In the first half of the year, 5.2 percent fewer funds for financing the economy

(Patria) - In the first six months of 2021, 429 calls/competitions for co-financing entrepreneurs and the economy in BiH were published, which is 5.2 percent less than in the same period last year, according to data from the Briefing agency for monitoring and analyzing tenders.

Of the total number of calls for financing the economy, 30 relate to business support caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

In the specified period, 99 grants were announced for various areas of business development. Support for female entrepreneurship is mentioned in 27 calls. 26 calls for development loans were published, and there were 39 calls for starting a business and startup companies.

"In the first half of last year, 125 calls were published to support business due to the epidemiological situation caused by the COVID-19 virus pandemic. This year, that number is significantly lower. In general, when we compare the period from 2018 to today, we have a constant decline in the number of calls for financing the economy," said Tarik Džaferović, director of the Briefing agency.

Calls for financing the economy were mainly published by competent ministries, cities, municipalities, development agencies, embassies, as well as domestic and foreign non-governmental organizations. The analysis by the Briefing agency includes public calls for financing/co-financing of entrepreneurs, allocation of funds for business development, credit funds, and grants in all official and daily newspapers and on over 2,500 client websites.