The latter includes ensuring that gender equality is taken into account in reconstruction, the European integration process and humanitarian assistance.
Norwegian support to Ukraine through UN Women mainly focuses on women’s political participation and also includes capacity building for women’s organisations and government authorities.
WFP – World Food Programme
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) was founded in 1961 and is the world’s largest humanitarian organization, working in more than 120 countries and territories. Since its return to Ukraine in March 2022, upon request by the Ukrainian Government, WFP uses a mix of food and cash assistance in their response, while also partnering with other actors (FAO among others) to support the clearing of small agricultural lands from mines and explosive remnants of war. WFP is also present in the Republic of Moldova since March 2022, working to deliver life-saving assistance to refugees and vulnerable Moldovan communities hosting refugees.
WFP was present in Moldova from March 2022, where it worked to provide life-saving assistance to Ukrainian refugees and vulnerable Moldovan communities hosting refugees. WFP withdrew from Moldova in February 2026.
WHO – World Health Organization
The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialised agency of the United Nations. In Ukraine, WHO is leading the coordination of the health response and works with the Ukrainian Ministry of Health and more than 190 partners in a joint health response to address vulnerable groups. In addition to effective coordination, WHO's efforts in Ukraine aim to strengthen emergency health services, improve access to basic health services, and support health system resilience and preparedness. WHO also provides support on trauma care and mental health, in addition to monitoring the health situation and contributing to capacity development. Norwegian support via WHO also contributes to better healthcare services for refugees in the Republic of Moldova.
World Health Organization (WHO)
Norwegian non-governmental organisations
The Norwegian Helsinki Committee (NHC)
The Norwegian Helsinki Committee is an independent, non-governmental human rights organisation established in 1977, working to promote respect for human rights, democracy, and the rule of law. Through the Nansen Support Programme for Ukraine, the Committee supports an initiative together with the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, the Ukrainian human rights organisation Center for Civil Liberties. Together, they plan to strengthen a network of local Ukrainian organisations working to monitor and report on the human rights situation, uncover corruption, and advocate for democratic and inclusive local reforms.
Caritas Norway
Caritas Norway is part of the international Caritas Confederation, the world's second largest humanitarian network. Caritas Norway has been active in Ukraine since 2022 with responses in Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Kramatorsk and Kharkiv, as well as in the Republic of Moldova and Poland. In the Ukraine response, vulnerable individuals, women and children, refugees, internally displaced persons, and veterans are supported through food distribution; water, santitation and hygiene support; clothing and fuel; psychosocial assistance; school activities; water infrastructure; support for local agriculture; as well as through reception centres and mobile teams. Caritas Norway implements the projects together with the partners Caritas Ukraine, Caritas Spes, Caritas Moldova and Caritas Poland.
The European Wergeland Centre
The European Wergeland Centre (EWC) is a competence centre for education for intercultural understanding, human rights and democratic citizenship established by the Council of Europe and the Norwegian government in 2008. EWC has been working in Ukraine since 2012 with a focus on democratic education reforms, decentralisation and policy development in school and pre-school education, capacity-building of educational institutions, monitoring and research, and youth participation in the newly liberated areas. In addition to the Ukrainian Ministry of Education and Science, EWC also cooperates with several state agencies, teacher training institutions, universities and implementing partners such as the Centre for Educational Initiatives, All-Ukrainian Step-by-Step Foundation and savED.
The Norwegian Refugee Council
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people who have been forced to flee. NRC has been present in Ukraine since 2014. Following the full-scale invasion in 2022, NRC ramped up the response and now has operations across the whole of Ukraine, as well as in the neighbouring countries the Republic of Moldova and Poland. The NRC works with humanitarian aid and early recovery and specialises in cash and voucher assistance, protection, shelter, education, legal aid, and livelihoods to reach internally displaced persons, refugees, returnees, and others impacted by the war in Ukraine. Partnerships with local actors are important for the response, including coordination with the UN organisations and authorities.
NORCAP
NORCAP is a part of the Norwegian Refugee Council and provides expertise in the humanitarian, development and peacebuilding sectors to meet the needs of people affected by crises. Present in Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova since February 2022, NORCAP experts work with UN agencies, national authorities and local organisations on cash assistance, reconstruction and infrastructure, peace resolution and conflict mitigation. NORCAP also works to fill critical resource gaps in the current emergency in areas such as child protection, anti-trafficking, shelter and education.
Norwegian Church Aid
Norwegian Church Aid is a faith-based voluntary organisation working across the humanitarian, development and peace pillars. The Norwegian Church Aid has been responding to the crisis in Ukraine since February 2022, together with partners DanChurchAid and HEKS-EPER. The response focuses on programmes within gender-based violence, mental health and psychosocial support, water interventions, cash assistance and winter vulnerability reduction. The work is carried out in collaboration with ten national partners in hard-to-reach areas of Ukraine, as well as in the Republic of Moldova.
Norwegian Red Cross
The Norwegian Red Cross works in countries affected by war, conflict, and climate-related disasters. The work is mainly carried out in collaboration with local Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies that are present on the ground before, during and after crises strike. The organisation strengthens local efforts, and safeguards impartial humanitarian aid. The most important partner in Ukraine is the Ukrainian Red Cross, with 10,000 volunteers and staff in 200 local societies. The Norwegian Red Cross supports the Ukrainian Red Cross in providing people with necessary health care, first aid training and strengthening emergency and disaster response teams together with the authorities in eight counties.
Norwegian People’s Aid
Norwegian People's Aid (NPA) was founded in 1939 as the trade union movement's humanitarian solidarity organisation and works in more than 35 countries. NPA Ukraine was established in May 2022 and conducts risk education, survey and clearance of landmines and other explosives ordnance, and deploys mine dogs in collaboration with the State Emergency Services of Ukraine In addition, NPA delivers a locally led programme on preventing sexual and gender-based violence in collaboration with the partner organisations Women's Perspective, Forpost, Martin Club, Women's Consortium of Ukraine and See With Your Heart.
Norwegian People's Aid
Norwegian-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce (NUCC)
The Norwegian-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce, established in 2008, is a non-profit organisation that promotes economic development in Ukraine. The organisation focuses on strengthening the ability of Ukrainian companies to operate internationally and especially with Norwegian partners. With around 160 members, 60 per cent of which are Ukrainian, the Norwegian-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce contributes to improving the business climate in Ukraine through networking, counselling, and information sharing.
The Norwegian-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce (nucc.no)
Save the Children Norway
Save the Children Norway is part of Save the Children International, the world’s oldest and leading independent organisation for children. Save the Children International has been present in Ukraine since 2014 and works across the whole of Ukraine, including in frontline areas. Save the Children works with all children irrespective of age, focusing on education and protection in the response. This includes support to families, digital learning centres and safe schools. With support from Norway, Save the Children Norway implements projects in collaboration with local partners such as Posmishka, DROPWD and Avalyst.
SOS Children’s Villages
SOS Children’s Villages is a global child rights organisation that ensures children without or at risk of losing parental care have access to protection and care. SOS Children’s Villages Norway contributes to this work through international policy advocacy and partnerships with governments and local communities. SOS Ukraine has been active since 2003, focusing on preventing social orphanhood and developing foster care systems. By 2025, over 90% of the budget will be implemented by the local SOS chapter, with 36% allocated to smaller local civil society organisations.
FOKUS
FOKUS – Forum for Women and Development – is an umbrella organisation rooted in the Norwegian women’s movement, working to promote women’s rights and gender equality globally. Together with its member organisations and partners, FOKUS addresses the structural barriers that limit the power, rights and access to resources of women and girls.
This includes sexual and reproductive health and rights, economic empowerment, protection from violence, and women’s participation in peace and security processes. Ukraine is a priority context in which this integrated approach is being put into practice.
Together with Ukrainian partners, FOKUS strengthens women’s organisations in local communities and works to ensure that women are protected from violence, that their needs are documented, and that their voices shape reconstruction and the democratic development of their country. FOKUS works to ensure that Ukraine’s future is built with women, not only for them.
Norwegian public sector
Norwegian Centre for Human Rights (NCHR)
The Norwegian Centre for Human Rights (NCHR) is a multi- and interdisciplinary centre at the Faculty of Law at the University of Oslo. The International Department at NCHR has extensive experience in promoting human rights through capacity building, knowledge management and dialogue in its partner countries. NCHR helps to ensure that research-based human rights knowledge is used in practice to meet human rights challenges. NCHR has been collaborating with Ukrainian prosecutors, police investigators and the Ukrainian Human Rights Ombudsman in the field of rule of law and human rights since 2017. In Ukraine, NCHR cooperates with the NGO JustGroup.
Norwegian Centre for Human Rights (uio.no)
Statistics Norway (SSB)
Statistics Norway is an independent government agency responsible for collecting, producing and publishing official statistics related to the economy, population and society at national, regional and local level. They also conduct extensive research and analysis activities. Statistics Norway has had an institutional co-operation with the State Statistical Service of Ukraine since 2017. The following fields are included in the cooperation: 1) data collection, processing, analysis and dissemination of statistics; 2) support for the development and management of official statistics in the fields of demography, social, economic, environmental and multisectoral statistics; 3) statistical quality assurance systems, development of human and technological capacity for statistics production, and investments in data innovation.
Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH)
Norway has had institutional health cooperation with Ukraine since 2019. The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH), Akershus University Hospital, RVTS-East and Sunnaas Hospital share their knowledge and expertise in antimicrobial resistance, mental health and physical rehabilitation with partners in Ukraine. The aim is to strengthen the Ukrainian health system. The collaboration will contribute to increasing the health authorities' administrative capacity for the use of data and resource allocation, the quality of rehabilitation services and access to crisis management, grief support and suicide prevention. The target groups are employees in the health authorities, health and social workers, managers at health institutions, students in relevant disciplines and university teachers. The collaboration is part of the Nansen Support Programme’s contribution to the health sector in Ukraine.
Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH)
Other multilateral organisations
Council of Europe
The Council of Europe (CoE) is Europe’s leading human rights organisation comprising 46 member states, including all members of the European Union as well as Norway and Ukraine. All member states have signed the European Convention on Human Rights, a treaty designed to protect human rights, democracy, and the rule of law. In addition to developing and monitoring human rights standards, the Council of Europe implements capacity building projects through national action plans. Norway supports the action plans for Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova, with the aim of contributing to stability, security and prosperity as well as compliance with EU accession requirements.
International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP)
The International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) is a multilateral organisation working with governments, civil society organisations, justice institutions, international organisations and others throughout the world to address the issue of people who have gone missing as a result of armed conflict, human rights abuses, disasters, organised crime, irregular migration and other causes. The ICMP was established in 1996 in Bosnia and Herzegovina and is today headquartered in The Hague. In Ukraine ICMP supports meaningful participation by Ukrainian civil society assisting families of the missing and also offers technical support and capacity building to the Ukrainian authorities. and. Further, the ICMP laboratory in the Hague will be expanded to enable identification of missing persons from the ongoing war in Ukraine.
ICMP International Commission on Missing Persons
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) was established in 1961 and has 38 member countries, including Norway. In 2023, the OECD launched a four-year country programme together with Ukraine. The programme supports Ukraine’s reform agenda and reconstruction. It also contributes to Ukraine’s ambitions for membership of the OECD and the EU. Priority areas include taxation, anti-corruption and the environment.
The Nansen Support Programme also supports a four-year programme to strengthen the capacity of the Ukrainian tax administration so that it is prepared for international economic integration after the war. In addition, support is provided for an analysis of state-owned enterprises in Moldova, as good governance of such enterprises is important for the country’s economic development.
World Customs Organization (WCO)
The World Customs Organization (WCO) is an intergovernmental organisation established in 1952. It has 187 member countries, including Norway, and covers 98 per cent of international trade. Following an official request from Ukraine’s State Customs Service in 2024, WCO is assisting with systematic measures to combat corruption and promote integrity. Through a customs-to-customs approach, the project aims to improve the business and law-enforcement environment for cross-border trade.
Other non-governmental organisations
Basel Institute on Governance
The Basel Institute on Governance is an independent, non-profit institute established in 2003 and has been active in Ukraine since 2014. The overall objective of the project supported by the Nansen Support Programme is to strengthen Ukraine’s resilience to corruption during the war and after the war.
Norwegian support prioritises preventing corruption linked to natural resources ("green corruption"), defence production, and energy production, transmission and storage. The Basel Institute works with Ukrainian partners to identify and reduce corruption risks and carry out impartial investigations and prosecutions.
Geneva Call
Geneva Call is a neutral, impartial, and independent humanitarian organisation that has been operating in Ukraine since 2018. Its mission is to protect civilians in armed conflict by encouraging all parties to respect international humanitarian law. With Norwegian support, Geneva Call works to improve knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to humanitarian law, aiming to promote compliance among local actors in Ukraine and to strengthen legal and policy frameworks.
HALO Trust
The HALO Trust is the world’s largest humanitarian mine clearance organisation and the largest in Ukraine. HALO began operations in Ukraine in 2016, initially in Donetsk and Luhansk. Since February 2022, operations have expanded to the regions of Kyiv, Sumy, Chernihiv, Kharkiv, Kherson, Mykolaiv, and Dnipro, employing over 1,100 Ukrainian men and women to clear mines in their own communities. With support from Norway, HALO’s work benefits communities, internally displaced persons, and returnees through surveying, clearance, risk education, data collection, and innovation
Clearing mines & Helping Countries Recover | The HALO Trust
Institute for War & Peace Reporting (IWPR)
The Institute for War & Peace Reporting (IWPR) is an international non-governmental organisation that works to strengthen independent journalism and support local media in conflict zones and transitional societies. Norway supports IWPR’s efforts in Ukraine to build the capacity of local organisations conducting investigative journalism and monitoring public spending to expose corruption. In Moldova, Norway also supports IWPR’s work to counter disinformation through local civil society organisations.
Institute for War & Peace Reporting - IWPR
World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA)
The World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) is a global organisation supporting press freedom, journalism, and sustainable media development. Through the Nansen Support Programme, Norway supports WAN-IFRA’s initiative Stronger Together! Media and Democracy Programme, in partnership with the Association of Independent Regional Publishers of Ukraine (AIRPPU) and the Norwegian Media Businesses’ Association (MBL). The programme provides financial support, capacity development, and advisory services to up to 70 local and regional media outlets in Ukraine, with the aim of strengthening independence, countering disinformation, and enhancing sustainability.
WAN-IFRA - World Association of News Publishers
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
The International Red Cross Movement (ICRC) is the world's largest humanitarian network. The ICRC has a special mandate under the Geneva Conventions to provide protection and assistance to victims of armed conflict. The ICRC has been present in Ukraine since 2014. The ICRC works in active conflict areas close to hostilities and along the frontline in Ukraine. The ICRC also has activities in neighbouring countries, including in the Republic of Moldova. In addition to emergency aid, the ICRC works on tracing missing persons, relaying messages from prisoners of war to their families and engaging in dialogue with the parties to the conflict on their obligations under international humanitarian law.
International Committee of the Red Cross (icrc.org)
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is the member organisation of 191 Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, including the Norwegian Red Cross, and has a coordinating role in the humanitarian work globally. The IFRC has been present in Ukraine since 2013. The IFRC works in Ukraine and with National Societies in 17 other European countries affected by the conflict. The focus of its efforts is humanitarian aid, strengthening the national Red Cross society and humanitarian diplomacy. In neighbouring countries, the main target group is refugees and host families. The most important local partner is the Ukrainian Red Cross and the national societies in each country.
Ukrainian Civil Society
International Renaissance Foundation (IRF)
IRF is one of the largest civil society organisations in Ukraine and provides small grants to local organisations. In partnership with East Europe Foundation, IRF supports over 100 local civil society organisations in war-affected eastern Ukraine. Special attention is given to initiatives supporting veterans, internally displaced persons, and youth.
International Renaissance Foundation (IRF)
Ednannia – Initiative Center to Support Social Action
Ednannia, meaning “unity” in Ukrainian, is a civil society resource centre working to strengthen inclusive recovery and democratic reform. It plans to reach nearly 500 local organisations across Ukraine with small grants, training, networking, and mentoring programmes.
Ednannia – Initiative Center to Support Social Action
Transparency International Ukraine
Transparency International Ukraine is implementing a project to strengthen civil society’s capacity to monitor reconstruction projects, prevent the misuse of public funds, and improve business integrity and compliance among Ukrainian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The project will also strengthen the capacity of key anti-corruption institutions to detect, investigate and sanction corruption, while contributing to more transparent and accountable management of recovery funding and ensuring fair participation by the private sector in the reconstruction effort.
Transparency International Ukraine
Anti-Corruption Action Center (AntAC)
The Anti-Corruption Action Center (AntAC) is implementing a project to strengthen civil society’s ability to monitor and investigate economic actors involved in reconstruction, energy, minerals and natural resources. It also builds capacity to engage businesses on integrity issues and to promote stronger regulatory frameworks and enforcement for integrity and accountability.
About support - Anticorruption Action Centre
Partnership for a Resilient Ukraine (PFRU)
PFRU is a bilateral multi-donor fund with the United Kingdom as coordinating partner. It supports stabilisation measures in Ukraine, with particular emphasis on front-line and especially vulnerable areas. This includes addressing early reconstruction needs through community engagement, tackling capacity gaps in local government, and supporting local dialogue and engagement. PFRU also works on confidence-building measures between the local and central levels to ensure that the authorities are responsive to the needs of those most affected by the war. PFRU brings communities together and helps lay the foundation for Ukraine’s social, economic and political transition after the war in order to sustain long-term peace.
PFRU – Partnership for a resilient Ukraine
Moldovan Civil Society
CONTACT Center
CONTACT Center is an independent organisation in Moldova that has, for more than 30 years, helped strengthen local civil society. The organisation serves as a resource and competence centre for active citizens, community leaders and organisations, with particular emphasis on capacity development, sustainability and an enabling environment for civil society. With support from Norway, CONTACT Center is implementing a multi-year project that strengthens democratic processes, promotes social inclusion and human rights, and contributes to Moldova’s European integration through small grants, networking and capacity development.
East Europe Foundation Moldova
East Europe Foundation (EEF) is an independent Moldovan organisation working to promote democracy, good governance and sustainable development in Moldova through training programmes, technical support and grant-making. With support from Norway, EEF is implementing a multi-year project that strengthens civil society organisations across the country so that they are better able to address challenges related to Moldova’s EU integration process. The project supports initiatives by civil society actors at national, regional and local level to strengthen participation, dialogue with public authorities, the inclusion of vulnerable groups and social cohesion.
Private Sector Actors
Norad primarily supports private sector actors in Ukraine through its business support scheme. The purpose is to promote investment-ready projects and help facilitate increased foreign investment. Priority is given to sectors that are critical both in the current situation and for the country’s reconstruction. The following companies have received support through the scheme so far:
Tschudi Logistics Holding AS
Tschudi Logistics is a global provider of tailored logistics solutions. The company offers multimodal solutions for both project cargo and conventional freight, serving clients in the oil and gas, energy, construction and industrial sectors. Tschudi Logistics is receiving support to establish a logistics terminal in Ukraine. Together with a terminal developer, the company has signed an agreement with the administration of Kovel municipality to facilitate more efficient border and customs clearance for goods transported by rail into and out of Ukraine. The terminal will help promote increased trade and a more efficient flow of goods between Ukraine and other countries.
Emergy AS
Emergy is supported by Norad to develop a wind power park in Kovel, northwestern Ukraine. Given the heavy damage to Ukraine’s energy system from Russian attacks, the project will enhance supply security and accelerate the transition to renewable energy.
Fenix Repower AS
Fenix Repower is a Norwegian-Ukrainian company developing renewable energy projects focused on solar, wind, and storage in both Ukraine and Norway. Norad supports the company’s work to develop frameworks for projects combining solar and wind energy with battery storage, improving energy output and stability in Ukraine’s power grid.
DTEK Renewables
DTEK Renewables is the renewable energy arm of the DTEK Group, one of the largest private actors in Ukraine’s energy sector. The company works in wind and solar power, and Norad’s support is being provided for the further development of a 650 MW wind power project in Ukraine.
Malthe Winje Infrapower (MWIP)
Malthe Winje Infrapower is part of the Malthe Winje Group. The company specialises in small-scale hydropower and has more than 40 years of experience in the optimisation, development, construction and operation of hydropower plants. It combines Norwegian expertise with local partnerships for decentralised and sustainable energy. The company is receiving NOK 24 million for the upgrading and rehabilitation of six small hydropower plants in Ukraine, in order to strengthen local energy systems affected by the war.
Malthe Winje Infrapower (MWIP)
Farmasoft LLC
Farmasoft LLC is a Ukrainian company with more than 20 years of experience in pharmaceutical logistics, storage, and the transport of medicines and medical equipment. Norad is supporting Farmasoft LLC with NOK 6.5 million to develop a more robust supply chain for pharmaceuticals, including the establishment of a new warehouse. The support is intended to improve logistics and access to medicines in Ukraine.