The JOBS project demonstrates a replicable model for stimulation and creation of micro and small enterprises. The project is implemented in 40 communities throughout Bulgaria, including Velingrad. The JOBS project has created a sustainable network of 37 Business Centers, including 13 Business Incubators, 3 Business Information Centers, and 3 remote Business Center offices that provide services to businesses in order to help them grow.

• Support micro and small enterprises and agricultural producers in rural areas
• Integrated approach to job creation and economic development
• Promote an entrepreneurial environment
• Enchance linkages between public, private and NGO sector

• Unemployed
• Existing small and micro companies
• Subsistence farmers with entrepreneurial potential
• Minorities
• Local stakeholders - public, private, NGOs

As a result of initial market research and analysis the JOBS project will focus its marketing and business development activities on fourpriority sectors of the highest international competitiveness:

• apparel and textiles
• herbs and spices
• alternative agriculture
• woodoworking
• tourism
• crafts

Financial leasing
/ productive assets/

Leasing Scheme 1:

• Maximum of 25,000 BGN
• Grace period - 6 months
• Repayment period up to 36 months
• Down payment: 20 percent of purchase price
• Equal monthly installments
• Interest rate: main interest rate + 10

Leasing Scheme 2:
/if you are unemployed, start with leasing/

• Maximum of 5,000 BGN
• Grace period - 6 months
• Repayment period up to 48 months
• Down payment: 10 percent of purchase price
• Equal monthly installments
• Interest rate: main interest rate + 5