Innovative Solutions for Local Coordination of Humanitarian Response: Experience of De-occupied Communities in Southern Ukraine

Publication date: January 2, 2025

Please join us for the presentation of Link platform results and expert discussion on the future of humanitarian response in communities

Date and Location:
January 16, 2025, 10:30 (approximate duration: five hours)
Mykolaiv (location details will be provided to registered participants for security reasons)
Registration: https://forms.gle/88PDYRDWpydpy6uVA
Deadline: January 15, 2025, 12:00

Why attend?
The Legal Development Network, in partnership with the Czech humanitarian organization “People in Need” and with financial support from the UK Government, has created and implemented the Link local humanitarian response coordination mechanism, which shows impressive results:

As of the end of 2024, covering 332 settlements in 24 de-occupied communities of Mykolaiv and Kherson regions
Created a network of 744 local informants who promptly report and help verify needs
Collected 4,486 humanitarian needs
Successfully addressed 657 needs
Created innovative digital solutions for communities and partners

At the event, you will learn about:

How the Link mechanism works and its advantages; what the community cabinet and partner cabinet are
Practical cases from communities in Kherson and Mykolaiv regions
Innovative approaches to humanitarian coordination
How the implementation of recovery and development strategies helps de-occupied communities become more capable of responding to humanitarian challenges
Opportunities for partnership and project scaling

We invite:

Representatives of international donor and humanitarian organizations
Civil society leaders
Local government leaders
Journalists

Draft

Program

10:30 — 11:00	Participants Registration
11:00 — 11:30	Welcome Remarks	Olha Nastina, Executive Director of Legal Development Network Representative of People in Need (subject to confirmation)
11:30 — 12:40	Link Local Humanitarian Response Coordination Mechanism in 2024 Significance of the mechanism for communities and humanitarian aid providers How Link aligns with existing coordination systems	Oleksii Tertyshnyi, Project Manager of Legal Development Network Tetiana Tymoshyna, Humanitarian Response Teams Coordinator in Mykolaiv and Kherson regions Yuliia Stadnyk, Humanitarian Response Team Coordinator in Kherson region Oleksandr Honchar, Humanitarian Response Teams Coordinator in Kherson region LINK partners (representatives of international, national organizations and communities)
Moderator — Iryna Chaika, Organizational Development Director, LDN
12:40 — 12:50	Q&A session
12:50 — 13:20	Coffee break
13:20 — 14:00	Legal component of Link. Why legal needs require coordination and how it works.	Daria Kovalchuk, Legal Services Manager, LDN Valentyna Nykonchuk, Senior Legal Services Development Coordinator, LDN Yaroslava Sulimova, Link Humanitarian Response Lawyer Natalia Yurchenko, Link Humanitarian Response Lawyer Legal aid providers in Mykolaiv and Kherson regions
Moderator — Yuliia Bilyk, Communications Manager, Legal Development Network
14:00 — 14:10	Q&A session
14:10 — 16:30	How implementation of recovery and development strategies in de-occupied communities strengthens their ability to manage humanitarian needs Communication as one of the important tools for engaging in strategy implementation and stories of establishing dialogue with the community And next steps in strengthening communities’ capacity to manage their humanitarian needs…	Svitlana Seldina, Expert of Legal Development Network Oleh Pylypenko, Head, and representatives of Shevchenkivska community (Mykolaiv region) Andrii Botanin, Head, and representatives of Mishkovo-Pohorilivska community (Mykolaiv region) Ihor Ostrivnyi, Head of Bilozerka Military Administration Bohdana Ostapyk, Expert, Head of Barbaro Agency Iryna Chaika, Organizational Development Director, LDN, External Consultant on Community Capacity Building
Moderator — Halyna Kolesnyk, Head of LDN Communication Cluster
16:30	Coffee break and networking