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The European Union may provide up to 75 million euro in support for civil service reform in Ukraine if the government and parliament adopt relevant documents on time, deputy head of the Ukrainian presidential administration Dmitry Shymkiv has said.

“The European Union may additionally provide up to 75 million euro in support of civil service reform in Ukraine,” he said on July 28 during a round table, entitled “Civil Service Reform: Decent Salaries vs Corruption”, the Ukrainian president’s press service reported.

Shymkiv recalled that the EU and Ukraine signed a contract for the development of the state in May 2014, according to which Ukraine can receive 105 million euro (the second tranche of the assistance) already this year if a number of conditions are met. One of them is the development and approval of a full and detailed plan for reforming the public sector, which requires the parliament to adopt a new law on public service.

In addition to 105 million euro for the development of the state, Ukraine may get up to 75 million euro in support for the civil service reform. In order to receive these funds, in addition to the civil service law, the Cabinet should develop, approve and submit to the EU the strategy for public administration reform together with its implementation plan, the responsible persons and deadlines.