Public call worth 1.8 million KM announced for agricultural and food sector in BiH

(Patria) - The European Union's EU4Business project has announced a public call for potential beneficiaries of grants to mitigate the negative impact of COVID-19 on the agricultural and food sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, crafts/entrepreneurs and/or cooperatives with an established network of cooperators/individual agricultural producers engaged in the production and/or purchase and/or storage and/or marketing of fresh agricultural and finished food products; or production and/or purchase and processing, storage and marketing of agricultural and food products can apply for the public call, worth 1.8 million KM.

Through this public call, the EU4Business project aims to contribute to mitigating the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic by supporting the reduction and optimization of operating costs, maintaining the productivity, liquidity and competitiveness of the agricultural and food sector in BiH; stabilizing existing value chains, and promoting sustainable development practices, including better management of natural resources and environmental protection and human safety.

All interested companies, cooperatives and entrepreneurs can access the public call via the EU4Business website www.eu4business.ba and UNDP website www.ba.undp.org under the Public Calls section.

In order to act more effectively and assist workers in primary agricultural production, the application procedure for the call has been simplified and the entire process significantly shortened. The deadline for submitting applications is Wednesday, June 3, 2020, by 3:00 PM. EU4Business is a European Union project aiming to strengthen economic growth and employment capacity in Bosnia and Herzegovina by improving competitiveness and innovation in selected sectors. EU4Business is a project worth 16.1 million euros, of which 15 million euros are financed by the European Union, and 1.1 million euros by the Federal Republic of Germany. The project is jointly implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the International Labour Organization (ILO), from April 2018 to March 2022. EU4Business is part of the Local Development Strategies Programme – Local Self-Government and Economic Development in Bosnia and Herzegovina implemented by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development of the Federal Republic of Germany (BMZ).