CALL FOR APPLICATIONS : PROGRAMME ACCÈSS CULTURE

Institut Français and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) are accepting applications for their programme Accès Culture.
Accès Culture is a programme aiming to finance and support cultural projects in Africa in order to foster social ties and strengthen collaboration between African and French cultural agents. The programme seeks to partner civil society organisations (CSO’s) with locally or regionally operated cultural establishments (conservatories, public art schools, etc.) who will then present a joint proposal for a project responding to a local need. Projects should be oriented around community arts outreach (awareness and arts education, initiation into a specific art medium, organisation of artistic get-togethers, etc.).

Eligibility

In order to be considered eligible, a project must:

• take place in Africa with the exception of Kenya, South Africa and Nigeria.
• last at least one year and at most three years.
• show cultural cooperation between an entity based in France and one based in Africa.
• use culture as means of creating social ties within the local population, particularly individuals with limited access to cultural events. This may be done in the following ways:

•  an art education project
•  direct appeal to marginalised groups (young people, women, etc.)
•  organisation of meetings with professionals in the field of arts and culture
•  cultural exchange programmes and arts education in schools
•  boosting arts outreach programmes
•  programmes involving skill sharing/social action

Submission Process

Project proposals must be submitted by the African entity to the Institut Français’

platform IF EMUNDUS www.pro.institutfrancais.com/fr/offre/accesculture. Each partner must complete the application form and include:

– The project outline, A timeline, A budget estimate, A balance sheet for the previous year.

– Film yourself! Present us your project in 2 minutes.

Timeline

30 July 2020: Deadline to submit an application

August – September 2020: Review of applications

End September 2020: Grant recipients will be announced

For all the modalities of this call, please refer to the rules to the page of our website

If you are interested in applying or want to learn more about this call for projects, kindly contact our Communication Department at com.ifg@gmail.com to receive further insights.