Apply for Global Cultural Relations Programme

The Global Cultural Relations Programme (GCRP), the Cultural Relations Platform’s flagship training programme, is a unique opportunity that brings together practitioners from around the world to create meaningful connections and discuss cross-cultural collaborations. The 2024 edition of GCRP is open to cultural and creative professionals OR participants working in fields of creating safer societies.

This year the GCRP will take place in Marrakech, Morocco from 25 – 28 November 2024.

Benefits

• Build your skills in interdisciplinary and cross-cultural collaborations through a carefully designed, innovative, and interactive learning programme
• Collaborate with professionals from around the world, facing similar challenges and opportunities
• Connect with young practitioners and change-makers working in the field of culture or in creating safer societies to engage in peer-to-peer learning
• Engage in in-depth discussions on the intersectionality of culture and creating safer societies to identify strengths in bringing together the two sectors for potential future collaborations
• Join the Cultural Relations Platform’s community of 260 GCRP alumni on a long-term basis.

Cost Covered 

• The CRP will book and pay for travel to and from Marrakech, accommodation from 24 to 28 November 2024 and any expenses during the programme hours (such as catering). If you choose to extend your stay in Marrakech, you will need to pay for all related expenses for any additional days.

Who can take part in the GCRP?

• Cultural and creative sector professionals
  • This includes but is not limited to:
    • Architecture
    • Audiovisual & Cinema
    • Books & Publishing
    • Cultural heritage
    • Cultural management
    • Design
    • Media
    • Music
    • Performing arts
    • Visual arts
• Professionals working in the field of creating safer societies:
  • This includes but is not limited to:
    • Conflict and post-conflict areas
    • Peacebuilding
    • Mediation practices, dialogue, and education
    • Post-conflict trauma healing and mental health
    • Interfaith dialogue
    • Human rights and rights-based initiatives
    • Working with marginalised groups
    • Social justice, inclusion, and resilience
    • Asylum, migration, and forced displacement
    • Natural disaster and climate change responses
    • Actions against disinformation

Eligibility Criteria

• The Cultural Relations Platform is looking for 40 professionals and entrepreneurs working in the cultural and creative sectors OR in creating safer societies. They give high priority to participants working in either of these two sectors. Applications from those not working in the cultural and creative sectors or in creating safer societies will not be considered.
• You should be aged 25-39, with at least three years’ experience in global/international/cross-cultural collaboration.
• You could work for a public, private or civil society organisation, or be a freelancer.
• You will need to be able to commit to the programme throughout its duration from 25-28 November 2024 and allow time for travel to and from Marrakech.

For more information, visit Cultural Relations Platform.