The Partnership Fund for a Resilient Ukraine

The Partnership Fund for a Resilient Ukraine (PFRU) is a multi-donor programme, which unites the Government of Ukraine with seven of its closest international government partners to deliver projects in frontline and war-affected hromadas and at the national level.

PFRU aims to strengthen the Ukrainian government’s capacity and resilience in the face of Russian aggression to deliver essential support to local communities in collaboration with civil society, media, and the private sector.

International Financing Partners:

Canada, Estonia, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and United Kingdom.

Through its Recovery workstream, PFRU identifies and meets newly liberated communities’ early recovery needs through community engagement, addressing local government capacity gaps, and strategically communicating results back to residents to sustain trust in state institutions.

Through its Recovery workstream, PFRU identifies and meets newly liberated communities’ early recovery needs through community engagement, addressing local government capacity gaps, and strategically communicating results back to residents to sustain trust in state institutions.

Locations: Liberated and frontline areas.

Early Recovery Activities:

PFRU supports communities’ early recovery through helping local government:

  • Improve community safety, protection, services and governance
  • Engage citizens in local government planning and decisionmaking
  • Deepen local community and volunteers participation in recovery activities
  • Broaden social cohesion through strategic communications that tell the story of community resilience and recovery

Illustrative activities:

  • Helping government coordinate and plan the recovery and restoration of public administration, education, healthcare and other community services and public utilities, such as power and water.
  • Providing rescuers and Explosive Ordnance Disposal operatives from the State Emergency Services with world-class training and equipment to effectively protect and rescue citizens.
  • Supporting local government to install air raidshelters and deliver social services and psychosocial support to protect citizens from the psychological and physical fallout of Russia’s invasion.