Deadline: 17-Mar-22
The Consortium of the ACP-EU Culture is calling proposals for ACP-EU Culture Program.
The ACP-EU Culture Programme: Support for the Cultural and Creative Sectors in West Africa) – AWA (Art in West Africa) is one of the six (06) regional projects selected under the ACP-EU Program Culture, a joint initiative of the European Union (EU) and the Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), through the establishment of the new decentralized regional mechanism aimed at strengthening the competitiveness of industries culture and creativity in ACP countries.
The ACP-EU Culture Programme: Support for the Cultural and Creative Sectors in West Africa) – AWA has a dual objective, namely: on the one hand, to support the revitalization of the competitiveness of cultural and creative industries while along the value chain (creation, production and distribution) in the 16 West African countries and on the other hand, to help support the development of the digital economy in West Africa by supporting players in the cultural and creative industries in their digital transition.
The program is implemented over a period of 40 months (December 2020 – April 2024) by the consortium Institut français de Paris (IF) and the Center Culturel Kôrè de Ségou (CCK).
Objectives
- The objective of this call is to promote the cultural and creative content of West Africa, by promoting assistance for creation and production, image education and the development of means of dissemination and distribution (physical and digital) of cultural goods.
- For this year 2022 two calls will be launched. For this first call of the year, 35 cultural operators will benefit from this enhancement fund.
Funding Information
Thus, as part of the implementation of this project, a third call devoted to support for the promotion of West African cultures has been launched. The maximum amount of the grant awarded under this call is 25,000 euros, grant renewable once.
Types of eligible entities/organizations
Are eligible for this call, artists or groups of artists, associations, NGOs, umbrella organizations of cultural organizations, foundations, cultural enterprises in the private sector, incubators, start-ups, all under local law which mainly carry out their activity in the cultural and creative sector and who have legal or administrative recognition or legal existence and a tax and administrative address for at least two (2) years in one of the 16 target countries (Benin , Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo).
Types of eligible activities
For this call, the following activities are eligible:
- Axis 1: Creation / production of quality goods and services at a competitive cost and in increased quantity
- Axis 2: Access to national, regional and international markets, circulation / distribution / promotion of ACP goods and services as widely as possible
- Axis 3: Improved and extended image education
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible, candidates must meet the following conditions:
- Be a cultural, artistic organization operating in one of the 16 target countries, and having at least two (02) years of legal existence and being functional ( provide proof of legal existence )
- Have directly implemented, over the past two years at least one project in the cultural and creative sector, for an amount of at least 50% of the amount of the grant requested,
- Be directly responsible for the preparation and management of funded activities;
- Provide activity reports and financial statements for at least one year over the last two years (2020 or 2021) of your organization.
- Provide your organization’s 2022-2023 action plan (An applicant cannot obtain more than two consecutive years of the funding grant for the promotion of ACP cultures)
- Provide a letter of recommendation from at least one reference person recognized in the discipline practiced by the artist or the organization or a certificate of successful completion
- Provide the version of the budget scanned and signed by the organisation’s legal representative.
For more information, visit https://www.acp-ue-culture.eu/en/