5th Joint Call for Proposals to Foster Cooperation bewteen Québec and Nordic Countries

Deadline: 22-Nov-21

The Government of Québec and the Nordic Council of Ministers (NCM) invite you to submit an application for financial support to carry out a co-operation project in the fields of culture, society, and research and innovation between Québec and the Nordic countries.

Objectives

The joint call for proposals between the parties seeks to:

• Promote sustainable development and a green recovery in each society, taking into account the cultural, social, economic, environmental and / or territorial factors of the projects and acknowledging the significance of 2021 as the year of COP26.
• Encourage exchanges between the two regions by fostering knowledge to respective entity’s cultural presence;
• Promote co-creation and co-dissemination of artworks and cultural products, namely through exchange programmes involving artists, directors and authors, the holding of public events and the development of partnerships between cultural institutions on both sides;
• Favour a better mutual understanding through the consolidation of networks and sharing of expertise;
• Promote cooperation between researchers in targeted fields of interest on both sides.

Sector of Cooperation

The present call for proposals is open to all sectors in society, culture, and research and innovation. Due to the impacts caused by COVID-19 pandemic, international collaboration is more important than ever. The joint call for proposals between the parties seeks to respond and contribute to the recovery efforts from COVID-19. Priority will be given to projects seeking to respond to these efforts and in particular related to the green recovery.

• Culture
  • In general, projects meeting these criteria will be prioritized:
    • encourage collaborations, physical or virtual, notably through the exchange of artists, companies, businesses, directors and authors as well as through the holding of events with a collective scope;
    • Promote the co-creation and co-dissemination of cultural works and products;
    • Foster a better mutual understanding through the consolidation of networks and the dissemination of cultural expertise as well as through the development of partnerships between cultural institutions on both sides.
    • Projects related to nordic bridges 2022 are encouraged
  • Cultural projects are to be rooted in artistic disciplines, such as:
    • Digital Cultural Development
    • Performing Arts (Dance, Music, Circus, Theater, etc.)
    • Movie theater
    • Literature and Publishing
    • Visual and Digital Arts
• Society
  • Those fields will be prioritized:
    • health
    • education
    • gender equality
    • youth
• Research and Innovation
  • Those fields will be prioritized:
    • Digital innovation
    • Climate, environment and sustainability
    • Sustainable cities solutions and mobility
    • Life sciences
    • Innovative manufacturing

Funding Information

Co-operation project support must not substitute the support usually granted by other financing organizations. Please note that financial support per project per year granted by the Government of Quebec cannot exceed $ 10,000 CAD or 50,000 DKK.

Eligibility Criteria

In order to be eligible for a grant from the Government of Quebec, the projects must be submitted by Canadian citizens or permanent residents living in Quebec.

Projects must:

• Involve at least two institutions and / or stakeholders from two different Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and / or Åland Islands) and one Québécois partner;
• Begin at the earliest in January 2022;
• Be submitted as a complete application file both at the Nordic Council of Ministers (for the Nordic partners) and the Ministère des Relations internationales et de la Francophonie du Québec (for the Québec partner).

For more information, visit https://www.norden.org/en/funding-opportunities/5th-joint-call-proposals-foster-cooperation-bewteen-quebec-and-rhe-nordic