Since the beginning of 2024, 4,115 Ukrainians have already become winners of the Vlasna Sprava (Own Business) programme and will receive UAH 1 billion to start or develop their business. The winners of this year’s ninth wave of the programme are 392 Ukrainians who will receive UAH 93 million to develop their businesses. This was announced by Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine Tetiana Berezhna.

“This year’s winners of the Vlasna Sprava programme will receive UAH 1 billion in microgrants from the state to start or develop their businesses. There are already more than 4,000 of them. 80% of them are entrepreneurs who have taken a grant to develop and scale up their businesses, and 20% are people who are starting their own business with the support of the state in the form of a microgrant. Since the programme was launched in July 2022, 17,000 Ukrainians have become winners, with the state investing UAH 4 billion in their businesses. The grantees have already returned half of the funds by paying UAH 2 billion in taxes and fees to the budget. In addition, they will create 37,000 jobs in the course of implementing their business projects,” Tetiana Berezhna said.

Among the recipients of the ninth wave of microgrants, 56% are women, 32% are men and 12% are legal entities. More than 70% of them have higher education. Most of the grantees are from Lviv oblast (64 persons), Rivne oblast (28), Zhytomyr oblast (26), Ivano-Frankivsk oblast (25) and the city of Kyiv (26). The vast majority of grantees plan to use the microgrant funds to purchase equipment necessary for running their business.

The most popular areas in which the winners of the ninth wave will operate are:

• wholesale and retail trade, vehicle repair – 156 people;
• temporary accommodation and catering – 53 people;
• processing industry – 52 people.

As a reminder, Ukrainians may receive a microgrant of UAH 50,000 to UAH 250,000 under the Vlasna Sprava programme. The funds may be used to purchase or lease equipment, purchase raw materials and supplies, and rent premises. Both existing entrepreneurs and people with no experience of such activities may receive a microgrant. A prerequisite for receiving funds is the creation of 1-2 jobs, depending on the amount of the grant.

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

The Government’s eRobota project is one of the components of the Made in Ukraine policy and includes grant programmes aimed at stimulating entrepreneurship and job creation. In particular, these include microgrants for starting or developing one’s own business, grants for veterans and their spouses, grants for setting up and developing processing plants, planting orchards and vineyards, and setting up greenhouses. Applications for all areas of the eRobota programme are submitted through the Diia portal.