The European Union is ready to further continue to financially support the reform of public administration in Ukraine, the EU Delegation to Ukraine has said.

"The EU is closely following the recent developments of the public administration reform in Ukraine. Much progress has been achieved, while more needs to be done. The EU remains committed to providing further budget support of which EUR15.5 million were released in 2018 based on good results achieved," the EU Delegation said on Twitter.

"We also welcome the government's efforts to update the PAR strategy according to the OECD/SIGMA recommendations and the review of progress so far. Among ongoing reforms, the EU particularly supports the advanced setup of the recruitment and selection of the news civil servants within the Reform Staff Posts mechanism. This needs to be supported be speedier reorganization in participating ministries," the report states.