Deadline: 12-Apr-24
Submissions are now open for the Demos Culture Programme that promote cultural collaboration in the Nordics with a special focus on orchestral co-operation, musical interaction, and literature.
The aim with Demos is to establish networks and facilitate meetings between civil society organisations. The programme fosters cross-border engagement between the Nordic countries and contributes to a good understanding of language and culture in the Nordics. The partnerships will help the Nordic Region on its way to becoming the most sustainable and integrated region in the world by 2030.
Project Objectives
- Orchestral co-operation – this includes various forms of projects whereby orchestras from at least three Nordic countries work together
- Musical collaboration – this includes various forms of projects where organisations from at least three Nordic countries work together to create a joint music project
- Projects that help to improve knowledge of Nordic literature – this includes various forms of projects where collaborative organisations aim to promote and elevate existing Nordic literature
The projects can include:
- Joint collaborations, meetings, conferences, workshops, staff exchanges, courses, and training;
- The sharing of resources and expertise for opinion-driven initiatives or co-operation around joint events and similar; and
- Operating costs, provided that these relate to the project.
Funding Information
- Demos grants project funding of between EUR 7,000 and EUR 100,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Funding can be applied for by civil society organisations in all areas of society. Funding can be applied for by associations, foundations, charities, civic organisations, interest organisations, labour organisations, faith communities, social enterprises or co-operatives, and NGOs.
- Demos funds projects in which at least three Nordic countries are participating.
- Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and Åland are considered as separate countries in this context.
- Please note that private individuals cannot apply for funding.
Ineligible
- New literary production
- Regular operations, that is to say operating expenses necessary to run the organisation (e.g. production costs, purchase of equipment and furniture, or payment of salaries that aren’t directly linked to the project or activities that form part of the application)
- Commercial projects or commercial activities intended to generate a financial profit
- Activities that have already been completed. The earliest start date for activities funded by the programme is eight weeks after the application deadline
For more information, visit Nordic Culture Point.