Ukraine Support Task Force

How the USTF process works

The USTF assists donor companies and Ukrainian authorities through the whole donation process. From reaching out to potential donor companies and assisting them with the formal submission of their donation, through the logistics and following the customs clearance, all the way to the delivery of specialized equipment to the final destination in Ukraine, the USTF engages in a horizontally integrated, multi-stakeholder process.  

The USTF cooperates closely with the European Commission and particularly the Emergency Response Coordination Centre (ERCC) of DG ECHO, the coordinator of the European Union Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM), to ensure the delivery of energy-related humanitarian needs to Ukraine. The USTF feeds in transport requests to the ERCC, who, via the UCPM mechanism organizes the shipment from the sites of the donor companies. Together with the ERCC, USTF tracks the process, assists and coordinates each shipment at every step of the journey in Europe and within Ukraine.  

The USTF is in daily contact with the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine and the Ministry of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine to coordinate each shipment’s delivery, ensure that the list of emergency equipment needs is up-to-date, and disseminates the list of needs to key stakeholders and potential donor companies. The USTF consistently informs both Ministries about the upcoming and ongoing deliveries and their status and assists each shipment until it reaches the beneficiary in Ukraine.

Schematic description of the USTF support activities:

 

Why to donate via the USTF process?

• The USTF actively assists donor companies from the beginning to the end of the donation process.
• The USTF provides donors with the up-to-date list of items, which corresponds to Ukraine’s immediate needs.
• Donors benefit from simplified administrative procedures and support in the preparation of the required documents.
• All donations are subject to a simplified customs clearance process for humanitarian assistance ensured by the Union Civil Protection Mechanism and Ukrainian legislation.
• The ERCC, once confirmed the acceptance, coordinates the transportation of the donated equipment, and some of the transport costs can be covered by the EU budget for shipments originating from UCPM countries (EU Member States, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Serbia, Türkiye, and Ukraine)
• The ERCC, UCPM national civil protection authorities, together with the Governmental Strategic Reserves Agency (RARS) of Poland and the USTF, are ready to assist with the delivery of emergency supplies arriving not only from Europe, but from locations around the world to Ukraine, via the rescEU process.
• The USTF informs the donor on the delivery status of the shipment.
   

Schematic Description for Global Partners:

USTF support in numbers

USTF has so far assisted 142 in-kind donations of energy-related equipment successfully delivered to Ukraine. Humanitarian aid has been offered by private donors and government institutions with a total weight of 5.400 tons from 102 donors and 24 countries. More than 35 offers are being processed. 
  

Deliveries by donating country

Donating country	Number of donations	Donations in tons	Donating country	Number of donations	Donations in tons
Austria	1	0,07	Lithuania	3	844,30
Czech Republic	6	40,75	Luxembourg	2	6,40
Denmark	4	59,11	North Macedonia	1	8,55
Estonia	4	152,43	Norway	23	2.248,43
Finland	4	63,30	Poland	2	143,85
France	11	123,90	Slovakia	1	7,65
Germany	14	559,85	South Korea	1	10,15
Greece	1	4,90	Spain	4	375,76
Hungary	3	10,39	Sweden	15	223,09
Ireland	2	192,43	Switzerland	25	159,42
Italy	7	78,49	The Netherlands	1	14,50
Latvia	3	73,53	The United Kingdom	2	16,07

status: 10 April 2024

USTF achievements

status February 2024

Most urgent needs after attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure

status: 27 March 2024