Call for Proposals: Mobility Scheme for Artists and/or Cultural Professionals

Deadline: 27 September 2019

European Commission is seeking applications for its ‘Mobility Scheme for Artists and/or Cultural Professionals’ to develop and implement their own short-term individual mobility actions through the provision of financial support to artists and/or cultural professionals and produce recommendations to the Commission.

Aims

To test a viable and efficient mobility scheme for artists and cultural professionals that would act in complementarity of already existing mobility schemes available at local, regional and/or national levels.
To formulate policy recommendations to the European Commission, the European Parliament and Member States towards the full implementation of such a scheme in the next generation of EU programmes.

Objectives

Communication and dissemination of the funding opportunities for the mobility of artists and/or cultural professionals
Implementation of funding opportunities for the mobility of artists and/or cultural professionals
Analysis and Recommendations on the funding opportunities for the mobility of artists and/or cultural professionals

Funding Information

The total budget earmarked for the co-financing of projects under this call for proposals is estimated at 1.500.000,00 EUR.
The maximum grant will be 750,000 EUR. The Commission expects to fund up to two proposals.
The Commission reserves the right not to distribute all the funds available.

Eligibility Criteria

Eligible applicants
- Proposals may be submitted by any of the following applicants:
  - non-profit organisation (private or public);
  - public authorities (national, regional, local);
  - international organisations;
  - universities;
  - educational institutions;
  - research centres;
  - profit making entities.
- Natural persons as well as entities without legal personality are not eligible.
- In order to be eligible, applicants must provide evidence of:
  - experience of minimum 5 years within the creative and cultural sectors;
  - experience in organizing mobility activities for artists and/or cultural professionals at European and International level;
  - experience in managing at least 2 high-level projects over the last 5 years, at European and/or international level;
  - ability to communicate fluently in at least two EU languages including English (C1 level).
- Country of Establishment
  - Only applications from legal entities established in the following countries are eligible:
    - EU Member States;
    - EFTA and EEA countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland;
    - candidate countries;
    - non-EU countries that, on the date of the award, participate in the Creative Europe Programme.
  - Proposals from applicants established in countries which are candidates or associated countries may be selected provided that, on the date of award, agreements have entered into force setting out the arrangements for the participation of those countries in the programme.
  - For British applicants: Please be aware that eligibility criteria must be complied with for the entire duration of the grant. If the United Kingdom withdraws from the EU during the grant period without concluding an agreement with the EU ensuring in particular that British applicants continue to be eligible, you will cease to receive EU funding (while continuing, where possible, to participate) or be required to leave the project on the basis of Article II.17.2.1 (a) of the Grant Agreement.