19,600 entrepreneurs have received grants to start or develop their business under the Government’s eRobota project. For more than two years of the project, the state has invested UAH 9.3 billion in entrepreneurship through grants. Half of these funds have already been returned by grant recipients through taxes and fees paid to the budget. This was announced by Yuliia Svyrydenko, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of Ukraine.

“Almost 20,000 entrepreneurs have already benefited from the eRobota grant programmes that we launched more than two years ago to support and stimulate the development of small and medium-sized businesses. The state has invested a total of UAH 9.3 billion in their projects through grants. These are investments in thousands of new companies, scaling up existing businesses, developing new areas and supporting their entry into new markets. It is also an investment in creating new jobs. The programme has already helped provide 55,000 people with new jobs. Businesses are working, developing, paying taxes and strengthening our economy. Grant recipients have already returned half of the funds invested by the state to the budget through taxes and fees paid,” said Yuliia Svyrydenko.

Since the launch of the eRobota project in July 2022:

• 17,813 microgrants worth UAH 4.2 billion have been issued under the Vlasna Sprava (Own Business) programme;
• 743 grants worth UAH 3.7 billion have been issued for the development of processing enterprises;
• 231 grants worth UAH 1 billion have been issued for horticulture and greenhouse development;
• 806 grants worth UAH 366 million have been issued to veterans and their families.

Both existing entrepreneurs and people with no business experience can apply for a grant. Applications are submitted through the Diia portal along with a business plan. A prerequisite for receiving a grant is the creation of new jobs – from 1-2 in the case of a microgrant to several dozen in the case of grants under other programmes. The grant funds are returned to the state in the form of taxes and fees paid in the course of the enterprise’s operations over a period of three years.

Information on how to apply for a grant under the Start Your Own Business programme can be found on the programme’s website at https://vlasnaspravagrant.com.ua.

As a reminder, the eRobota project was launched by the Government in July 2022 to support businesses and stimulate job creation. It includes several grant programmes. In particular, these are microgrant programmes for starting or developing one’s own business, grants for veterans and their spouses, grants for the creation and development of processing enterprises, planting a garden, viticulture, and greenhouse farming.