EUR 366 mln allocated for cross-border cooperation programs with Ukraine

Ukraine and the EU have signed the agreement on financing of the joint operational programs of cross-border cooperation.

The document was signed within the framework of the Ukraine-EU Association Council meeting in Brussels on Monday, an Ukrinform correspondent reported.

The agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the European Commission provides for the implementation of joint border cooperation projects "Ukraine-Poland-Belarus for 2014-2020", "Ukraine - Romania for 2014-2020", "Black Sea Basin for 2014-2020", and "Ukraine-Hungary-Slovakia-Romania for 2014-2020" with the grant support from the European Union.

The total budget of the programs is EUR 402 million, including EUR 366 million of the EU’s contribution and 10% of the EU’s contribution as the partner country co-financing.

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