Deadline: 10-Sep-20
The Culture and Art Programme supports Nordic cooperation within art and culture. You can now apply for funding for a project with artistic and/or cultural quality which promotes a multifaceted and sustainable Nordic region.
The program grants support to projects within all areas of art and culture, in all project phases: preliminary work, production, presentation, and dissemination. However, you cannot apply for funding for activities that have already been conducted.
You can apply for support for projects that invest in cultural and artistic productions and creative work as well as to organize and implement projects that develop skills within the field of art and culture. Support can be granted for all types of costs that are directly associated with the project.
For example, the projects may entail:
- creation or dissemination of works, projects, and initiatives that require a creative process
- creation of meeting places between artists/cultural bodies and the public
- development and dissemination of knowledge and/or work methods
- organizing discussions and debates, as well as seminars and workshops.
Funding Information
Projects can be granted:
- up to EUR 7,000 with full financing
- up to EUR 40,000 with at least 30% co-financing
- up to EUR 100,000 with at least 50% co-financing
You cannot apply for funding for:
- tours with already existing works or productions
- running costs of institutions or other activities
- basic financing of projects which run for several years – such as ongoing costs for annual festival production of works without the active involvement of partners other than artists themselves, e.g. solo performances or album recordings.
- film and TV productions, productions of computer games, and book publishing.
- projects that are part of an education or training course
- commercial activities that aim to generate financial profit
- projects outside the artistic or cultural area, for example, sports events.
- projects which have already started before the decision on support by us have been approved and dispatched
- activities that have already been completed. At the earliest, activities that are supported by the program may begin 10 weeks after the application deadline.
Eligibility Criteria
- Everyone who is active within the field of art and culture can apply, provided that the project fulfills the program’s criteria and the cooperation includes partners from minimum three countries, of which at least two are Nordic, that is, either Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Iceland, Finland, the Åland Islands, the Faroe Islands and/or Greenland.
- Applicants can be:
- individuals
- groups
- organizations, institutions, and companies
- It is neither necessary for the applicants to live or work in the Nordic region. Furthermore, it is neither necessary for the person or members of the group to have Nordic nationality, as long as the Nordic dimension of the project is fulfilled in other ways.
Assessment Criteria
The assessment is conducted based on the aforementioned criteria and depending on how well the application has managed to convey the following:
- Nordic dimension
- The Nordic dimension is assessed based on how it promotes cooperation between the Nordic countries or between the Nordic countries and the rest of the world. This by, for example, contributing to greater understanding between the Nordic countries and/or knowledge of Nordic artists and their works. It would also be an advantage if the project promotes language comprehension in the Nordic region.
- In cases involving Nordic participation/themes in international projects, the Nordic participation should have a significant impact on the content of the project and should be clearly explained in the application.
- Cooperation
- The cooperation dimension is assessed based on how well it creates an exchange of knowledge between the different participants and/or organizers of the project, and whether it creates new contacts between persons who work with culture.
- Quality
- The project is assessed based on how it develops and raises the quality of the art and culture area, the innovativeness of the project, and whether the results of the work will persist. The applicant’s ability to complete the project in a good manner will also be assessed.
- Sustainability
- The project’s sustainability is assessed from a social, economic, cultural, and ecological perspective. Projects are also assessed in terms of their contribution to creating cohesion and the promotion of an inclusive and multifaceted artistic and cultural life in the Nordic region. Please see the definition of sustainability in the Nordic strategy for cultural cooperation below.
- Strategic focus
- Another assessment tool is the Nordic Council of Ministers’ document “Strategy for Nordic Cultural Co-operation 2013–2020,” which focuses on equality, intercultural, digitalization, creativity, sustainability, and the child and youth perspective.
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