The competition for the provision of business grants is conducted for veterans, female veterans, as well as members of their families. The grant amount provided to one recipient (one grant per family) is determined according to the amount requested and cannot exceed 400,000 UAH.
Who can participate in the business grant competition in 2024:
● Citizens of Ukraine over 18 years old who have business experience or are ready to start their own small business, and who belong to the following categories and have relevant supporting documents:
1. Participants in hostilities (by participants in hostilities, physical persons within the meaning specified in points 11, 19-25 of part one of Article 6 of the Law of Ukraine "On the Status of War Veterans, Guarantees of Their Social Protection", limited to the period of actions from April 12, 2014, to April 7, 2024, and have a certificate of participation in hostilities);
2. Or persons with disabilities as a result of the war (by persons with disabilities as a result of the war, physical persons within the meaning specified in points 4, 11-16 of part two of Article 7 of the Law of Ukraine "On the Status of War Veterans, Guarantees of Their Social Protection", limited to the period of actions from April 12, 2014, to April 7, 2024, and have a certificate of disability as a result of the war);
3. Or belong to the family members of war veterans/female veterans (by family members, it is meant: wife, husband, or child of a participant in hostilities or person with disabilities as a result of the war, limited to the period of actions from April 12, 2014, to April 7, 2024, that is, being a son, daughter, wife, or husband who live in the same household);
● And reside and plan to conduct business in the 7 regions of Ukraine: Vinnytsia, Zaporizhzhia, Lviv, Mykolaiv, Nikopol, Poltava, Sumy.
You can fill out an application to participate in the business grant competition at the following link: https://forms.gle/PgH6FYKrhMFmaa7DA
After submitting the application to participate in the competition, participants who meet the competition conditions receive an application package of documents for completion, namely:
● Business plan template with explanatory comments;
● Calculation tables;
● Instructions for explanations regarding procurement within the competition.
Completed application packages from participants are accepted until April 26, 2024, inclusive (until 23:59 on 04/26/2024) at the email address: veteranproject@dvv-international.org.ua
All application packages received after the specified date in the previous paragraph will not participate in the competition for obtaining business grants.
Please note that only one application per person or family is accepted.
The decision to grant a business grant is made by the competition expert commission.
Preference in this competition is given to individuals who have not received grant support for business submitted within the last 3 years.
Please note that for competition winners, readiness to open an individual entrepreneur or other legal entity is an important condition after the publication of the competition results within 7 working days.
The announcement of the results of the business grant competition will be published by May 22, 2024, on the official website of DVV International in Ukraine: https://www.dvv-international.org.ua/uk/
If you need consultation regarding the competition, you can contact the email address: veteranproject@dvv-international.org.ua
The project "Reintegration of war veterans through the creation of educational opportunities" is implemented by DVV International in Ukraine with the financial support of the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Germany.