The government has approved new changes regarding receiving a grant under the “Own Business” program and its veteran component.
What’s new in the program?
✔️A NEW GRANT SIZE IS ADDED:
the possibility of receiving a micro-grant in the amount of 75 thousand hryvnias is being introduced, subject to the obligation to register as a non-profit organization and without the obligation to create new jobs.
✔️ BENEFITS FOR KHARKIV Oblast:
the maximum amount of the grant is increased by 100% for recipients who conduct or plan to conduct business activities in the city of Kharkiv and the Kharkiv region.
✔️ WAR RISKS OF LOSS OF PROPERTY ARE DETAILED:
in case of documentary confirmation by the authorized bodies of destruction, complete loss of the property donated by the recipient with grant funds as a result of armed aggression of the Russian Federation, the amount of the micro-grant is not subject to return.
EXPANSION OF THE DEFINITION OF “COMBAT PARTICIPANT”:
inclusion in the category of combatants of persons from volunteer formations who took part in military operations.
✔️ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANT APPLICATIONS:
in applications, it is now necessary to indicate information about belonging to the categories of persons with disabilities or internally displaced persons.
✔️CHANGE OF THE DECISION-MAKING PROCEDURE ON GRANTS:
added the possibility of changing the target purpose of the grant by submitting a corresponding application to the regional employment center or through the recipient’s office on the Diya Portal.