The Ukrainian Veterans Foundation has closed the application process for the contest VARTO Start Your Own Business. A total of 219 applications were received.
Today, this is a record number of applicants, so we are immediately moving on to the next stage – technical selection.
We remind you that this year, veterans and their families can receive from UAH 500,000 to UAH 1.5 million from the Ukrainian Veterans Foundation to develop their own business.
Here are the stages of the competitive selection of projects:
| Announcement of the competitive selection of projects and the terms of its implementation (start of acceptance of application packages). | 06.03.2024 |
| Announcement of the selection of experts to the Expert Council of the Foundation. | 07.03.2024 |
| Acceptance of application packages for the competition VARTO Start Your Own Business. | 06.03.2024-18.03.2024 |
| Acceptance of documents for the selection of experts. | 07.03- 18.03.2024 |
| Meeting of the Expert Selection Commission. | 18.03- 19.03.2024 |
| Approval of the personal composition of the Expert Council of the Foundation. | 20.03.2024 |
| Verification of the completeness of the submitted documents for their compliance with the established requirements, including anti-corruption checks of applicants. | 06.03.-29.03.2024 |
| Submission of projects that have passed the technical selection for consideration by the experts of the Foundation’s Expert Councils and the Foundation’s financial department. | 01.04.2024 |
| The Foundation’s financial department reviews the estimates and provides recommendations on prohibited expenses. | 01.04- 05.04.2024 |
| Experts provide recommendations to applicants on the type of project support, project implementation mechanism, conditions and amounts of financial support for projects. | 01.04– 07.04. 2024 |
| Sending a notification to applicants with relevant comments from experts and the financial department. | 08.04.2024 |
| Applicants should take into account the recommendations of experts and the Foundation’s financial department. | 09.04-11.04.2024 |
| Open presentation (defense) by applicants of projects submitted for competitive selection. | 13.04.-14.04.2024 |
| Final evaluation of projects, scoring, final comments, and decision-making by experts of the Foundation’s Expert Council. | 15.04.2024 |
| Based on the relevant decision of the Foundation’s Expert Council, approval by the Executive Director of the Foundation of the list of projects that have been determined as winners of the competitive selection of projects. | 16.04.2024 |
| Announcement of the winners of VARTO Start Your Own Business competitive project selection. | 16.04.2024 |
| Publication of the results of the competitive selection VARTO Start Your Own Business on the official website of the Foundation. | 16.04.2024 |
| Signing project implementation agreements between the Foundation and the winners of the competitive selection. | 16.04.-25.04.2024 |
