Deadline: 15-Dec-23
The Ministry of Investments, Regional Development and Informatization of the Slovak Republic has announced the open call to strengthen bilateral relations between Donor States and Slovakia in the field of cultural heritage management.
Areas of Support
- Increasing the competitiveness of Slovak enterprises.
- Fighting poverty and improving living conditions of the Roma population.
- Continuing cross-border cooperation with the Ukraine.
- Supporting social and economic development through culture.
- Supporting the victims of domestic and gender-based violence.
Funding Information
- Maximum grant to be applied for: EUR 7,000
Eligible Activities
- The range of activities eligible for support under the Bilateral fund CLT is broad, including networking, exchange, sharing and transfer of knowledge, technology, experience and best practice between the Slovak and Donor States entities, provided that both the beneficiary and the partner(s) are actively involved in planning of the initiative and its implementation. The main aim of the initiative shall be to deal with the cultural heritage management in order to become a catalyst and support for social and economic development.
- The initiatives shall have a clear bilateral profile and serve the purpose of strengthening bilateral relations between Slovakia and Donor states in the Area of Support. Welcomed are workshops, bilateral training sessions or study trips for employees in municipalities on cultural heritage management and/or elaboration of cultural heritage plans for the local communities.
- Taking into account the unpredictable situation with COVID-19, it is mandatory to plan an online alternative for the activities within the initiative; it is therefore necessary to describe a mitigation plan for the possibility that the face-to-face activities could not be realized. The mitigation plan has to describe an eventual virtual fall-back option.
- Examples of activities that can be carried out under the Bilateral fund CLT:
- Development of bilateral cooperation, initiation and support of common solutions for cultural heritage development;
- Networking, exchange, sharing and transfer of knowledge, experience and best practice among Slovakia and Donor States in the mentioned Area of Support;
- Joint meetings, visits, conferences, training and seminars among Slovakia and Donor States on topic of common interest in the mentioned Area of Support;
- Discussions between leading Slovak, Norwegian, Icelandic and Liechtenstein experts/professionals in the mentioned Area of Support;
- Publishing of joint reports, studies and publications.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants and partners: All legal entities established in Slovakia or in one of the Donor States are eligible to apply.
- Further conditions:
- Each Slovak applicant must have at least one partner from a Donor State and each applicant from Donor states must have at least one partner from Slovakia. No more than two partners may participate in the implementation of an initiative (in addition to the applicant).
- The implementation of the initiative shall not be planned to last more than 12 months and should be finished until 31st March 2024.
- Signed Partnership Statement, or other similar document proving the interest of the applicant and its partners to jointly implement the initiative is mandatory.
- Further conditions:
Further eligibility limitations
- The Programme Operators of the Programmes within the EEA and Norway Grants 2014 – 2021 and the members of the Cooperation Committee for the Programme Culture are not eligible to apply.
For more information, visit Open Call.