THE MINISTRY OF ECONOMY issues a PUBLIC CALL FOR THE ALLOCATION OF GRANTS as part of the Support Program for the Development of Rural Women's Entrepreneurship in 2025
The Ministry of Economy awards grants to micro-enterprises whose majority founders and legal representatives are women, to entrepreneurs and cooperatives whose majority members are women, who are engaged in the production of food products and carry out their activities in rural area.
For the implementation of the Program, grants in the amount of 50,000,000.00 dinars have been provided.
The funds determined by the Program are intended for financing the purchase of:
1) new equipment used for storage, processing and packaging of agricultural products and
2) raw materials whose procurement costs can participate up to 25% in the structure of the total investment for which funds are requested Program.
The following have the right to apply for the competition for the awarding of grants:
1) legal entities, registered in the Agency for Business Registers (hereinafter: APR) as companies classified into micro-legal entities in accordance with the Law on Accounting ("Official Gazette of the RS", no. 73/19 and 44/21 - other law);
2) entrepreneurs registered in the APR i
3) cooperatives.
Grants are approved in the amount of 100% of the purchase value from the estimate, including VAT.
The maximum amount of the approved grant cannot be more than 500,000.00 dinars, nor less than 300,000.00 dinars.
The application, together with the supporting documentation, must be submitted by registered mail or personally in a sealed envelope to the address: Ministry of Economy, Sector for the Development of Small and Medium Enterprises and Entrepreneurship, Kneza Miloša 20, 11000 Belgrade, with the following text: APPLICATION for the Support Program for the Development of Rural Women's Entrepreneurship in 2025, with the full name and address of the business entity on the back of the envelope and the DO NOT OPEN indication.
The public call is open until June 30, 2025.
Here you can download the necessary documentation, which defines in more detail the essential elements and rules for participation in this program:
PROGRAM OF SUPPORT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP OF WOMEN IN RURAL COUNTRIES IN 2025
Appendix No. 1 - list of urban settlements in the Republic of Serbia
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