World Cities Day 2023: HOUSING +5 in host communities for IDPs in Ukraine.

In March 2022, the National Coordination Council of UN-Habitat in Ukraine (Chairman, Dr. O. Zatolokin), guided by the Resolution of the 11th Extraordinary Special Session of the UN General Assembly on Ukraine "AGGRESSION AGAINST UKRAINE" (New York, 2022), initiated and started implementation in the regions of Ukraine of the International program: "HOUSING +5 for internally displaced persons in host communities in Ukraine" in the directions: I. "HOUSING for IDPs"; II. "HEALTH PROTECTION OF IDPs"; III. "SOCIAL PROTECTION OF IDPs"; IV. "EDUCATION OF IDPs"; V. "EMPLOYMENT OF IDPs". The purpose of the Program: Providing communities that host internally displaced persons with practical assistance in real investment attraction and pre-investment training of Project Management Groups of municipalities/enterprises - initiators of Projects that are planned to be implemented on the territory of the host community based on the principles of strategic public-private partnership, focused on restoration of the local economy, creation of jobs, construction of housing and social infrastructure for IDPs with the participation of local entrepreneurs and farms, international financial organizations, private investors and international donor organizations of UN member countries. The Program includes two components: Component 1. “HOUSING for IDPs”; Component 2. “JOBS for IDPs”.