Overview of business opportunities

We continue our regular column #opportunities for business with a list of current grant offers and educational opportunities.

So, we suggest you consider the following initiatives to support business this week.

Financial support

Grant support program from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) announces the launch of a grant support program made possible by funding from the European Union, aimed at providing investment grant assistance to micro and small agricultural producers, cooperatives, and associations of geographical indications (GI) producers.

 

Application deadline: March 10, 2023.

Learn more: http://bit.ly/3Kh4sZ5

Grant competition to support businesses and create new workplaces for women

The project "Economic opportunities for women who have suffered from domestic / gender-based violence" is implemented by the NGO "Innovative Social Solutions" with the support of the United Nations Population Fund in Ukraine (UNFPA Ukraine) and with the financial support of the Canada Government.

Application deadline: March 1, 2023 (until 6:00 p.m.)

Learn more: http://bit.ly/3kaJlgk

Education

EU4Business: Exchanges for SMEs

Exchange program for managers of small and medium enterprises. The initiative is managed by Eurochambers and funded by the EU as part of the EU4Business initiative: competitiveness and internationalization of SMEs.

Application deadline: March 1, 2023

Learn more: http://bit.ly/3lPOkTY

The SEED 2.0 project is an educational opportunity for farmers

The UN Global Compact educational project in Ukraine is being implemented with the PepsiCo company's support and the PepsiCo Foundation's funding. The project helps develop small agribusinesses and implement the best business ideas in the agricultural sector.

Application deadline: March 25, 2023

Learn more: https://bit.ly/3YHIcvN

A series of podcasts with Ukrainian entrepreneurs who hold the economic front

In the community of Ukrainian-language podcasts, a new audio show about entrepreneurs during the war is released on Radio Treba in partnership with the Business School of the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU Business School). Its title, "I don't sleep, I work," is not about workaholism but about the extra efforts that Ukrainian business makes in order not to stop work and development in war conditions.

Learn more: http://bit.ly/3XFb06F.