Dear green community! I congratulate you (and myself) on the completion of the application process for the fourth and final wave of the Climate Innovation Vouchers grant project!
These four waves have been quite an adventure – with all the challenges, achievements, awards, and gratitude. There were also projects that couldn’t be completed due to the full-scale war. But even in the toughest times, you remained the ones who inspire! You inspire through your work. You inspire through your resilience. You inspire with your ideas. And this is the main reason we continue to seek new opportunities for all of us.
Because despite the war – we are invincible. Our resilience, motivation, and thirst to move forward on our native land give us strength. Thank you for this!
And no, I’m not saying goodbye. We will keep cracking this rock together! In the meantime, I’m sharing with you the wonderful results of this final wave of applications:
• 158 registered applicants;
• 51 submitted applications (finalized and accepted for review);
• 38 new service providers;
• 7 consultations for 253 participants;
• 3 online presentations for more than 260 participants.
What’s next? We are now conducting the first stage of evaluation – the qualification selection. The project team is analyzing the applications based on the basic criteria: companies must be implementing or developing climate-friendly technologies, be registered in Ukraine, have been operating for at least 1 year, and belong to small or medium-sized businesses.
There is still much work ahead! We will notify all participants whose applications will proceed to the second stage – expert evaluation.
Olha Zubchyk, Project Coordinator of the Climate Innovation Vouchers project
