KULTURKONTAKT AUSTRIA/CULTURAL COOPERATION

Deadline: Open

KKA supports cultural dialogue projects in all categories of the arts in Eastern and South Eastern Europe and Austria. Activities range from individual grants and scholarships to start-up grants for innovative initiatives via cooperation with event organisers. Since 1990 KulturKontakt Austria have helped in the realisation of more than 4,000 projects and have carried out numerous other projects on our own. We have cultivated a wide range of contacts in Central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe..

Kultur Kontakt Austria supports arts professionals and cultural institutions in/from the following partner countries: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine. So as to be able to respond to the artists’ very different working and living conditions in the individual countries we are continually rethinking the direction of our programmes and promotional measures. By so doing we are not only able to offer resources but also to provide appropriate measures to assist the acquisition of additional training and qualifications in the cultural management sector.

Sponsorship Criteria

On a small scale, KKA supports the participation of artists from Eastern and South Eastern Europe in specific projects taking place in Austria. The determining criteria for sponsorship are high artistic quality, the innovative character of the respective project, and particular need of financial support. KKA provides arts sponsorship exclusively to artists from: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Georgia, Kosovo, Croatia, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine and Belarus.

Geographical coverage

• Eligible investment projects must be on the territory of one or more of the following Beneficiaries in the Western Balkans: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo under UNSCR 1244 (herein after the "Beneficiaries").
• For trans-national and/or regional projects involving one or more of the eligible Beneficiaries but also other non eligible countries, the JGF support will only cover the investment part pertaining to the eligible Beneficiary.
• The place of registration of the legal entity benefiting from the grant shall be within a Beneficiary. For regional projects involving also non-Beneficiary countries, the institution or body in charge of the investment could also be based in a non-Beneficiary country, but the JGF support will only cover the part of the investment taking place in any of the Beneficiaries.

Size of grants

not specified

Artists in Residence

For artists from the countries in transition who are working in the fine arts and photography KulturKontakt Austria offers a three month residency in Vienna.

Size of grants:

Includes a studio, accommodation, insurance, a monthly grant as well as an exhibition of the work at the end of the residency. Studios are available. To encourage young artists Henkel also awards the EUR 2,000 Young Artists’ Prize to one of the participants of KulturKontakt Austria’s Artist in Residence programme (for the fine arts and photography).

Application is open to artists from Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Turkey and the Ukraine.

The participants for next year’s programme are selected at the beginning of September by an international jury.

Writers in Residence

Writers and translators from Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Turkey and the Ukraine can apply each year in autumn for a Milo-Dor-grant in Vienna for the following year.

For more info about this project visit: http://www.kulturkontakt.or.at/en/cultural_cooperation_arts_sponsorship/project-promotion