The Regional Rural Development Standing Working Group (SWG) is welcoming applications from qualified Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the Western Balkans 6 (WB6) countries/territories of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, North Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia (WB 6) to apply for funding for opening an E-Shop or join a marketplace platform and open their e-shop as part of an existing marketplace platform for MSMEs operating in agriculture and agricultural processing and rural tourism.
SWG intends to support WB6 MSMEs to open E-shops or join a marketplace platform and open their e-shop as part of an existing marketplace platform during March 2023 and December 2023. The available funding per supported MSMEs will be up to 2.500 EUR for Package 1 and 1,500 EUR for Package 2 (see section 3). The selected MSMEs will be asked to contribute with 10% of the requested amount from SWG. Awards will be made to the responsive applicants whose applications best meet the requirements of this RFA on a ‘first come first served’ basis.
The full Request for Application:
Request for Applications (RFA) E-Shops
Annex 1 Application for support for Business Expansion with E-Commerce
Attachment 1 Comparison of Offers and Decision for selection
The activity is part of the Project: Promotion of Economic Diversification in Rural Areas of South Eastern Europe (SEDRA II) in SEE – Value chain capacity building on agriculture and rural tourism to promote rural employment opportunities” financially supported by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and implemented by SWG RRD in partnership with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ).
* This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence
