A number of bilateral documents were signed in Brussels within the XXII Ukraine-EU Summit in the presence of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President of the European Council Charles Michel.
Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Olha Stefanishyna and Member of the European Commission for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Olivér Várhelyi signed an Agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the European Commission on financing the EU's Strong Regions Program. The document should help attract EU assistance to increase Ukraine's resilience, in particular to hybrid threats and destabilizing situations such as the COVID-19 pandemic, and Ukraine's capacity to establish peace. The total EU contribution under the Agreement is € 30 million.
Olha Stefanishyna and Olivér Várhelyi also signed an Agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the European Commission on financing the Ukraine’s Civil Society Development Mechanism. The document aims to attract the EU’s assistance to strengthen democracy in Ukraine. The total EU contribution under the Agreement is € 20 million.
In addition, Olha Stefanishyna and Olivér Várhelyi signed an Agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the European Commission on financing the Climate Package for a Stable Economy: (CASE) in Ukraine. The agreement provides for the development and implementation of policies and measures that effectively support the transition to climate-neutral, clean, resource-efficient and secure energy supply and consumption; supporting climate change mitigation by reducing emissions of greenhouse gases and ozone-depleting substances; stimulating the transition to a clean and circular economy. The total EU contribution under the Agreement is € 10 million.
Minister for Communities and Territories Development of Ukraine Oleksiy Chernyshov and Vice-President of the European Investment Bank Teresa Czerwińska signed an Agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the European Investment Bank (EIB) on financing the “Energy Efficiency of Public Buildings in Ukraine” project. The purpose of the Agreement is to attract assistance from the European Investment Bank to finance measures aimed at improving the process of thermal modernization of public buildings in Ukraine. The total contribution of the EIB under the Agreement is € 300 million.
Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Vladyslav Krykliy and Vice-President of the European Investment Bank Lilyana Pavlova signed a Guarantee Agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the European Investment Bank (EIB) "Logistics Network (Modernization and Digitization of Ukrposhta)". The signing of the document will ensure the purchase of sorting equipment (automatic crossbelt sorting line with a capacity of 12 thousand units per hour, posisorter sorting line, two Oprisorter sorting lines, semi-automatic roller conveyors, gravity conveyors, IT servers and peripherals), creation of 3 sorting objects (in particular, construction of a hub in Lviv) and 22 sorting depots in total (in particular, construction of depots in 6 cities), introduction of automatic tracking of cargo movement. The total amount of funds for the implementation of the project, according to EIB experts, is € 30 million (excluding VAT).
CEO of Ukrposhta JSC Ihor Smilyanskyi and Vice-President of the European Investment Bank Lilyana Pavlova signed a Financial Agreement “Logistics Network (Modernization and Digitization of Ukrposhta)”. Thanks to the loan, Ukrposhta is modernizing its logistics network by building 3 new sorting centers, 20 post offices and the relevant IT infrastructure.
