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About PFRU

The Partnership Fund for a Resilient Ukraine (PFRU) is a multi-donor programme funded by Canada, Estonia, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. PFRU is designed to strengthen Ukraine’s resilience to the ongoing aggression by the Russian Federation.

PFRU unites the Government of Ukraine with some of its closest international partners around a shared mission: to help communities survive, adapt, and stay united under immense pressure. The programme works in coordination with government institutions, local authorities, civil society, and the private sector, identifying and filling critical gaps that are not covered by other international or national efforts.

PFRU Team

Illustration of PFRU projects and support in Ukraine

PFRU team brings together specialists across multiple thematic areas – governance, social cohesion, infrastructure recovery, security, economic resilience, justice, community engagement, and context analysis. This interdisciplinary approach enables PFRU to see the wider picture while addressing specific, localised needs.

With a presence across Ukrainian regions, each oblast is supported by a dedicated advisor who serves as a local expert, maintains relationships with key stakeholders, and ensures that every activity we deliver reflects the realities on the ground.

PFRU Strategic Objectives

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Outcome 1

Prevent isolation of people living in TOTs and prepare for liberation and reintegration

Outcome 2

Revive and improve essential services to build public confidence in the Ukrainian state.

Outcome 3

Strengthen vertical and horizontal social cohesion to provide sociotal resilience against Russian aggression. Strengthen vertical and horizontal social cohesion to provide sociotal resilience against Russian aggression.

Outcome 4

Generating and sharing data and lessons to inform PFRU programming and national policies

Outcome 5

Revive and improve essential services to build public confidence in the Ukrainian state

Our Vision: Resilience in All Its Forms

Over the life of the project, Resilient Populations aims to achieve:

At its core, PFRU is about resilience – not just in the face of today’s emergencies, but with a view toward Ukraine’s future. Resilience is understood across three interlinked levels:

Resilience as survival: delivering immediate support to help communities withstand frontline pressures.
Resilience of communities: helping municipalities maintain basic services and cohesion amid ongoing conflict.
Societal resilience: supporting broader efforts to strengthen national unity, democratic trust, and shared identity.

This spectrum guides our programming across multiple sectors and regions. From the delivery of generators to war-affected communities to support for cultural preservation and memory work, PFRU operates with the understanding that resilience must be built simultaneously from the ground up and from the top down.

Our Approach: Stabilisation-Informed and Population-Centred

While PFRU stems from a stabilisation framework, we do not follow a fixed template. We work in a stabilisation-informed way – focused on safeguarding basic needs, restoring trust, and creating the conditions for a more cohesive and stable future.

In practice, this means that we:

Prioritise politically meaningful interventions, including trust-building, inclusive governance, and perception change.
Fills the gaps between humanitarian, recovery, and development efforts – particularly in insecure or underserved areas.

Remain highly flexible and adaptive, adjusting our geographic and thematic focus in response to contextual changes.
Partner with both state and non-state actors to deliver relevant, timely, and responsive support.

Our Key Areas of Work

Prioritise politically meaningful interventions, including trust-building, inclusive governance, and perception change.
Fills the gaps between humanitarian, recovery, and development efforts – particularly in insecure or underserved areas.

Remain highly flexible and adaptive, adjusting our geographic and thematic focus in response to contextual changes.