Transition Initiatives
Since 2014, USAID’s Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI) has worked in Ukraine to strengthen national unity and build support for Ukraine's reforms and Euro-Atlantic trajectory. Following Russia's full-scale invasion, OTI adapted its Ukraine Confidence Building Initiative (UCBI) to augment the U.S. response. UCBI is a flexible, rapid-response mechanism designed to help Ukraine's citizens, civil society, and government authorities advance Ukraine's unified, democratic, and Europe-oriented recovery in areas most affected by Russia's full-scale invasion.
Ukraine Confidence Building Initiative
Implementer: Chemonics
Project Period: February 1, 2023 – September 5, 2026
Ukraine Confidence Building Initiative is a flexible, rapid-response mechanism designed to help Ukraine’s citizens, civil society, and government authorities advance Ukraine’s unified, democratic, and Europe-oriented recovery in areas most affected by Russia’s full-scale invasion. OTI works with Ukrainian civil society, government, media, and other partners along three main lines of effort: (1) strengthen transparent, accessible recovery processes that reflect local priorities in the most war-affected regions; (2) reinforce connections between areas temporarily occupied by Russia and the rest of Ukraine; and (3) empower civic engagement in frontline and liberated communities to contribute to community resilience.
Humanitarian Assistance
The Office of Humanitarian Assistance (OHA) provides life-saving humanitarian assistance—including food, water, shelter, emergency healthcare, and sanitation and hygiene services— to Ukraine's most vulnerable and hardest-to-reach people. As the largest humanitarian donor supporting Ukraine, the United States has supported UN and NGO humanitarian partners in Ukraine since 2014. In response to Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, the United States has provided more than $2.8 billion in humanitarian assistance to support people in Ukraine and those fleeing to neighboring countries, including nearly $2 billion in humanitarian assistance from USAID. OHA provides humanitarian assistance before, during and after a crisis—from readiness and response to relief and recovery.