Overview of business opportunities: international programs and grants
we Invite you to participate in international programs and grants. To your attention we offer an overview of current programs and grants. East Invest (Project "East Invest") Contractor: Consortium led by the Association of European chambers of Commerce and industry (of Eurochambres). Budget: 14 million euros. Programme content: Target group: Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and organizations that support entrepreneurial activity. Activities for SMEs: seminars, trainings, trade fairs, model "business-to-business, educational visits, investors for SMEs, presentation tours "of Investors for SMEs." The event for organizations that support entrepreneurship: twining with European organizations that support entrepreneurial activity, audits, exchange programs, consulting services, training of trainers and Academy "Vostok invest". Duration: 2010 – 2017 More information can be found here: http://www.east-invest.eu/en/home. Project Fund for SMEs (EBRD, KfW and EIB) By: the EBRD (European Bank for reconstruction and development, KFW (German state Bank "Loans for reconstruction"), the EIB (European Investment Bank). Budget: 15.3 million euros, 150 million euros of investment. Programme content: Target group: SMEs. Events/offers for SMEs: a broad range of financial services and products for SMEs that increase the availability of long-term financing for the SME sector; credits, including in local currency, investments in equity, guarantees. Duration: 2010 – 2020 More information at: * EBRD: http://www.ebrd.com/home. * KfW: https://www.kfw-entwicklungsbank.de/International-financing/KfW-Development-Bank/Local-presence/Europe/Ukraine/- EIB: http://www.eib.org/projects/regions/eastern-neighbours/index.htm. The program of support of small business in Eastern partnership countries Artist: EBRD. Budget: 15.3 million euros. Programme content: Target group: SMEs. Events/offers for SMEs: providing access to know-how necessary for the development of SMEs and build their business by attracting local consultants to address specific business problems or through the involvement of international advisors for the implementation of best management practices in enterprises that have the potential to become future market leaders. Duration: 2010 – 2016 More information can be found here: http://www.ebrd.com/home. Identifying and promoting investment in energoeffective-ness Artist: EBRD. Budget: 9.5 million Euro. Programme content: Target group: SMEs. Events/suggestions for SMEs through credit lines with local banks and provision of technical, financial, legal and environmental expertise to the beneficiaries. Duration: 2006 – 2018 More information can be found here: http://www.ebrd.com/home. TAREP (Strengthening auditing and reporting in Eastern partnership countries) Artist: the world Bank. Budget: 10 million euros. Programme content: Target group: Enterprises, accounting and auditing organization. Events/offers for SMEs: support services business activities support the access of borrowers of SMEs to Finance through a modernized accounting and financial reporting. Duration: 2014 – 2017 More information can be found here: http://bit.ly/17SxWHt ; http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/ECAEXT/EXTCENFINREPREF/0,,contentMDK:23468684~menuPK:9341867~pagePK:64168445~piPK:64168309~theSitePK:4152118,00.html. "Integrated development of cities in Ukraine" By: German society for international cooperation "Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH". Budget: 4 million euros and 2 million Swiss francs. The content of the programme: the recruitment of experts to write a program for the comprehensive development of the city of Zhitomir, the implementation of the pilot project. Duration: 2016-2018 "Modernization and increase of safety of the road network in Ukraine" Artist: European investment Bank. The content of the programme: improving the safety of road infrastructure and the entire network of roads in Ukraine, promotion of socio-economic development, strengthen management efficiency of road safety in Ukraine. The implementation period of the project will be determined after the formation of the project proposal. "Participatory budget – opportunities for increasing public activity and the establishment of appropriate partnerships with the authorities" By: Foundation for Polish-Ukrainian cooperation PAUCI Program content: the Draft establishes the right of citizens to participate in the distribution of funds from the city budget. The project assumes development and implementation with the help of Ukrainian and foreign experts, the model of formation of local budgets with the participation of the citizens. Deadline: Start of implementation in 2016. "Partnership against impunity: financial and advocacy support for initiatives from Freedom House Artist: Freedom House this program is made possible through the support of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Norway. Budget: Freedom House will select up to four (4) advocacy initiatives on the amount of funding to 18 thousand dollars each. Program content: Freedom House invites you to apply for funding and advocacy support organizations, campaigns and/or initiatives that aim to increase responsibility in the Ukrainian society, including government, local government, business and other fields. The competition aims to support initiatives that focus on the desire to prosecute for corruption, human rights violations or other illegal actions, and focus on the development and use of national approaches. In addition to financial, the winners will be given the necessary technical support to strengthen organizational capacity and potential of the project. Moreover, Freedom House to work closely with partners to support their advocacy activities, working side by side with anti-corruption platforms of civil society institutions and initiatives of international solidarity. Deadline: Applications must be received no later than 17:00 (Moscow time) on 14 September 2016. More information can be found here: http://gurt.org.ua/news/grants/33833/, ukraine@freedomhouse.org Grants for the monitoring of procurement by using the Analytics module PROZORRO By: Transparency International Ukraine. Budget: the Maximum grant under this competition is 125,000 USD. In this contest of Transparency International Ukraine plans to maintain a minimum of 4 best project proposals submitted to the contest. The competition is held with the support of the Open Contracting Partnership. Program content: the aim of the competition is to support regional monitoring of public initiatives aimed at improving the efficiency and integrity of customers. It is expected that in the framework of the contest the winners will carry out monitoring of procurement procedures through PROZORRO at all stages – from planning to execution of the contract (from the analysis and comparison of procurement plans and cost estimate to monitoring fees, the actual supplies and the like). Monitoring should be used by the Analytics module and the system of risk indicators. The winners in the result zadokumentirovat your experience using the Analytics module and methodology of the risk indicators with the aim of further adaptation of tools and methodologies for national, regional and international partners. Deadline: Project proposals are accepted until 20 August 2016 to the email address nestulia@ti-ukraine.org. More information can be found here: http://gurt.org.ua/news/grants/33715/. The competition for grants, "Building the digital capacity of civil society Artist: Embassy Of The United States Of America. Budget: a Single grant will not exceed $ 50,000. The majority of the grants will be smaller; the average expected grant amount from $ 10,000 to $ 30,000. The content of the program: This grant program is accepting proposals from Ukrainian non-profit and non-governmental organizations and independent media. Organization applicants and their members cannot represent any political party or work appointed or elected public officials at the time of submission of the proposal or during the term of the grant. To be eligible for consideration in this competition, proposed project activities should address the following areas: · Building digital capacity: initiatives that build the digital capacity of the Ukrainian non-governmental organizations (NGOs); · Technological development of the civil society: initiatives that will stimulate development, efficiency and sustainability of the third sector of Ukraine through the use of technology; · New media within the traditional independent media initiatives that will stimulate development and efficiency in the use of traditional independent new media and social media; · Internet freedom: projects that work to protect freedom of expression, Association and Assembly in the online world; · Public information access: support for NGOs that provide information to the public with the aim of developing deeper skills and develop capacities in the field of social media, so that they could extend the reach of your target audience and deepen feedback; · Youth and social media: building capacity in social media among young Ukrainians. This activity must be associated with the work of civil society organizations, freedom of public information and the freedom of the Internet; · Development and coordination of international bloggers: projects that contribute to the development and consolidation of votes of civil society online. · Medarots: projects aimed at improving the ability of Ukrainians to take stock of their digital media channels for accuracy and impartiality of information coverage. More information can be found here: http://gurt.org.ua/news/grants/33568/ Submit project application to the address KyivSocialMediaGrant@state.gov until August 7, 2016 "Youth and GO: towards sustainable development" Artist: Ecoclub. Budget: the Minimum amount of the allowance is ˆ 500, maximum ˆ 1500. Program contents: the environmental club announces a contest for the microgrant, the project "Youth and GO: towards sustainable development", youth public organizations and initiative groups from Rivne, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytsky, Vinnytsia and Volyn regions. To participation are invited young people initiative, which seeks to implement their practical ideas and the protection of the environment and combating climate change. Deadline: Last day for submission of applications is 15 August 2016. More information can be found here: http://gurt.org.ua/news/grants/33485/. This was reported in the Zhytomyr regional state administration.Ïåðåâåäåíî ñåðâèñîì "ßíäåêñ.Ïåðåâîä÷èê": translate.yandex.ru.
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