KYIV, Jan 12 – The German government has allocated funds for the eco-modernization of Ukrainian enterprises under the Best Available Techniques (BAT) for Ukraine program, which provides co-financing of several projects for the implementation of BAT by businesses in the amount of up to EUR 2 million each, Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine Ruslan Strilets said.

"We understand that we must make great efforts to obtain financial tools to restore our economic sustainability. And it is important to carry out this restoration with technologies that will be less harmful to the environment," Strilets said, whose words are quoted in the release of the ministry with reference to his speech at the national telethon on Thursday.