LOCAL SITUATIONAL LEADERSHIP IN THE CONTEXT OF HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO UKRAINE 2022 – A CASE STUDY

<ns3:p>One form of civil protection is humanitarian aid, which is most often defined as the provision ofnecessary assistance and support to people exposed to long-term crises and assistance in emergencysituations caused by natural or man-made disasters. Such assistance was also provided to those whofound themselves on the territory of Poland after 24 February 2022. Humanitarian assistance wasalso provided on the territory of Ukraine, which posed an additional challenge for groups carryingout humanitarian missions. Aid activities on the territory of both countries would not have beenpossible if it were not for the organisational skills, including mainly the coordination skills of groupscarrying out the aid. Therefore, the main objective of this study is to show the impact of local situationalleadership on the coordination of humanitarian aid. The research problem, on the other hand, wasformulated as the question “how does local situational leadership influence the coordination of localhumanitarian aid?” The subject of the research is the use of leadership in the process of organisinglocal humanitarian aid. The research was carried out using the participatory observation method.The results of the observation showed the great importance of situational leadership in coordinatinghumanitarian aid. It was shown that good coordination of activities is primarily based on skilfulleadership of people and bringing out their potentials, building on an organisational culture based ontrust, respect and a sense of security of all team members.</ns3:p>