Clusters

Key activities

Shelter and Non-Food Item (SNFI) Cluster  

UNHCR leads coordination of the SNFI Cluster in Ukraine, alongside the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) as nation co-chair and People in Need as co-chair in the Eastern hub. 

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• to provide shelter assistance responding to needs of IDPs, people who remain in war-affected areas and returnees. This includes consideration of cross-cutting themes such as protection, inclusion, accountability to affected populations (AAP), housing, land and property (HLP), and environmental issues 
• to provide essential NFI support based on needs for IDPs, people who remain at home, and returnees at the household level, including those residing in collective sites (CSs). Implementation of this objective will include efforts to promote a greener NFI response

Key activities 

• emergency shelter support 
• temporary housing 
• light and medium housing repairs (cash and in-kind) 
• heavy repairs 
• refurbishment of collective sites, rental support and hosting family support 
• provision of NFI kits for collective sites, households and bomb shelters 
• provision of winter specific NFIs including clothes and heating, as well as support for winter energy needs (cash and in-kind) 

Latest documents  

Intro Shelter/NFI Cluster 2023.Link is external

Shelter Information Damage Assessment and Response Database - June 2023 UpdateLink is external 

Interview with John Wain, the Coordinator of the Shelter/Non-Food Items Cluster for Ukrinform.Link is external

Visit Shelter, NFI Cluster webpageLink is external for more information and resources.  

Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM) Cluster  

UNHCR leads the CCCM Cluster in Ukraine, which was activated in March 2022 following the escalation of the war in Ukraine.  

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The overall objective of the CCCM Cluster in Ukraine is to ensure a coordinated multi-sectoral response and operationalized data for protection and assistance to IDPs residing in communal settings, improving their quality of life and dignity during displacement, while advocating for transitional and durable solutions. The Cluster works to ensure that needs of communities are at the centre of the response, while minimum CCCM and SPHERE standardsLink is external are met, and local capacity is developed. 

Objectives for 2023 

• improve living conditions in collective sites through enhanced site coordination and management, including facilitating multi-sectoral assistance by humanitarian actors, in support of government and other local site managers;  
• strengthen self-organization of displaced populations in collective sites and improve access to information, in order to strengthen IDP mobilisation, participation and leadership in collective sites; and  
• build the capacities of the Cluster partners and relevant stakeholders, including national actors, authorities at all levels, and site managers, to strengthen the protection environment for IDPs in the collective sites, ensure access to basic services, and multi-sectoral humanitarian response. Key activities include site monitoring through the Collective Site Monitoring (CSM) tool; establishing site management support teams, CCCM systems, community projects, and feedback and complaint mechanisms; and conducting capacity building for site managers and other stakeholders.   

Latest documents  

Ukraine Collective Site Monitoring: Round 7: March 2023 

Ukraine: Multisectoral CCCM Vulnerability Index Round 5: Collective Sites Monitoring Household Survey  

Map of the active collective sites (Ukraine, April 2023) 

Map of the inactive collective sites ready to host IDPs in emergency (Ukraine, April 2023)  

Visit CCCM Cluster webpage for more information and resources.