Deadline: 27-Jan-21
Do you work internationally to strengthen democracy and human rights? Do you use media or the arts as a means to bring about change? Are you based in Sweden or do you have a Swedish project partner? Maybe Creative Force is the programme for you.
It is a funding programme for international projects. It is open to Swedish organisations and their partners in the target countries who work through media or the arts to strengthen democracy, human rights and freedom of expression.
Type of Grants
It offers two types of grant:
- Seed Funding is available for carrying out a small project or a pilot. You and your international partner can apply for up to SEK 100,000 for a project which must be completed within 12 months of funding being granted.
- Collaborative Projects are larger projects which should involve knowledge exchange, capacity building or method development. They recommend that you apply for this type of grant to scale-up a project which has previously received seed funding. You and your international partner can apply for a grant which runs for either max 12 months or max 24 months (from the date of being granted). For a 12-month grant, you can apply for up to SEK 500,000. For a 24-month grant, you can apply for up to SEK 1 million.
Eligibility Criteria
- Any type of organisation which is registered in Sweden.
- Your organisation must have been registered for at least one year (for seed funding) or two years (for collaborative projects).
- You must write your application jointly with a partner organisation in one (or more) of the Creative Force target countries.
Which countries are included?
- In Africa, Asia & MENA: Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia.
- Bangladesh, Cambodia, Vietnam (NB: new from 2021, seed funding only).
- Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia, Yemen.
- In Eastern Europe & Turkey: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldavia, Turkey and Ukraine.
- Russia: Important they have removed the northwest Russia restriction. You may now apply to work with initiatives and partners in any part of Russia.
Covid-19
- Projects should normally take place entirely in the target country or partly in Sweden and partly in the target country. However, the Covid-19 pandemic has radically changed their opportunities to travel and meet physically, for the moment at least. It is important that you take this into account when designing your project.
- During the ongoing pandemic, they are exceptionally allowing applicants to allocate up to 50 per cent of the total budget to project management and administration. This applies to the Call which opens on 1 December 2020.
How To Apply
- Click on the link given on their website that will take you to the online application form. (Only accessible when a Call for Applications is open.)
- Start by creating an account (or logging in if you already have one).
- Fill in the online application form. Then submit all the documents from Step 2 (which you have already filled in and saved on your computer) via the online application form. Instructions will guide you step-by-step through the procedure.
- You can create and save an application in advance. This allows you to review it before you submit it. You cannot make any changes once you have submitted your application.
- After you have submitted your application, you will receive an email giving you a reference number. Please give this reference number whenever you need to contact the Swedish Institute.
For more information, visit https://si.se/en/apply/funding-grants/creative-force/