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Estonian Refugee Council in collaboration with Garage48 invites women in Cherkasy, Kirovohrad and Poltava oblasts to build their future and realise their dreams of becoming entrepreneurs.
80 individuals with new business ideas and 60 already existing business founders will be selected for the programme to get support on getting started and developing a sustainable and crisis-resilient micro company. At least 60 individuals or business teams selected by the jury will benefit 36,000 – 180,000 UAH in the form of asset-based grants together with mentoring for six months.
Programme pre-webinar | 07 March 2024, 18:00-20:00 UTC+2 |
Application deadline for INCUBATION: Entrepreneurship Programme for the creation of new businesses | 17 March 2024 |
Announcement of selected participants into INCUBATION: Entrepreneurship Programme for the creation of new businesses | 22 March 2024 |
INCUBATION: Entrepreneurship Programme for the creation of new businesses | 06-21 April 2024 |
INCUBATION Finals & Award ceremony | 27 April 2024 |
Application deadline for ACCELERATION: Entrepreneurship Programme for the relocation and re-starting of existing businesses | 28 April 2024 |
Announcement of selected participants into the ACCELERATION: Entrepreneurship Programme for the relocation and re-starting of existing businesses | 3 May 2024 |
ACCELERATION: Entrepreneurship Programme for the relocation and re-starting of existing businesses | 18-27 May 2024 |
ACCELERATION Finals & Award ceremony | 30 May 2024 |
Business grants & mentoring | June – November 2024 |
Estonian Refugee Council is starting a new emergency livelihoods programme aimed at providing access to sustainable livelihoods in Cherkasy, Kirovohrad and Poltava oblasts. Around 450 people will benefit 33 000 UAH for the generation of new sources of income and supporting them to achieve the subsistence minimum.
Application deadline | Continuously open |
Evaluation of applications | 2-3 weeks after application |
Signing of the grant agreement | Up to 1 week after successful application |
Grants disbursement | Up to 1 week after signing grant agreement |
Шановні бенефіціари, наразі прийом заявок на Програму розширення можливостей жіночого підприємництва 2023-2024 призупинено. Можливість подавати заявки буде відкрито під час другої фази проєкту, слідкуйте за оновленнями на цій сторінці, а також за оновленнями на сторінках Естонської ради у справах біженців та Garage48 у фейсбук.
Estonian Refugee Council in collaboration with Garage48 invite women in Cherkasy, Kirovohrad and Poltava oblasts to build their future and realise their dreams of becoming entrepreneurs.
64 new business ideas and 46 already existing businesses will be selected to the programme to get support on getting started and developing a sustainable and crisis-resilient micro company. At least 60 individuals or business teams selected by the jury will benefit 36 000 – 180 000 UAH together with mentoring for six months.
Programme pre-webinar | 23 November 2023, 18:00-20:00 UTC+2 |
Applications deadline for the Acceleration Programme | 05 December2023 |
Announcement of selected participants into the Acceleration Programme | 06 December 2023 |
Acceleration: Entrepreneurship Programme for the relocation and re-starting of existing businesses | 09 – 17 December 2023 |
Finals & Award ceremony for the Acceleration Programme | 22 December 2023 |
Applications deadline to the Incubation Programme | 07 January 2024 |
Announcement of selected participants into the Incubation Programme | 13 January 2024 |
Incubation: Entrepreneurship Programme for the creation of new businesses | 20 January – 4 February 2024 |
Finals & Award ceremony for the Incubation Programme | 10 February 2024 |
Business grants & mentoring | January – July 2024 |
Empowering Women Entrepreneurship Programme welcomes people that have been forced to relocate from their home country and wish to rebuild their future in Estonia through entrepreneurship.
Garage48 and Estonian Refugee Council have been working together since 2019, to empower more than 100 internally displaced women inside Ukraine and Ukraine refugees in Estonia in launching their microbusinesses. With the knowledge gained throughout the four years, we are taking the Empowering Women programme further, to empower more entrepreneurial people who are facing the challenge of rebuilding their lives in a new country.
Pre-webinar: Overview of the Empowering Women Entrepreneurship Programme and successful entrepreneurs with a refugee background share their stories | 29 August 2023, 18.00-20.30 |
Pre-webinar: Introduction of the Estonian entrepreneurial environment | 30 August 2023, 18.00-20.00 |
Deadline for Idea Garage registration | 5 September 2023, 23:59 |
Idea Garage | 9-10 September 2023 |
Deadline for applications for the Entrepreneurship Programme | 12 September 2023, 23.59 |
Announcement of selected participants into the Entrepreneurship Programme | 16 September 2023 |
Entrepreneurship programme | 23 September - 8 October 2023 |
Mentorship programme | October 2023 - May 2024 |
Past programmes