Deadline: 13-Dec-22
The British Council is accepting applications for Ignite Culture.
Implemented by HEVA in partnership with the British Council Kenya, with the financial contribution of the European Union, and further support from the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of states(OACPS).
The overall objective of the ACP-EU Culture Programme (Eastern Africa): Ignite Culture is to contribute to the economic and social development of Eastern African states, through the growth and development of the cultural and creative sectors. Specifically, it seeks to:
- Strengthen the creative and cultural ecosystem in which practitioners and organizations operate in Eastern Africa;
- Improve the access and visibility of the diverse creative and cultural sectors in Eastern Africa;
- Promote economic growth of the creative and cultural sector in the Eastern Africa region.
Funding Information
- Applicants may apply for grant funding of between € 30,000 to € 180,000. For application, this is divided into three tiers:
- Tier 1 -Applicants can apply for a fixed amount of € 30,000
- Tier 2- Applicants may apply for an amount between € 31,000 and €90,000
- Tier 3- Applicants may apply for an amount between €91,000 and € 180,000.
Activities
- Through grant financing of between 30,000 euros and 180,000 euros, prospective applicants should direct any financial support toward the following activities:
- Increasing the quality and /or quantity of creative and cultural goods and /or services
- Improving visual literacy of audiences, visibility of makers and access to new markets for creative and cultural goods and services from Eastern Africa
- Building appropriate,industry-ready skills and capacity for young people entering the cultural and creative sectors
- Improving the capacity and knowledge of Eastern Africa’s creative and cultural practitioners on policy, legal and financing frameworks impacting the sector and increasing their ability to advocate for more supportive policy and legal structures.
Eligible Countries
- The primary purpose of all projects awarded funding under this programme must be the growth and development of the cultural and creative sectors of one or more of the following fourteen (14) Eastern African countries: Burundi, Comoros Islands, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda.
- The lead applicants must be from one of these countries and the project activities will need to benefit target populations in the ACP countries in the region. Lead applicants may apply with co-applicants from another African country, (including those outside the group of 14 eligible countries in Eastern Africa) or an EU state.
- They may also partner with any of the following countries outside Eastern Africa:
- ACP Western Africa region: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Côte d’Ivoire, Libera, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo;
- ACP Central Africa region: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Equitorial Guinea, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Sao Tome and Principe (STP), and Chad;
- ACP Southern Africa region: Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)
- An EU member state: (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden.).
Eligibility Criteria
- The lead applicant organization must be registered, domiciled and operational in at least one of the 14 target countries, with the directors resident in the country. The lead applicant may have a co-applicant from any other eligible African country, or an EU member state country. (See list of eligible countries.)
- The lead applicant organization must demonstrate that a minimum 51% ownership (by shareholding/directorship) is held by citizens of any one of the 14 eligible countries of the Eastern Africa region.
- The lead applicant organization must demonstrate that it was registered no later than 31st December 2017
- The lead applicant organization must have audited statements either for a half year period or full year period for the year 2017 and/or 2018.
- The lead applicant organization must have directly implemented 50% within the creative and cultural sector the amount of the grant requested, at any time between Jan 2017 and December 2018.
Requirements
- The lead applicant organization must demonstrate that a minimum 51% ownership(by shareholding/directorship) is held by citizens of any one of the 14 eligible countries of Eastern African region.
- The lead applicant organization must demonstrate that it was registered on or before 31st December 2017
- The lead applicant organization must have audited statements either for a half year period or full year period for the year 2017 and/or 2018.
- The lead applicant organization must have directly implemented 50% within the creative and cultural sector the amount the grant requested,at any time between Jan 2017 and December 2018
- All proposed projects from cycle 3 of Ignite Culture call for applications must be implemented within a maximum of 6 months.Any project that exceeds 6 months will be disqualified.
For more information, visit https://www.britishcouncil.org/east-africa-arts/ignite-culture