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Subvention Boosts Services Network for GBV Survivors
On 30 June 2021, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved the allocation of 274.2 million UAH in state subvention to expand the network of specialised services for GBV survivors. Out of 200 applications, 124 cities and communities were selected to receive funding from the state budget.
Using these funds, local authorities will establish 28 shelters, 39 daycare centres, 58 primary psychosocial counselling services, and purchase 40 cars for mobile teams of psychosocial support by December 2021. Also, 12% of the state subvention will be used to enhance the operation of 16 existing shelters. This marks an unprecedented mobilisation of state resources to create support services for GBV survivors across the country.
Among cities and communities receiving the subvention, 13 participate in the UNFPA project “Cities and Communities Free from Domestic Violence”: Dnipro, Kalush (Ivano-Frankivsk region), Kharkiv, Kherson, Khoroshiv (Zhytomyr region), Khotyn (Chernivtsi region), Kropyvnytskyi, Kyiv, Mariupol, Melitopol, Mykolaiv, Odesa and Ternopil. The funding will enable the communities to renovate premises for prospective specialised services, while UNFPA will procure the necessary equipment and furniture, as well as develop capacity of specialists working to combat GBV.
The provision of the subvention expedites communities to significantly expand the network of services for comprehensive protection of survivors. UNFPA technical assistance helps communities ensure the effectiveness of such services as the central element of the system for combating and preventing violence. Their experience and models of forming a support network can serve as guidelines for Ukrainian communities in building robust systems of service provision to GBV survivors.
Ready to share its expertise, UNFPA expressed support to the Ministry of Social Policy initiative to train 124 communities-recipients of subvention to establish and run effective specialised services.