A fact-finding mission made of members of the European Parliament's Budgetary Control Committee will visit Ukraine on May 16-19.
“A delegation of four members of European Parliament will visit Ukraine from 16 till 19 May for a fact-finding mission into the EU financial assistance provided since Maidan revolution to support Ukraine’s stabilization and reform process,” the European Union’s Delegation in Ukraine reported on its website.
According to the report, members of the Budgetary Control Committee responsible for controlling the spending of EU money will visit Ukraine to see how the aid is being used on the ground. “They also want to know how Ukraine is coping with corruption and whether it affects the EU funds,” the delegation said.
The program of the visit is split into two parts. First the MEPs will visit Lviv region, where they will monitor EU funded projects and trans-border cooperation with the EU.
Then they will visit Kyiv, where they will meet with the central authorities – the Verkhovna Rada and the newly sworn members of the government.
The delegates will also meet with the anti-corruption bodies created after the Maidan revolution. They are also schedule to meet with the civil society representatives, anti-corruption watchdogs and investigative journalists.
