In 2014, the Association Agreement was signed between the European Union and Ukraine, which represents a broad and far-reaching action plan for European integration of Ukraine.
At the same time the European Commission approved an ambitious decision to provide Ukraine with a package of support of € 11 billion “over the next few years”. Later this amount was increased to 12.8 billion.
International technical assistance, as well as direct budget support provided by the EU to Ukraine in various sectors, is an important part of this plan.
According to the Government of Ukraine, in particular in 2017, Ukraine received from the EU international technical assistance for 174 million euro. Continue reading