1. Services provided by AMURTEL
AMURTEL continues to provide psychological first aid service in Ukraine, offers training on specific topics, and supports the civil society coordination meeting at the Siret Border Crossing Point, information services and service mapping are carried out through the permanent updating of the siret.help website, and the interagency referral service, dedicated to refugee communities.
2. Services provided by UNHCR
UNHCR Suceava is increasing its team, with a field officer and procurement officer. Among the services offered, the cash assistance program continues until the end of the year. For the winter period, a heating support program will be run, for which the beneficiaries are selected based on vulnerability criteria. Also, the platform for verifying cash assistance applications is functional and aims to grant financial support in a single instalment, with verification between agencies.
3. Reopening of the border crossing point
CNRR mentions that starting from Thursday, November 10, in Suceava county, the border crossing point Vikovu de Sus – Krasnoilsk, on the border with Ukraine, will be reopened.
4. Proposal regarding the periodicity of the meetings of the organizations at Siret Border Crossing
CNRR proposes that civil society representatives meet at the Siret Border Crossing Point once every two weeks. The proposal comes as a result of the fact that currently the number of refugees who request the services offered by the organizations has a certain constancy and does not require an increase in the response capacity, on the one hand, and on the other hand, due to the cooling weather conditions and the proximity the winters.
All the representatives of the organizations agreed to the proposal, with the amendment that, at the suggestion of any of the organizations, the meeting can be organized even faster, if there is a situation of necessity.