The Plan of top priority steps of the Government will be approved taking into account recommendations from the society and will target boost of the national economy and implementation of an effective social policy. Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman declared at the meeting of the National Council of Reforms chaired by President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko on Wednesday, May 25.

“Following presentation of this plan, we engaged in the discussion. We received several dozen comments and propositions from the public, experts, that is very important for us as we have the feedback. Now we are working on all these suggestions, then we will compile them and approve", said Volodymyr Groysman. He added that the initial response from the public regarding the Priority Plan was optimistic.

The operational plan contains clear priorities for each Ministry and identifies the tasks to complete before the end of year, said the Prime Minister.

"We must in the end trigger the process of restoring justice in our country, we must ensure improvement of living standards, everyone can now say that this is our core objective. But how can we do this? Only through economic growth, through macroeconomic stabilization, through new jobs, through the predictability of state policy, through many other things that will enable us on the one hand to earn funds for the State Budget and to ensure the development of entrepreneurship, to provide, in particular, an effective system of social protection", he said.

The plan of top priority steps contains five directions of work of the Government, inter alia: to ensure macroeconomic stability, to improve efficiency of public administration and services, to ensure effective response, to prevent and eradicate corruption, to create favorable conditions for doing business, as well as to change the judicial system. "[To establish – ed.] the rule of law, the judicial system should be appropriate, since it is fundamentally important to our society. I believe that in the near future we will demonstrate certain achievements," said Volodymyr Groysman.

Another top priority for the Government is to resume security of the state and its citizens. "Strong economy, massive investment in defense sector, security - this will mean that we are capable of responding adequately to the challenges which, unfortunately, we are facing nowadays", said the Prime Minister.

The document was elaborated on the basis of Strategy of Reforms-2020 of the President of Ukraine, propositions of the National Council of Reforms, a memorandum of cooperation with the International Monetary Fund and the Association Agreement with the European Union. "The most important thing is that we focus on specific things which will foster, I believe, economic stabilization and growth," said Volodymyr Groysman.

The Head of Government stressed that the Plan of priority steps is a document in the elaboration of which all ministries were engaged. Aftermath, it was discussed and shaped at the strategic sessions within one month after the new Government had been formed. In this context, Prime Minister thanked the Ministers and representatives of the Group of Strategic Advisors on the Support for Reforms in Ukraine for work.

"This document is a result of joint activity, and what is very important, the achievements must be shared”, he emphasized. “Now the topmost task is to proceed to the technical approval of it very quickly, I accentuate without any delay, and to create a very clear system of monitoring the implementation of tasks envisaged in this operational plan."