KYIV, March 6 – First Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Economy of Ukraine Yulia Svyrydenko and Vice President of the European Investment Bank (EIB) Teresa Czerwi?ska signed an agreement in Luxembourg on Thursday, which provides for the involvement of experts within the framework of the advisory program Joint Assistance to Support Projects in European Regions (JASPERS) to accelerate the implementation of public investment projects, the ministry's website reported.

It is noted that the agreement provides for the involvement of a team of experts to support the implementation of EIB investments for Ukraine within the framework of the Ukraine Facility mechanism. Experts will help to prepare and implement critical projects more quickly. Initially, attention will be focused on energy, transport and social housing sectors, and later the experts will cover other areas, in particular the reform of public investment management (PIM).