Consultations and support: how Brovary helps entrepreneurs develop

In Brovary, the City Council has a Business Support Center where entrepreneurs and people who are just planning to start their own business can get free advice on business registration, renting premises, and receiving grants. This year, about 150 people, mostly representatives of micro and small businesses, have applied to the Center. This was reported in an exclusive comment to UNN by the Center.

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Earlier, business ombudsman Roman Vashchuk told UNN that there are many opportunities for entrepreneurs now thanks to international grants and advisory support. Currently, new business support centers are being opened for them with the support of local authorities.

One of them  was launched at the Brovary City Council in 2023 as part of the EU4Business: SME Recovery, Competitiveness and Internationalization Programme, co-funded by the European Union and the German Government and implemented by the German federal company Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.

The Center provides free consulting support to potential entrepreneurs and persons planning to start or scale up their own business on existing grant proposals, requirements for obtaining them, business registration, business activities, installation of temporary structures, lease of premises, advertising, etc.

"About 150 people have applied to the Center this year. Micro and small businesses are most interested in business support and consultations," the Center said.

For the convenience of entrepreneurs, the Center has its own page on the official website of Brovary City Council and in social media, where information about business opportunities and events is regularly updated. You can also sign up for a consultation online via a Google form or by phone.

In addition, the Center organizes thematic events and trainings, including webinars on tax law, legislative changes, and marketing and business promotion trainings funded by the local budget. Through cooperation with partners such as UWE HUB, the Center continues to expand its capabilities to support entrepreneurs on their path to success.

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According to the mayor of Brovary, Ihor Sapozhko, Brovary managed to attract more than UAH 466 million in investments and create almost 600 new jobs during martial law as part of the implementation of 76 investment projects. He added that during the period of martial law, the number of various companies and individual entrepreneurs in the Brovary community has increased - currently there are more than 18 thousand of them. 

In addition to foreign funding, Brovary will also receive other assistance from the twin cities. For example, German partners have provided the local community with generators, medical equipment, special vehicles, and much more. In October, a representative of the municipality of the German twin city of Jena, City Councilor Matthias Mitt, arrived in Brovary to identify specific areas of further cooperation with his Ukrainian colleagues.

In total, as part of cooperation with the German cities of Jena and Erlangen, as well as the Lan Dill district, Brovary received three ambulances, four fire trucks, three units of public transport, one school bus, generators, and various equipment for community schools and the modular town where the IDPs live.