2019/02/21
The Culture and Art Programme supports Nordic cooperation within art and culture. You can apply for funding for a project with artistic and/or cultural quality which promotes a multifaceted and sustainable Nordic region.
The programme grants support to projects within all areas of art and culture, in all project phases: preliminary work, production, presentation and dissemination. However, you cannot apply for funding for activities which have already been conducted.
You can apply for support for projects that invest in cultural and artistic productions and creative work as well as to organise and implement projects that develop skills within the field of art and culture. Support can be granted for all types of costs that are directly associated with the project.
For example, the projects may entail:
You cannot apply for funding for:
The exact earliest start date can be seen in the application form.
In 2018 the Culture and Art Programme will invest in working with norm criticism, accessibility and the diversity of cultural expressions. The Culture and Art Programme also wants to reach more people, and hopes to receive applications for projects that intend to challenge existing norms and to raise the accessibility and diversity of cultural expressions. During the first application round of 2018 there will be earmarked funds available for projects that work with these themes.
You can apply for support for all phases of a project, from preliminary work to implementing a full scale project. The amount applied for should be reasonable considering the scale of the project. The larger the amount applied for, the larger the requirement for self-financing from, for example, other funding bodies. Co-financing is considered a key part of the project’s conditions.
Projects can be granted:
Therefore this means that the grant from the Culture and Art Programme can cover between 50 – 100% of the project’s total costs, depending on the size of the applied grant.
In-kind financing can count towards co-financing. In-kind financing consists of goods or services as payment instead of cash. For example, voluntary work. How you estimate the working hours of volunteers should be specified in the budget and the amount must be reasonable considering the tasks and their duration.
For an example of how to make a detailed budgetary appendix, please see here.
It is also possible to apply for support from other pan Nordic institutions and organisations, such as, for example, the Nordic Culture Fund, for the same project. The total funding from the Culture and Art Programme and other Nordic organisations may not exceed 85% of the budget.
Everyone who is active within the field of art and culture can apply, provided that the project fulfils the programme’s criteria and the cooperation includes minimum three countries, of which two are Nordic, that is, either Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Iceland, Finland, the Åland Islands, the Faroe Islands and/or Greenland.
Applicants can be:
It is neither necessary for the applicants to live or work in the Nordic region. Furthermore, it is neither necessary for the person or members of the group to have Nordic nationality, as long as the Nordic dimension of the project is fulfilled in other ways.
The assessment is conducted based on the aforementioned criteria and depending on how well the application has managed to convey the following:
To view an FAQ about our programmes, please click here.
Application rounds:
08.02.2021 – 08.03.2021 15:59
10.08.2021 – 13.09.2021 15:59
Please note that the application deadline is 15:59, Finnish time. Granted projects may begin 10 weeks after the application deadline within the Culture and Art programme.
Brigita Urmanaitė
The Nordic Council of Ministers Office in Lithuania
Didžioji 5, Vilnius
tel. +370 685 55138
E-mail: brigita@norden.lt
www.norden.lt