The Federal Ministry of Development, Entrepreneurship and Crafts has published a “Public Call for the Selection of Beneficiaries of Current Transfer Grants for the SME Digital Transformation Project for 2021”.
The subject of the Public Call for Selection of Beneficiaries of Current Transfer Grants for the Project “Digital Transformation of SMEs” for 2021 is the collection of applications for selection of beneficiaries of incentive grants for the implementation of their projects to strengthen the competitiveness and growth of SMEs through support measures for digital transformation of small and medium-sized enterprises and strengthening the resilience of SMEs to the crisis caused by COVID-19.
Small business entities defined by the Law on Supporting the Development of Small Business of the Federation of BiH (“Official Gazette of the Federation of BiH” No. 19/06 and 25/09) and the Law on Crafts and Related Activities (“Official Gazette of the Federation of BiH” no. 75/21), which have their headquarters in the territory of the Federation of BiH and have a minimum of ten (10) employees for an indefinite period of time and who have been operating for at least one year are eligible to apply.
Criteria for the allocation of funds are: project quality, type of activity, increase in employment; sources – method of financing; number of employees; target group; more balanced regional development (level of development of local self-government units), previous incentives of the Ministry in the last five years, it is stated in the call.
Applications deadline is Friday, November 26, 2021.
