OREANDA-NEWS. September 20, 2010. The Government at the next session will consider its draft agreement for regional development of Ivano-Frankivsk region between the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and Ivano-Frankivsk Regional Council. The Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Viktor Tykhonov announced this. He said a draft agreement was approved today at a meeting of the Governmental Committee on regional and social policy, construction, housing and human development.

Viktor Tykhonov informed that the subject of the Agreement is the parties agreed activity on the implementation during 2011-2015 of joint actions of central and local executive bodies and local authorities to implement the State strategy of regional development.

"The agreement is aimed at solving common problems of Ivano-Frankivsk region" – the Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine said. He added that the priority directions of the sides agreed activities is to take joint actions in  industrial complex restructuring to enhance environmental security in the region, development and modernization of transport and social infrastructure, prevention of environmental emergencies.

Viktor Tykhonov said that the funding of joint activities will be determined annually in state and local budgets, based on the real possibilities of budgets and other sources identified in the prescribed manner according to law.

"Indicative total funding is  more than one billion UAH" - Victor Tykhonov said.