Call for Applications: Globus FORWARD Programme

Globus FORWARD aims at strengthening the long-term capacities of existing collaborations that have already progressed from their initial phases and express an articulated need and motivation/readiness to develop their way of working in a long-term perspective. As with the previous phases of Globus, the focus is on collaborations that work with experimental approaches and methods, and which relate to their wider surroundings by drawing upon specific local practices and contexts.

Through the programme they wish to further explore a new approach to funding that can be embedded into the Nordic Culture Fund’s practice beyond the Globus initiative. The work is therefore supported by continued knowledge development that can also provide inspiration for other funders and the wider field of arts & culture.

Focus Areas

• Actors who are selected for the programme receive a grant supporting the further development of the collaboration/organisations. The grantees set-up and manage their own development plans within core areas, e.g.:
  • Clarify their own role, purpose and strategic priorities
  • Adapt and further develop the structure and format of the collaboration
  • Develop communicational capacities and advocacy
  • Embed monitoring and learning processes
  • Advance language diversity, equity and fair practices in the collaboration
  • Develop partnerships and coalitions
  • Improve sustainability efforts and planning
  • Further develop financial management and fundraising strategy
  • Build the capacities of staff and leadership
  • Develop practices to enhance physical and digital security, e.g. working in unstable locations or contexts
  • Build legal competences
• The grant can cover targeted/specific activities within the chosen areas (e.g. consultations, material costs, expert sessions, etc.). The activities can also be completely or partly integrated into the grantee’s own general operations and artistic practice/method, provided it is clearly demonstrated how this contributes to the development of the collaboration/organisations within the selected core areas.

Funding Information

• The maximum grant amount that can be granted size is DKK 500,000 and the maximum grant period is 2 years (finalised by the end of 2026).
• The Fund can grant up to 5-8 initiatives in 2024.
• As a supplement to the financial support, the Fund can offer peer-networking opportunities with a focus on capacity building on specific topics and/or exchange across the grantees. Participation in these activities is not obligatory. The content and formats will be concretised and developed further according to the specific needs and interests of the grantees. The first activities are expected to take place in spring 2025.

Eligibility Criteria

• Applicants can be a network, artistic collective, platform or other collaborative constellation whose core operations take place in wider transnational settings, connecting practitioners from the Nordics and other parts of the world.
• The programme is open to previous Globus grantees (Globus Call and Globus Opstart/Globus Opstart+) as well as new applicants.

Ineligible

• The programme does not support
  • Initiatives that serve a one-time or short-term purpose, such as individual productions, touring activities, one-time exhibitions or one-way cultural export initiatives.
  • Collaborations that do not have a clear link to the Nordic region.
  • Organisations that already have a well-established structure and operations and do not present a clear need for substantial change and further development .
  • The work of individual practitioners if this is not clearly connected to the development of a wider collaborative setting.
  • Collaborations that are not anchored in artistic and/or cultural milieux.
  • Establishment of new collaborations.

For more information, visit Nordic Culture Fund.