NORDIC CULTURE POINT – SECRETARIAT FOR TWO FUNDING PROGRAMMES FOR CULTURE New Nordic Circus Network, Photo: Joonas Hartikainen

NORDIC-BALTIC MOBILITY PROGRAMME FOR CULTURE CULTURE AND ART PROGRAMME

ALL FIELDS OF ART AND CULTURE Artistic quality Innovation and development No quotas for art fields or countries Country of residence, not nationality Spillfeber, Drømmefall

NORDIC-BALTIC MOBILITY PROGRAMME FOR CULTURE MOBILITY SUPPORT NETWORK FUNDING SUPPORT FOR ARTIST RESIDENCIES

NORDIC-BALTIC MOBILITY PROGRAMME FOR CULTURE MOBILITY SUPPORT – PROFESSIONAL VISITS TO ANOTHER COUNTRY Accommodation grant for 1-10 days stay in another Nordic or Baltic country And a fixed sum for travel grant according to destination Only for professionals For individuals and small groups up to 6 persons Cold Facts / Hot Enchantment, Photo: Mike Lamb

NORDIC-BALTIC MOBILITY PROGRAMME FOR CULTURE NETWORK FUNDING – BUILD NEW NETWORKS Partners from at least 3 countries (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Iceland, Greenland, Faroe Islands, Åland) Co-operation with non-Nordic-Baltic countries can complement Co-operate and develop partnerships and to learn from each other Junge Hunde, Photo: Stine Marie Grumheden

NORDIC-BALTIC MOBILITY PROGRAMME FOR CULTURE NETWORK FUNDING – BUILD NEW NETWORKS Short-term network 1 year Max EUR Max 70 % Long-term network 3 years Max EUR Max 50 % Dance in the Kitchen, Photo: Rünno Lahesoo

NORDIC-BALTIC MOBILITY PROGRAMME FOR CULTURE SUPPORT FOR NORDIC AND BALTIC ARTIST RESIDENCIES Residencies receive the support …and choose the visiting artists Residency can invite individual artists or small groups / ensembles 2-4 Nordic and Baltic artists per year Accommodation for about two months The Place of No Roads, Photo: Ville Lenkkeri

CULTURE AND ART PROGRAMME PRODUCTION-BASED ACTIVITIES CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT

THE NORDIC DIMENSION Collaboration between participants from three countries Organiser, participant or theme Sommerfugle-effekter, Photo: Michael Dinesen

CULTURE AND ART PROGRAMME PRODUCTION-BASED ACTIVITIES Production of new works, projects and other new initiatives Not for recurring or ongoing events Funding for all phases of the project - pre-project (max EUR / 100%) - pilot project (max EUR / 75%) - project (max EUR / 50%) The programme is open for both professionals and amateurs Kitchen, Photo: Rünno Lahesoo

CULTURE AND ART PROGRAMME CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT Organisation and implementation of projects that develop competence in the fields of culture and art Sharing of knowledge through different platforms: discussions, debates and new forms of collaboration Seminars, workshops, master classes, courses Herbologies / Foraging Networks, Photo: Ulla Taipale

CULTURE AND ART PROGRAMME NEW PRIORITY AREAS The sustainable Nordic region The creative Nordic region The intercultural Nordic region The young Nordic region The digital Nordic region Copenhagen – Malmö – Drammen – Are You With Us? Photo: Karsten Bungaard Fotografisk atelier

APPLICATION HOW TO APPLY? Only electronic applications Application rounds: Mobility: 4 rounds / year Short-term network: 2 / year Long-term network: 1 / year Residencies: not open in 2014 Culture and Art: 2 / year Handplockat, Photo: Frøydi Laszlo

APPLICATION TIMES 2014 Nordic-Baltic Mobility Programme for Culture Mobility support – professional visits to another country Network funding Culture and Art Programme Production-based activities, Capacity development

APPLICATION WHAT HAPPENS WITH YOUR APPLICATION? The application is assessed by an external group of experts You receive the results 2 months after the deadline The last 15% is always paid first after reporting 34 % granted funding in 2012 TimeMap#3, Photo: Søren Meisner

GRANTED PROJECTS - STATISTICS FOR LATVIA Mobility support 36 € € € € € Short term network 5 € € € € € Long term network 1 € € € Residencies2 € € € Culture & Art programme 3 € € € € € Total amount 47 € € € € €

AT LAST, BUT NOT LEAST... BE PREPARED FOR COMPETITION! Get acquainted with the programme’s criteria Remember the keywords: Nordic-Baltic focus, innovation and artistic quality Describe the project and budget precisely

LOCAL CONTACT IN LATVIA Nordic Council of Ministers Office in Latvia Culture Adviser Ginta Tropa Phone:

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