Deadline: 12-Apr-24
The Nordic Culture Point is seeking applications for the Demos Learning Programme that focus on education, the sharing of knowledge, and language comprehension.
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.
Demos Learning is designed to improve knowledge about the Nordics by way of various forms of project funding, with the aim of disseminating information about the Nordic Region and the Nordic languages.
Project Objectives
- Projects at educational institutions whose aim is to improve knowledge about the Nordic Region
- Projects that support young people’s understanding and knowledge of the Nordic languages
- Projects whose aim is to elevate the Nordic perspective within journalism
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
- 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.