Displaced persons and residents of Chernihiv region can receive grant support for the development of self-employment and professional orientation

The International Organization for Migration (IOM), with financial support from the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, acting through the Department for International Development (DFID), continues a project to support self-employment and career guidance for internally displaced persons and representatives of local communities in Ukraine.

The project includes a two-day training on

career guidance

and self-employment, providing consultations for project participants, writing and defending business plans or applications, on the basis of which a decision will be made on granting a grant.


Deadline for submitting documents for participation in the project



– until




25






December 2017




inclusive.


INVITED:

Internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Donetsk, Luhansk regions and Crimea aged 18 – 60 (women and men)

.


Local residents of Chernihiv region aged 18 – 60 (women and men).



THE PROJECT PLANS TO INCLUDE


STAGE I. TWO-DAY TRAINING



Career Guidance



Self-Employment



Training Plan:



Training plan:




·

Local labor market.



·

Professions in demand.



·

How to interact with state employment centers.



·

Interview and resume preparation.



·

The main online resources for finding vacancies.




·

Market analysis, marketing basics.



·

Starting a business: resources, motivation, ideas.



·

Legal aspects of private entrepreneurship.



·

Financial planning.



·

How to prepare a business plan.



·

Basics of accounting and tax reporting.


Participant requirements:


Participant requirements:

has a desire to gain new knowledge about finding a job and acquire a new profession or improve their qualifications

has already started their project or wants to start their own business

The group is formed from 25-30 participants (of which 65% are IDPs,

35% are local residents)

The group is formed from 25-30 participants (of which 65% are IDPs,

35% are local residents)


STAGE II. PRIVATE CONSULTATIONS


STAGE II. PRIVATE CONSULTATIONS

Each project participant will be provided with an expert to assist in forming a business plan (group

and “Self-employment”) or applications for retraining courses (group “Professional Guidance”).


STAGE III. PROTECTION OF BUSINESS PLANS OR APPLICATIONS

A brief presentation of the business plan or application for retraining before the IOM commission, as a result of which a decision will be made on the allocation of a grant.


STAGE IV. GRANT AWARDING


60% of the project participants from each group will be allocated a grant for the purchase of equipment (groups

and “Self-employment”) or for taking retraining courses (group “Professional Guidance”).


Group


Group


“VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE”



“SELF-EMPLOYMENT”

Grant Amount:

up to

£350





Pounds Sterling











(

about 12

500 UAH

.)

Grant amount: up to

£



558 Pounds Sterling



(

about 20,000 UAH

.)









Purpose:


Purpose:

for training in professional courses (optional)

equipment, tools, professional equipment, furniture, etc.


HOW TO JOIN THE PROJECT



1.

Call

the coordinator


of the project in Chernihiv region –

Kateryna Dankova

, 063-158-32-46

, 050-061-90-30, Chernihiv Public Committee for the Protection of Human Rights.









2.

Submit a short application for an interview to the coordinator.



3.

Visit the office of the Chernihiv


certificate of registration of an individual entrepreneur



, if available (for the “Self-employment” group – as an advantage).


*A competitive selection of candidates for participation in the program is envisaged.