Deadline: 30-Aug-20
Call for Applications are now open for the Netherlands Fund for Shared Cultural Heritage, which is aimed at the common cultural heritage between the Netherlands and Brazil and objects to work together on the conservation, use, administration, and visibility of this heritage.
The projects will be evaluated for their capacity to strengthen cultural identity and/or cultural heritage between Brazil and the Netherlands and their impact on the symbolic significance of this heritage. It will also take into account the effects of the project on the locality where it will be implemented, such as job creation, increased tourism, availability of cultural activities and stimulation of science and education, among others.
Above all, it will be evaluated to what extent the project is able to guarantee the destination and conservation of the shared heritage in the future.
Funding Information
- The Embassy may provide total financial support of up to R$ 150,000.00 (one hundred and fifty thousand Brazilian real), or EUR 24,000.00 (twenty-four thousand euros – for payments made in the Netherlands).
About the Requirements of The Project to Be Financed
- The project must last a maximum of 12 months and should start by October 2020. Projects that have already started prior to the acceptance of the proposal by the Embassy of the Netherlands are only eligible if funding is sought for a new or additional activity within the project.
- Preference will be given to projects in which the Brazilian requesting institution works together with a Dutch partner based in the Netherlands. If the executing organization is Dutch, it must partner with a Brazilian organization, based in Brazil;
- The cooperation is based on equality, reciprocity, and respect for property.
- The project should take into account some of the following factors: strengthen cultural identity and/or shared heritage with the Brazilian public, contribute to the conservation, use, management and visibility of shared heritage, and include a component of training, education or knowledge exchange;
- The project should consider the impediments for travel and/or physical visits to locations, as a result of the current pandemic caused by the COVID-19;
- Proposals that are exclusively based on virtually/online collaboration and execution are also eligible for funding.
Eligibility Criteria
- The institution must be a legal, non-commercial entity, and not dependent on the Dutch financial contribution for its operation;
- The institution must have sound financial and management systems that ensure effective and efficient implementation of the activities for which grant funding is being sought;
- The institution must have a business bank account, in a bank that allows international transfers of money (SWIFT code), if outside the Netherlands;
- The institution must demonstrate that it has adopted an integrity policy and that it has introduced procedures to apply that policy.
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