SMB

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Investment opportunities expand: the investment promotion mechanism now covers 17 strategic directions The territories liberated from occupation provide extensive opportunities for investors A blood donation campaign dedicated to Remembrance Day was held Delegation of representatives of the RIYADA organization from Oman visited “Baku SME House” Volunteer blood donation campaign will be held Entrepreneurs can apply to SME Houses to obtain licenses KOBİA representatives participated in an international seminar held in Turkey The next meeting of the permanent Coordination Group operating under KOBİA was held The next professional trainings within the framework of the “Karabakh SMEs 2026” project have been completed The provision of consulting services for entrepreneurs continues

200 applications submitted to the 2nd grant competition 22.12.21

Receiving documents for the 2nd grant competition for funding scientific and support projects of micro, small, and medium entrepreneurs, announced by the Small and Medium Business Development Agency (SMBDA), has ended. In total, 200 applications were submitted to the competition. 93 and 101 SMB projects belong to legal entities and individuals, respectively; 186 projects have been submitted by micro, 5 -small, and 3 - medium businesses. Most of them are support projects. The projects are currently being assessed by the Expert Commission. The results will be posted on the SMBDA’s website www.smb.gov.az after February 10, 2022. Up to AZN 20,000 will be allocated for each approved project.

Note that funding SMB’s educational, scientific, research, and support projects started in 2021 according to the Rules approved by the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers on September 30, 2020. As a result of the first grant competition held for this purpose, 15 SMB projects have been funded. For more information on the support mechanism: https://bit.ly/3mjXLsa