CFPs: Community Arts Festival Funding (South Africa)

This Initiative forms part of the Department’s continued efforts to promote inclusive and sustainable local creative industries with a particular emphasis on job creation social cohesion, and the Integration of local artists into the mainstream economy.

Funding Information

• A total of five (5) qualifying festivals will each receive financial support of R200,000.00 per annum each.

Eligibility Criteria

• Festivals Must:
  • Uplift local talent and provide inclusive platforms for community participation, including women. persons with disabilities. and youth.
  • Promote cultural diversity and social Inclusion. while generating job opportunities and local economic activity.
  • Be community-initiated and culture-based and implemented with the Eastern Cape.
  • Be Implemented by Individuals or organizations residing in of originating from the Eastern Cape, with a proven track record of organizing events or festivals.
  • Have existed for a minimum of three (3) consecutive years.
  • Align, clearly with the mandate of the Department in the arts. culture, and heritage sectors.
  • Demonstrate potential for scalability and sustainability and contribute meaningfully to local economic development.
• South African citizens who are tax compliant, residing it arc Eastern Cape or organizations/enterprises with a focus on arts and culture.
• Applicant must demonstrate the ability to leverage additional funding. as support is partial.
• Must have a proven record of contributing to the creative industries through talent development or providing platforms for artists.
• Only one application per individual or organization is permitted per funding cycle.
• Applicants must declare any existing partnerships of Involvement with amen’ Departmental programmes.
• Must have not received similar support in the past 2 years from OSMC.

Disqualifying Factors

• Applications will be automatically disqualified if they:
  • Are submitted by current government mployess, or employees who have recently resigned or retiried fromt he departmnet.
  • Contain false, misleading or incomplete information.
  • Are incomplete, missing required proposal or compliance documentation.
  • Fail to declare any conflict of inerset.
  • Propose projects that fall outside the scope of the call (e.g, beauty pageants, modelling competitons, film production/post-production).
  • Are submitted after the closing date or are submitted by government employees or their immediate families.
  • Are from non-South African citizens, or orgranisation outside the Eastern Cape.

For more information, visit DSRAC.