Right to Protection announces the launch of the next cycle of the Right to Business educational programme for micro-entrepreneurs and those dreaming of starting their own business. This course is your opportunity to gain knowledge, practical skills, and support for implementing business ideas.
Why Join?
The Right to Business aimsto enhance the economic capacity of the war-affected population of Ukraine by supporting entrepreneurship through the improvement of business skills for beginner entrepreneurs.
Previous participants of the course have already achieved significant results:
obtaining state and international grants;
invitations to international educational programmes;
successful start of their businesses through implementing business plans developed during the course.
Who Is This Course For?
For those dreaming of starting their own business in Poltava or Poltavska oblast, registering as private entrepreneurs, or strengthening their entrepreneurial activities.
For those with previous entrepreneurial experience but who had to suspend it due to the war and now wish to resume.
If you fall under one or more of these criteria (for both mentioned groups):
Internally displaced persons.
The war-affected population (housing damaged or lost, job lost, business damaged due to attacks, or business activity suspended since 24.02.2022).
Belong to vulnerable categories of the population (including people with disabilities; parents raising a child with disabilities; veterans of defence efforts; members of large families; families of fallen defenders of Ukraine; family members of veterans of defence efforts; single parents; women heading households).
What Will You Gain?
By completing the Right to Business course, participants will:
Gain knowledge and practical tools for starting and developing a business from leading experts and entrepreneurs.
Learn how to avoid common business mistakes.
Master effective financial management.
Become part of a community of like-minded people and build valuable connections.
Develop their own business plan with expert recommendations that are ready for implementation.
Learn how to attract funding for business development.
Learn how to apply for grants for entrepreneurs.
Receive individual consultative support from business mentors.
Get coaching support throughout the course.
Course Topics
Business Idea. Creating a Competitive Product.
Building a Business Model. Types of Business Models. Practical Work with the CANVAS Model.
Financial Model and Budgeting. Building a Financial Model for Your Business.
Marketing, Promotion, and Sales. Identifying your target audience and working with it. Promotion channels and tools. Content that sells.
Fundraising.
Legal and Accounting Aspects of Running a Business:
Registration, differences between sole proprietorships and LLCs, differences between sole proprietorship groups.
Opening a foreign currency account, working with foreign sales (documents, settlements, tax payments).
Individual Consultations
Legal and accounting aspects of running a business.
Financial modelling.
Marketing and promotion.
Content creation + SMM.
Fundraising and grant applications.
By the end of the training, each participant, in collaboration with course experts, will prepare a business plan for developing their enterprise and understand the following steps to implement their idea. They will also learn more about opportunities to attract grant funding for their business.
Format and Schedule
When? February-April 2025.
Where? Safe offline training in Poltava, once a week on Saturday.
Only residents of Poltavska oblast can participate in the educational programme. A total of 30 participants will be selected for offline training through an analysis of submitted forms and interviews with the manager and a psychologist coach.
Participants travelling from remote areas of the oblast may receive reimbursement for travel and accommodation expenses.
Participation in a grant competition after the training is under consideration. Criteria and conditions will be announced additionally.
R2P reserves the right to close registration early as the number of spots is limited. After registration closes, the Fund's team will process all applications and select participants for the training program. Please await a confirmation email from [email protected].
R2P reserves the right to select participants based on criteria that include: entrepreneurial experience, belonging to vulnerable categories, motivation level, readiness to apply the acquired knowledge practically, and adherence of the application to technical requirements.
The course was organised by R2P as a partner of the Ukraine Response Consortium within the Response Consortium: Providing Multidisciplinary Humanitarian Assistance to the War-Affected Population in Ukraine (2023–2026) project. The programme is funded by the USAID Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance (BHA).
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