A Competitive Selection of Projects by Small Businesses Owned by Veteran Entrepreneurs and Combatants Is Under Way to Provide Financial Assistance

The Veterans Policy Department of the Sumy Regional State Administration – Regional Military Administration announces the start of accepting applications and of the competitive selection of business projects

The competitive selection is held in accordance with the Procedure for Providing Financial Assistance to Support Entrepreneurial Initiative of Combatants by Awarding Grants for Creating or Developing Their Own Business.

Financial terms of the competition:

Financial support is provided on a non-repayable basis from the funds of the regional budget of the Sumy Region.

The maximum grant for implementing one business project is up to UAH 200 thousand.

Who can take part:

Small businesses (individual entrepreneurs and legal entities) whose founder (owner) is a combatant, that are registered and operate in the territory of the Sumy Region for at least 1 (one) year before the date of application.

Which documents need to be prepared:

1. An application–feasibility study (FS) in the established form (Appendix 1 to the Procedure).

2. A certified copy of the combatant (UBD) status certificate.

3. An extract from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities and Individual Entrepreneurs (signed by the applicant, generated at the end of the previous month).

4. The original tax certificate confirming the absence of arrears (generated at the end of the previous month).

5. For legal entities: a certified copy of the charter.

6. Copies of financial or tax reports (returns) for the previous year and the latest reporting period of the current year.

7. A confirmation statement in free form (on compliance with all requirements of the Procedure, the number of employees and not having received other budget grants for this project).

8. Extracts from the register of debtors, from the register of corruption offences and a certificate of no criminal record (submitted if information about you is absent from the open registers).

All copies of documents are certified by the applicant personally with the inscription “True to the original”, a signature, full name and date on each page. Be sure to bring the originals for verification.

Deadlines for submitting documents:

The acceptance of applications and document packages begins on “02” November 2026 and will continue until “20” November 2026 (inclusive).

Where to apply and submit documents:

The package of documents in paper form is submitted in person by the applicant to the Veterans Policy Department of the Sumy Regional State Administration at the address: Sumy, 1-a Naberezhna Rika Strilka St., 50

Document reception hours:

Monday – Friday: from 9:00 to 16:00, lunch break: from 12:00 to 13:00.

Consultations and reference information:

To obtain the forms of the application–feasibility study and clarifications on the terms of participation in the competition, call 0507135272 or write to the e-mail address veteran@sm.gov.ua.

Source: Shostka City Council (shostka-rada.gov.ua), https://shostka-rada.gov.ua/provodytsya-konkursnyj-vidbir-proyektiv-sub-yektiv-malogo-pidpryyemnytstva-iz-chysla-veteraniv-pidpryyemtsiv-ta-uchasnykiv-bojovyh-dij-dlya-nadannya-finansovoyi-dopomogy/