Deadline: 31 December 2025
Organiser: UNESCO, the British Council and the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS)
Who is it for? Individuals from the Western Balkan IPA beneficiary countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia)
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Total amount available under this Open Call: 250,000.00 EUR
Objective:
Artistic residencies should stimulate peer-to-peer exchange of ideas, experience and artistic skills, and provide participants with the opportunity to meet, interact and work together in a culturally diverse and inspiring environment. By fostering cultural mobility and cooperation, the awarded artistic residencies will stimulate regional partnerships as well as quality co-production of multicultural contents, which in the long run will enrich intercultural dialogue and creativity in the WBs region.
Residencies will equip participants with knowledge and skills on how to create artistic expressions using multimedia tools and how to access the WBs and EU markets. Artistic residencies will also envisage workshops and talks with speakers from the WBs on various topics, including the professional status of artists and the improvement of their economic and social working conditions in light of the specific WBs context.
Looking for opportunities to participate in European or Western Balkans’ culture and heritage-based tourism fairs, professional industry gatherings, training and professional development activities related to culture, heritage, and creativity, artistic expos or similar Events and contribute to the promotion of the Western Balkans in areas of:
- Cultural Tourism
- Arts, Culture and Media
- Youth Development
Grant of up to 3,750.00 EUR
For more information about each grant and to apply, please make sure to read all the relevant instructions in the open call document and website.
BACKGROUND
The “Culture and Creativity for the Western Balkans” (CC4WBs) project, funded by the European Union, is focused on fostering dialogue and reconciliation in the Western Balkans by enhancing the cultural and creative sectors for increased socio-economic impact. Over a 48-month period, the CC4WBs project aims to improve the performance of the cultural and creative sectors in order to enhance skills, knowledge, and access to financial aid to increase competitiveness and sustain coproduction and circulation of goods and services in the Western Balkans and with the European Union.
Through this Public Call for Small Grants, the CC4WBs project aims to fill some funding gaps and to satisfy the growing demand of the Western Balkans’ cultural and creative industries, cultural operators, youth, media professionals and other individuals to be supported in their efforts to create a strong network within the Western Balkans and to become recognized inside and outside the WBs region.
