Deadline: 15-May-2025
The African Culture Fund has launched its sixth call for projects within the framework of its Solidarity Fund for Artists and Cultural Organizations in Africa.
Funding Information
- The maximum budget granted by the ACF is 5,000 (Five thousand) Euros maximum.
- Financing covers a period of between 6 months minimum and 12 months maximum.
Eligible Projects
- The Solidarity Fund for Artists and Cultural Organizations call for projects supports two main categories:
- Category 1: Support for structuring
- Projects for structuring cultural organizations, in the form of professional grants.
- Category 2: Support for creation and production
- Projects for artistic creation or innovation, skills development adapted to the local context.
- Category 1: Support for structuring
Geographical Focus
- This call covers all countries on the African continent.
Eligibility Criteria
- Individual artists
- Candidates must:
- Be professional artists residing and practicing in Africa;
- Have at least five (05) years of experience;
- Present a project for skills development, creation or artistic production.
- Candidates must:
- Cultural organizations
- Candidate structures must:
- Be legally constituted and established in Africa;
- Provide proof of at least three (03) years of activity;
- Have operational premises in an African country;
- Present a structuring project that meets the objectives of the call.
- Candidate structures must:
Ineligibility Criteria
- Members of the ACF Board of Directors, their partners or family members;
- ACF staff and their loved ones;
- The members of the current year’s awards committee.
Evaluation Criteria
- Originality, innovation and creativity of the project;
- Technical quality of the file;
- Financial viability of the project;
- Relevance and sustainability in the African context.
Application Requirements
- Individual artists
- Required documents:
- A copy of the artist card or any equivalent document;
- An artistic file (maximum 3 pages) including biography, career, artistic approach and overview of the works;
- A letter of recommendation from a recognized industry figure.
- Required documents:
- Cultural organizations
- Required documents:
- A copy of the legal document creating the organization;
- A summary presentation (3 pages max.) of the organization’s journey and achievements;
- Provide the biography of the head of the organization and the organizational chart of the structure;
- Provide the organization’s latest activity report (narrative and financial);
- A letter of recommendation from a recognized personality in the sector;
- A detailed project: support for structuring or artistic creation/innovation project.
- Required documents:
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