The British Embassy Kyiv invites proposals from NGOs for project work under the UK's Integrated Security Fund (ISF) to strengthen national level policy, coordination and implementation on Veterans' affairs in Ukraine.
The British Embassy Kyiv invites proposals from non-profit organisations for project work under the UK's Integrated Security Fund (ISF) for the period from 1 July 2026 to 31 March 2027.
As part of the Security and Defence Reform (SDR) programming, the UK government will provide up to £1,500,000 to support national level policy, coordination and implementation on Veterans' affairs in Ukraine. The UK intends for this support to primarily be provided directly to the Ministry of Veterans Affairs (MoVA) with a strong emphasis on the need for coordination and integration with security and defence, and social recovery pathways across Government of Ukraine (GoU) line ministries, and informed by community-led service delivery.
This programming builds on previous work undertaken to support the capacity and capability of MoVA via the Delivery Office in MoVA and through UK funding to veteran CSOs on their input to national policy and laws/policies on veterans.
We would like to focus on the following outcome areas:
- Capacity and capability support to MoVA in support of the National Veterans Strategy 2030. Key areas that could be focused on are: - Expansion of Veteran Pro digitalisation to add regional and community level functionality in support of veterans' inclusive access to support. - Strengthening needs assessment, and analytical capacity and capability to inform veteran policy, including to support MoVA scenario planning. This will likely require strengthening data collection from veterans to assess gaps, barriers and potentially develop new policy and delivery models with line ministries. - Embedding a strategic communication approach linked to the National level strategy, priorities and implementation on veterans, including close coordination with regions/municipalities; and - Strengthen capacity and capability of MoVA to coordinate and integrate veteran needs with GoU line Ministries across defence, security and social recovery issues, social recovery pathways and community level service delivery.
- Involvement of CSOs and analytical centres in policy formulation, national level strategy and implementation to support veterans, including the linkages with the Ukraine Plan and other national level strategies.
- Strengthening capability of the Ministry to mainstream gender equality, inclusion and disability across MoVA strategy development, analysis and implementation approaches, including implementation of gender budgeting (as mandated through the Law 12245 adopted in 2024. Article 20, section 10, of the Budget Code of Ukraine states that gender-responsive approach is part of program-based budgeting implemented throughout budget planning, execution and reporting.
