Supporting Establishment of Start Up Businesses

90 New Start Ups that promote creative ideas: will be newly registered businesses that have creative ideas for products and services, which are currently limited or non-existent in local markets. 90 such Start Ups will be supported through a specific Grant Scheme, prior to which, a total of 100 interested persons

“Further stabilisation of Kosovo minority and majority communities in Kosovo through enhanced socio – economic support” also known as the “Socio – Project 2”, on the 25th of January has published the call for the Grants Scheme “Women in Business and Young Entrepreneurs”.

This Scheme has been implemented through the Project’s 3rd Component the sole purpose of which is about Supporting the Establishment of Start-Up Businesses.

This component supports 90 New Start Ups that promote creative ideas. These businesses will be newly registered ones which have creative ideas for products and services, and which are currently limited or non-existent in local markets.

This Scheme was published specifically for 6 different Municipalities in Kosovo which have previously signed Memorandums of Understanding with the Project. In addition to these 6 Municipalities, 1 one existing Municipality which is Gracanica Municipality was incorporated with the objective of Minority of inclusion in obtaining grants. These 7 Municipalities together with the total number of valid applicants are listed as follows:

  1. Municipality of Rahovec with 6 applicants
  2. Municipality of Vushtrri with 16 applicants,
  3. Municipality of Kamenica with 4 applicants,
  4. Municipality of Mamusha with 1 applicant,
  5. Municipality of Gjakova with 34 applicants,
  6. Municipality of Elez Han with 8 applicants
  7. and Municipality of Gracanica with 21 applicants.

The total number of interested participants belonging to these municipalities who have initially completed questionnaires sums up to 407.  Out of these 407 participants, only 121 applications have been submitted.

After undergoing through the evaluation procedure of these applications, 31 of them have been eliminated.

As a result of a final evaluation by the Project’s Official Commission, a total of 90 applications have been accepted as valid.

These 90 applicants were later required to register their businesses and therefore complete and submit relevant documentation. Moreover, they have also undergone through an intensive mandatory training program which aims to strengthen their entrepreneurship knowledge. By the end of these trainings which some were held online, and some in-person, the applicants were required to complete and submit their own business plans.

Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Food Processing – Meat ProductionNo
Business Sector Co-financing by Municipality
Services – CarwashNo
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Food Processing – Wine & Rakia ProductionNo
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Styling – Beauty SalonNo
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
IT – Design for PackagingNo
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Styling – TailoringNo
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Education – KindergardenNo
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Food Processing – Dough ProcessingNo
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Food Processing – BeekeepingNo
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Styling – Beauty SalonNo
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Styling – TailoringNo
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Food Processing – BeekeepingNo
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Food Processing – GastronomyNo
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Education – Courses & KindergardenNo
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Services – WeldingNo
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
IT – Graphic & Web DesignNo
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Services – Furniture ProductionNo
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Food Processing – Healthy Food ProductionNo
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Services – CleaningNo
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Food Processing – BeekeepingNo
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Styling – TailoringNo
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Styling – TailoringNo
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Services – AccountingNo
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Styling – TailoringNo
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
IT – Graphic DesignNo
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
IT – Design & ProductionNo
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Services – Car-polishingNo
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Education – KindergardenNo
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Handcrafts – Traditional ClothingNo
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Styling – TailoringNo
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
IT – ArchitectureNo
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Food Processing – Dough ProcessingNo
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Handcrafts – Different CraftsNo
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Handcrafts – Different CraftsNo

Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Styling – TailoringYes – Half of the Co-financing amount by the Municipality of Gracanica
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Handcrafts – Souvenir ProductionYes – Half of the Co-financing amount by the Municipality of Gracanica
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Services – Wedding RecordingsYes – Half of the Co-financing amount by the Municipality of Gracanica
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Services – Carwash & Car-polishingYes – Half of the Co-financing amount by the Municipality of Gracanica
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Styling – TailoringYes – Half of the Co-financing amount by the Municipality of Gracanica
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Food Processing – Meat Production & ProcessingYes – Half of the Co-financing amount by the Municipality of Gracanica
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Food Processing – Wine & Rakia ProductionYes – Half of the Co-financing amount by the Municipality of Gracanica
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
IT – Graphic & Web DesignYes – Half of the Co-financing amount by the Municipality of Gracanica
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Food Processing – Dough and Sweets ProcessingYes – Half of the Co-financing amount by the Municipality of Gracanica
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Services – AccountingYes – Half of the Co-financing amount by the Municipality of Gracanica
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Styling – TailoringYes – Half of the Co-financing amount by the Municipality of Gracanica
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
IT – Graphic & Web DesignYes – Half of the Co-financing amount by the Municipality of Gracanica
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Services – CarwashYes – Half of the Co-financing amount by the Municipality of Gracanica
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Styling – Hair SalonYes – Half of the Co-financing amount by the Municipality of Gracanica
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Food Processing – Wine & Rakia ProductionYes – Half of the Co-financing amount by the Municipality of Gracanica
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Services – Construction/InsulationYes – Half of the Co-financing amount by the Municipality of Gracanica
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Styling – Beauty SalonYes – Half of the Co-financing amount by the Municipality of Gracanica
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Food Processing- Wine & Rakia ProductionYes – Half of the Co-financing amount by the Municipality of Gracanica
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Styling – TailoringYes – Half of the Co-financing amount by the Municipality of Gracanica
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Styling – Beauty SalonYes – Half of the Co-financing amount by the Municipality of Gracanica
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Styling – Beauty SalonYes – Half of the Co-financing amount by the Municipality of Gracanica
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
IT – Design & PhotographyNo
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
IT – DesignNo
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Services – DJNo
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Services – Carpet Cleaning ServicesNo
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Styling – TailoringNo
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Styling – TailoringNo
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Styling – Hair SallonNo
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Food Processing – Dough ProcessingNo
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Services – CleaningNo
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Styling – Design/TailoringNo
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Food Processing – Dough ProcessingNo
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Handcrafts – Souvenir ProductionNo
Business Sector Co-financing by Municipality
Food Processing – WineryNo
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
IT – Graphic Design & ProgrammingNo
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Handcrafts – Traditional ClothingNo
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Food Processing – Wine ProductionNo
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Food Processing – Milk ProductionNo
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Food Processing – Healthy Food ProductionNo
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Services – CarwashNo
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Styling – TailoringYes – Fully by the Municipality of Vushtrri
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Styling – BarberYes – Fully by the Municipality of Vushtrri
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Services – ElectricalYes – Fully by the Municipality of Vushtrri
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Services – AutopolishingYes – Fully by the Municipality of Vushtrri
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Services – CarwashYes – Fully by the Municipality of Vushtrri
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
PoultryYes – Fully by the Municipality of Vushtrri
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
HandcraftsYes – Fully by the Municipality of Vushtrri
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
DesignYes – Fully by the Municipality of Vushtrri
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Food – Processing BeekeepingYes – Fully by the Municipality of Vushtrri
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Services – Furniture ProductionYes – Fully by the Municipality of Vushtrri
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Education – KindergardenYes – Fully by the Municipality of Vushtrri
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
IT – Graphic DesignYes – Fully by the Municipality of Vushtrri
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Services – ConstructionYes – Fully by the Municipality of Vushtrri
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
IT – Graphic DesignYes – Fully by the Municipality of Vushtrri
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
Hair StylingYes – Fully by the Municipality of Vushtrri
Business SectorCo-financing by Municipality
HandcraftsYes – Fully by the Municipality of Vushtrri