Deadline: 30-Oct-2020
The Central Project Management Agency (CPMA) has announced an Open call for “Supporting access to culture and strengthening cultural education” of the European economic area (EEA) financial mechanism 2014-2021.
Objectives
- The general objective of the programme is to enhance socio-economic development through cultural cooperation, cultural entrepreneurship and cultural heritage management. To address social exclusion and discrimination, the programme aims to tackle existing territorial inequalities across Lithuania in access to high-quality art and cultural services.
- The specific aim of Outcome 1 is to improve access to cultural, artistic and creative activities by supporting audience development at regional or local level (output 1) and by empowering local communities through use of cultural activities (output 2).
- To reach these objectives, the programme aims to promote the mobility of cultural productions and services:
- Ensuring their outreach to rural and peripheral areas of Lithuania, including territories with high density of national minorities.
- Improving access of all citizens, especially children and young people, to high-quality art and cultural services oriented towards cultural education (i.e. engaging audiences through activities aimed at developing participants’ cultural competencies).
Priorities
Priority will be given to projects that involve:
- innovative ways of engaging the audience and presenting high quality cultural and creative productions and services in the regions of Lithuania, responding to the local context, fostering participation and inclusion, involving local stakeholders and developing dialogue with local communities.
- Working together in cross-sectoral partnerships involving organizations beyond the cultural sector to address complex challenges of access to culture.
Funded Activities
- Assistance under Programme will be provided to the following activities, which must be implemented in the regions:
- Production and distribution of high-quality content in all areas of the cultural and creative sectors (creation of new products or services or development or distribution of the existing ones in the course of the project);
- Cultural education and audience development activities at regional or local level;
- Cultural activities involving children and youth (up to 29 years of age), local communities or groups facing social exclusion and discrimination.
- The created product shall be presented at least 3 times at different levels of the territory of Lithuania (in different locations):
- At least once at local level (in municipal districts / rural elderships);
- At least once at the municipal level (in the municipal center according to the administrative division of the territory of Lithuania, except when the municipality is also the county center);
- Not more than once at the county level (i.e. in Alytus, Marijampole, Panevežys, Šiauliai, Taurage, Telšiai and Utena cities). Not eligible locations for presentation of products – cities of Vilnius, Kaunas and Klaipeda)..
- In the implementation of the project the Applicants shall seek to contribute to the achievement of the following monitoring indicators:
- Number of participants in events financed under the Programme (mandatory);
- Share of local beneficiaries participating in project activities (mandatory);
- Share of people reporting increased access to cultural activities (mandatory).
Funding Information
Maximum grant applied: 200 000,00.
Duration
Up to 24 months.
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.
- Eligible Partners:
- Public or private entities, commercial or non-commercial and non-governmental organizations established as legal persons in the Republic of Lithuania. If the Applicant carries out its core activity outside of the cultural and / or creative sector within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 1295/2013 establishing the Creative Europe Programme, at least one partner from Lithuania shall carry out its core activity in these sectors;
- Public or private entities, commercial or non-commercial and non-governmental organizations established as legal persons in one of the Donor States whose principal activity is in the cultural and / or creative sector within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 1295/2013 establishing the Creative Europe Programme, and natural persons who are legal residents in Liechtenstein;
- Public or private entities, commercial or non-commercial and non-governmental organizations established as legal entities in non-EEA countries, which share a border with Lithuania, also international organizations, entities or agencies.
Application Requirements
- In this call, the same institution can submit one application only as an Applicant/Project Promoter. Should an Applicant submit more than one application, the first submitted application only shall be assessed (based on the date and time of its submission), and all other applications shall be rejected.
- The Applicant must have at least one partner from Iceland, Liechtenstein or Norway.
- The number of project partners is unlimited.
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