On May 15, the European Commission adopted the proposals for Council Decisions on the signing and provisional application of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement (AA), which will be transmitted to the Council for further processing. Read more
Head of the European Union Delegation to Ukraine, Ambassador Jan Tombiński, together with French and Croatian Ambassadors, Alain Remy and Tomislav Vidošević, officially inaugurated the European Cultural Week in Kyiv on May 14. Read more
On May 21 the EU-funded Project aiming at removing technical barriers in EU-Ukraine trade*, together with Ukraine’s Ministry of Economic Development and Trade held a conference dedicated to the harmonisation of Ukrainian technical regulations with those of the EU. Read more
The EU Delegation to Ukraine, together with international and Ukrainian partners, invites citizens to take part in EU Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW), an initiative of the European Union aimed at promoting activities dedicated to energy efficiency and renewable energy solutions. The EUSEW will be held across Ukraine June 22-30. Read more
In late April, the European Union announced a new call for proposals to support Ukraine’s regional development policy. With a budget of €6 million, the call is a part of a larger €31 million EU-funded programme that promotes the decentralised development of Ukrainian regions, and helps Ukrainian regional and local authorities implement priorities of their own development strategies. Read more
Studying in a warm and energy-efficient school can make a big difference for the learning process. Children in Zhuravli village in the Saky rayon of Crimea know this from experience: thanks to support from the German development bank KfW, the school underwent large-scale renovations that helped increase the building’s energy efficiency Read more
Pupils of the Manachyn village school, Khmelnitsky region, have benefited from more comfortable learning conditions after they had their old school windows replaced with energy-efficient ones due to EU support. Read more
“Citizens are at the heart of the European Union as a political project,” said Jan Tombiński, head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine, during Europe Day celebrations on May 18 in Kyiv. Read more
The €5 million EU-funded project, “Harmonisation of Competition and Public Procurement Systems in Ukraine with EU Standards” (2009-2013), has been a valuable tool in helping the Ukrainian government bring its competition and public procurement policies closer to EU norms and standards. Read more
Tempus, an EU-funded higher education programme, is expected this year to have budget exceeding €40 million allocated to the six Eastern Partnership countries, announced Klaus Haupt, Head of the Tempus Unit of EU’s Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency Read more
