7th Joint Call for Proposals to foster Cooperation between Quèbec & the Nordic Countries

Deadline: 20-Nov-23

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 transition in each region, taking into account the cultural, social, environmental and/or territorial factors of the projects;
  • 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

• Culture
  • Cultural 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 an impact in the collectivity;
    • Promote the co-creation and co-dissemination of cultural works and products in which all partners will be entirely involved;
    • 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;
    • Encourage the promotion and dissemination of indigenous cultural events, in the context of UNESCO’s International Decade of the World’s Indigenous Languages (2022-32).
  • Cultural projects are to be rooted in artistic disciplines, such as (without being limited to):
    • Performing Arts (Dance, Music, Circus, Theatre, Etc.)
    • Audiovisual Sector
    • Literature and Publishing
    • Visual and Digital Arts
• Society
  • Those fields will be prioritized:
    • health
    • education
    • gender equality and LGBTI
    • youth
• Research and Innovation
  • Those fields will be prioritized:
    • Information and communications technologies
    • Climate change, environment and sustainable development
    • Smart cities and mobility issues
    • Life sciences and biotechnologies
    • Innovative manufacturing
    • Agricultural technologies (Agritech)
    • Energy efficiency and transition, development of renewable energies
• Please note that this call for proposals is open to all sectors. Also, a special attention will be given to projects that set the focus on social innovation in the line of new ideas, approaches, interventions, services, products, laws or types of organization that responds more adequately and sustainably than existing solutions to a well-defined social need.

Funding Information

• Please note that financial support per project per year granted by the Government of Québec cannot exceed $10,000 CAD or 50 000 DKK.

Specification

• The fields of culture, society, and research and innovation have been chosen as priority areas. The aim is to facilitate concrete cooperation in the areas of culture and innovation. A final report will have to be submitted no later than February 28th 2025.

Eligibility Criteria

• In order to be admissible for a grant from the Government of Québec, the projects must be submitted by Canadian citizens or permanent residents living in Québec.
• 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 Québec partner;
  • Begin at the earliest in January 2024;
  • 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);
  • Respect the application submission deadline will not be considered.

For more information, visit Nordic Council of Ministers.