2026 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan for Ukraine.


Launch Event of the Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan (HNRP) 2026 for Ukraine.


AGENDA

Introduction from Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine, UN Resident Coordinator, Mr. Matthias Schmale.
Presentations on Strategic Priorities

Strategic Priority 1 — Supporting the most vulnerable who remain close to the front line.
 Inka Himanen, WFP Representative and Country Director
Olga Novikova, Head of Dnipro Office, the Tenth of April NGO

Strategic Priority 2 — Responding to vulnerable newly displaced and people evacuated from their places of origin to safer hosting areas, including through transit centres and collective sites. 
Bernadette Castel-Hollingsworth, UNHCR Representative in Ukraine
Nataliia Gourjii, Director of the Rokada Charity Fund

Strategic Priority 3 — Providing emergency response after strikes. Munir Mammadzade, UNICEF Representative to Ukraine
Anna Duda, Country Director of People in Need in Ukraine

Strategic Priority 4 — Supporting the centrality of protection for vulnerable displaced people and severely vulnerable groups at risk of not being covered by social protection networks
 Robert Turner, IOM Chief of Mission
Valeriia Vershynina, Executive Director, Stabilisation Support Services Charitable Foundation



High-Level Interactive Panel Discussion

Theme: "Protecting civilians and front-line communities in a worsening humanitarian landscape: priorities, risks, and partnership needs for 2026."

Moderator: Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine, UN Resident Coordinator, Mr Matthias Schmale

Panellists: Iryna Vereshchuk, Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine
Denys Uliutin, Minister of Social Policy, Family, and Unity of Ukraine
Marianna Franco, Head of the European Commission's Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations in Ukraine
Jarno Habicht, WHO Representative and Head of WHO Country Office in Ukraine
Marit Glad, Country Director, Norwegian Refugee Council

Closing Remarks Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine, UN Resident Coordinator, Mr Matthias Schmale

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