 The overall objective of the MSME grants program is to contribute to strengthening the economy and reduce the trade deficit in Kosovo by increasing capacities of micro-small and medium enterprises to upscale production in an efficient and sustainable way in line with European standards and practices. Tane cjelimet grësora te projektit, te granteve, mësë mei te financuar nga zyroa ebejz dhe implementuar, te financuar na fakte basht financuar nga zyroa ebejz dhe ministrije atrektis dhe industris, dhe financuar nga joemi kën qën krimi ven dhe vetereja të punus, së zjerimi kapaciteteve, normali ešte ritje eksportit dhe parasë dje tash zaven simi e importeve të shumta. Before the program, the awarded enterprises had 472 employees. As a direct result of increased production capacity and sales, 284 new and sustainable jobs were created. Compared to before the program, the number of female employees increased by 68%. I visited a lot of these enterprises being beneficiaries of the program and I think something is extremely clear. Through new machinery, through also additional trainings and education of staff in the companies, the quality of the product could have been increased a lot, but also the amount which was produced. When you consider that some of these companies were really located in small villages, the impact of let's say 20 new employment in a small village is huge.