Open Call for Cultural Heritage Fund 2024 – Brazil and Netherlands

The aim is to support projects in Brazil in favour of the conservation, documentation, management with sustainable use and visibility of cultural heritage between the Netherlands and Brazil, whether tangible or intangible.

Topics

• Projects will be judged on their ability to strengthen identity and/or cultural heritage between the two countries, as well as generate knowledge about this heritage and/or its impact. The effects of the project on the locality where it will be implemented will also be taken into account, such as interaction with the community, the availability of cultural activities and the stimulation of science and education. Above all, the project’s ability to guarantee the conservation and sustainable use of this heritage will be assessed. The project must cover one or more of the following three topics:
  • Interaction with the living environment;
  • Impact of the Dutch presence in the country (colonial period or more recent)
  • Heritage (material or immaterial) built on Dutch influence
• This call for proposals is open to all projects within the above-mentioned topics, with a special interest in the Built Environment theme.

Funding Information

• The Embassy may provide a total financial support of up to R$ 53 ,000.00 ( fifty – three thousand Brazilian real), or EUR 10 ,000.00 (ten thousand euros), the latter for payments made in Europe only. The financial contribution will be made in Brazilian Real (BRL), unless the institution is headquartered and has bank account outside of Brazil.
• The project must last a maximum of 12 months, and must start until 01 December 2024

Criteria

• The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Brazil invites institutions from both countries to submit proposals.
• The project must take into account some of the following factors: strengthen identity and/or cultural heritage among the Brazilian public, contribute to the conservation, documentation, management with sustainable use and visibility of cultural heritage, and include a training, education, capacity building or knowledge exchange component;
• In order to strengthen cooperation, preference will be given to projects in which the Brazilian applicant institution works together with a Dutch partner based in the Netherlands; if the executing institution is Dutch, it must work in partnership with a Brazilian organisation;
• The institution must be a legal, non – commercial entity, and not dependent on the Dutch financial contribution for its operation;
• The institution must have sound financial and management systems that ensure effective and efficient implementation of the activities for which grant funding is being sought;
• The institution must have a business bank account, in a bank that allows international transfers of money (SWIFT code), if outside the Netherlands;
• The institution must demonstrate that it has adopted an integrity policy and that it has introduced procedures to apply that policy.
• The institution must have been established at least 3 years ago and must not have legal issues with tax and labor agencies.

For more information, visit Kingdom of the Netherlands in Brazil.