Project Support Scheme Now Open in Malta

Deadline: 6-Oct-22

The Arts Council Malta has announced the applications for Project Support Scheme that is one of Arts Council Malta’s tools to enable individuals, groups, and organisations to plan, develop, be represented in, and deliver on ACM’s strategic goals and ongoing strategy.

The scheme forms part of Arts Council Malta’s funding schemes which aim to invest in the development of quality-driven creative work which pushes the artists’, the sectors’, and communities’ boundaries for more engaging creative experiences. The Project Support Scheme aims to support artists and communities in taking creative risks, to develop new work through experimentation and collaboration.

This scheme gives creatives support throughout the development and implementation phases and covers the time and resources needed for creative professionals and their collaborators to develop projects from their concepts.

Funding Information

Maximum eligible amount per project EUR 30,000.

Eligibility Criteria

• Applicants must qualify as one of the following:
  • Creative professionals/individual artists
  • Entities registered with the Malta Business Registry (including companies, partnerships, foundations, and organisations/associations)
  • Groups, collectives and consortia
  • Registered cooperatives
  • Voluntary organisations enrolled with the Commissioner for Voluntary Organisations.

Ineligible

• The following are not eligible to apply for the Project Support Scheme:
  • Applicants whose profile is not verified due to it being an incomplete profile for not having the mandatory documents:
    • A copy of your Maltese ID card (including the front and back side) or your Maltese residence permit or your Maltese citizenship certificate or your Maltese passport;
    • A signed statute in the case of a voluntary organisation.
  • Beneficiaries who have not honoured previous funding commitments.
  • In the case of registered entities, entities who have not presented the required annual documentation to the Malta Business Registry.
  • In the case of voluntary organisations, voluntary organisations which are:
    • Not enrolled with the Commissioner for Voluntary Organisations;
    • Who have not presented their updated accounts to the Commissioner for Voluntary Organisations;
    • Which do not have a registered address in the Maltese Islands.
  • Organisations/activities receiving local public funds through established Government line-votes.

For more information, visit https://www.artscouncilmalta.org/pages/funds-opportunities/schemes-2022/project-support-scheme/