Deadline: 13-Mar-22
The UNESCO Programme Transcultura: Integrating Cuba, the Caribbean and the European Union through Culture and Creativity, funded by the European Union, has launched the call for the second round of the online course FondosCultura: Writing Grant Proposals to Unblock Cultural Funding.
The four-week course, taught in English and Spanish, is aimed at young artists and practitioners with innovative projects in the field of cultural and creative industries from the 17 beneficiary countries of the Transcultura Programme.
FondosCultura is a free online training course for young artists, creatives, cultural professionals and entrepreneurs within the creative and cultural industries. The training will focus on key grant proposal writing skills. The knowledge and skills gained during the course will enable participants to apply to international grants and sub-granting mechanisms for cultural and creative projects.
The Transcultura Programme: Integrating Cuba, the Caribbean and the European Union through Culture and Creativity aims to harness diversity to build bridges between people and cultures from different linguistic areas. The programme is built on strengthening the skills and capacities of young cultural professionals and enhancing opportunities through knowledge transfer and exchanges.
The overall purpose of the Programme is to deepen cultural integration in the Caribbean and strengthen people-to-people cooperation and exchange in the region and with the European Union. One of the main outputs focuses on building capacity for the development of new cultural projects, self-employment and start-up/scaling up activities. In this context, beneficiaries will be provided with training on preparing effective project proposals for applications to international grants and sub-granting mechanisms.
Benefits
Specifically, participants will learn to:
- Understand, identify and research cultural funding opportunities
- Prepare effective plans and budgets for cultural projects
- Create narratives and communication tools and schemes for persuasive writing
- Manage successful grants and relationships with funders
This is the second round of a course whose first edition has already trained 50 creatives and entrepreneurs from 14 Caribbean countries.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must be nationals of one of the following 17 Caribbean countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago.
- UNESCO is looking for young Caribbean professionals working in culture and the creative industries, including artists, creatives and cultural entrepreneurs, who are seeking to develop personal and innovative projects in one or more of the following creative disciplines:
- Visual arts: galleries, painting, sculpture, illustration, crafts and design
- Performing arts: theatre, dance and musical theatre
- Music performance and production, including live, recorded, radio and broadcast
- Museums, heritage sites and/or other places of cultural significance
- Literary arts: writing, playwriting, poetry, graphic novels, zines, literature and libraries
- Digital arts: gaming, animation, design, filmmaking/moving image
- Conditions to participate include:
- Committing to 36 hours of learning and participation from 4 April – 6 May 2022.
- Professional working fluency in either English or Spanish.
- A working internet connection.
- 25 participants will be selected from this call.
For more information, visit https://en.unesco.org/news/open-call-second-round-unesco-transcultura-course-writing-grant-applications
