HONOR
Cooperative Development Organisation
Implementing Partners and Organisations
Rural Women Business Network (RWBN)
Period of Implementation
Geographic scope
Europe: Ukraine
Cities: Ukraine, country wide with prioritized oblasts (Dnipro, Poltava, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv, Odessa, Lviv, Ivano, Frankivsk, Ternopil, Vinnytsia, Kyiv)
Budget
Donor(s)
Bilateral Aid: Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Sector(s)
Type of Activity
Summary
The HONOR Project is a seven-year initiative led by Socodevi and partners to strengthen Ukraine’s agri-food systems affected by war, gender inequality, and climate change. It aims to empower 5,000 people, particularly women and vulnerable groups, to better adapt, recover, and take on leadership roles through resilient agri-food systems.
Implemented nationwide, the project focuses on key regions and value chains such as dairy, berries, vegetables, grains, and honey. It supports 50 cooperatives and promotes gender equality, climate adaptation, food security, and integration into international markets, including the European Union.
HONOR adopts a holistic approach by strengthening cooperative systems, promoting climate-smart agriculture, and supporting women’s leadership and social infrastructure development.
Project Objectives
Enhanced empowerment of women and the most vulnerable affected by the war during and following multiple shocks through resilient agri-food systems in Ukraine
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Impact on SDGs
Main Indicators
- Percentage and number of rural households in war-affected communities that have experienced an increase of the income generated by targeted agri-food VC
- Number of organizations from the cooperative movement with improved capacity to manage and scale inclusive, climate-smart agri-food value chains.
- Increase the economic value of marketed products by investing in processing facilities, storage infrastructure, and EU-standard quality labs.
- % and number of organizations that have increased their financial turnover with their members
-% average revenue growth rate of women-led entrepreneurial initiatives supported by the Economic Support Program
Impact Measurement
Direct beneficiaries
Individuals: 5200
Local stakeholders
3 unions
1 federation