Deadline: 8-Apr-22
The EU4Culture is pleased to announce the Mobility Grant for Individual Artists and Cultural Professionals that supports individual artists and cultural professionals from the Eastern Partnership countries to work and interact across borders. It is funded by the European Union (EU), as part of the EU4Culture programme.
EU4Culture aims to foster culture as an engine for growth and social development across six countries of the European Union’s Eastern Partnership (EaP) region: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Republic of Moldova, and Ukraine.
Objectives
- Enhance intercultural dialogue and knowledge exchange between Artists and Cultural Professionals (A&CP) in the EaP countries;
- Support professional mobilities (i.e., international travel for professional purposes) of Artists and Cultural Professionals;
- Create links between artists, cultural practitioners, and professionals to support international collaboration.
Themes
- Advertising and Marketing (PR & communication activities, Advertising)
- Architecture (Architectural activities)
- Creative gaming industry
- Creative or cultural education and/or research, Creative hubs
- Creative or traditional crafts
- Design, e.g. product, graphic, and fashion design
- Film and video e.g. movie and video production, TV, radio, broadcasting
- Fine Arts e.g. photography, painting, new media art
- Gastronomy and traditional culinary industry
- IT, Software and computer service creative software development as well as culture and creative computer-based services
- Literature and Publishing (translation and interpretation activities)
- Museums, archives, galleries, and libraries
- Music, performing and visual arts (Sound recording & music publishing activities, cultural education, Performing arts, Artistic creation, Festivals)
Funding Information
- Short-term mobilities (7-10 calendar days, including travel days) – a maximum of EUR 1,500;
- Medium-term mobilities (up to 5 weeks, including travel days) – a maximum of EUR 3,500;
- Long-term mobilities (up to 12 weeks, including travel days) – a maximum of EUR 5,000.
- Virtual mobilities (no travel, but online participation in an event taking place in another country) – a maximum of 1,000€, covering the registration fee only.
Activities
- Establishing new partnerships or developing existing international partnership(s), networking and other relevant international collaboration activities;
- Developing and/or (co-) organizing innovative and creative brainstorming markets or exchange platforms of new ideas / creative models with international partners;
- Cultural or creativity focused internships, showcases, workshops, masterclasses, study visits (Online/Offline);
- Participation in relevant conferences, festivals, or other networking events (Online/Offline);
- International compositions or on-site demonstrations;
- Developing inclusive cooperation opportunities and initiatives by relying on digital technology and eLearning;
- Study visits demonstrating (e.g. European) participatory dialogue with the public authorities responsible for culture and creativity development (on a regional or national level);
- Developing new or enhancing existing mechanisms for communication, dissemination and transferability of results of cultural and creative projects on a regional, national and international level.
Please note: Only individual mobilities are eligible. Applications to support the mobility of a group of individuals, or individuals traveling together, will not be supported. Furthermore, only international mobility projects are eligible: mobilities within the applicants’ country of residence will not be supported.
Eligibility Criteria
- be at least 18 years old on the day of the application deadline and
- currently be a legal permanent resident in one of the following Eastern Partnership countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Republic of Moldova, Ukraine and
- be an Artist or Cultural Professional.
For more information, visit https://eu4armenia.eu/eu4culture-call-for-mobility-scheme-for-artists-and-cultural-professionals/