Deadline: 25-Feb-2022
Within the framework of the EU-funded project – “Skills for Employment and Cooperation – Perspectives for the Regions of Georgia – SECTORs”, a competition for startup grants is announced in the regions of Adjara (Batumi, Keda, Kobuleti), Guria and Samegrelo to increase the economic well-being of the target group members and to promote employment.
The project is implemented by the Institute for Innovation and Change (former Guria Youth Resource Center) in partnership with the Georgian Farmers’ Association, the Institute for Democracy (IOD) and the Atinati Association.
Funding Information
- The minimum amount of funding under the grant competition is € 500 and the maximum is € 5,000;
- Grant funding is based on the principle of co-financing and the applicant’s share must be at least 10% of the total application budget.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligibility to participate in the grant competition:
- Young people under the age of 35 with secondary education – who have not been able to get higher or vocational education due to economic hardship and belong to any vulnerable category (low-income or low-income families, former migrants, former prisoners or probationers, etc.)
- Young people under the age of 35 beyond education – with incomplete secondary education or who have dropped out of school at the basic level;
- Young job seekers with higher education under 35 – a member of a low-income family;
- Women – facing economic and social difficulties (age is unlimited);
- Persons with disabilities;
- Internally Displaced Persons;
- People who lost their jobs and incomes as a result of the pandemic caused by the spread of Covid 19.
- Participation in the competition is limited to:
- Individuals with problem credit history;
- Recipients of funding under ongoing EU-funded projects;
- Registered entrepreneurial entities;
- Persons whose proposed object (land, building, etc.) where the project is planned, is encumbered with a mortgage and / or is seized;
- Persons whose proposed object (land, building, etc.) on which the grant activities are to be carried out, is not the owner (only the object on which the long-term lease is registered is considered in the competition).
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