Within the framework of the EU-funded project – “Skills for employment and Cooperation – Tailoring Opportunities for Regions of Georgia (SECTORs)”, a competition for startup grants is announced in Guria, Adjara and Samegrelo regions. The project is implemented by the Institute for Change and Innovation In partnership with Georgian Farmers’ Association, Institute of Democracy, and Association “Atinati”.
🔴 About the project:
The project – “Skills for employment and Cooperation – Tailoring Opportunities for Regions of Georgia (SECTORs)” – is funded by the European Union and implemented by the Institute for Change and Innovation (former Guria Youth Resource Center) in partnership with the Georgian Farmers’ Association, the Institute for Democracy and Atinati.
The project aims to improve the employment opportunities of vulnerable groups in the community through sectoral partnership incentives, entrepreneurship education offers and the introduction of innovative approaches to contribute to the economic development of the project’s target regions. The target regions are Guria, Adjara, Samegrelo.
Aim of the grant program: To increase the economic well-being of the target group members and to promote employment.
📌 Target municipalities:
Adjara – Batumi, Keda, Kobuleti;
Samegrelo – Zugdidi, Tsalenjikha, Senaki;
Guria – Ozurgeti, Chokhatauri, Lanchkhuti.
Eligibility to participate in the grant competition:
Young people under 35 with secondary education – who due to economic hardship could not get higher or vocational education and belong to any vulnerable category (low-income or low-income families, former migrants, former prisoners or probationers, etc.)
Young people under 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 have lost their jobs and incomes as a result of a pandemic caused by the spread of Covid 19.
Participation in the competition is limited to:
✔ Persons with problem credit history;
✔ Recipients of funding under ongoing EU-funded projects;
✔ Registered entrepreneurial entities;
✔ Persons whose proposed facility (land, building, etc.) where the project is planned, is encumbered with a mortgage and / or is seized.
✔ The persons proposed by the object (land, building, etc.) on which the grant activities are to be carried out are not in its ownership (only the object on which a long-term lease is registered is considered in the competition).
Grant Funding Principle:
✔ 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-participation and the applicant’s share should be at least 10% of the total application budget.
For more information on the grant competition, see: https://bit.ly/3304jpL
The project idea can be submitted in two forms: electronic and material (printed).
Applications can be submitted electronically:
Guria:
ici.info.02@gmail.com
Contact person: Ioseb Tsiklauri, 555233322
Adjara:
grants@iod.ge
Contact person: Keti Lomadze, 558 48 49 85
Samegrelo:
office@atinati.org
Contact person: Khatuna Gadelia, 571 315 398
When submitting an application by e-mail, it is necessary for the applicant to indicate Startup 2022 in the subject field. In case of submitting an application in this form, the applicant will receive a confirmation of receipt of the application. The application can be submitted via e-mail with only one postal message.
The application form can be submitted to the following address:
Guria: Institute of Innovation and Change, Ozurgeti, Rustaveli # 4
Adjara: Institute of Democracy, Batumi, Chavchavadze # 107
Samegrelo: Association Atinati, st. Zugdidi, Rustaveli # 94
The grant idea form can be downloaded at: https://bit.ly/3t8TZ9v
The deadline for submitting a project idea is February 25, 2022.
