The European Union has already provided Ukraine with 104 million euro of financial assistance for the reform of the civil service and intend to continue helping upon condition of active participation of the government and society in the reform of public administration, head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine Hugues Mingarelli said.
The EU has already mobilized 90 million euro in budget support and 14 million euro in technical assistance for public administration reform. “If the government continues to actively participate in this process, and if we see the serious intentions of the community, we will continue supporting you and are ready to share our experience,” he said during a conference on public administration reform with the participation of Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman in Kyiv on April 27.
Mingarelli said that the work of Prime Minister Groysman and Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Vitaliy Sayenko on the reform of the state administration gives hope for its success.
The head of the EU representation in Ukraine said that the Ukrainian ministries need to “bring in some new blood.” At the same time, he said that it is extremely important to ensure a transparent staffing of civil servants. Also, according to him, it is necessary to arrange training and training programs for civil servants, and the EU supports Ukraine in this matter.
“Be aware that you can rely on the EU in recruiting civil servants,” Mingarelli said.
