New Cultural Funding for the Balkans from the European Cultural Foundation. Deadline for applications: 1 July 2006
The European Cultural Foundation (ECF), Hivos (the Dutch Humanist institute for cooperation with developing countries) and the Open Society Institutes (OSI) have launched a new funding instrument for cultural cooperation in/with South East Europe. The Balkan Incentive Fund for Culture is open to cultural projects by applicants from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro and Kosovo/a.
Grants are awarded to NGOs with a track record of high quality work predominantly in the cultural sector. Seeding funds will also be available to less established organizations which have demonstrated their potential but lack the necessary resources to develop cross-border or regional initiatives. Possible examples of projects that will be supported are: artistic projects, cultural and media initiatives, seminars, training, capacity building, cultural research and strategies for cultural policy development.
The Balkan Incentive Fund for Culture is managed within the ECF’s grants programme and follows its guiding principles but with a special focus on the Western Balkans. The first deadline for projects to be submitted under the scheme is 1 July 2006.
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Nuovo fondo per la cultura dei Balcani alla European Cultural Foundation. Scadenza per le domande: 1 luglio 2006>>>