Deadline: 30-Sep-2020
The Central Project Management Agency (CPMA) has announced an Open call for “supporting local cultural entrepreneurship”.
Objectives
- The general objective of the programme is to enhance socio-economic development through cultural cooperation, cultural entrepreneurship and cultural heritage management.
- The specific aim of the Outcome 3 is to foster local cultural entrepreneurship by supporting development of cultural entrepreneurship skills (output 1) and by applying cultural potential and resources for local development and regeneration in the community (output 2).
- To reach these objectives, the programme aims to promote place-led cultural entrepreneurship initiatives, the implementation of which shall use local cultural resources, engage local partners and create long-term cultural products and services, which will serve the community after the end of the Programme.
- The following are the objectives of the open call “Supporting local cultural entrepreneurship” of the Programme:
- To encourage a dialogue between local cultural institutions, municipalities, local communities and business representatives;
- To strengthen entrepreneurial skills at a local level;
- To raise awareness of the use of cultural resources;
- To improve financial and project planning skills;
- To improve conditions of infrastructure necessary for the implementation of cultural activities given the needs of local communities;
- To revive cultural sites and heritage objects in order to foster local cultural life;
- To ensure social belonging and non-discrimination in regions accommodating ethnic minorities.
Funding Information
Maximum grant applied €1,000,000.
Duration
Up to 36 months, but not longer than till 30 April 2024.
Strands
Under this call financing shall be provided under two funding strands:
- Strand 1. For projects restoring and adapting for cultural purposes immovable cultural heritage included in the Register of Cultural Property of the Republic of Lithuania;
- Strand 2. For projects adapting for cultural purposes sites not included in the Register of Cultural Property.
Activities
Assistance under this call will be provided to activities, such as:
- Initiatives of local cultural communities promoting social inclusion and strengthening cultural identity of the site through culture;
- Development of sustainable cultural services, which will also serve local communities after the end of the Project;
- Developing skills of cultural entrepreneurship;
- Community initiatives using the method of a creative placemaking – reviving significant cultural sites that have not been included in the Register of Cultural Property and/or cultural objects from the Register of Cultural Property through cultural activities
Outputs
Applicants shall seek to contribute to the achievement of output indicators as follows:
- Number of people trained in cultural entrepreneurship (mandatory for both strands);
- Number of cultural heritage sites restored and revitalized for cultural purposes (mandatory for the strand 1)
- Number of sites revitalized for cultural purposes (mandatory for the strand 2).
- Number of activities or campaigns on the use of cultural resources;
- Number of marketing strategies developed;
- Number of new services created;
- Number of local stakeholders involved in entrepreneurial activities;
- Number of projects using creative place making approach;
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible Applicants are Public or private entities, commercial or non-commercial and non-governmental organizations established as legal persons in the Republic of Lithuania.
- Project Partners:
- Public or private entities, commercial or non-commercial and non-governmental organizations established as legal persons in the Republic of Lithuania.
- Public or private entities, commercial or non-commercial and non-governmental organizations established as legal entities in one of the Donor States or in non-EEA countries, which share a border with Lithuania, also international organizations, entities or agencies.
- In the case that the applicant is not a Lithuanian local authority or a Lithuanian local community, it is mandatory to have both types of entities as partners.
- In the case that the applicant is a Lithuanian local authority, it is mandatory to have a Lithuanian local community as partner.”
Application Requirements
- In this call, the same institution can submit only one project concept (1st stage) as an Applicant. Should an Applicant submit more than one concept, the first submitted concept shall be assessed (based on the date and time of its submission), and all other concepts shall be rejected.
- A project application shall be given additional points for including a Partner (-s) from the Donor States the application during the project benefit and quality evaluation stage (2nd stage).
- There is no limit to the number of project partners.
Selection Criteria
Projects under this open call shall be selected by way of a two-stage procedure:
- Stage 1 – A call for project concepts. In the first stage only the concept of the project is submitted for evaluation.
- Stage 2 – A call for the selected applicants having presented the best concepts to submit a complete project application package.
For more information, visit https://www.cpva.lt/en/development-cooperation-and-democracy-promotion-programme/calls-for-proposals/660/k36