Twenty winners of the EU-funded Innovations Vouchers Programme for SME’s in Ivano-Frankivsk

Twenty winners of the Innovations Vouchers Programme for SME’s in Ivano-Frankivsk will receive up to 60.000 hryvnias to develop innovations in their businesses

The Innovation Vouchers Programme was organised by the Executive Committee of the Ivano-Frankivsk City Council within the project “New Economy of Ivano-Frankivsk (NEF) – supporting emerging innovative economic activity clusters in Ivano-Frankivsk”, which is financed by the European Union as part of the Mayors for Economic Growth Facility.

A total of 57 applications were submitted in three categories:

Marketing: 31 applications / 10 winners
Consulting: 17 applications / 8 winners
Category Innovations: 9 applications / 2 winners

Some of the winning projects:

✔️development and implementation of a PR strategy for a clothing brand;
✔️patent registration for the technology of growing leather from mycelium;
✔️an export website for the sale of natural wool products on foreign markets;
✔️scientific, production, and marketing consulting for an innovative product – acoustic panels made from the wastes of fabrics from garment manufacturing;
✔️development of a web application – a staffing platform for effective interaction between the recruiting and sales departments.

The mission of the project “New Economy of Ivano-Frankivsk” is to stimulate the innovative economy and encourage the creation of products with high-added value in Ivano-Frankivsk.