Announcement of grants and opportunities for SMEs

A selection of new grant opportunities from the Association.
Born Global Ukraine is a practical educational program on business creation and internationalization.
For whom:
• specialists, experts, professionals in various fields who plan to start their own business with a focus on internationalization;
• participants with ideas and without experience;
• existing entrepreneurs who have a new idea for starting a business from scratch.
*The project pays special attention to participants of the following categories: women, veterans and persons with disabilities, internally displaced persons.
Waiting for you:
• 8 educational modules;
• 8 practical workshops with the participation of Ukrainian trainers with the support of international experts;
• homework based on a business idea with implementation of practical steps;
• 8 feedback sessions with Ukrainian and international experts based on the results of completed homework;
• a step-by-step checklist for developing a business idea;
• gamified learning format;
• access to a closed virtual training center where training continues and video lectures and informational materials are posted;
• international certificate, in case of successful completion of the course;
• networking in the community of participants, graduates and experts of educational programs.
Detailed information here.

Grant support for micro-small and medium-sized businesses from the DRC.
The purpose of the competition is to help small and medium-sized enterprises and entrepreneurs overcome the consequences of the escalation of the war, so that they can resume or continue their activities.

For whom: business or sole proprietorship with 2+ years of work experience, with up to 20 employees and an annual turnover of up to UAH 9 million. and have paid taxes in the last six months, who have been affected by the war, have been relocated and continue to pay taxes.
Geography: Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Sumy and Chernihiv regions
Funding directions:
• purchase of equipment;
• rent of premises (up to 25% of the grant amount);
• restoration of damaged premises;
• other business needs.
Grant amount: up to $5,000
*The program also provides up to 5 hours of business consulting on accounting, marketing, legal support, etc. Detailed information here.

Andriy Kopylov
Head of the Standards Committee 

Personnel training specialist with over 20 years of experience in fuel companies. Has conducted more than a thousand training sessions for filling station network managers. Involved in the development and implementation of fuel standards, customer service standards, and operational procedures for fuel industry professionals.