Grant Opening Session and Certification Ceremony within ''Women Start-Ups'' project

Community Building Mitrovica organized Grant Opening Session and Certification Ceremony in the framework of the project “Supportive business environment for Women Start-ups in North and South Mitrovicë/a”. Present in this event were the women that have participated in trainings organized by CBM within the projectDirector of Agriculture and Rural Development Department of Mitrovica South Municipality Mr. Nasuf Aliu and representatives of the media. The aim of this activity was to present grant scheme for the project participants but also to explain documents and to deliver certificates for participants that participated in training.

Manager of the project Mr. Dzemil Huseinovic and Project Coordinator Mr. Kenan Beqiri presented procedures, required documents and informed the participants for the forms needed to be filled in order to apply for grants. ‘’Documents are prepared in three languages: English, Albanian, Serbian and those can be found in both CBM and D&G Solution website’’ – said Mr. Huiseinovic. The scheme will provide grant support in material form from 2.500 up to 7.500 Euro for 30 women. In today’s event waspresented also Mentors Platform. Namely all women participants will be supported through mentorship during the business plan writing but also in the implementation phase. Every participant can apply with one business plan, and consequently be beneficiary of one grant. The application period will be open until May 18, 2016.

In this occasion the participants of the trainings organized within the project “Supportive business environment for Women Start-ups in North and South Mitrovicë/a” were handed with Certificates.

This event was held both in Mitrovica South and North, respectively in the premises of RDA for participants from Mitrovica South, and in EU Info Point for participants of this project from Mitrovica North.

Main objective of the project is to contribute sustainable economic and social improvement of North & South Mitrovica through inclusion of women in private sector development, through establishment of supporting business environment for women start-up entrepreneurs in North & South Mitrovicë/a. Main activities of the project are addressed to improvement of capacities of women to successfully establish and run their own businesses, provision of sub-grants for product/service development of women start-up entrepreneurs in North and South Mitrovicë/a and development of mechanism for provision of sustainable support to women entrepreneurs in North and South Mitrovicë/a through mentoring, consultancy and support over web platform.

Project “Supportive Business Environment for Women Start-ups in North and South Mitrovicë/a” is funded by European Union Office in Kosovo, co-financed by Mitrovica South Municipality and MOTT Foundation. This project is implemented by Community Building Mitrovica in partnership with D&G Solutions.