Press Release: EU supports Decentralisation and Regional Policy reforms in Ukraine with €55 millions

Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, and Valery Pyatnitsky, Acting Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine, signed on the 27 November 2014 a Financing Agreement to launch a new programme 'Support to Ukraine's Regional Policy'. The programme will support Ukraine's Decentralisation and Regional Policy reforms with €55m. The EU funds will support the implementation of the State Regional Development Strategy 2020, which was approved by the Government of Ukraine on the 6 August 2014.

ESO: Background information: Press Release: EU scales up its assistance for the conflict-affected people in Ukraine http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-eu-scales-up-its-assistance-for-the-conflict-affected-people-in-ukraine/

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