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

2. NORDIC-BALTIC MOBILITY PROGRAMME FOR CULTURE CULTURE AND ART PROGRAMME

3. 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

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

5. 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

6. 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

7. NORDIC-BALTIC MOBILITY PROGRAMME FOR CULTURE NETWORK FUNDING – BUILD NEW NETWORKS Short-term network 1 year Max 25 000 EUR Max 70 % Long-term network 3 years Max 150 000 EUR Max 50 % Dance in the Kitchen, Photo: Rünno Lahesoo

8. 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

9. CULTURE AND ART PROGRAMME PRODUCTION-BASED ACTIVITIES CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT

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

11. 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 13 000 EUR / 100%) - pilot project (max 40 000 EUR / 75%) - project (max 100 000 EUR / 50%) The programme is open for both professionals and amateurs Kitchen, Photo: Rünno Lahesoo

12. 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

13. 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

14. APPLICATION HOW TO APPLY? Only electronic applications www.kknord.org 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

15. APPLICATION TIMES 2014 Nordic-Baltic Mobility Programme for Culture Mobility support – professional visits to another country 23.07.2014.-20.08.2014. 24.09.2014.-22.10.2014. Network funding 03.09.2014.-01.10.2014. Culture and Art Programme Production-based activities, Capacity development 20.08.2014.-17.09.2014.

16. 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

17. GRANTED PROJECTS - STATISTICS FOR LATVIA 20092010201120122013 Mobility support 36 € 51308 24 € 35500 22 € 34397 39 € 75300 34 € 48200 Short term network 5 € 88792 5 € 59560 7 € 86210 3 € 39500 3 € 29565 Long term network 1 € 37772 1 € 140000 -1 € 60000 - Residencies2 € 23000 1 € 6500 -2 € 14680 - Culture & Art programme 3 € 42485 4 € 53252 1 € 20000 1 € 3000 2 € 65683 Total amount 47 € 243357 35 € 294812 30 € 140607 46 € 192480 39 € 143448

18. 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

19. LOCAL CONTACT IN LATVIA Nordic Council of Ministers Office in Latvia Culture Adviser Ginta Tropa E-mail: ginta@norden.lvginta@norden.lv Phone: +371 67820055

20. SUBSCRIBE TO NORDIC CULTURE POINT’S MONTHLY NEWSLETTER AT WWW.KKNORD.ORG AND FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK Place of No Roads, Photo: Ville Lenkkeri