Grant Program in Organic Sector
Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, Ukraine’s organic sector, like the entire agricultural and food industries, has been affected and continues to suffer from Russian aggression. The Ukrainian domestic market of organic products decreased significantly in 2022 and began to recover in 2023 but is still lower than before the full-scale invasion.
Under these circumstances, Ukrainian organic producers need support to continue organic farming and provide healthy organic food to the people of Ukraine and other countries.
Under the Grant Program, support will be provided to initiatives that will contribute to increasing sales of organic products, enlarging organic assortment on store shelves, in particular, due to the increase in the storage period of organic products and establishing new supply chains.
Areas of support and forms of activity under the Grant Program:
- promoting the sales of organic products and opening up new sales channels for organic products on the domestic market;
- shortening the supply chains from producer to consumer on the domestic market;
- improving the presentation of organic products on the shelves on the domestic market, in particular, due to the increase in the storage period of organic products.
Ukrainian certified organic operators, which are present on the domestic market or are ready to enter the Ukrainian market, are allowed to participate in the competition for receiving a grant under this Grant Program.
Under the Grant Program in Organic Sector it is possible to support the purchase of equipment but it should not exceed 60% of the total grant amount. The full list of non-eligible costs listed in the Guidelines on the Grant Program in Organic Sector.
All the official information about the Grant Program, guidelines, application forms and public information are published on the website of the International Charitable Organisation “Information Center “Green Dossier”.
Applications for receiving grants together with the attachments are accepted until 10 November 2024 and are submitted via the electronic form at the link.
On 24 October 2024 an information webinar will be held, where more information about the conditions of the Grant Program could be found and the questions asked. Registration for the webinar is open via the link.
The results of the Grant Program contest will be announced not later than 10 December 2024. The activities proposed in the applications may be implemented over a period of up to 10 months starting from January 2025.
During this call about 30 applications for a total amount of CHF 150,000 will be supported. The average grant for one project is UAH 230,000.00 at the same time, the Grant committee determines the final amount of the grant that the Grant recipients can receive.
For additional questions please contact Olena Deineko, Chairwoman of the Board, Organic Initiative Public Association, email: coordinator@organicinitiative.org.ua, +38 067 1039694.
The Grants Program in the organic sector is funded by Switzerland and implemented within the framework of the project “Women Entrepreneurship in the Organic Sector” (WEOS) by ICO «Information Center «Green Dossier» in partnership with Organic Initiative Public Association and the Swiss-Ukrainian Program “Higher Value Added Trade from the Organic and Dairy Sector in Ukraine” (QFTP) implemented by the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL, Switzerland) in partnership with SAFOSO AG (Switzerland) to support Ukrainian organic producers and promote further development of the organic market, to increase trade in Ukrainian organic products with higher added value on the domestic market.
The Grants Program in the organic sector is administered by the International Charitable Organisation “Information Center “Green Dossier” in partnership with Organic Initiative Public Association.
