Deadline: 8-Dec-22
The Arts Council is accepting nominations for Co-funding Award 2022 for Creative Europe Co-operation Projects and European Platforms.
The primary purpose of the award is to enable Irish organisations that have secured funding for artistic activities under the Co-operation Projects and European Platforms strands of the Creative Europe Programme 2021-2027 to apply for co-funding.
Funding will be considered to support those elements of Irish arts activities that align with the objectives and priorities of this award.
The award is only open to arts organisations based in Ireland that have received an offer of funding, either as Lead Co-ordinator or Partner, from Creative Europe’s Support for Platforms in 2021 and for Co-operation Projects in 2021 and 2022.
Objectives and Priorities
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The objectives and priorities of this award align with the Arts Council’s strategy, Making Great Art Work 2016-2025 and are:
- Projects that recognise the value of international practice and relationships for both the applicant organisation and for individual artists
- Projects that demonstrate the promotion and development of good practice in the area of audience development along with deepening and growing public engagement;
- Projects that contribute to ensuring the arts sector is skilled, resourceful and committed to its own renewal.
Funding Information
- Funding towards the Irish partner’s required financial contribution to the project (for eligible arts activities only) in what will be a competitive context. (Example: your organisation’s total budget for the project is €50,000; of this, your portion of the EACEA grant is €30,000, which leaves €20,000 for you to raise. In this example, €20,000 is the maximum that you
Eligibility Criteria
- The award is only open to arts organisations based in Irelandthat have received an offer of funding, either as lead co-ordinator or partner,from Creative Europe’s Support for Platforms in 2021 and for Co-operation Projects in 2021 and 2022.
- Applications from non-arts organisations will be eligible only where an Irish arts organisation has been identified as a participant in the project and where Arts Council support will be used for the benefit of the arts partner’s Irish activities. Applications for a Co-funding Award for Co-operation Projects or European Platforms must be made in the same calendar year in which an offer of funding is received from the EACEA.
What may you not apply for?
- Costs already funded by the EACEA and national funding agencies, including the Arts Council
- Non-artistic activities – e.g. heritage costs,academic activities
- Capital costs
- Ongoing core costs
- Activities thatwould be more appropriate for consideration by another funding body – e.g. other state agencies, such as Culture Ireland; third-level institutions, etc.
- Activities or costs that do not fit the purpose of the award
- Activities not outlined in the Creative Europe detailed budget form annexed to the successful Co-operation Projects or European Platforms application (which must accompany your application for the Co-funding Award)
- Activities thatare more suited to another award funded by the Arts Council
- Activities undertaken for charity-fundraising purposes, for participation in a competition, or for primarily profit-making purposes
- Activities that have already been assessed by the Arts Council, unless the Council has specifically advised you to redirect your application to this award. Please bear in mind that such advice is not an indication of a successful outcome.
Ineligible
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Applicants who cannot apply include the following:
- Organisations not based in the Republic of Ireland
- Organisations that have not received funding from Creative Europe’s Support for Platforms in 2021 and for Co-operation Projects in 2021 and 2022.
For more information, visit The Arts Council.
For more information, visit https://www.artscouncil.ie/Funds/Co-funding-Award-2022-for-Creative-Europe-Co-operation-Projects-and-European-Platforms/