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On 15th October 2015, in the Municipal Assembly Hall at the Municipality of Graçanicë /Gračanica, was held the signing agreement ceremony between Help and 20 clients who benefited through grants from the project “Support to socio-economic stability through empowerment of micro business sector in Kosovo”, for year 2015

This ceremony was held with the presence of Mayor of Graçanicë /Gračanica, Mr. Vladeta Kostić; Attaché for Culture and Economic Development at the German Embassy in Prishtina Ms. Milena Stein and Program Coordinator of Help Kosovo, Ms. Shqipe Breznica.

In his entry speech, Mayor of Graçanicë /Gračanica has stated that economic development of this community is a priority to the administration of Graçanicë /Gračanica Municipality, and he wished to grantees good luck in their further work. “We don’t see these grants as simple donation; we see them as help from friends.” – said Mayor Kostić

Ms. Milena Stein from German Embassy in Prishtina stated that: “The sum of the grant might look small to someone, but those 2000 Euros (of grant) can help a lot. As Mayor stated before, it is very important to support the development of small and medium enterprises in order for the community to benefit.”

“We have visited more than 60 applicants to their businesses or their homes in order for us to assess in objective manner all of our potential clients. And this segment of the project ends with the signature of these 20 contracts. Afterwards we will proceed with purchasing of the equipment that our clients have applied for.” – said Ms. Shqipe Breznica, Representative of Help Kosovo.

Today, on 13th October 2015, in the Municipal Assembly Hall at the Municipality of Prishtina, was held the signing agreement ceremony between Help and 80 clients who benefited through grants from the project “Support to socio-economic stability through empowerment of micro business sector in Kosovo”.

This ceremony was held with the presence of Mayor of Prishtina, Mr. Shpend Ahmeti; Deputy Head of Mission at the German Embassy in Prishtina Ms. Christina Gehlsen and Program Coordinator of Help Kosovo, Ms. Shqipe Breznica.

In his entry speech, Mayor of Prishtina stated that he is happy that we have gathered here to crown the preparations for this project, and thanked people of Germany for their contribution in Kosovo, as well as organization Help for their hard work and great cooperation.

Ms. Gehlsen has stated that she is very happy that she is present in such an event and that they are supporting a project like this. She also thanked organization Help for the implementing the project and wished the beneficiaries and their businesses to succeed.

Representative of Help Kosovo, Ms. Shqipe Breznica thanked all the present for their attendance and stated that: “in the initial phase of the project, we have started with information campaign in many villages and neighborhoods of Prishtina Municipality where we have received 227 applications. In the second phase we did home visits to the potential beneficiaries to do the assessment in order to have the final list. In the final statement, she thanked the staff of the German Embassy, Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare, as well as staff of Municipality of Prishtina, that contributed in implementation of this project.”

This project is implemented by organization Help, with the Municipality of Pristina and the German organization HELP, as implementation of donation German Government.