Nordic Culture Point announces Mobility Funding Programme

Mobility funding is part of the Nordic-Baltic Mobility Programme for Culture, which strengthens artistic and cultural cooperation in the Nordic region and the Baltic countries. The programme focuses on increasing the exchange of knowledge, contacts and interest in Nordic and Baltic art and culture.

Objectives

• Promote and increase contact, communication and activities between the Nordic and/or Baltic countries;
• Strengthen the Nordic-Baltic presence in the cultural scene of the Nordic and Baltic region;
• Strengthen understanding of the similarities and differences between the Nordic and Baltic countries; and
• Improve awareness of Nordic and Baltic artists and their work.

Eligible Activities

• A collaboration with colleagues in another Nordic and/or Baltic country
• A guest play
• An exhibition
• Participation in a conference, meeting or workshop
• Research

Ineligible Activities

• Funding is not available for:
  • trips within one and the same country/area
  • trips to or from countries outside the Nordic/Baltic region
  • trips which are a part of the applicant’s formal studies
  • organisational or company travel
  • official travel for employees in public administration – e.g. state authorities, municipalities, regions or the equivalent.
  • activities that have already been carried out the earliest start date for activities funded by the programme is eight weeks after the application deadline.

Eligible Countries

• Mobility funding is available for professional artists’ or cultural practitioners’ travel and/or stay within the Nordic and/or Baltic countries, that is to say: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden and Åland.

Eligibility Criteria

• Funding is available for professional artists and cultural practitioners (such as curators, producers, literary translators, cultural editors or researchers) in all forms of art and culture. “Professional” means that there is documented experience of work in the field of art and culture and/or training in art or culture.
• Mobility funding can only be granted to individuals. You cannot apply for funding for another person. If you apply as part of a group traveling together within the framework of the same project, all group members must submit individual applications. The user account that you create in their application system must be for an individual applicant in order to apply for mobility funding.

Application Requirements

• An invitation or letter of intent must be attached to the application. It must state who is being invited and by whom. In addition, an invitation can also contain information about what the applicant is being offered by the inviting party.
• The language of the programme is English. Both the application and invitation or letter of intent must therefore be submitted in English.

For more information, visit Nordic Culture Point.