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Reference: EU0010000227
European Cultural Foundation
EFC Mobility Programmes - STEP beyond & Roberto Cimetta Fund
next deadline: 2010-09-15
The European Cultural Foundation offers mobility grants for individuals:
STEP BEYOND
STEP Beyond offers mobility grants for artists and cultural workers travelling within wider the European Neighbourhood between EU and non-EU countries.
All the activities of the ECF mobility fund, STEP beyond (Supporting Travel for European Projects) that encourages travel are revolved around three strategic guiding principles:
1. Empowerment of people through art and culture support is given to different communities in Europe to encourage the exchange and empowerment of under-represented groups.
2. Connecting sources of knowledge sharing and connecting knowledge is vital in creating an open Europe.
3. Linking policy and practice projects that help build an open Europe by contributing to cultural policy development locally, nationally, regionally and at a European level.
Eligibility criteria
- artists or cultural workers of any contemporary artistic or cultural discipline (individual or representing a cultural or artistic independent organisation);
- based in Europe or in its neighbourhood;
- maximum 35 years old;
In case of group travel:
- a maximum of three individuals applying for the same event;
- group applications need to be submitted by the host organisation.
What countries can you travel to and from?
In order to facilitate the functioning of the fund as well as to reach its aims, the larger pan-European area has been divided in two groups.
Group A
The 27 Member States of the European Union;
The European FreeTrade Association (EFTA) countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland.
Group B
In Europe: Western Balkans(Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, (FYROM),Montenegro and Serbia), Belarus, Moldavia, Russia, South Caucasus (Armenia,Azerbaijan and Georgia) Turkey and Ukraine.
In the South and East Mediterranean: Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya,Morocco, Palestine Territory, Syria and Tunisia.
The STEP beyond offers three types of grants (350, 500 and 700 Euro) based on travel distances and average travel costs.
The eligible applications are evaluated by the STEP beyond team during the pre-selection phase, after this assessment ECF decides which proposal it will support. Both awarded and rejected applicants are notified by e-mail around one month after the application submission date.
Deadlines are ongoing.
For further details: http://www.eurocult.org/sites/www.eurocult.org/files/How_to_apply_for_Collaboration_grant.pdf
http://www.eurocult.org/grants/application-collaboration-grant
ROBERTO CIMETTA FUND
The Roberto Cimetta Fund is an international association promoting artistic exchange and the mobility of professionals in the field of contemporary performing arts and visual arts within the Mediterranean area.
The Fund supports and encourages travel which allows culture professionals to find the opportunities, partners and means to realise personal or collective projects; thus facilitating networking, exchanges of experience and cultural and artistic cooperation.
The individual travel grants cover travel and visa costs for trips such as attending professional cultural network meetings, workshops, artists residences, festival, symposiums etc.
The Roberto Cimetta Fund travel grants are given to specific individuals and not to organisations. European professionals may apply but only if their project has a strong Mediterranean connection.
Priorities will be given to:
1. Artists and operators coming from or going to the following cities and countries :
- Algeria (Algiers)
- Armenia (Gumri)
- Israel (Haifa)
- Italy (Province of Genova)
- Morocco (Marrakech)
- Palestine (Bethlehem)
- Tunisia (Tunis)
2. Artists and operators whose travel aims or projects can link into the Marseille-Provence, European capital of culture 2013 events, themes or the region (which encompasses 130 local communities from Arles to Hyères, through St. Remy de Provence and the Pays dAix.
If the applicant is travelling from South to South (ie from Maghreb to Near East or vice versa) or from South to East ((ie Balkans to Near East including Turkey, or Maghreb including Egypt and vice versa) then chances of making a successful application are even higher.
Deadlines:
was 11 June 2010
15 September 2010
15 December 2010
Selections are organised every 5 to 6 weeks.
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