Overview of business opportunities
We continue our regular section #opportunitiesforbusiness, so we advise you to consider the following business support initiatives this week.
Financial support
Financial assistance for entrepreneurs to restore what they have lost due to the war or start their own business
The international humanitarian organization Mercy Corps is launching a program to support Ukraine's economic resilience, which aims to help internally displaced persons and small farmers.
Learn more: https://uerp.mercycorps.org/
Up to €3000 in support for microbusiness development in the Chernihiv region
The International Organization ZOA (Netherlands) will provide grants to purchase equipment/materials for the development or start-up of a business. The program is available only to individual entrepreneurs or persons who intend to start their own companies, which will be carried out in the Chernihiv region.
Application deadline: May 31, 2023
Learn more: https://bit.ly/3HLknws
Incubator and cash reward for social business
The largest European incubation program Social Impact Award is being held by the School of ME in Ukraine for the third time. Today, the competition covers more than 4 million people from 18 countries. Over 8,000 people have joined the Social Impact Award events and launched 220 social startups. The Social Impact Award Ukraine includes training, workshops, mentoring, and cash prizes.
Application deadline: May 31, 2023
Learn more: https://bit.ly/3HMWzZh
Education
UNIC Business Integrity Month: Join a series of events dedicated to the reconstruction of Ukraine based integrity.
UNIC is launching Business Integrity Month, which will include a series of events dedicated to to reconstruction of Ukraine based integrity. The cross-cutting theme of the events will be doing business with integrity during wartime, which has become particularly sensitive and relevant in terms of establishing social relations, norms of state-building and comprehensive development of partnerships with the world to help Ukraine fight the aggressor and recover from the war.
The series of events will take place in May-June 2023.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/44BTzbW
Google launches a new course, "AI Fundamentals," in Ukraine.
Google is launching a new AI Fundamentals course in Ukraine to help Ukrainians with and without experience in technical specialties acquire practical skills in using AI (artificial intelligence) and ML (machine learning) and be able to apply them immediately during their studies.
Training dates: May 16 - June 8, 2023
Learn more: https://bit.ly/3M3ws2I
Competition for young social entrepreneurs
The Social Impact Award supports young social entrepreneurs in the early stages of developing innovative business solutions to address society’s social challenges. The incubation program provides participants with all the resources and support they need to turn their idea into a successful enterprise. The project will select 20 young startups, 4 of which will receive cash prizes of €1,500 and one audience award of €1,000.
Application deadline: May 31, 2023
Learn more: https://bit.ly/3HJ9qvB
