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On August 31, 2022, Ukraine handed over to the European side the required instruments for joining the Convention on the Common Transit Procedure and the Convention on the Simplification of Formalities in Trade in Goods.

The equipment has been checked for serviceability and is ready for use.

EU4PFM is providing IT equipment to enhance the alternative data center which is a critical step in disaster prevention measures – in the current context of the war in Ukraine it is supposed to perform data recovery. It will allow to ensure IT service continuity and data protection.

Children are the future of Ukraine. Some of them are forced to leave their homes because of the war, separate from their families, and face an uncertain future.

The Ministry of Finance recently received 350 laptops, provided by the EU4PFM project as part of the emergency support to partner institutions under wartime conditions.

This applies to critical customs infrastructure. 6 diesel generators that are necessary for uninterrupted operation of the customs posts in case the power supply is disrupted, were donated to the State Customs service, delivered to locations, installed and are fully operational.

The EU4PFM project, the Ministry of Finance, and the State Tax Service continue to cooperate to implement the automatic exchange of information according to CRS international standards.

While a large-scale war is going on in Ukraine, European Union technical support to Ukrainian state institutions continues, helping the PFM reforms.

The Ministry of Finance received from the EU4PFM access to cloud data centers and cloud licences designed to back up its information systems. 

The infographic summarises the equipment that EU4PFM provides to its partners. It will ensure the uninterrupted and critical work of customs officers, tax officials and employees of the Ministry of Finance, even in case of emergency. Some of the listed positions are still on the way, others are already successfully used by colleagues.

The assistance was possible thanks to the financial support of the European Union in Ukraine under the EU4PFM Programme.