EU4BusinessRecovery

European Union's project EU4Business launched today public call for potential grant beneficiaries in order to alleviate negative effects of COVID-19 on the agri-food sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Through this public call, EU4Business project aims to contribute to alleviating the effects of the COVID-19 pandemics by supporting reduction and optimization of operational costs, maintenance of productivity, liquidity and competitiveness in agri-food sector in BiH; stabilization of existing value chains and promoting sustainable development practices including better governance of natural resources and protection of environment and people. This public call is open to micro, small and medium enterprises, entrepreneurs and/or cooperatives with established network of cooperants/individual agricultural producers engaged in:

• production and/or purchase and/or storing and/or distribution of fresh and finalized agri-food products; or
• production and/or purchase and processing, storing and distributing of agri-food products.

Total available funds are BAM 1.8 million. 

Requests for grants per application can be between BAM 50.000 and BAM 150.000 (VAT not included).

Information on filling out and delivery of the application can be found in document Smjernice za podnosioce prijava na javni poziv (in BHS languages).   

Application deadline is Monday, 8 June 2020. until 15.00. 

Applications sent after the deadline will not be taken into consideration.  

Download documentation (in BHS languages): 

Smjernice za podnosioce prijava na javni poziv *

Prilog 1: Obrazac projektnog prijedloga

Prilog 2: Pismo namjere za sufinansiranje projekta (primjer)

Prilog 3: Lista za provjeru dostavljene dokumentacije

Aneks 1: Budžet projekta

Aneks 2: Plan realizacije projektnih aktivnosti

Aneks 3: Informacije o kooperantima  

In case of any issues while downloading or opening the documents/forms, as well as any additional questions regarding this public call, contact us via email address: [email protected] with name of the public call clearly stated in the subject of the email.

EU4Business is European Union’s project that aims to strengthen Bosnia and Herzegovina’s capacity for economic growth and employment by fostering competitiveness and innovation in selected sectors. EU4Business is worth EUR 16.1 million, EUR 15 million is funded by the European Union and EUR 1.1 million by the Federal Republic of Germany. Project is jointly implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and International Labor Organisation (ILO), in the period from April 2018 until March 2022. EU4Business is part of the Local Development Strategies – Local Self-Government and Economic Development Programme in Bosnia and Herzegovina by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).