Application Deadline: 25th January 2018

Eligible Countries: 

• In Africa and Middle East & North Africa (MENA): Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia, Yemen
• In Eastern Europe & Turkey: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldavia, Ukraine and Turkey
• Russia: Northwestern Russia

About the Award: It is a funding programme for international projects which work though media or the arts to strengthen basic freedoms and rights. It offers two types of grant:

• Seed Funding is available for carrying out a planning trip, a visit or a pilot project, for example.
• Collaborative Projects  are larger projects with a creative, capacity-building aspect and sustainable goals. You can also use this funding to scale-up a project which has previously received Seed Funding.

Type: Grants

Eligibility: 

• Any type of organisation which is registered in Sweden.
• Your organisation must have been registered for at least one year (for seed funding) or two years (for collaborative projects).
• You must write your application jointly with a partner organisation in one (or more) of the Creative Force target countries (see below).

Selection Criteria: 

• The main applicant is a Swedish-registered organisation.
• The project uses media or the arts as a means to strengthen democracy, freedom of expression and human rights in the target countries.
• The project fulfills the specific Creative Force programme objectivesfor the country(s) you want to work with.
• The project includes some kind of transfer of knowledge between partners.
• You have a target group of highly motivated people in the partner country(s) who want new skills or knowledge to help them bring about change.
• The project’s achievements will continue to spread and have an impact after the project has finished.

Number of Awards: Not specified

Value of Award: 

• Seed Funding: up to SEK 100,000 for an initiative which you must complete within 12 months.
• Collaborative Projects: up to SEK 500,000 per 12-month period. A project may last 24 months at most (in other words, you can apply for max. SEK 1 million).

How to Apply: Apply Here

It is important to go through the Application instructions on the Program Webpage (see Link below) before applying.

Visit the Program Webpage for Details

Award Providers: Swedish Institute