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Call for Regional Cooperation Project Concepts
The
Swiss Cultural Programme (SCP) is run by Pro Helvetia, the Swiss Arts
Council, upon mandate of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
SDC, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs.
The SCP
supports
activities in the field of culture and arts.
It has entered a new and final phase lasting from 2008 to 2012. Its focus is
on regional cooperation projects in the Western Balkans with Albania, Bosnia
and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia and Serbia as priority countries. From
July 2008 SCP is managed by a Regional Office in Sarajevo.
The
overall goals of the Swiss Cultural Programme are to contribute to the
promotion of democracy and freedom of expression, to conflict resolution, to
intercultural cooperation and respect for minorities. The programme fosters
regional cooperation through capacity building, empowerment and promotion of
cultural initiatives and organisations, which offer innovative and
diversified cultural services and products.
Its thematic priorities
include youth, gender equity and the creation of structures for broad
cultural participation while taking into account good governance principles.
The Swiss Cultural Programme announces an open call for submitting concepts
for Regional Cooperation Projects.
Invited for Participation are the following Actors:
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cultural
organisations, initiatives, networks and/or associations from Albania,
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia and Serbia, both from the public
and the non-governmental sector. Applicants from Montenegro – which is not a
priority country for SDC – are entitled to submit concepts under certain
conditions mentioned in the guidelines.
The submitted Project Concepts have to:
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