Preliminary results

At the end of each course, participants present the highlights of their business plan in 15 minutes. They then prepare to launch the business, if necessary with the help of their coaches.
From the pilot group, trained between October and December 2023, the following businesses are shown in business plans:

  1. Wooden houses from Ukraine
  2. Cleaning services
  3. GP ZZP Ukrainian/Arabic patients
  4. Vinyl records webshop
  5. Ukrainian Holidays
  6. Matching at work
  7. Catering services
  8. Private healthcare clinic
  9. Music and entertainment performance/management

The second group started the training in March 2024. The participants have plans to develop their business plans for the following companies and have them ready by the end of May:

  1. Breakfast and lunch restaurant
  2. Coffee to go shop
  3. Interior design company
  4. Art Lab
  5. Legal services to meet the needs of the Ukrainian community in The Netherlands (Gld)
  6. House renovation services
  7. Law and accountancy consulting
  8. Child care centers
  9. Online book club
  10. Interior construction company + boil production for carp fishing
  11. Healthy food + photo studio place

The third group started in February 2025 and successfully presented its business plans in May of that year:

  1. Design and branding studio
  2. Housing re design
  3. Professional cleaning company
  4. Advances marking studio
  5. Health connection app
  6. Agricultural trade company – sunflower, flour
  7. K-TEA
  8. Sporting Events
  9. Dental products
  10. Cruises

Future developments

Starting in the second half of 2025, this initiative will be rolled out nationwide. This will be done in collaboration with the Ministry of Asylum and Migration, WRKforU, and various Ukrainian Houses in the Netherlands. For more information: [email protected]