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INTRODUCTION
The Local Responder Area Profile aims to collect actionable, area-based information on local non-governmental actors’ (LNGAs)(¹) needs, capacities, ways of working, and preferences for international support, to give international organisations (IOs) data they can use to avoid duplication, support LNGAs directly, thus improving the international integration with local systems on local terms. There is a higher risk for children in the Kharkivska, Zaporizka and Mykolaivska oblasts, where the severity of needs was assessed as the highest in 2022. LNGAs have been especially active in supporting children in response to the worsening conflict and growing needs. These actors are often in a good position to get information about CP needs from the community, so this is a key area to focus on to make localisation efforts stronger. Meanwhile, the CP Area of Responsibility (CP AoR) has set itself the goal of improving the capacity of CP-related local actors. The current assessment is designed to help CP-related local actors distribute services in the mentioned locations by providing more information to international humanitarian actors like the national and sub-national CP AoRs. Initial field information about the value of CP LRAP in Mykolaiv, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia raions to international organisations carrying out activities in these oblasts, was confirmed via consultation with CP AoR Ukraine on May 30, 2024. This research covers child protection (CP)-related local (non-governmental and local authorities) actors currently operating in the field of CP in Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, and Mykolaiv raions, as well as identifying the barriers, capacities and needs they may have, including in the field of cooperation with international organisations. The research includes both quantitative data and qualitative data, which were obtained from different LNGAs. All findings are indicative only.
See p. 2 for full methodology.
Key Messages
- Most LNGAs reported a current funding gap and many LNGAs in fuel and office utilities affecting their project’s sustainability. KIs also agreed they anticipated barriers in financing and paying for office utilities and fuel over the next 12 months following data collection due to inflation. Additionally, LNGAs could not estimate the scale of fuel demand due to the uncertainty of the power outage schedule.
- Assessed LNGAs in Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, and Mykolaiv raions named MHPSS needs for caregivers and children, needs for children with disabilities and prevention of violence on children perceived as the sectoral needs with the lowest capacity of LNGAs to cover. This corresponds well with information that among CP-related training around half of LNGAs reported the highest needs in MHPSS and training on disability inclusive safeguarding.
- Almost all local representatives reported they had positive experiences of cooperation with international organisations (IOs). Among the main reasons was the collaborative approach and how international and local organisations worked together to adapt to local needs. However, some KIs pointed to negative or neutral experiences which included predominantly a lack of flexibility to change local needs or situations and not receiving IO feedback. Additionally, most local actors emphasized that the ideal experience should include the presence of regional staff from IOs locally to allow more direct and effective cooperation between the IO and LNGAs.
(1) Throughout this factsheet, “LNGA” refers to Ukrainian non-governmental actors including national NGOs, registered civil society organisations (CSOs), and volunteer groups that met inclusion criteria (see p. 2).