In December, meetings were held by the Coordination Centers for Civilian Support at the Bakhmut, Volnovakha, and Pokrovsk district state administrations, district military administrations, and 32 local military administrations. Representatives of the Department of Social Protection, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and other structural units of the regional state administration joined the meetings.
Participants in the meeting of the Coordination Center for Civilian Support at the Bakhmut District State Administration summarized the work of the Coordination Center and humanitarian centers/hubs/centers in 2025 and approved the Coordination Center's work plan for 2026. Those present discussed issues related to the prevention and counteraction of domestic violence and gender-based violence, and familiarized themselves with the measures taken as part of the annual All-Ukrainian campaign "16 Days Against Violence" from November 25 to December 10, 2025.
During the meeting of the Coordination Center for Civilian Support at the Volnovakha District State Administration, they reviewed the report on the work of the Council on Internally Displaced Persons at the Volnovakha District State Administration and the District Military Administration for 2025, raised the issue of the implementation of veteran policy in the Volnovakha district in 2025, and paid attention to problematic issues that arise in communities when providing assistance to the population.
At a meeting of the Coordination Center for Civilian Support at the Pokrovsk District State Administration and the District Military Administration, participants learned about the activities of the Pokrovsk District humanitarian hub "Prostir Dobra" (Space of Good) and the Educational Complex No. 1 of the Pokrovsk City Council, which began offline work in the city of Dnipro.
During the meetings of the Coordination Centers for Civilian Support, a number of urgent issues were raised in the territorial communities, in particular:
- implementation of programs to support and integrate IDPs and community residents who have moved to safer regions of Ukraine;
- the status of implementation of veteran policy;
- social protection and support for Defenders of Ukraine, their family members, and family members of deceased Defenders of Ukraine;
- holding events to honor the memory of deceased Defenders of Ukraine, affirming Ukrainian national and civic identity, as well as patriotic, cultural, artistic, and sporting events;
- analyzing citizens' appeals and the needs of IDPs, providing material and humanitarian assistance to the population; organizing work within the framework of memoranda of cooperation between communities; working with international and charitable organizations, foundations, and partners to provide comprehensive assistance to IDPs;
- activities of humanitarian centers/hubs supporting IDPs, resilience centers;
- psychosocial support and mental health preservation within the framework of the All-Ukrainian Mental Health Program "How Are You?";
- provision of administrative and social services;
- work of Councils on Internally Displaced Persons and Coordination Centers for Civilian Support;
- operation of resilience centers in communities during the fall and winter;
- resolving housing issues for certain categories of IDPs who lived in the temporarily occupied territory; issues of damaged and destroyed property in communities;
- organizing employment for IDPs and the state of the labor market;
- organizing the provision of medical services to the population;
- summing up the results of the campaign for the health and recreation of children in 2025;
- the work of child welfare services in conditions of martial law;
- organization of the educational process in the 2025-2026 academic year; support for children with special educational needs;
- cooperation between communities within the framework of the national project "Side by Side: United Communities";
- prevention and counteraction of domestic violence and/or gender-based violence; holding the annual All-Ukrainian campaign "16 Days Against Violence";
- the status of implementation of measures to celebrate St. Nicholas Day, Christmas, and New Year's holidays with children;
- summarizing the work of coordination centers for 2025 and planning further work for 2026.
Special attention was paid to the evacuation of the population, in particular families with children, people with reduced mobility, and people with disabilities, to safe regions of Ukraine, as well as to ensuring adequate conditions for their further resettlement and social adaptation.
Based on the results of the meetings, priority areas of work in the field of social protection, humanitarian support, and psychosocial assistance to the population in conditions of martial law were identified, and appropriate instructions were given based on the results of the issues discussed.