Background Max. Grant amount: 300.000 SEK
Creative Force Western Balkans and Turkey aims to promote freedom of speech and the development of democratic structures, with particular emphasis on the rights of women and minorities. These aims shall be achieved via mutual learning processes and sustainable networks between professionals in Sweden and the programme countries listed below who work with either culture or media to bring about change. More specifically, the programme is intended to contribute to one or more of the following objectives:
- A more pluralistic society.
- Improved conditions for accountability to the people
- Freer and more independent media
- Stronger rights and greater respect for/recognition of vulnerable groups such as children and LGBTQ persons as well as ethnic and
religious minorities
- Greater awareness and reduced levels of discrimination and intolerance
- Women and men increasingly have the same power to shape society and their own lives
Projects may be carried out in Sweden or in one or more of the programme countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey). Priority will be given to initiatives which take place in programme countries and to regional collaborations.
Funding will normally not be granted to projects to be carried out in countries or regions which the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs advises against visiting. SI advises all Swedish partners who have been granted funding to follow the travel recommendations of the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs and to check the insurance regulations for the country in question, for example on www.erv.se.
Target group
The primary target group for Creative Force funding are actors for change and opinion-makers who work with culture or the media. These should work with creative processes which will help to achieve the programme objectives. Examples of these are representatives of the cultural sector who work to promote basic democratic values and human rights; representatives of independent journalism/media and new forms of communication; opinion-makers and defenders of women’s rights.
The final beneficiaries of Creative Force initiatives are groups/individuals whose circumstances are characterised by lack of respect for human rights and freedoms. Creative Force has a special focus on women, children, young people and minorities.
SI will give precedence to projects with a communicative dimension which possess the potential for wider dissemination and which will help to shape opinion and encourage discussion of the issues raised.
Types of funding and duration
Creative Force Western Balkans and Turkey offers two types of funding:
- Seed funding is available for such purposes as small-scale projects, project start-ups and planning trips. There are two calls for funding
per year. The maximum project duration is from the close of the application until 31/12 the same year. The maximum amount that can be
applied for is SEK 100,000.
- Funding for collaborative projects is available for larger-scale initiatives with a maximum duration of 24 months from the close of the
application. Sums in the range SEK 100,000 − SEK 300,000/year (maximum SEK 600,000) may be applied for. For projects that run for
more than 12 months, approved interim reports are required before remaining funds may be disbursed.
Deadline: 18 May 2015
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