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Comprehensive Support to the National Mine Action Sector in Ukraine - Operational Assistance to Humanitarian Demining by State Operators Contract related to: Comprehensive Support to the National Mine Action Sector in Ukraine - Operational Assistance to Humanitarian Demining by State Operators - This 18-month measure will aim to enhance the effectiveness and safety of survey and clearance operations by Ukrainian State actors. It will provide specialised equipment to humanitarian demining teams from the State Emergency Services (SESU) and Special Transport Service. This may include personal protective equipment for deminers, metal detectors, demining dogs or mechanical demining machines. It will thereby complement a separate Foreign Policy Needs measure, which will bolster the capacities of the government of Ukraine to lead national mine action across operators and regions. This complementary measure will involve the injection of additional expertise and human resources to improve national mine action governance and accompany in particular the provision of equipment and training to national actors to enhance effectiveness, information management, and transparency. It will provide support in that regard both at the deputy-ministerial levels of the Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Interior and Ministry for the Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories, and at the technical levels of the National Mine Action Authority, the National Mine Action Centre and National Centre for Humanitarian Demining. The initiative will form part of an overall scaled-up EU support to mine action in Ukraine and will be implemented as part of a `Team Europe¿-type approach, which will allow EU Member States to contribute.
Ukraine - Targeted support to build a more conducive environment for psychosocial well-being and resilience and geospatial intelligence for civilian conflict monitoring This 18-month exceptional assistance measure will provide targeted support to improve resilience and psychosocial well-being of vulnerable communities while also assisting Ukraine in civilian conflict monitoring. The measure will be carried out in an inclusive approach, bearing in mind the differentiated needs according to gender, age and disability. In a first component, the measure will provide assistance to improve municipal services and infrastructures for community resilience and psychosocial well-being. It will support authorities identified as serving the most vulnerable communities in Ukraine by enabling them to facilitate access for veterans and their families as well as the families of fallen soldiers to urgent physical and mental-health support and other social services. It will also assist selected pilot municipalities in front line regions to strengthen the role of local authorities in the coordination and provision of public services. This will include initiatives to improve infrastructures for community life and safety, for example refurbishing public squares, playgrounds, and shelters, making them safer, welcoming and multi-purpose, and accessible for all. The second component will make further support available for the provision of geo-spatial intelligence products for civilian conflict monitoring, including to assess damage to civilian infrastructure and the environment, or to trace organised criminal activities, such as grain smuggling.
Ukraine - Strengthening the reintegration of veterans of the conflict in Eastern Ukraine, phase II Building on the pilot phase, this second Exceptional Assistance Measure aims to enhance national efforts for reintegration of veterans.
Strengthening Ukraine Ministry of Health (MoH) Accountability Framework to Manage MEDEVAC & Repatriation Systems and Services Contract related to: Strengthening Ukraine Ministry of Health (MoH) Accountability Framework to Manage MEDEVAC & Repatriation Systems and Services - This 18-monthmeasure seeks to support war affected populations through the provision of conflict-sensitive and more resilient models of access to education and healthto conflict-affected communities. A first component will focus on access to education in areas that are particularly impacted by the Russian war of aggression, including those recently liberated from Russian military control and those hosting a large number of internally displaced persons. Assistance will be given in a flexible manner through local Ukrainian administrations(Hromadas) to tailor specific access-to-education models to local needs. This will include support to bothoffline and online schooling solutions, including for examplerehabilitation or construction of shelters, classrooms and other facilities (e.g. for sports or psychological support and counselling); or the provision of modular school-centres. The hromadas and school administrations will be supported e.g. in crisis management as well as psychological support to their employees and students. A second component will focus on the needs of the Ukrainian health system related to a growing number of Ukrainian patients having received medical support in EU and EEA countries.Support will be provided forthe safe repatriation to Ukraine of patients willing to return, as well as to strengthen the trauma surgery and treatment capacity of the Ukrainian health system, to limit the number of patients requiring evacuationand to accompany the rehabilitation of repatriatedpatients.
Ukraine ¿ Strengthen investigation and prosecution capacity of the ICC to respond to increased needs In recognition of the significant additional strain on the investigation and prosecution capacity of the International Criminal Court (ICC) stemming from the scale of alleged international crimes committed by Russia in Ukraine, and against a backdrop of rapidly growing demands for processing new types of evidence, this 18-month measure will provide targeted support to the Office of the Prosecutor of the ICC. The aim is to further scale up the Office¿s data storage and processing infrastructure and to build up additional analytical and forensic capacity for new types of evidence, including digital. The support will strengthen efficient and effective data-processing, for example through automated transcription and translation of audio materials and through the provision of additional expert analysts, delivering a critical injection of capacity that will benefit investigative work across all situations addressed by the Office of the Prosecutor. The action will further contribute to global efforts to fight impunity and will specifically strengthen the overall capacity of the ICC to work with massive quantities of audio and visual evidence, thereby facilitating its criminal investigations of the most serious crimes in relation to any situation under consideration by the Court.
Support to greater resilience of the Sea of Azov region The objective of the action is to contribute to improving the reliability and availability of information on the vulnerable Sea of Azov region  as well as its immediate, medium and long-term needs. This will in turn contribute to reinforcing the resilience and stability of the region and of Ukraine as a whole.
Acting to preserve Ukrainian heritage Contract related to: Acting to preserve Ukrainian heritage - This 18-month measure aims to respond to locally identified needs through a flexible rapid response mechanism that will source and then deliver items to where they are needed. A first component of the action will provide support to authorities and other key stakeholders to help them continue operating in high-risk environments. This will include procurement of equipment for civilian use and the provision of further assistance. The aim is to enhance the delivery of basic services to meet critical needs at national, regional or local level, including in areas affected by active fighting. This may include, but is not limited to, threat detection equipment, possibly including drones, radio and communication equipment, specialised personal protective equipment and other larger items such as generators, solar panels, etc. In light of the fast-changing needs in the ongoing crisis situation, sufficient flexibility to respond to a variety of civilian equipment needs will be provided. A second component of the action responds to a request from the Ukrainian government to provide support for the protection and safeguarding of cultural heritage items and sites in the country. This may include, but is not limited to, the documentation of assets and providing equipment for the protection, storage and, where needed and feasible, evacuation of cultural heritage goods.1st Non-Substantial Amendment: This is to allow the exceptional delivery of equipment to the Republic of Moldova, as necessary to respond to the impact of related military and hybrid attacks on its territory (component 2: ¿Support to Ukrainian Authorities to respond to locally identified needs¿). Due to itsborder with Ukraine and integrated electricity grid, the Republic of Moldova has recently been facing blackouts in conjunction with hybrid attacks. This has severly limited the internal security forces and emergency services in their response capability. The situation constitutes an acute threat to the stability of the country in direct relation to Russia¿s unprovoked and unjustified war of aggression in Ukraine. The present situation makes it necessary to exceptionally extending initial support to Ukrainealso to the Republic of Moldova as necessary to respond to the impact of related military and hybrid attacks on its territory.
Ukraine - Support to the protection of civilians and safeguarding cultural heritage in Ukraine This 18-month measure will continue to provide urgent support to the protection of civilians and the safeguarding of cultural heritage in Ukraine. A first component will provide further support to the protection of civilians by engaging with voluntary groups within the Ukrainian Armed Forces regarding their obligations under International Humanitarian Law. Support will be provided to efforts that help the Ukrainian Armed Forces to identify appropriate responses to community protection needs and design approaches to civil-military interactions. A second component will provide continued support to the safeguarding of Ukrainian cultural heritage against the Russian war of aggression, by supporting the stabilisation of cultural heritage sites, ahead of future full restoration, and by continuing to support the protection and potential evacuation of collections and items.
EUAM Ukraine COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2024/1353 of 14 May 2024 amending Decision 2014/486/CFSP on the European Union Advisory Mission for Civilian Security Sector Reform Ukraine (EUAM Ukraine), Article 2:1. EUAM Ukraine, as a non-executive civilian CSDP mission, shall aim to: (a) ensure the implementation of the Overarching Strategic Plan for the Reform of the Entire Law Enforcement Sector in Ukraine (OAS) and its Action Plan, and other relevant reforms across the civilian security sector, also with a view to combatting organised and transnational crime effectively, including in support of Ukraine¿s accession-related commitments; (b) support the smooth re-establishment of the Ukrainian government functions and the rule of law in de-occupied areas, including with the aim of managing and reconciling social tensions, encouraging inclusive development; (c) support the development of effective capacities and capabilities for Ukraine¿s Integrated Border Management with an emphasis on preventing and combatting all forms of smuggling; (d) contribute to the international efforts to ensure accountability for international crimes by providing support for their investigation and prosecution. 2. For those purposes, EUAM Ukraine shall: (a) advise and mentor relevant Ukrainian authorities at central, regional and local levels in conducting and implementing civilian security sector reforms, with a central focus on the implementation of the OAS, including as regards reforms related to accession to the Union; (b) in support of the reform process, contribute to building the strategic and operational capacity and capabilities of the Ukrainian Law Enforcement Agencies, the Office of the Prosecutor General, the Security Service of Ukraine, and other relevant Ukrainian authorities; (c) support the restoration of a central, regional and local state presence and the civilian security sector functions in the de-occupied and adjacent territories; (d) provide strategic advice, mentoring and training for the reform of Ukraine¿s Integrated Border Management, including on maritime aspects, contributing to combating all forms of smuggling, as well as border management-related corruption, organised crime and transnational crime; (e) support Ukrainian authorities to facilitate the investigation and prosecution of international crimes in accordance with Article 2a.
Building Resilience to Conflict through Dialogue Contract related to: Building Resilience to Conflict through Dialogue - This action aims to further build confidence and to enhance human security in Ukraine with a particular focus on the situation of women and youth. It will build on and further deepen previous support provided through the Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace (IcSP), in particular in the areas of ceasefire monitoring, dialogue and mine action.A first component of this action will ensure that the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) in Ukraine continues its core tasks, providing fact-based information, facilitating dialogue and promoting human rights and humanitarian access. The renewed EU support will also help strengthen the ability of the SMM to physically monitor areas that are hard to access. It will further enhance the technical monitoring assets of the SMM, including with additional unmanned aerial vehicles. This will allow for the monitoring of conflict relevant movements in areas inaccessible to ground patrols and also to better ensure the security of the monitoring teams.2A second component of the action will aim to increase participation of essential stakeholders in the peacebuilding processes. This component will support the efforts of the Ukrainian Ministry for Temporarily Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons to facilitate a structural dialogue between state authorities and local communities on economic strategies in the conflict-affected regions. This strand of action will also support multilateral efforts by feeding into the socio-economic discussions in the Trilateral Contact Group on Ukraine, as well as into the EU-OSCE-UN co-hosted donor coordination group. In addition, this component will provide a follow-up to the ongoing IcSP support to the National Platform on Dialogue for Peace and Secure Reintegration at national, regional and local level. The platform will enable exchanges on measures to enhance national unity including how to prepare for transitional justice. The platform and structural dialogue on inclusive economic recovery willl be fully linked up.A third component of the action will focus on mine action first started under the IcSP. The aim is to release an additional 1 000 000 m² of land for civilian use, in areas along the contact line. Activities will include mine risk education, mine survey, mine clearance, and accompanying livelihood support measures. In addition, this component will provide assistance to the implementation of the newly amended mine action law, including the provision of legal expertise for by-laws and procedures to be adopted, and capacity support for the responsible government authorities and services.
Ukrainian Conflict-related Sexual Violence Integrated Support Mechanism Contract related to: Ukrainian Conflict-related Sexual Violence Integrated Support Mechanism - This 18-monthexceptional assistance measure will seek to mitigate the disruption of education and psycho-social development in children and provide support to victims of sexual violence in conflict as well as the promotion of their rights at the global level. A first component will focus on the access to education for Ukrainian children by supporting the use of the Ukrainian government¿s `All-Ukrainian Schools Online Platform¿ and by addressing needs for safe physical learning spaces and materials for children. Comprehensive support will also be given to teachers to continue their work in the on-going crisis situation. Assistance will be specifically tailored to the different situations in the east and west of the country, and also include support to remote education for children who have fled the country, and the facilitation of activities over the summer-months to compensate for lost learning and development opportunities. A second component will focus on assistance to victims of conflict-related sexual violence in conflict in Ukraine. This will include direct assistance to local civil society organisations and first responders as well as specialised investigation teams led by the office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine.
Provision of Geospatial Intelligence Analysis based on satellite imagery for civilian purposes in Ukraine, Moldova and Armenia Contract related to: Provision of Geospatial Intelligence Analysis based on satellite imagery for civilian purposes in Ukraine, Moldova and Armenia - This 18-month measure aims at promoting a consolidated responseto disinformation and reinforcing ceasefiremonitoringin Ukraine.A first component of the action will provide support for effective responses to disinformation to the Ukrainian Centre for Strategic Communications and Information Security, as well as facilitate partnerships with relevant counterparts in the EU, in line with the commitments agreed as part of the comprehensive EU-Ukraine Partnership. This will be done in compliance with international norms and best practices in this area, including facilitation of cooperation with civil society.A second component of the action was designed to enable the EU to continue and further enhance the provision of satellite imagery to the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM). This was crucial for in-depth analysis of the situation in areas where there was no access, or for more secure patrolling in areas where access is possible. The action, during its first phase allowed the Special Monitoring Mission to sustain and expand monitoring in a highly volatile environment, helping to ensure the safety of the mission¿s staff and enabling effective monitoring and objective documentation.Following the suspension of the OSCE SMM on 28 April 2022, satellite imagery will now be provided to the governments of Ukraine and Moldova for civilian purposes, for example relating to the safety of key infrastructure such as for electricity, oil, gas, and transport, or for the assessment of damages for the purpose of reconstruction.
Enhancing Ukrainian Global Partnerships <p>The overall objective<em> </em>of the action is to strengthen common understandings and relationships between Ukrainian and global partners¿ actors on mutual priorities in the aftermath of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and prerequisites for sustainable peace.</p>
Support to early recovery in war-affected areas in Ukraine Contract related to: Support to early recovery in war-affected areas in Ukraine - As Ukrainian forces liberate parts of Ukraine from Russian military control, Ukrainian authorities and communities are faced with immense recovery needs that need to be urgently addressed in order to reestablish public services, relaunch social and economic activities and provide support to local populations. Ukraine¿s economy has been very seriously affected by the war. The combination of infrastructure damage, exodus of the population and interrupted transport links have resulted in a halving of economic activity compared to pre-war levels. At the same time government spending for social and military expenditure has sharply increased. To face these unprecedented challenges, Ukraine¿s government is dependent on external support. In response to the massive destruction in multiple locations in Ukraine, this 18-month measure will provide immediate practical support to Ukrainian authorities to address environmental and public health threats in post-combat localities and territories liberated from Russian military control. This will entail, but will not be limited to, support to debris removal, removal of hazardous waste and materials from damaged industrial facilities and critical infrastructure, and re-establishment of water and electricity supply.
Revitalising frontline communities through humanitarian de-mining and livelihood support Contract related to: Revitalising frontline communities through humanitarian de-mining and livelihood support - This action aims to further build confidence and to enhance human security in Ukraine with a particular focus on the situation of women and youth. It will build on and further deepen previous support provided through the Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace (IcSP), in particular in the areas of ceasefire monitoring, dialogue and mine action.A first component of this action will ensure that the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) in Ukraine continues its core tasks, providing fact-based information, facilitating dialogue and promoting human rights and humanitarian access. The renewed EU support will also help strengthen the ability of the SMM to physically monitor areas that are hard to access. It will further enhance the technical monitoring assets of the SMM, including with additional unmanned aerial vehicles. This will allow for the monitoring of conflict relevant movements in areas inaccessible to ground patrols and also to better ensure the security of the monitoring teams.2A second component of the action will aim to increase participation of essential stakeholders in the peacebuilding processes. This component will support the efforts of the Ukrainian Ministry for Temporarily Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons to facilitate a structural dialogue between state authorities and local communities on economic strategies in the conflict-affected regions. This strand of action will also support multilateral efforts by feeding into the socio-economic discussions in the Trilateral Contact Group on Ukraine, as well as into the EU-OSCE-UN co-hosted donor coordination group. In addition, this component will provide a follow-up to the ongoing IcSP support to the National Platform on Dialogue for Peace and Secure Reintegration at national, regional and local level. The platform will enable exchanges on measures to enhance national unity including how to prepare for transitional justice. The platform and structural dialogue on inclusive economic recovery willl be fully linked up.A third component of the action will focus on mine action first started under the IcSP. The aim is to release an additional 1 000 000 m² of land for civilian use, in areas along the contact line. Activities will include mine risk education, mine survey, mine clearance, and accompanying livelihood support measures. In addition, this component will provide assistance to the implementation of the newly amended mine action law, including the provision of legal expertise for by-laws and procedures to be adopted, and capacity support for the responsible government authorities and services.