The Ministry of Industry, Entrepreneurship and Trade (MIET) / KIESA, has announced three public calls for financial subventions for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), businesses to be established Start-Up, in the amount of 3,650,000.00 ( three million six hundred and fifty thousand) euros.
All applicants who will qualify for financial support will be funded through grant schemes, dividend by categories.
1. In the category "Public call for financing Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in specific areas" will support businesses in professional capacity building, stimulating and improving work processes, developing new products and services, access to finance and increase export potential. For this category have been allocated 2,000,000.00 (two million) euros.
In this category will be financed the enterprises of these profiles:
• Enterprises for the production and processing of food products;
• Enterprises in the wood processing sector;
• Enterprises in the metal processing sector;
• Enterprises in the textile processing sector;
• Enterprises in the plastic products processing sector;
• Enterprises in the tourism sector and other service sectors.
2. In the category "Public call for financing businesses, which will be created Start-Up with Spin-off and start-up businesses, to support Innovative projects" will be directly supported with financial means the businesses that will be created in Start -Up with Spin-off, as well as start-up businesses, established 3 months to 3 years ago. For this category are allocated 1,150,000.00 € (one million one hundred and fifty thousand) euros.
3. In the category "Public call for SME subventions for the purchase of production / processing machinery" will be subsidized with financial means Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). For this category have been allocated 500,000.00 (five hundred thousand) euros.
The main goal of the whole grant scheme is to enable applicants through financial support to implement their innovative ideas and projects and turn them into achievable plans, where they will have an impact on increasing competitiveness, employment, increasing quality of products, services, manufacturing or processes, aimed at reducing the trade deficit and improving the production capacity of enterprises and increasing exports.
The application for grants for all citizens and businesses will be made through the eKosova Electronic Services Platform, which will be open from 26.08.2021 until 15.09.2021.
The Ministry of Industry, Entrepreneurship and Trade encourages all businesses, start-up businesses and individuals to apply for financial support through this grant / scheme.
More detailed information / application instruction and application form can be found at this link: https://ekosova.rks-gov.net/Service/32