Annual report

Strategic Priorities
| Disasters and crises 
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cash management system – a global agreement 
between Red Rose and IFRC. This temporary 
solution enabled Ukrainian Red Cross to operate 
multiple donor funds in compliance with interna-
tional guidelines and facilitate the coordination 
of multiple partners in Ukraine through modal-
ities such as vouchers, multi-purpose cash, and 
thematic cash assistance.
During the reporting period, up to 30 million 
Swiss francs were disbursed by Ukrainian Red 
Cross, with the support of IFRC and partners on 
this programme.
Cash in affected countries
Hungary:
After being designated by the 
Hungarian Government as the main organization 
implementing CVA programmes in the country, 
the Hungarian Red Cross and the IFRC launched 
the nationwide CVA programme to support 
3,000 individuals with multi-purpose cash to 
meet their basic needs.
Poland:
With the continued support of the 
IFRC, by the end of February 2023, the Polish 
Red Cross multi-purpose cash programme had 
reached nearly 19,000 households with more 
than 24.5 million Swiss francs disbursed.
Slovakia:
Since May 2022, Slovak Red Cross has 
provided emergency cash assistance to some 
3,250 households who had to flee Ukraine due 
to the conflict. In total, more than 3 million Swiss 
francs were disbursed directly to families with 
specific vulnerabilities. 
National Society development
The IFRC has been supporting National Societies 
to scale up their capacities with a readiness 
checklist. This has been updated for Romania, 
Moldova, Russia, and Hungary, and the process 
is ongoing for Slovakia, Poland, and Belarus. 
Dialogue is continuing with National Societies 
to identify and rapidly adjust the readiness and 
response capacities needed to deliver humani-
tarian services.
The Ukraine Red Cross Society has been imple-
menting the identified priorities to strengthen 
its Preparedness and Response capacities (PER) 
since 2019. As a result, support was extended to 
build up an emergency operations centre. 
The IFRC supported the Ukrainian Red Cross 
in setting up data management systems for 
the Emergency Response Unit Health Service 
Centres and mobile health units in Zakarpattia 
region, and will support it in setting up a uniform 
system of data management for mobile health 
unit patients across Ukraine.
The IFRC supported the Ukrainian Red Cross 
in setting up a monitoring system, namely the 
nation-wide monthly data collection (from the 
regional branches and sectorial departments) 
on the assistance provided in the country, based 
on the indicator tracking tool.
The IFRC continued providing extensive support 
to the Ukrainian Red Cross in logistics, procure-
ment and fleet. Since February 2022, the IFRC 
has supported the National Society with the 
delivery of humanitarian cargo worth over 22 
million Swiss francs, including 130 generators, 
over 600,000 migrant kits, 150,000 food par-
cels, plus blankets, tarpaulins, hygiene parcels, 
kitchen sets, and numerous other items.
Humanitarian diplomacy
The IFRC continues to play a critical coordina-
tion role to help leverage the collective work of 
National Societies, and to build on the network’s 
humanitarian diplomacy, migration and protec-
tion expertise in Budapest, Brussels, Geneva, 
and New York. The IFRC network continues to 
track and respond to emerging operational, 
policy and legal issues, undertaking analysis 
where needed.
The humanitarian diplomacy network, through 
its collective reach and reading of the changing 
situation, informs the contextual reading of 
needs and gaps throughout the operation e.g., 
through exchanges between representatives on 
emerging trends in the different countries.
Health and care including water, 
sanitation and hygiene (WASH)
Needs analysis both in Ukraine and in receiv-
ing countries have identified medication and