Project profile — GICHD Ukraine country programme support

The project supports the efforts of the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) to enhance the capacity of Ukrainian mine action institutions to implement effective and gender-responsive mine action operations, develop country-appropriate information management solutions, and lead efficient donor coordination platforms.

The expected outcomes of the project include: (1) enhanced gender-sensitive engagement of the Ukrainian National Mine Action Authorities (NMAA) in the multilateral fora and donor coordination pro-cesses; and (2) enhanced response by the Ukrainian National Mine Action Authorities to the diverse needs of women, girls, men and boys.

Results achieved as of May 2025 include: (1) organized 2 donor workshops to take stock of progress made and identify challenges in the mine action sector in Ukraine (April 2024 in Kyiv and April 2025 in Geneva); (2) supported developing and adopting Ukraine’s National mine action strategy; (3) supported the Ukrainian National mine action authority in developing national mine action standards on animal detection and land release; and (4) supported further improvement of information management products to strengthen Ukraine’s use of the Information management system for mine action.