Description of Project: Project goals: (1) improving livelihoods of IDPs in relocated and home place by providing them employment and social services; and (2) enhancing opportunities for employment and entrepreneurship for local population in Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The project activities included the following: (1) announcement of the Small Grants Programme; (2) organization of the applications evaluation process; (3) providing technical and programme administration of the Small Grants Programme. 

Origin of Funding: UNDP in Ukraine; UNDP Projects ‘Rapid Response to Social and Economic Issues of Internally Displaced People in Ukraine’ and ‘Economic and Social Recovery of Donbas Region’

Project Period: August 2015 – February 2016

Geographical: Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizzia, Kyiv, Odesa, Poltava, Kharkiv regions

Target groups / Beneficiary : IDPs, home place

Project Results:

• provided 255 grants for IDPs in relocated and home place;
• 244 business projects were implemented by IDPs in relocated and home place;
• 676 persons were employed (325 male, 351 female)

Project Value: 1 824 837,20 USD

Name of Partners: Horenie Foundation, All-Ukrainian Association of IDPs