At the meeting on December 9 the Government allocated additional 657 million UAH for grants under the project “eRabota”, including 398.5 million UAH – to create or develop processing enterprises and 203.7 million UAH – micro grants to create or develop own business under the program “Own business”.
“The development of processing is our strategic goal, we invest in this direction to produce and export more finished products with a greater share of added value”, – as quoted in the message of the Ministry of Economy on Saturday the words of First Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Economy Yulia Sviridenko.
In addition another 54.8 million UAH in the specified amount are grants for the establishment or development of business for horticulture, viticulture and berry growing.
According to the estimates of the Ministry of Economy, as a result of the implementation of the grantees of their projects as a whole more than 2.5 thousand new jobs will be created.
As it has been reported, project “eRabota” includes 6 grant programs aimed at stimulating entrepreneurial activity. In particular, these are grant programs for starting or developing own business, grants for creating and developing processing enterprises, planting orchards and viticulture, greenhouse farming, support for IT start-ups and start-ups in IT sphere.
Both current entrepreneurs and people with no business experience can apply for a grant. Applications are accepted through the Diya Portal.
