FCRA PROJECT
FCRA PROJECT: SEED FUNDING AND COLLABORATIVE FUNDING
Deadline: 24 January
2014
The Swedish Institute’s Creative Force
Programme has launched its first call for applications for the year 2014. The
Programme provides funding seed and collaborative projects that aim to promote
openness and democratic structures in the fields of culture, media and related
sectors.
Countries in five geographic regions are
included in the program: Africa, Eastern Europe, Western Balkans and Turkey,
Middle East and North Africa and Russia. The program is open to seed funding
and collaborative projects between organizations in Sweden and in one or
more of these regions and countries.
Seed funding is available for such purposes
as contact visits, exchanges of experts and planning trips.
Funding may not be sought for research
projects, study trips, school exchanges, commercial contact, volunteer
activities, exchanges for children or young people, or participation in
conferences/courses (unless the applicant is playing a central role). Nor may
funding be sought for humanitarian efforts or disaster relief activities.
Applicants may be civil society
organisations, foundations, public sector agencies, private sector agencies or
other professional actors (e.g. enskild firma). Private individuals may not
apply for funding under the programme. The Swedish partner must have
documented, relevant experience in the field and been registered in Sweden for
at least one year.
For collaborative grants, the funding applies
to initiatives such as creative processes, seminars, workshops, training
courses and visits. Projects shall contain a creative, capacity-building
dimension.
Funding may not be sought for research
projects, study trips, school exchanges, commercial contacts, volunteer
activities, exchanges for children or young people, or participation in
conferences/courses (unless the applicant is playing a central role). Nor may
funding be sought for humanitarian efforts or disaster relief activities.
It is always the Swedish partner in a
collaboration who is formally responsible for the application and legally
accountable vis-à-vis the Swedish Institute. The application should, however,
be formulated jointly by both/all the partners. Applications must always
include documented evidence, in the form of a Memorandum of Understanding, of
all partners’ interest in the project for which funding is being applied.